BAVS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF WALES ABERYSTWYTH
4-6 SEPTEMBER 2003
The Age of Experiments, 1800-1900
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Plenary lecturer: Sally Shuttleworth
Plenary Panellists: Kathryn Gleadle, Cora Kaplan, Roger Luckhurst, Jo
McDonagh, Rick Rylance, Shearer West
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We invite proposals for papers (of 15-20 minutes duration) on any aspect
of experimentation and/or innovation in the nineteenth century,
including Victorian avant gardes, experimentation and innovation in
music, literature or the visual and plastic, arts, new technologies (and
the responses to them), innovatory thinking or practice in the sciences
(including experimentation and new developments in medical disciplines,
and the emergence of 'new' sciences), innovatory forms of cultural
production, social and sexual experimentation, the concern with the
'new'.
Please send your proposal (300 words) to
Professor Lyn Pykett, Department of English, University of Wales
Aberystwyth, Penglais, Aberystwyth, Ceredgion SY23 3DY
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DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION OF PAPER PROPOSALS FRIDAY 18 APRIL 2003
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Postgraduate Posters We warmly welcome the submission of postgraduate
posters. Poster (which may be submitted by postgraduates who also give a
paper) should outline research interests and contact details on no more
than one page of preferably A3-sized paper. They will be on display
throughout the conference.
Postgraduate bursaries: BAVS sponsors a small number of postgraduate
bursaries (covering registration fee and accommodation) for postgraduate
students who are selectd to present a paper or to act as a conference
reporter. We are also pleased to announce that The Jane Austen Society
has kindly agreed to sponsor a postgraduate bursary for the presentation
of a paper on Austen and/or her influence.
To apply for a postgraduate bursary to give a paper please send a copy
of your CV and a 300-word abstract to the conference organisers at the
address above by Friday 18 April. To apply for a postgraduate bursary to
act as a conference reporter please send a copy of your CV to the
conference organisers at the address above by Friday 27 June.
Further Information: http://www.qub.ac.uk/en/socs/bavs/events.htm
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