The next Midlands Interdisciplinary Victorian Studies Seminar, hosted by The University of Nottingham, will explore the theme of masculinities.
All of the sessions are based in Lenton Grove, the Department of History. Please use the maps and directions to find the venue. The event is free of charge and there is no need to register in advance.
Programme of events
| 10.30am | Coffee/Tea and welcome |
| 11am | PLENARY: Dr Holly Furneaux, University of Leicester: ‘Beyond Nightingale: Gender and Care in the Crimean War, or, “Our Devoted Orderlies”’
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| 12pm | PANEL 1: Constructions of the Male Body ‘Sporting slenderness: the Victorian male and his physical excess’ (Lisa Coar, University of Leicester)
‘The corpulent count: controlling the deviant body in Wilkie Collins’ The Woman in White’ (Joanne Parsons, University of Bath Spa)
‘The de-masculinisation of the disabled in Dinah Craik’s work (Ruth Ashton, University of Leicester) |
| 1pm | Lunch |
| 2pm | PANEL 2: Prescribing Masculinities
‘Manly intimacy and power in representations of St George and the dragon in Victorian England’ (Joanne Bailey, Oxford Brookes University)
‘Commemorating an alternative masculinity: Princess Louise’s Boer War memorial at St Paul’s Cathedral’ (Desiree de Chaire, University of Warwick)
‘The idea of character revisited’ (Harry Cocks, The University of Nottingham) |
| 3.10pm | Tea break |
| 3.30pm | PANEL 3: Male Spaces and Places ‘ “A brown sunburnt gentleman”: the travelling male body in Victorian Literature (Charlotte Mathieson, University of Warwick) ‘Gothic masculinities: the Society of St John the Evangelist and the origins of Anglican monasticism’ (Ayla Lepine, The University of Nottingham) 'Wanderings: a male space in the history of travel?’ (Ross Balzaretti, The University of Nottingham) |
| 4.40pm | End of the event - feel free to stay for a drink at a nearby bar at the end of the day. |
There are a small number of travel bursaries available for postgraduate students attending the event, provided through funding by BAVS. If you would like to apply for one of these, please contact Kate Hill stating your name, affiliation and approximate travel costs.