See me speak
If you’d like to see what a Digital Victorianist looks like in the flesh (hint: pasty and out of shape) then you might like to come and see one of my forthcoming talks. Over the next 6 months I’ll be giving at least four conference papers:
- 17th March 2012 – “Goodbye, old fellow, I must skedaddle!”: Reading the American Voice in the Late-Victorian Press
London Nineteenth-Century Studies Seminar, Institute of English Studies, 11:00-17:00. Free entry [details available here]
- 16th -17th April 2012 – Imagining America: W. T. Stead’s Vision of the New World
W. T. Stead: Centenary Conference for a Newspaper Revolutionary, British Library. Registration (until 31 January 2012): £70 (£60 postgraduates / over 65s); Day rate: £45 (no concessions). [details available here]
- 21st – 23rd June – “Goodbye, old fellow, I must skedaddle!”: American Slang and the Victorian Popular Press
5th Annual British Scholar Conference, University of Edinburgh. [details available here]
- 5th July- 7th July – The Laughter of Good Fellowship? Negotiating the past, present, and future in Anglo-American humour, 1870-1900
History and Humour – 1800 to Present, Freiburg University. [details available soon]
As of next week I’ll also be leaving Manchester to take up a temporary lecturing post at Swansea University. If you find yourself in South Wales (and have nothing better to do) then stop by and say hello!
January 22nd, 2012 at 4:38 am
Do you find it difficult to research 19th century America from the UK? I’m in the US and I keep thinking how much more I could do with access to the resources in the British Library, or even just the ability to stroll around London.
January 23rd, 2012 at 10:29 pm
It can be a little tricky. In truth, the majority of my research focuses on the place of America in British culture – so, my key sources are all on this side of the Atlantic. I’ve also got access to a good range of digital archives. That said, I’d be able to do a whole lot more with the Library of Congress on my doorstep!