And just like that, #SDNDurham2025 is over! What a wonderful few days - such a warm and friendly atmosphere, and a stunning venue. Special thanks to Sarah Gubbins for all her incredible work in planning and organising.
Day 3 of #SDNDurham2025 brought more great papers - I enjoyed presenting on the Enslavement and Freedom panel and getting useful feedback, as well as listening to the final panel on bodies and corporeality - there has been such variety and such excellent scholarship shared.
Following an afternoon session on the future of XIX studies, including helpful discussion on what we can do to better support our PG/ECR community, it was lovely to have them all together in St Chad's Senior Common Room, and to chat to so many about their experiences and passions. #SDNDurham2025
An insight into 4 new and developing projects, with so much refreshing honesty and practical advice on dealing with the roadblocks of research and how to get unstuck #SDNDurham2025
Ellamae Lepper now on comical marriage contracts: bringing Butler and Bergson to Balzac #SDNDurham2025
Kicking off a session on dominant gender norms is the always engaging David Evans on Jules Laforgue: refusing to be a man #SDNDurham2025
From the songs of the workers to Wagner, vaudeville and yodelling - a great panel covering humour, parody and cultural identity throughout the C19th. #SDNDurham2025
Great paper by Lisa Algazi Marcus, chaired by Aine Larkin, on translating Zola's novel La Fécondité #SDNDurham2025
Cloudless blue skies over Durham for day 2 of #SDNDurham2025 - starting the day with Nationalismes et imaginaires raciaux.
Getting ready to speak about Auguste Brizeux later today 'From poet of his region to "reginal poet"' at #sdnDurham2025 @uksdn.bsky.social
A wonderfully warm welcome from Ed Welch and @MLACdurham colleagues in Durham Castle! #SDNDurham2025
It was an enormous pleasure and privilege to chair our first keynote speaker at #SDNDurham2025, Professor Pratima Prasad, with a fascinating paper on enslavement, marronnage and freedom in the French Indian Ocean in a spectacular venue. Very much looking forward to the book! @uksdn.bsky.social
Delighted to be in Durham for #SDNDurham2025 - an opportunity to catch up and share ideas. Looking forward to the brilliant keynotes and papers, and to meeting up with all the PGs and ECRs! @uksdn.bsky.social
St Chad's College, Durham
@uksdn.bsky.social At St Chad's Durham waiting to welcome delegates to our annual conference #SDNDurham2025
Hope you are all looking forward to a great conference and wishing everyone safe travels to Durham #SDNDurham2025
