Over this summer research season, we thought we'd share some of what we've been up to on the Advances team.
@drhannahlscott.bsky.social (recordings reviews) has been on an historic costume course, & having a dalliance with the 18thc. of which we just about approve since the dress is rather fancy.
This is another routine reminder that our journal @advancesjournal.bsky.social is actively seeking proposals for themed issues. Do get in touch with me directly if you are interested in submitting a proposal.
Journal details 👇
www.tandfonline.com/journals/ran...
Wondering what to do this weekend? How about submitting a proposal on Dickens and Art for this year's Dickens Day? Deadline's on Monday and we have about 90% of the required papers submitted, so do your thing academics and submit at the eleventh hour! ies.sas.ac.uk/events/dicke...
A sepia photograph with three riders on horseback, dressed in musketeer uniform, neck frills, and papier mache cat heads.
Research find of the day:
Cat Musketeers - Chats Mousquetaires - at the Paris mid-Lentan costume parade, 1894.
All for one, nightmares for all.
#19thc_titbit
Because you can never have enough 19th-century content on social media - we're also now over on Instagram!
Find us @advances_in_19thc_research 😀
Do you love an exhibition?
Have you been to the Musee d'Orsay recently?
Or the Kyoto Costume Institute?
Or the National Museum of New Delhi?
Or the Smithsonian?
Or.....
We're commissioning exhibition reviews of any events engaging with the long 19th century and its legacies.
Get in touch!
Are you a researcher interested in histories of collecting and 19thC Victorian decorative art? This wonderful short-term fellowship is an opportunity to research the Albert Dawson archive in Cultural Collections and Galleries at the University of Leeds jobs.leeds.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx... #jobfairy
Have you been watching the new #JaneAusten 'Rise of a Genius' documentary on #BBC2? Got thoughts?
Love it or loathe it, we'd be chuffed if you'd review it for us here at Advances in Nineteenth-Century Research.
Email hannah.scott at ncl.ac.uk for more details.
Name and role: Hannah Scott, Recordings Reviews Editor Research interests: French performance history, popular music and dance; history of urban public health; costume history; practice-based research. Who you'd like to hear from: anyone interested in reviewing recordings or recorded media - either from the 19th century or inspired by it, from any country or language. Film, TV, documentaries, recorded music, streamed theatre or music performances, radio, podcast, Youtube clips and more! Do get in touch with proposals and queries!
Ever want to review something from/inspired by the 19th century that isn't a book - like a film, TV series, podcast, documentary, music recording, or other recorded media?
That's handy - we have a recordings reviews editor (me!) Do get in touch with proposals and queries ⬇️
Hi Lucy! If you have a query about book reviews, you can contact Nathan directly on his university email address, listed on this page - www.southampton.ac.uk/people/657y7...
Is there a long 19th-century-ish book you'd like to review? Or have you written one? We've got an editor for that!
Meet Nathan Bossoh @nathanbossoh.bsky.social - book reviews editor here at Advances in Nineteenth-Century Research.
Join @cncsi.bsky.social this Thursday! Note that times on the programme are in Central European Time (UK+1hr) so the day begins at 8.50am UK time and you can attend for some or all of the papers ⬇️🦠
Got an opinion piece on the boil?
Meet @dremilyvincent.bsky.social - our Forums Editor: she is commissioning bold, informed discussions of topical, controversial, or neglected research questions in long 19th century studies around the work.
Looking for a venue for that inspiring 19th-century-esque article you're writing? Look no further!
Paul Watt is our General Editor with responsibility for articles - get in touch here: www.tandfonline.com/journals/ran...
Name and role: Karen Sayer, Practica Editor Research Interests: British landscape & environment in the 19th and 20th centuries. Who you'd like to hear from: A Practicum is a constructive &, above all, a practical piece on how, what, why & where we teach the nineteenth century. It could cover ways of tackling precursors, nineteenth century representations, or legacies; it could share best practice, new approaches, & resources; it could consider teaching beyond the university classroom. Any place, and discipline/interdisciplinary approaches welcomed!
Good morning all!
We'd love you all to meet Karen Sayer, our Practica Editor here at Advances.
