Category Archives: Conferences and seminars
CFP: Ecological Grief and Mourning in the Literature and the Arts in the Anglophone World (18th – 21st c.)
Université Paris Cité, LARCA & Catholic University of Paris 3-4 April 2025 Deadline for proposals: 15 June 2024 Abstract The work of Judith Butler in Precarious Life (2004) drew attention to ‘the differential allocation of grievability that decides what kind of subject … Continue reading
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Session 79: P.B. Shelley’s “The Sensitive Plant”
The next session of our seminar will take place on in February 2024 from 5 to 7pm at the ICP (salle B01 Robert d’Harcourt, Maison de la recherche, 74 rue de Vaugirard, 75006 Paris) and online. Pauline Hortolland (LARCA, Université Paris … Continue reading
Session 78: “Surveiller les gardiens : le maintien de l’ordre dans les jardins botaniques, XIXe siècle.”
The next session of our seminar will take place on October 5th 2023. at the ICP, 74 rue de Vaugirard, 75006 Paris (salle B01 Robert d’Harcourt, Maison de la recherche) and online. The link will be posted here on October … Continue reading
Session 76: Jane Eyre study day
Please join us for a Victorian Persistence study day on May 30th (3pm-7pm). We will hear three presentations on Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre. – Dunlaith Bird (Université Sorbonne Paris Nord): “‘A wanderer on the face of the earth’: Wandering and wonder in Jane … Continue reading
Session 77: “Victorian Resonances in Alan Hollinghurst’s Fiction: Queer Temporalities and Intermedial Dialogues”
The next session of our seminar will take place on June 7th 2023 at the Université Paris Cité and online. Xavier Giudicelli (Université de Reims) will give a paper entitled “Résonances victoriennes dans l’oeuvre d’Alan Hollinghurst: poésie, peinture, architecture.” His respondent will … Continue reading
Session 75: ‘”Healthy Furniture”: Interior Design and Hygiene in Victorian Britain.’
The next session of our seminar will take place on 23 November 2022 from 5 to 6pm online. Richard W. Hayes (Architectural Historian, New York and Life Member of Clare Hall, Cambridge) will give a paper entitled ‘”Healthy Furniture”: Interior … Continue reading
Session 74: Virtual Play and the Victorian Novel. The Ethics and Aesthetics of Fictional Experience
The next session of the Victorian Persistence seminar will take place on 14th June 2022 at 5pm at the Université Paris Cité (Bâtiment ODG, salle 165) and online. Dr. Timothy Gao (Bristol University) will present his recent book Virtual Play … Continue reading
[médialab & CSO seminar] 05/31: S. Zieger / Supply Chain Stories
Tuesday May 31st, 2022 (2.30pm – 4pm), the Sciences Po médialab seminar is welcoming Suzan Zieger. She will give a talk on the growth of the Fake Goods Economy and the values created by the supply chain. This seminar is jointly organized … Continue reading
Session 73: “Missing, Abandoned, and in Legal Limbo: Victorian Presumption of Death Laws and the Novel.”
The next session of our seminar will take place online on May 31st 2022 at 5.30pm. Dr. Jolene Zigarovich (University of Northern Iowa) will give a paper entitled “Missing, Abandoned, and in Legal Limbo: Victorian Presumption of Death Laws and … Continue reading
Session 72: “Artificial Life: The Cold Chain and Dracula’s Logistical Network”
The next session of our seminar will take place on May 25 2022 at 5pm (Bâtiment ODG, salle 165). Pr. Susan Zieger (University of California, Riverside) will give a paper entitled “Artificial Life: The Cold Chain and Dracula’s Logistical Network.” Her … Continue reading
Victorian Persistence: Text, Image, Theory 