BAVS Annual General Meeting 25 Feb 2021

Notice is hereby given that the virtual Annual General Meeting of the British Association for Victorian Studies will be held onThursday 25^thFebruaryat 3pm, via Zoom:

Topic: BAVS AGM Feb 2021

Time: Feb 25, 2021 03:00 PM London

Join Zoom Meeting:

https://zoom.us/j/98596848136?pwd=aEQ0NkVOcGdXQkU5TWRPTHQxYmdDZz09

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Passcode: 242351

All members are welcome to attend. There is a short formal agenda, and then an opportunity for ‘Any Other Business’ to be discussed. It is expected that the meeting will last around 45 – 60 minutes.

Meeting agenda: BAVS AGM Agenda Feb 2021

BAVS Annual Report Feb 2021

MINUTES BAVS AGM 2019

Pre-raphaelites exhibition at the Ashmolean, Oxford, this Spring

The Ashmolean’s new exhibition Pre-Raphaelites: Drawings and Watercolours will open in Spring 2021. On display together for the first time are a wide selection of works from the Ashmolean’s superlative collection of Pre-Raphaelite works on paper. Normally held in the Western Art Print Room, this exhibition makes it possible to see a wide range of these fragile works together for the first time. They offer an intimate and rare glimpse into the world of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood and the artists associated with the movement. The exhibition includes works of extraordinary beauty, from the portraits they made of each other, studies for paintings and commissions, to subjects taken from history, literature and landscape.

THE PRE-RAPHAELITES

DRAWINGS & WATERCOLOURS

Spring 2021

From sketches on the back of envelopes to grand, elaborate chalk drawings, our upcoming exhibition offers an opportunity to view our internationally-renowned collection of Pre-Raphaelite works on paper. Explore the enormous range of techniques and media used by the artists that made up this movement – as well as the intimate and often complex friendships and love affairs between them.

New Dissertation Prize for Scholars Working on Victorian Periodicals – Apply Now

The Research Society for Victorian Periodicals happily announces the creation of a new $1000 prize named in honor of Sally Mitchell for her pioneering research and invaluable contributions to our society. If you defended a dissertation in the calendar year of 2020, and if it explores the 19th c British periodical press (including magazines, newspapers, and serial publications of all kinds) as an object of study in its own right (and not simply as a source of material for other topics), please consider applying. Dissertation projects may range from a variety of disciplinary perspectives focused on any aspect of the periodical press within Britain itself, or in the many countries within and outside of the empire where British magazines and newspapers were bought, sold, and read during the ‘long nineteenth century’ (ca. 1780-1914). More information and submission guidelines can be found at http://rs4vp.org/awards/the-sally-mitchell-dissertation-prize/. The portal opens for applications on 1 February 2021 and closes on 1 March 2021.

South, West and Wales Collaborative Doctoral Award Opportunity: ‘Queen Victoria’s Library: reading and Writing in Victoria’s Political Education’

A funded PhD opportunity for a named Collaborative Doctoral Award beginning Sept 2021 – a partnership between University of Exeter, University of Reading and Historic Royal Palaces. Supervisors: Professor John Plunkett (Exeter), Professor Kate Williams (Reading), Dr Joanna Marschner (Senior Curator, Historic Royal Palaces).

Queen Victoria’s Library’ will illuminate an unexplored aspect of the Queen’s life and experience, aiming to overthrow traditional histories that cast her as a grey, disempowered pawn in the political life of Britain and its empire in the 19th century. It will research the Queen’s extensive reading and her engagement with the literary world, detailing the ways this which shaped her character and her relationships, as well as her view of dynastic, national and imperial politics. At a time when the increasing number of women readers was a key part of the expansion of the book market, the project will explore both what Victoria read and the sociability of her reading practices, such as her frequent reading with Prince Albert, Ladies in Waiting, or her children. Through the partnership with Historic Royal Palaces, this CDA will be able to disseminate its research directly through the programmes of this major heritage organisation, which manages Kensington Palace.

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BAVS Annual General Meeting 25 Feb 2021

Pre-raphaelites exhibition at the Ashmolean, Oxford, this Spring

THE PRE-RAPHAELITES

New Dissertation Prize for Scholars Working on Victorian Periodicals – Apply Now

South, West and Wales Collaborative Doctoral Award Opportunity: ‘Queen Victoria’s Library: reading and Writing in Victoria’s Political Education’

Special Issue of Victorians Institute Journal: Reimagining the Victorians