The Second Annual Conference of the NORTH AMERICAN VICTORIAN STUDIES ASSOCIATION will meet in Toronto on 28-31 October 2004. We invite proposals for papers on any topic related to the conference theme of Victorian Frontiers (see our website for details). Please send in the post three paper copies of your proposal (250-400 words) for a 15-minute talk to one of the addresses below by 16 FEBRUARY 2004. Include with your proposal a one-page CV and your institutional and e-mail addresses.

Plenary speakers and Seminar leaders at the conference include James Eli Adams, Patrick Brantlinger, Kate Flint, Linda and Michael Hutcheon, Audrey Jaffe, Dianne Sachko Macleod, Jerome McGann, Harriet Ritvo, and James Vernon. Special panels are organized by the Dickens Project, HBA, INCS, MVSA, NCSA, VISAWUS, VSAWC, and WMS (see website for their topics).