Characterising the Victorian
The second Northern Victorian Studies Colloquium will be held at
Trinity and All Saints, University of Leeds on Saturday March 18th,
1995.
Programme
10.00-10.30: Coffee
10.30-11.30: Session 1: Constructing a Victorian Pantheon
John Winter (Tasmania) "Rebuilding the Pantheon in Iron and Glass: a
proposal for a non-circular Victorian Pantheon"
11.30-13.00: Session 2: From Tragedy to Decadence
Paul Schlicke (Aberdeen), "W.C. Macready: tragedy, enlightenment and
the Spirit of the Age"
Jad Adams (ICBH), "Ernest Dowson and the artists of the Decadence"
13.00-13.50: Lunch
13.50-15.10: Session 3a: Knowledge: pursuit and dissemination
Edward J Higgs (Oxford) "Major George Graham, Victorian vital
statistics and the development of Whitehall"
Alistair Black (Leeds Metro) "Edward Edwards: personality,
professionalism and progress"
13.50-15.10: Session 3b: Culture: populism and discernment
Nick Potter (Swansea) "The fag-end of Victorian liberalism: E.M.
Forster and Q"
Alexis Weedon (Luton), "Wilkie Collins and the 'unknown public'"
15.10-15.40 Tea
15.40-17.00 Session 4a: Characterisation through (auto)biography
Robert Poole (S. Martin's) "Samuel Bamford: locality and nostalgia"
Alison Chapman (Glasgow) "Christina Rossetti: history, hysteria,
histrionics"
15.40-17.00. Session 4b. Politics: principle and patronage
Detlev Mares (Cologne/LSE) "A.A. Walton: principle and perseverence"
Ronald Mackenzie (Newman) "Henry Berkeley, M.P.: patronage and
commerce".
17.00 END/BAR
Registration for the conference has been kept down to the fee of 5
pounds, to cover the costs of refreshments and lunch.
Potential attenders can register by sending their names,
institutional affiliation (if any), address and the registration fee,
by Monday March 13th, to:
Miss Angela Regan, School of Humanities and Cultural Studies, Trinity
and All Saints, Brownberrie Lane, Horsforth, Leeds, LS18 5HD. (tel
0113-2837191; fax 0113-2837200,
e-mail a.regan@tasc.novell.leeds.ac.uk).
When registering, it would helpful if you could note any
special dietary requirements, and also which of the four parallel
afternoon sessions you plan to attend. This choice will not be
binding, but will help with organising rooms etc.
Trinity and All Saints, is a college of the University of Leeds,
situated close to the railway station in Hosforth, a suburb of
Leeds, and about 20 minutes by train from Leeds City Station. It is
easily accessible from the M1 and M62 motorways, and from the NW via
the A65. Leeds-Bradford airport is a five minute tax-ride away.
Posted by Martin Hewitt
M.Hewitt@tasc.novell.leeds.ac.uk