Australasian Victorian Studies Association 2020 Conference Call for Papers now open!

Don’t miss out on this amazing professional development opportunity with Monash University & AVSA as they invite you to submit your research papers that interpret any aspect of the nineteenth century in relation to their Conference theme “Small Worlds: Connections, Collaborations, and Conflicts”.

Papers range in disciplinary background including Literature, History, Music and Art History.

Proposals might address such topics as the following:

• Travelling, tourism and travel writing
• Urbanisation and the city
• Emigration
• Empires, nationalism, colonialism
• Race, ethnicity, indigeneity
• Literature and the periodical press
• Scientific and medical advancement
• Intellectual, artistic, and political communities
• Religion and missionary work
• The Victorian city
• Collaborative research within Victorian Studies

The Conference will be held at Monash University, Melbourne on the 17th-19th June 2020.

Deadline | Please submit your proposals by the 20th January 2020 to conferences convenors Dr Michelle Smith and Associate Professor Paul Watt.

For more information regarding the deadline and proposal requirements | visit the Australasian Victorian Studies Association’s website.