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The UK's oldest Centre for Victorian Studies based at the University of Leicester. Follow to stay up to date with the community! Our next event: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/cssahevents/1581232 Find us: linktr.ee/centreforvictorianstudies

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Manon Williams

Manon Williams

Using the official ship medical logbooks from the French Wars (1793-1815), Manon Williams explores how naval surgeons conceptualised and problematised alcohol consumption as a medical issue in the British Royal Navy.

📅 Wed 12 March, 5.15pm-6.30pm
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12.03.2025 16:02 — 👍 5    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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There's still time to sign up to Dr Jack Quin's talk on the Victorian's fascination with statues! This talk is hybrid so book your tickets to get access to the MS Teams link
🎫 www.tickettailor.com/events/cssahevents/1581279

26.02.2025 14:32 — 👍 3    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
The Purloined Heart: Intertextuality Between Dickens and Poe with Dr Katie Bell

The Purloined Heart: Intertextuality Between Dickens and Poe with Dr Katie Bell

Did you know that Charles Dickens and Edgar Allan Poe had a profound influence on each other? Join us to learn about Dickens influence on one of the most popular horror stories ever: 'The Tell-Tale Heart'
📅 19 Feb 2025, 5.15pm – 6.30pm
🖥️ Online
👉 www.tickettailor.com/events/cssah...

18.02.2025 16:31 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Join the guestlist – 2024 Annual Lecture - Country Walks Through Colonial Britain: A Labourer's Walk Through Dorset – Ken Edwards Building, Lecture Theatre 1 2024 Annual Lecture - Country Walks Through Colonial Britain: A Labourer's Walk Through Dorset – Ken Edwards Building, Lecture Theatre 1, Wed 6 Mar 2024 - What does the British countryside have to do...

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28.02.2024 15:16 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
The Centre for Victorian Studies presents Country Walks Through Colonial Britain with Professor Corinne Fowler

The Centre for Victorian Studies presents Country Walks Through Colonial Britain with Professor Corinne Fowler

It's time for the Centre for Victorian Studies Annual Lecture!

📅 Wednesday 6th March, 5pm - 6pm
📍 Ken Edwards, Lecture Theatre 1
Everyone is welcome to attend

This lecture takes you on a walk through inland Dorset to explore this county’s geographies of slavery and indentured labour.

28.02.2024 15:06 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0
Indian women in the colonial archive. Dr Tara Puri looks at photographic practices, caste and sexuality

Indian women in the colonial archive. Dr Tara Puri looks at photographic practices, caste and sexuality

📢 Join us for Dr Tara Puri's talk on the photographic practices used, and motivations behind, British colonial administrators photographing Indian women in the C19th

🗓️28 Feb, 5.15pm, Attenborough 1707 AND online

➡️Book your ticket/get the link tickettailor.com/events/cssahevents/1144536

16.02.2024 14:22 — 👍 5    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
Left: 'Kingsfisher. Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford' The Centre for Victorian Studies Victorian Art, Fashion, and Design Matthew Winterbottom presents on 'Colour Revolution' (2023)

Left: 'Kingsfisher. Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford' The Centre for Victorian Studies Victorian Art, Fashion, and Design Matthew Winterbottom presents on 'Colour Revolution' (2023)

📣Join us for Matthew Winterbottom's talk on his Exhibition 'Colour Revolution: Victorian Art, Fashion, and Design' exploring how colour was embraced by artists, designers, and many others in all walks of C19th life!

📅7 Feb, 5.15pm, Attenborough 1707

tickettailor.com/events/cssahevents/1144532

05.02.2024 13:49 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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