Join us for this free online event exploring the theme of environmentalism through a nineteenth century lens. Please not all times are Central European Time (CET). Extinction, industrialisation, resource extraction, colonial expansion, environmentalism, land reformulation, capitalism — these entangled areas, and their impact on the human and more-than-human world, loomed large in nineteenth-century imaginations across cultures, […]
ECR Café ECR Café, a pioneering initiative started by the Center for Nineteenth-Century Studies International, brings scholars and early career researchers together in conversation – learning, discussing, and exploring the limits of knowledge. The first ECR Café highlights leading figures in the world of academic and research-driven publishing to discuss their experiences in the print […]
With the publication of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein (1818), Richard Marsh’s The Beetle (1897), and Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1897), monsters became a staple of nineteenth-century literature. But their hold on the nineteenth-century imagination runs far deeper. Gargoyles and grotesques adorn the exteriors of neo-Gothic churches; experiments with blood transfusion elicit fears of monstrous hybrids; in 1885, […]
Occultism and Popular Culture in Europe Date: 22 November to 23 November 2023 Location: Department of English, Germanic and Romance Studies, University of Copenhagen There has been a long cultural fascination with the macabre, horrific, and downright creepy across European society. From the early popular novels of writers such as Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein (1818), and […]
Please join the 4th CNCSI Virtual Lab for a lively discussion with Professor Kit Belgum (University of Texas at Austin) and Professor Vance Byrd (University of Pennsylvania) on "Scans, Databases, and Apps: Teaching the Nineteenth Century in the Digital Era." Belgum's and Byrd's talks will begin Monday, February 19th at 8 AM (EST/Colombia); 2 PM […]
Join the Centre for Nineteenth-Century Studies International (CNCSI) on April 26 2024 for a day-long workshop of eclectic and interdisciplinary papers from guest speakers themed around Science Fiction in the Nineteenth Century. This workshop brings together exciting voices from a range of interdisciplinary fields to explore and expand our understandings of ‘science fiction’ in the […]
Charles Dickens: Beyond Realism 17 May, 9.00am-3.30pm British Summer Time (BST) All sessions are scheduled according to British Summer Time. Online Conference Register here. Dickens’s fiction is celebrated for its vivid realism, luring the reader into the mist and fog of Victorian London’s streets and revealing the profound injustice of day to day life. We […]
Nature and Horror in the Nineteenth Century 31 October, 9.45 am – 5.00 pm Central European Time (CET) All sessions are scheduled according to Central European Time. Free, online event Register for ‘Nature and Horror in the Nineteenth Century’ here. The Centre for Nineteenth-Century Studies International (CN-CSI) is pleased to announce a one-day interdisciplinary […]
Contagion and Contamination in the Nineteenth Century Free and Online One-Day Interdisciplinary Workshop Thursday 1 May, 9.00am – 5.00pm (Central European Time) Registration is required. Sign-up here. The Centre for Nineteenth-Century Studies International (CNCSI) is pleased to announce a free and online one-day interdisciplinary workshop exploring the relationship between contagion and contamination in nineteenth-century culture […]
Nineteenth-Century Gothic Afterlives Free and Online One-Day Halloween Workshop Friday 31st October, 10.45 am ̶ 5.00 pm (Central European Time) Registration is required. Sign up here. The Centre for Nineteenth-Century Studies International (CN-CSI) is pleased to announce a one-day interdisciplinary workshop on Halloween (Friday 31st October) exploring how the global afterlives of nineteenth-century Gothic art, […]
