Spring seminar series

Each spring we host a series of seminars on topics spanning the breadth of Victorian studies. In 2026 our series is themed "Victorian Bodies". Find out about more on this page, or learn about our past spring seminar series.

Seminars take place at 5.15pm on Wednesdays - all are welcome. In 2026, all of our seminars are hybrid - please book via Ticket Tailor to receive a joining link. 

2026 Spring Seminar Series: Victorian Bodies

Seminars start at 5.15pm with a  50-minute paper followed by questions

 ‘The eyes of a sick man’: Fevers and Flu at the Fin de Siècle

• 25 February
• Speaker: Dr Emily Vincent (University of Durham)
• ATT1707 and online
• Book your free ticket

George Eliot's Ethics of Violence

• 25 March
• Speaker: Dr Olivia Krauze (Cambridge University)
• Attenborough 1707 and online
• Book your free ticket

Queer Endurance, Ill Health and Homophobia at the Fin de Siècle:
George Cecil Ives’s The Missing Baronet

• 13 May
• Speaker: Dr Fraser Riddell (University of Durham)
• Attenborough 1707 and online
• Book your free ticket

Alumni Student Showcase

• 20 May
• Speakers:
  • Hannah Palmer (Loughborough University): Elizabeth Gaskell and the Distribution of Women’s Health: Letters and Patient Case Notes
  • Dr Aaron Eames (Bath Spa University): Writing Wilde: Oscar Wilde's Sexuality in Biographical Literature
• Attenborough 1707 and online
• Book your free ticket

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