What is a practicum? It's the how, what, why & where of teaching the nineteenth century - & Karen would love to see proposals for reflective pieces, provocations, best practice, resources, & more
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Call for recordings reviews! ⏰🚨
🚨CFP REMINDER
The Dark Arts Research Group at the Univ. of Copenhagen is hosting a 3-day conference in August 2025. The CFP is still open and we have some bursaries available. Deadline for proposals is 31 March 2025. Please share!
Details 👇
engerom.ku.dk/english/rese...
🦠 Contagion and Contamination in the Nineteenth Century, a free and online one-day interdisciplinary workshop. Thursday 1 May, 9.00am – 5.00pm (Central European Time).
For the full program and to register for the workshop, visit: cn-csi.com/event/contag...
Have you heard or seen any recordings inspired by/from the 19th century recently?
A period film or TV series?
A music album?
A documentary or biopic?
A streamed 19th c. theatre piece?
A podcast?
We're looking to publish recordings reviews - email hannah.scott at ncl. ac. uk for more info! 📃
Got an idea for a special issue inspired by the long 19th century around the world and its legacies?
Allow us to introduce our fantastic General Editor Effram Sera-Shriar, also in charge of our Special Issues.
Name and role: Kirstin Mills, General Editor Research Interests: the Gothic, long-nineteenth-century literature, adaptation studies, literature and science, folklore and the supernatural Who you'd like to hear from: If you work on anything to do with the nineteenth century, whatever that means to you, I want to hear from you! This journal takes a fresh approach - international, interdisciplinary and intertemporal - to broaden nineteenth-century studies and bring traditionally siloed fields together through articles, forums, practica, and reviews of books, exhibitions, recordings and more. Get in touch!
Today, we're delighted to introduce the next member of our Editorial team here at Advances in Nineteenth-Century Research:
General Editor, Kirstin Mills, from Macquarie University Australia 📚
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Name and role: Bennett Zon, General Editor (general oversight) Research interests: the triangulation of music, religion & science; music theology; music & science; disciplinary culture &the organisation of knowledge; intertemporality Who you'd like to hear from: Anyone trying to advance our understanding of INCSA’s three keywords (international, interdisciplinary & intertemporal), including work beyond the Anglosphere; anyone from practice-based areas of work, including museums, libraries, education, media & the arts; anyone expanding the critical, conceptual & methodological horizons of 19th c. studies.
Welcome, new followers, it's a pleasure to see you.
Over the next few months, we're going to introduce the team here at Advances in Nineteenth-Century Research.
First, our General Editor, Prof Bennett Zon 👋
CfP: More Pride, Less Prejudice: Jane Austen at 250 conference which will take place at the Faculty of Arts and Humanities of the University of Porto on 2-3 October 2025. See attached 👇
An image from the 1870s with a small cow on a halter in the middle of an elegantly decorated salon, surrounded by fine furnishings and fashionably dressed men and women. A doctor extracts puss from the pustules on the cow's belly to provide the live vaccine.
It's time for..... *drumroll* ......our first #funfactfriday!
Why not @ us with a fun fact from your research, and we'll give it a repost?
I'll start: fun fact - did you know early smallpox vaccination sessions were attended by a live cow to supply super-fresh cowpox puss? Lovely.
Please share our CFP for the annual Jacqueline Carpine-Lancre Early Career Scholars Prize in Ocean History. Submissions due by 15 March 2025. oceansciencehistory.com/2025/01/06/c...
Thanks for the tip - will get on it!
We welcome proposals for special issues, individual articles, reviews, discussion fora, and pedagogy practica - do get in touch with our general editors with any questions or ideas.
More details on the IN-CSA website: in-csa.com/publications/
Advances aims to respond to the limitations placed on 19th-c. studies by traditional chronologies, established disciplinary boundaries & the prestige of the Anglosphere.
Instead we seek to host:
International research
Interdisciplinary research
Intertemporal research
What does Advances in Nineteenth-Century Studies do, I hear you ask?
Hotly anticipating our launch in 2026, this journal will regularly include research articles; discussion forums; pedagogy practicums; & reviews of books, recordings, films, exhibitions, & digital resources.