Southampton Centre for Nineteenth-Century Research

About

We launched our research centre in the summer of 2012 after two years as a successful reading group. Our membership of over 70 researchers includes staff, students, and external friends. We work across several faculties in the University and beyond.

We meet up to three times a term to present and discuss our work. We also debate issues of central importance to interdisciplinary 19th century studies.

We invite guests to speak at our external events. These include seminars, and conferences.

Our centre aims are to publicise the work done by our members. We forge and extend links with 19th century researchers in other institutions globally too.

Research themes

Research themes include:

• British debate over slavery
• diaries of the 7th Earl of Shaftesbury
• fluid geographies and global mobilities: recovering Southampton’s translocal book trade networks 1840 -1914
• local population studies society parish register project
• monstrous flowers: literature women and botany
• the most typical Victorian of them all?
• two shipwrecks in Alum Bay

Journals

Romance, Revolution and Reform is a PGR-led journal based at the University of Southampton. It has an open access policy, supporting post-graduates. It includes papers by established academics too.

The editorial team publishes stimulating new research on the long 19th century (1789-1914). This can be from the perspective of any humanities or social sciences discipline.

The Journal aims to help new researchers and early career academics publish their latest findings.

Read our latest issue, and find out more about RRR's policies and how to publish with us

Email us at [email protected]

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