Nineteenth Century Group

General Description

The Nineteenth Century Group at Rutgers focuses primarily on British literature of the Victorian and Romantic periods. Our recent events include dissertation and publication workshops, guest speakers and panels on nineteenth-century topics, discussions of new work in the field, and events concerning methodological developments in the discipline.

We encourage interdisciplinary and cross-geographic boundary approaches to the period, and we direct our discussions every year around a particular theme. Each fall we organize an interdisciplinary round table discussion that brings together nineteenth-century scholars from across the country to discuss projects related to our theme. In the spring, we collaborate with Princeton to host a graduate conference, providing opportunities for students at any institution to share work and receive relevant feedback.

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Fall 2023 Schedule

Wednesday, October 4th @ 7:30 PM, EST (Zoom):

Laurena Tsudama, Fellowship Application Workshop

Tuesday, October 17th @ 7:00 PM, EST (Murray Hall, Room 107):

Sonal Rana, Paper Workshop

“I am a man of genius, half-finished”: Undigested Impressions, Nescient Artists, and Patient Lovers in Henry James’ Roderick Hudson

Friday, November 3rd @ 4:00 PM, EST (Rutgers Academic Building, Room 6051):

Annual Fall Roundtable: "Extraction, Industry, and Labor in the Global Nineteenth Century"

This event will feature work by Michael Tondre (Stony Brook, English), Tamara Fernando (Stony Brook, History), and Mattie Armstrong-Price (Fordham University, History) with a response by Liz Miller (UC Davis, English).

Catered reception to follow.

Tuesday, November 14th @ 5:00 PM, EST (Murray Hall, Room 302):

Matthew Sussman (University of Sydney), Guest Lecture "The Meaning of Aesthetic Pluralism"

Discussion and dinner to follow.