Programme of Spring Events for the University of Leicester’s Victorian Studies Centre

The University of Leicester’s Victorian Studies Centre presents ‘Global Victorians’ – a Spring Seminar Series dedicated to exploration of the global dimensions of Victorian literature and culture. These free research seminars take place at 5.15pm on Wednesdays and will be hosted via Zoom. All are welcome – external audiences can join the seminars by registering using the EventBrite links below. For further details see: https://le.ac.uk/victorian-studies/events/spring-seminar-series

 

2021 Spring Seminar Series: Global Victorians

American Dinosaurs and English Literature at the Fin de Siècle

  • 17 February
  • Speaker: Dr Richard Fallon (University of Birmingham)
  • Register here

 

The Black Woman and Victorian Studies

  • 3 March
  • Speaker: Professor Gretchen Gerzina (University of Massachusetts, Amherst, USA)
  • Register here

 

Black Victorians: Black Men in Late Nineteenth-Century Melbourne

  • 17 March
  • Speaker: Dr Caroline Bressey (UCL)
  • Register here

 

A Global History of Victorian Painting: Methods, Challenges, Implications

  • 19 May
  • Speaker: Dr Kate Nichols (University of Birmingham)
  • Register here