The Age of Experiments, 1800-1900
4th annual conference of the British Association for Victorian Studies
(BAVS)
4-6 SEPTEMBER 2003
University of Wales, Aberystwyth
We are pleased to announce the following plenary speakers for our
conference:
Plenary lecturer: Aled Jones & Sally Shuttleworth
Plenary Panellists: Kathryn Gleadle, Cora Kaplan, Roger Luckhurst, Jo
McDonagh, Rick Rylance, Shearer West
We invite proposals for papers (of 15-20 minutes duration) on any aspect of
experimentation and/or innovation in the nineteenth century, including
Victorian avant gardes, experimentation and innovation in music, literature
or the visual and plastic, arts, new technologies (and the responses to
them), innovatory thinking or practice in the sciences (including
experimentation and new developments in medical disciplines, and the
emergence of 'new' sciences), innovatory forms of cultural production,
social and sexual experimentation, the concern with the 'new'.
Please send your proposal (300 words) to
Professor Lyn Pykett, Department of English, University of Wales
Aberystwyth, Penglais, Aberystwyth, Ceredgion SY23 3DY
email lyp@aber.ac.uk
****DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION OF PAPER PROPOSALS FRIDAY 18 APRIL 2003****
Postgraduate Posters:
We warmly welcome the submission of postgraduate posters. Posters (which may
be submitted by postgraduates who also give a paper) should outline research
interests and contact details on no more than one page of preferably
A3-sized paper. They will be on display throughout the conference.
Postgraduate bursaries:
BAVS sponsors a small number of postgraduate bursaries (covering
registration fee and accommodation) for postgraduate students who are
selectd to present a paper or to act as a conference reporter. We are also
pleased to announce that The Jane Austen Society has kindly agreed to
sponsor a postgraduate bursary for the presentation of a paper on Austen
and/or her influence.
To apply for a postgraduate bursary to give a paper please send a copy of
your CV and a 300-word abstract to the conference organisers at the address
above by Friday 18 April. To apply for a postgraduate bursary to act as a
conference reporter please send a copy of your CV to the conference
organisers at the address above by Friday 27 June.
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