Centre for Victorian Studies

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Centre for Victorian Studies

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The UK's oldest Centre for Victorian Studies based @uniofleicester. 🔗 https://t.co/loehb08025

Leicester Katılım Şubat 2023
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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 🎫 tickettailor.com/events/cssahev…
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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 👉 tickettailor.com/events/cssahev…
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Literary Leicester
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 👇 tickettailor.com/events/literar…
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👇 tickettailor.com/events/literar…

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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 ☝️
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🗓️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! le.ac.uk/professor-broc…
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Literary Leicester
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👇 tickettailor.com/events/literar…
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The Dickens Code
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👇 dickenscode.org And check out our online exhibition on Dickens and shorthand here👇 dickenscode.omeka.net
The Dickens Society@Dickens_Society

Dr Claire Wood introduces the @dickens_code project before taking participants through a practical decoding session. Things get much trickier when tackling a Dickens manuscript... #DickensSociety2024

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University of Leicester
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 ➡️ tickettailor.com/events/cssahev…
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BAVS Postgrads
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.
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Dr Emma Probett
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
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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 ⬇️

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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’.
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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.
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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 ⬇️
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