Centre for Victorian Studies

The UK's oldest Centre for Victorian Studies based @uniofleicester.

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[Centre for Victorian Studies @CentreVictorian]

Using the official ship medical logbooks from the French Wars (1793-1815), Manon Williams explores how naval surgeons conceptualised and problematised alcohol consumption as a medical issue in the British Royal Navy.

📅 Wed 12 March, 5.15pm-6.30pm
🎫 https://t.co/TfVlSf4WTk

[Centre for Victorian Studies @CentreVictorian]

There's still time to sign up to @JackGQuin's talk on the Victorian's fascination with statues! This talk is hybrid so book your tickets to get access to the MS Teams link
🎫 https://t.co/aaWba9QJek

[Centre for Victorian Studies @CentreVictorian]

@CamKhg @decadentdickens It's a live event this time! We hope you'll be able to make it

[Centre for Victorian Studies @CentreVictorian]

Did you know that Charles Dickens and Edgar Allan Poe had a profound influence on each other? Join us to learn about Dickens influence on one of the most popular horror stories ever: 'The Tell-Tale Heart'
📅 19 Feb 2025, 5.15pm – 6.30pm
🖥️ Online
👉 https://t.co/5ZJGtccZ05

[Literary Leicester @litleics]

There's still time to book for the CVS Annual Lecture, 'Monkey to Man: The Evolution of the March of Progress Image', on 27 Nov, co-hosted by @CentreVictorian and @litleics

To register visit 👇
https://t.co/othmxF7gNS

[Centre for Victorian Studies @CentreVictorian]

📅27 Nov 5pm - 6.15pm
Monkey to man is an image that we all know - but what are its origins and influence? Join us for our annual lecture where Prof. Gowan Dawson will explore the story of the March of Progress from Victorian Britain to the Space Age

Click the link in our bio ☝️

[Centre for Victorian Studies @CentreVictorian]

🗓️4 December, 6.30pm – 7.30pm
📍LT2, Sir Bob Burgess
C19 surgical developments led to unconscious patients, sterile hospitals, and painless operations. But in the C20th procedures still took place at home. Who underwent them and why? Join us and find out! https://t.co/zMgksJlyG3

[Literary Leicester @litleics]

Save the date! We've teamed up with @CentreVictorian to host the CVS Annual Public Lecture ft. Prof. Gowan Dawson on 'Monkey to Man: The Evolution of the March of Progress Image'

📅27 Nov 2024 5:00 PM - 6:15 PM

Find out more and book your free tickets👇
https://t.co/othmxF7ODq

[Centre for Victorian Studies @CentreVictorian]

Our brilliant alumna @hayleyhflynn has a chapter titled 'Mirrors of the Mind' in Peter Lang's new companion to Alice Through the Looking Glass, out today: https://t.co/yzw4mwliko

[Dr Hayley Flynn @hayleyhflynn]

I am so excited to be part of this!!! The Alice books are really where my interest in dreams started ❤️

[The Dickens Code @dickens_code]

It was great to be part of #DickensSociety2024 - thank you to everyone who gave decoding a go!

You can take part in decoding challenges here👇
https://t.co/L42T8mJUIc

And check out our online exhibition on Dickens and shorthand here👇
https://t.co/zX7T31r1Tw

[Centre for Victorian Studies @CentreVictorian]

A massive congratulations to Dr Florence Heath! 🥳

[Centre for Victorian Studies @CentreVictorian]

@Florenc43617448 @HistorianHelen Congratulations, Florence! 🥳

[Centre for Victorian Studies @CentreVictorian]

This time tomorrow, @dickens_code will be giving a virtual talk on their Dickens discoveries! There's still time for you to sign up 👇

[The Dickens Code @dickens_code]

📢Coming up tomorrow at 2 pm!

Find out more and register here👇
https://t.co/wLbkTZLEaa

[The Dickens Code @dickens_code]

This one's not about the #DickensCode, but definitely worth celebrating... 🎉

@EdinburghUP Companion to Charles #Dickens and the Arts has just been published!📖

Find out more 👇https://t.co/QG2cpzr6OK

Huge thanks to our contributors and my brilliant co-editor @ProfJVJohn 👏

[Centre for Victorian Studies @CentreVictorian]

Less than two weeks to go before the next @dickens_code talk! If you haven't seen it already, check out their online exhibition ➡️ https://t.co/dO0MPzAIBm

[The Dickens Code @dickens_code]

Join us for 'Decoding Dickens: The Shorthand Mysteries' - a virtual talk taking place 3 July at 2pm (UK time), hosted by the wonderful @DickensMuseum

Find out more and register here 👇
https://t.co/wLbkTZLEaa

[University of Leicester @uniofleicester]

Event | Professor Kate Loveman: The Strange History of Samuel Pepys’s Diary

Kate looks at the odd history of Samuel Pepys’s secret notes, and how it became the most famous English diary. Featuring sex, scandal, and one really Great Fire.

📅 26 Jun
➡️ https://t.co/dvWHbDmjXo

[BAVS Postgrads @BAVS_PGs]

Calling all BAVS members: join us tomorrow, Tuesday 11 June, at 5pm (BST) for a live follow-up Q&A to Dr. Holly Prescott's (@holby83) video workshop: Beyond the 'Obvious': Exploring Careers for Victorianists. Find the Zoom link in your emails.

[Dr Emma Probett @Emma_Probett]

🗓️ 5.15pm today
🗨️ Two talks on pioneering research on:
⚕️the doctor blamed for the death of Princess Charlotte of Wales and the succession crisis that led to Queen Victoria
👩‍⚕️the life and contributions made to the field of psychiatry by pioneering 'alienist' Dr Adele de Steiger

[Centre for Victorian Studies @CentreVictorian]

Rachael Bailey-Gibson is a Future 100 Centenary Scholarship Postgraduate Researcher. She is in the second year of her PhD programme. Her thesis is titled ‘Remote Benevolent Despots?: The English Alienist Psychiatrist, 1845-1921’.

[Centre for Victorian Studies @CentreVictorian]

Less than 2 hours to the Student Showcase! These sessions explore: elite women’s opinions of Sir Richard Croft, who attended the labour and death of Princess Charlotte of Wales, and the contributions of pioneering alienist (psychiatrist) Dr de Steiger. Teams link and abstracts ⬇️

[Centre for Victorian Studies @CentreVictorian]

Dr de Steiger’s notebook from 1893, lent to @Leicvichistory by her great-nephew, will also be explored. This rare source gives an insight into her personal thoughts, influences, and motivations, bringing her fascinating and inspirational work to life.