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QAQV Chats #4 💬
Neo-historical Biofiction: Counterfictional Lives
19 March 2026 | 19:00–20:30 CET | Zoom
Barbara Braid (Univ. of Szczecin) in conversation with Anna Gutowska (Jan Kochanowski Univ.), followed by Q&A moderated by Lucyna Krawczyk-Żywko.
Register here: qaqv.ia.uw.edu.pl/qaqvchats/
Applications for the 206/27 round of the C19 Matters Fellowship @ljmuofficial.bsky.social are now open! Details and benefits below and here: victorianist.wordpress.com/2026/03/27/n.... Deadline Monday 11 May 2026; please share widely!
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Claudia
The Dickens Society is thrilled to announce: 'Novel Beginnings: The Charles Dickens Birthday Virtual Conference' on 7th February 2026.
The conference is free. Please join us and register for the event using this link to receive a Zoom link for the event: www.eventbrite.com/e/novel-begi...
From Queen Anne to Queen Victoria
Would you like to come and study for a PhD at the University of Surrey? We invite PhD proposals in literature, music and media, and applied theatre. Interdisciplinary proposals welcome as are those from other fields, including film, digital media, cultural studies, and creative writing.
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Cleo O’Callaghan Yeoman
Saw Dangerous Liaisons at the NT this weekend - amazing staging and costumes. However, some uncomfortable tensions between the play’s ironic tone and seduction, given our post-#MeToo moment
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The Dickens Society
share.google/GOSvWZjUEtzs... After a bit of ‘tutting’ at the start of this, I confess to being utterly charmed by the end. Loved Ella Bruccoleri’s performance and, thanks to Ruth Jones, we see Mrs Bennet as more of a coercive, toxic mother than the usual frivolous, harmless caricature.
Prof. Patricia Pulham
Prof. Patricia Pulham
Prof. Patricia Pulham
Prof. Patricia Pulham
Prof. Patricia Pulham
By Claudia Capancioni, with Mariaconcetta Costantini and Julia KuehnThis June we celebrate how, four years ago, the Victorian Popular Fiction Association (VPFA) hosted its first International Study…