Account
Cart

Category: BAVS-News

News items of interest to BAVS members

BAVS-News

EVENT: ‘Hidden Hands: Underexplored Influences and Identities in the Long Nineteenth Century’ Online Conference

by Victorianist | Leave a Comment

Booking now open for ‘Hidden Hands: Underexplored Influences and Identities in the Long Nineteenth Century’ online conference Bringing together researchers and academics from various disciplines, this conference asks what becomes visible when we look beyond the most familiar actors, institutions, and narratives of the nineteenth century. Join us to explore the hidden, overlooked, and indirect […]

Read more »

BAVS-News

CFP: ECOSYSTEMS IN THE LONG NINETEENTH CENTURY (ROYAL HOLLOWAY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON) (DEADLINE: 25 OCTOBER 2026)

by Victorianist | Leave a Comment

15th January 2027 | Royal Holloway University of London (Hybrid) “We need, urgently, to reconnect with our planet, and recognise ourselves as inseparable rather than special; reliant upon rather than dominating” (Erica Fudge, 2022) This conference examines the long nineteenth century as the birth of the Anthropocene. As scientific developments reconfigured what it meant to […]

Read more »

BAVS-News

THE BAVS-ROSEMARY MITCHELL PRIZE FOR A SECOND MONOGRAPH 2027 (for books published in 2026)

by Victorianist | Leave a Comment

Each year BAVS awards the Rosemary Mitchell Book Prize to the best second monograph published the previous year in Victorian studies. The prize is named after the late Professor/Reverend Rosemary Mitchell (1967-2021).  Rosemary was a brilliant scholar who served on the board of BAVS.  Her superb work which covered history, literature and art history, embodied […]

Read more »

BAVS-News

BAVS FUNDING GRANTS: FORTHCOMING DEADLINE (31 OCTOBER 2026)

by Victorianist | Leave a Comment

The British Association for Victorian Studies (BAVS) is committed to the support of its members’ activities such as conferences, events and research activities. There are three funding streams currently available to BAVS members: 1) Events funding: up to £1000 is available to support the costs of an academic conference or event relating to Victorian studies. The Association and its Executive […]

Read more »

BAVS-News

ANNOUNCEMENT: BAVS/COVE RESEARCH INTERNSHIP (DEADLINE: 9th NOVEMBER 2026)

by Victorianist | Leave a Comment

As part of its ongoing collaboration with COVE (the Collaborative Organization for Virtual Education, covecollective.org), BAVS is launching a COVE research internship (which will bring with it a £2000 honorarium). The intern will receive training and support from members of the COVE team, and will be expected to undertake a minimum of 100 hours volunteering […]

Read more »

BAVS-News

ANNOUNCEMENT: PODCAST SERIES – DEATH OF A POET: A SONIC UNEARTHING OF BINGLEY’S FORGOTTEN VICTORIAN BARD

by Victorianist | Leave a Comment

From the meadow pipits, skylarks and standing stones of Ilkley Moor to the river at Saltaire where he met his end, a new audio documentary from the University of Leeds’ Cultural Collections unearths the chaotic, charismatic story of Bingley’s forgotten working-class poet. Known as The Airedale Poet, The Orpheus of Bradford and The Bingley Byron, […]

Read more »

BAVS-News

VACANCIES: Victorian Literature Assistant Professor (tenure-track) and Associate or Full Professor (University of Notre Dame)

by Victorianist | Leave a Comment

Victorian Literature (Associate or Full Professor) The Department of English at the University of Notre Dame invites applications for a full-time appointment at the rank of Associate Professor or Professor in Victorian Literature. A Ph.D. in Victorian Literature or a related field is required. Candidates should have a distinguished record of publication and a demonstrated […]

Read more »

BAVS-News

CFP: Volcanic Materiality in Literature and Art of the Anthropocene

by Victorianist | Leave a Comment

Volcanic Materiality in Literature and Art of the Anthropocene  Editor: Dewey W. Hall  Call for Contributions  Volcanic Materiality: Phenomena in the Age of the Anthropocene asserts that volcanic eruptions during the long nineteenth century contributed to the rise of the Anthropocene, which has been viewed as human impact on the climate and environment since James […]

Read more »

BAVS-News

EVENT: Pre-Raphaelite Society Online Seminar Series

by Victorianist | Leave a Comment

Online Seminar Series October 2026 – June 2027 Wednesdays, 7.30 – 9 pm (UK time) To receive more information and Zoom links, please join our mailing list here 21 OctoberLOVE BEYOND DEATH Ana Orbegozo-Desdentado, ‘The Myth of Willowwood’Dr Cecilia Rose, ‘Pre-Raphaelite Ghosts: Spiritualism and the Paranormal in the Works of Rossetti, Millais and Bell Scott’ […]

Read more »

BAVS-News

CFP: Fiction in Victorian and Edwardian Socialist Periodicals (VPFA and RSVP)

by Victorianist | Leave a Comment

RSVP/VPFA Online Study Day5-6 February 2027Keynote Speaker: Florence Boos (University of Iowa)Co-Organizers: Betty Hagglund and Lisa Robertson This online study day, the first co-organized by the Research Society for Victorian Periodicals (RSVP) and the Victorian Popular Fiction Association (VPFA), will bring together scholars from both societies to share knowledge and build expertise about understudied popular […]

Read more »

To top