, Wednesday 2 April, 12-5 pm

Our friends The North West Long Nineteenth Century Network are a group of Man Met scholars and postgraduates that share interests and collaborate with Manchester Centre for Gothic Studies on aspects and topics of Victorian Gothic.

Join them for the next North West Long Nineteenth Century research seminar on the topic of ‘Transnational Popular Print in the Long Nineteenth Century’ that includes contributions on the Gothic in the nineteenth century.

Date and Venue: GM G.09A on Wed 2nd April, 12-5pm.

Programme

International Scholar Talk

We’re really delighted to have Dr Jeroen Salman from the University of Utrecht join us for the afternoon.

Manchester Scholar Papers

Dr Jodie Matthews (MMU): Title: “Follow the Plants: Rhizomatic Reading Across Borders”

Clara Dawson (Manchester): Title: “’Avian Poetics: Human-Bird Relations in the Nineteenth Century.”

Sonja Lawrenson (LJMU and MMU): Title: “The Punch Almanack in its Transnational Contexts”

‘PhD in Progress Panel’

Rebecca Alaise (MMU): Title: “Sparring for Sonic Supremacy: Gothicising the Battle Between German and Italian Classical Music in Literature of the Fin de Siècle.”

Sarah Dutson (MMU): Title: “Transnational Spiritualism in the Neo-Victorian Gothic Context.”

Haseeb Khan (MMU): Title: “Seeking a Long History of British Muslim Identity in Liverpool and Manchester.”

Gareth Rees (MMU): Title: “Why Resurrect David Lloyd George?”

For further info and to register please click here. Any questions, please email Sonja Lawrenson on s.lawrenson@mmu.ac.uk.