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Victorian Studies Association of Western Canada
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Bringing a community of scholars committed to interdisciplinary research and innovative teaching about the Victorian period together since 1972.

Our journal is @victorianreview.bsky.social

Our website is https://vsawc.org
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Our CFP for our May 2026 conference is live! Please see the attachment or the thread for details about our upcoming conference on VICTORIAN TRADE
September 26, 2025 at 2:58 AM
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Call for submissions to the Gaskell Journal for the 2026 Joan Leach Graduate Student Essay Prize. See below for details, or visit the Gaskell Journal website: www.gaskelljournal.co.uk.
The Gaskell Journal Joan Leach Memorial Graduate Student Essay Prize 2026 Deadline for submissions: 1 February 2026 The Gaskell Journal runs a biennial Graduate Student Essay Prize in honour of Joan Leach MBE, founder of the Gaskell Society. The winning essay will be published in the Gaskell Journal (with revisions as appropriate), and its author will receive £200 from the Gaskell Society, and a complimentary copy of the Journal. The essay competition is open to all graduate students currently registered for a PhD or MA. Entries must offer an original contribution to the field of Gaskell studies, whether to read her work in relation to Victorian social or intellectual contexts, or in the light of critical theory, or to offer a comparative study connecting Gaskell with another author. Essays will be shortlisted by the Gaskell Journal Editorial Board, with the final winner being chosen by our guest judge who is an eminent scholar in Victorian Studies. Previous judges have included Professor Kate Flint, Professor Joanne Shattock, and Professor Jill Matus. Essays should be 6000-7000 words, and not under consideration for publication elsewhere. All shortlisted submissions will be considered for potential publication in the Gaskell Journal. Please see the Gaskell Journal website for submission details and style guide: www.gaskelljournal.co.uk. Please direct any queries to the Editors, Dr Ben Moore: B.P.Moore@uva.nl and Dr Rebecca Styler: rstyler@lincoln.ac.uk
March 6, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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Reminder that paper proposals for VSAWC's May 23-24 conference, EXHIBITING THE NINETEENTH CENTURY, are due on January 5! For more details, check out vsawc.org/events/
An image of the painting A Private View at the Royal Academy, 1881 (1883, oil on canvas) by William Powell Frith. The painting depicts a crowd of people viewing paintings at the Royal Academy. VSAWC has overlaid it with a green text bubble that makes a man on the right hand side say "I'm thinking about my abstract"
December 30, 2024 at 11:10 PM
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Jeremy Bentham's auto-icon wants to know:

Are you thinking about the practices and politics of EXHIBITING THE NINETEENTH CENTURY? And, if so, have you thought of sending in a proposal to speak on this at VSAWC's May 2025 conference? Details ➡️ vsawc.org/events/
An image of what appears to be a life-size wax figure of a man wearing a c. 1830s black jacket, frilly shirt, tan trousers, white socks, black shoes, and wide-brimmed tan hat, with a cane resting on his arm, sitting inside a wooden display cabinet at University College London. The words JEREMY BENTHAM appear in large gold letters at the top of the display cabinet. The figure is Bentham's preserved skeleton, dressed in his clothes, surmounted with a wax head.
December 11, 2024 at 5:45 PM
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End of term grading got you down? Why not take a break and work up a proposal for VSAWC's upcoming conference "Exhibiting the Nineteenth Century"? To find out more, click on the link below!

vsawc.org/events/
Image of a season ticket for the Arts & Crafts Exhibition Society from 1890, printed in warm brown ink. The left side of the ticket features an illustration of two artisans, one wearing an apron and holding tools, and the other dressed as a painter. They shake hands over a decorative emblem surrounded by floral motifs. The illustration includes text indicating the location, "121 Regent St. The New Gallery," at the bottom. On the right side, the ticket reads "Season Ticket 1890" in bold lettering, with additional text for "Admission" and instructions, along with the name "Ernest Radford, Secretary." The design of the ticket reflects the style of the Arts and Crafts movement.
December 5, 2024 at 6:15 PM
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The CFP for the Victorian Studies Association of Western Canada's 2025 conference, EXHIBITING THE NINETEENTH CENTURY, May 23-24 in Regina, Saskatchewan is live! Please circulate and send abstracts by Jan. 5. Travel grants available for students + underemployed/contingent faculty 👇

vsawc.org/events/
An image of the Great Exhibition of 1851 opening ceremony, depicting Victorians gathering in the Crystal Palace in London, surrounded by white statues and swathes of red fabric. A fountain and tree stand in the background, inside the Crystal Palace. Black text on a pink background reads "Exhibiting the Nineteenth Century: VSAWC 2025, May 23-24, Regina, Saskatchewan.
November 29, 2024 at 5:05 PM