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2014 MVSA Conference
April 11-13, 2014
“Victorian Violence”
The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
The
Midwest Victorian Studies Association will hold its 2014 annual conference at
the University of Michigan, April 11-13, 2014. Papers are sought for topics
related to the conference theme of "Victorian Violence."
Contributions may consider any aspect of conflict or resistance and its
representations in art, music, history, or literature: violence in the army,
the colonies, the prisons, the streets, the workplace, the family, the home,
and even the animal kingdom. Papers on resistance to violence—such as
anti-vivisection or the British anti-war movement—are also welcome, as are
talks on indirect and systemic forms of violence. We are planning a collection
of essays based on the conference.
In
addition to the conference theme, we invite proposals for a Victorian Pedagogy
Roundtable. Presenters will introduce innovative and successful strategies for
teaching Victorian literature, history, music and culture in the classroom.
Presentations for this session need not be linked to the conference theme.
MVSA’s
2014 Jane Stedman lecture will be given by Lara Kriegel (Indiana University).
Dr. Kriegel’s plenary lecture is titled “Graceful Exits: War Cemeteries,
Violent Legacies, and the Afterlife of the Crimean War.”
Send a
300-word abstract and 1-page vita (both as MWord documents) by October 31, 2013,
to conferencesubmissions@midwestvictorian.org.
Even if you do not submit a paper, please plan to attend!
The
Midwest Victorian Studies Association is an interdisciplinary organization
welcoming scholars from all disciplines who share an interest in
nineteenth-century British history, literature, and culture.
See http://www.midwestvictorian.org/p/conference.html
for more information.
