Reminder: 30 November is the CFP deadline for our international symposium
in Paris!

Anastasia M. Kuryanova, recipient of @livunipress.bsky.social’s LUP125 Early Career Researcher Bursary to attend our international symposium in Kuwait this past January, reflects on her experience:

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Hannah Williams, art historian @ QMUL, will give the other keynote address in Paris. Williams is co-director of “a digital decolonial art history project” exploring connections between Haiti (formerly French colony of Saint-Domingue) and the Paris art world c. 1780-90s. Join us!

Daniel Foliard, whose recent book The Violence of Colonial Photography was shortlisted for the British Academy’s Book Prize for Global Cultural Understanding, will be one of two keynote speakers at the SGNCS international symposium in Paris, 17-19 June 2026! Proposals due 1 November.

Join us in Paris for our 2026 international symposium on “Solidarities and Shifting Alliances”

Had a great time presenting my research on the behind-the-scenes roles, practices, and networks of transimperial translators at the @global19c.bsky.social World Congress @unibirmingham.bsky.social last week! Really enjoyed the vibrant program and all the inspiring conversations! 🙏

Congress co-chairs Berny Sèbe and Kevin A. Morrison with one of two keynote speakers Regenia Gagnier, whose lecture approached the long 19th century and globalization through key moments in literature, criticism, and theory

Prof Emma Tyler, one of 3 presenters on panel “Languages, Materialities, and Intellectual Traditions: LCAHM Perspectives,” during the Congress dinner. Tyler is Head of School of Languages, Cultures, Art History, and Music (LCAHM). She was joined by colleagues Berny Sèbe & postgraduate Tomoki Yamada.

A great first day of the SGNCS 2025 World Congress @unibirmingham.bsky.social

Great to be in Birmingham attending the World Congress of @global19c.bsky.social. If you’re here, do come by the book stand and find out more about publishing with @livunipress.bsky.social!

We are delighted to share this year's LUP Reviewer Rewards. Read the full list on the LUP blog: bit.ly/ReviewerRewards24 Winners include: ‪ @amyhubbell.bsky.social @sonjasg.bsky.social @ritorneropoeta.bsky.social @goringpd.bsky.social
Congratulations to all recipients!🏆

Want to attend two back-to-back conferences in the UK this summer? The SGNCS is joining forces with the Victorian Popular Fiction Association enabling SGNCS members to attend that conference without being members of the VPFA. Deets 👇

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We’ve heard you! While our program committee is hard at work vetting proposals for our World Congress in July, we are happy to continue receiving submissions through 15 April. It’s shaping up to be an incredibly exciting event!

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Today we launched an IG account with the same handle (global19c). Help us grow it by following. 🙏

The University of Birmingham will host the 2025 World Congress of the Society for Global Nineteenth-Century Studies. Join us! Deets 👇

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