Literary Art
Nineteenth-Century Afterlives: Creative and Critical Approaches
Join us for Nineteenth-Century Afterlives: Creative and Critical Approaches, a collaborative event hosted by Sarah Dutson, postgraduate researcher in the School of English in the Faculty of Arts and Humanities. This first seminar in the 2026 North-West Long Nineteenth Century Research seminar series is co-organised by the Long Nineteenth Century Network and the Centre for Fiction.
This international hybrid seminar brings together postgraduate researchers and early career scholars to explore how the nineteenth century continues to shape contemporary literature and culture. Through a series of short papers and discussion, we will consider the many ways the period is revisited, reimagined, and critically reinterpreted.
The seminar takes place in 2.06 in the Grosvenor East building, Manchester Metropolitan University. There is also the option to join online via Teams. The Teams link will be emailed out to you 2 days before the event, after you have signed up.
Our Guest Speaker
We are delighted to welcome Lara Brändle (Doctoral Research Fellow, University of Oslo), who will deliver the keynote paper: “Hydrocommons of Care in Diane Setterfield's Once Upon a River (2018)”
Lara’s research explores neo-Victorian literature, motherhood, gender studies, Victorian literature, cultural memory, crime fiction, and the Gothic.
We look forward to welcoming you for what promises to be a stimulating afternoon of discussion.
Afternoon Programme (Working Draft Schedule; timings may change)
1:00–1:30 Arrival, Lunch and Coffee
1:30– 3.00 Welcome and Postgradute Research Paper Panel (Work-in-Progress)
3.00-3.15 break
3.15–4.15 Guest Speaker (Lara Brandle, University of Oslo)
4.15 - 4.30 Closing thoughts about research and future events - a neo-Victorianism reading group??
