Tuesday 3rd June 2025
09:00 – 18:00
Royal Holloway, University of London (Egham)
No registration fees
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On Tuesday 3rd June Royal Holloway, University of London, in collaboration with the British Association of Victorian Studies and the British Association of Romantic Studies, will host an in-person colloquium examining realisms across literary, artistic, theatrical, and critical forms, and considering the continuing influence of nineteenth-century thought on our current moment.
There are no registration fees and we particularly welcome scholars with an interest in the nineteenth century, postgraduates, and early-career researchers. A light lunch and refreshments will be provided and there will be opportunities for in-person networking and research sharing throughout the day.
In the morning and early afternoon, delegates will present 15-minute papers attending to nineteenth-century realisms (broadly conceived). These diverse and interdisciplinary discussions will lay the foundation for an interactive roundtable event during the afternoon structured around the topic “Managing Difficult Legacies”. We will reflect upon how nineteenth-century ideas, understandings, and problems raised during the paper presentations continue to influence university courses, institutions in the GLAM sector, as well as contemporary cultural and political discourses.
Registration closes 19th May 2025
This event has been organised by the BARS/BAVS Nineteenth-Century Matters Fellow 2024-2025, Dr Amy Waterson.