{"id":6343,"date":"2026-02-20T12:27:50","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T12:27:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bars.ac.uk\/blog\/?p=6343"},"modified":"2026-02-20T12:27:50","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T12:27:50","slug":"call-for-papers-placing-the-nineteenth-century-a-pgr-ecr-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bars.ac.uk\/blog\/?p=6343","title":{"rendered":"Call for Papers: Placing the Nineteenth Century: A PGR\/ECR Conference\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Friday 26th June 2026\u00a0
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Edge Hill Nineteen research centre is excited to invite you to \u2018Placing the Nineteenth Century\u2019, a PGR\/ECR conference focused on the North (West) of England in nineteenth-century literature and history. London and the South have often been the heart of discussion about the nineteenth century. However, development in industry during the period brought popularity to cities such as Liverpool and Manchester, which led to a boom of industrial growth in the north of England. In the nineteenth century, the north of England developed like never before, both within cities and in more rural areas. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Following a recent EHU19 research symposium, PhD students from literature and history came together to discuss their emerging research and found a common theme \u2013 place. More specifically, the North (and North West) of England was a uniting thread, and so the idea for such a conference was born.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We invite proposals that engage with \u2018place\u2019 in the long nineteenth century, with particular attention to the North (West), broadly conceived. Papers may approach place as material, imagined, represented, contested, remembered, or speculative. We welcome MA\/MRes\u00a0students, PhD students, and Early Career Researchers whose research interests focus on the North (West) of England in nineteenth-century literary studies, history, art\u00a0history\u00a0and related disciplines, with suggested (but not limited to) topics such as:\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n