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INCS 2012 "Picturing the Nineteenth Century" (3/22-25/2012)

Posted by on Feb 11, 2012



You are invited to attend the 2012 conference of the Interdisciplinary Nineteenth Century Studies association, "Picturing the Nineteenth Century," to be held in Lexington KY, March 22-25. The conference features three keynote speakers:
  • Shawn Michelle Smith (Art Institute of Chicago), "Visions of the Nineteenth-Century Nation: Augustus Washington and the Civil Contract of Photography"
  • Julie Codell (Arizona State University), "Victorian Portraits: The Material Culture of Identity"
  • Nancy Armstrong (Duke University), "The Victorian Archive and Its Secrets"

 In addition, it includes a lecture and exhibit by photographer/daguerrotypist  Jerry Spagnoli and the inimitable Victorian Theatrical Society of the University of Virginia, which will perform H. J. Byron's 1858 play The Maid and the Magpie; or, The Fatal Spoon!

The complete conference program, the registration form, and travel and accommodation information can be found on the conference website: http://incs.as.uky.edu. Deadline for the advanced registration fee and the conference banquet is March 5; deadline for receiving a reduced rate at the conference hotel (Lexington Downtown Hilton) is March 1, though the hotel will honor the rate after the deadline if rooms are available.

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