London Nineteenth-Century Studies Seminar Graduate Conference
Arts Two Lecture Theatre, Queen Mary University
Saturday 18th January 2020
Keynote Speaker: Dr Beth Palmer, University of Surrey
The conference welcomes proposals for fifteen-minute papers on any aspect of literature, culture, art, and history in the long nineteenth century. The conference encourages papers from graduate students, MA students, ECRs, art historians, and researchers from a range of fields.
Themes may include, but are not limited to:
- Media and technology
- Art, architecture, and aesthetics
- Social and cultural history
- Production of literary cultures
- Gender and sexuality
- Performance and the spectacle
- Religion and ethics
- Representations of Empire
The conference is intended as a cross- and inter- disciplinary forum where postgraduate researchers working on any aspect of the long nineteenth century can present and discuss their research in a supportive and stimulating environment.
Please send abstracts of 200 words, along with a short biography (50 words) to 19thgradconference@gmail.com by 28th November 2019. The committee will confirm your inclusion in the programme shortly after that date.