CFP: ‘Sex in the Long Nineteenth Century’

Romance, Revolution and Reform Journal is delighted to announce that the Call for Papers is now open for our 2026 Conference – Sex in the Long Nineteenth Century. This event will take place in-person at the University of Stirling on 15th January, and we welcome contributions from researchers working across the field. Please see our website (rrrjournal.com) and social media for our full CfP.

We invite papers of 15 minutes on the topic of sex in the long nineteenth century (1789-1914) in all its forms and in a global context for our in-person conference. The journal encourages multi- and interdisciplinary papers from across the Arts, Social Sciences, and Humanities and invites contributions from those at any career stage, including PGRs and ECRs. 

RRR is also pleased to share that this year’s conference is supported by generous funding from the British Association for Victorian Studies. Thanks to this support, we can offer a limited number of travel bursaries of up to £100 for eligible PGR and ECR delegates to help with the cost of attending. As always, we aim to keep the cost of attendance as low as possible.

Abstracts (up to 300 words) and biographies (up to 100 words) should be submitted together in one document by 23:59 GMT on Monday 22nd September 2025 to rrr@soton.ac.uk. Please indicate if you would like to be considered for a travel bursary, and include your full name, discipline and institutional affiliation in your correspondence.

We look forward to receiving your proposals and to welcoming you to what promises to be a stimulating and supportive conference in 2026.