Nineteenth Century Research Seminars
Call for Papers
Nineteenth Century Research Seminars
Call for Papers - Spring 2020
The Nineteenth Century Research Seminars (NCRS) invites proposals for twenty-minute papers from postgraduate and early career researchers that address any aspect of nineteenth-century literature, history, art, politics, and culture.
The seminar series is designed to be a cross- and inter-disciplinary forum where postgraduate and early career researchers can meet, form connections, debate, and collaborate on all issues pertaining to the long nineteenth century.
We accept abstracts addressing any aspect of research on the 19th century, but would particularly welcome those addressing any of the following themes:
Monthly seminars take place at the University of Edinburgh, on the last Tuesday of the month: 28 January, 25 February, 31 March, 28 April, and 26 May 2020 at 16:30-18:30. Each seminar will consist of 2-3 twenty-minute papers, with at least one paper from a University of Edinburgh-based researcher and the other(s) from a researcher based in another institution, followed by discussion and refreshments.
Abstracts of up to 250 words along with a brief biography and institutional affiliation should be submitted in the body of an email to edinburgh19thcentury@gmail.com. The closing date for submissions is Sunday 1 December 2019; speakers will be notified of a decision by mid-December. If for any reason you are not available for any of the dates listed above for the 2020 seminars, please let us know in your email submission.
For those travelling from outside of Edinburgh, reimbursement of travel expenses (up to £40) is available.
More details, and programmes from previous years are available at: edinburgh19thcentury.weebly.com. Follow us on Facebook to stay updated: @EdinburghNCRS.
The NCRS is supported by the University of Edinburgh’s Student-Led Initiative Fund.
Call for Papers - Spring 2020
The Nineteenth Century Research Seminars (NCRS) invites proposals for twenty-minute papers from postgraduate and early career researchers that address any aspect of nineteenth-century literature, history, art, politics, and culture.
The seminar series is designed to be a cross- and inter-disciplinary forum where postgraduate and early career researchers can meet, form connections, debate, and collaborate on all issues pertaining to the long nineteenth century.
We accept abstracts addressing any aspect of research on the 19th century, but would particularly welcome those addressing any of the following themes:
- Ecology and environment
- Material culture and book history
- Transatlantic studies and the Americas
- Orientalism, Imperialism and critical race studies
- Gender and sexuality
- Scottish studies
- Continental romantic studies
- Middle Eastern and Asian studies
- Radical politics and class
- Visual culture and art history
- History of science
- Romantic legacies and reception history
- Philosophy and theology
Monthly seminars take place at the University of Edinburgh, on the last Tuesday of the month: 28 January, 25 February, 31 March, 28 April, and 26 May 2020 at 16:30-18:30. Each seminar will consist of 2-3 twenty-minute papers, with at least one paper from a University of Edinburgh-based researcher and the other(s) from a researcher based in another institution, followed by discussion and refreshments.
Abstracts of up to 250 words along with a brief biography and institutional affiliation should be submitted in the body of an email to edinburgh19thcentury@gmail.com. The closing date for submissions is Sunday 1 December 2019; speakers will be notified of a decision by mid-December. If for any reason you are not available for any of the dates listed above for the 2020 seminars, please let us know in your email submission.
For those travelling from outside of Edinburgh, reimbursement of travel expenses (up to £40) is available.
More details, and programmes from previous years are available at: edinburgh19thcentury.weebly.com. Follow us on Facebook to stay updated: @EdinburghNCRS.
The NCRS is supported by the University of Edinburgh’s Student-Led Initiative Fund.
