CALL FOR PAPERS

The Verbal and the Visual in Nineteenth-Century Culture

Two-Day Conference, 23-24 June 2006
Institute of English Studies, Senate House, London

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS INCLUDE STEVEN BANN, KATE FLINT, MICHAEL HATT, BRIAN
MAIDMENT, LYNDA NEAD, LINDSAY SMITH

We invite proposals for 20 minute papers on the interplay between the
verbal and the visual in nineteenth-century culture. Suggestions for
panels are also welcome. Topics might include: Ekphrasis; Spectators,
Viewers, Readers, Observers; Optics; The Virtual and the Real; Graphic
Satire; The Illustrated Press; The Culture of Periodicals; Imaginary
Galleries; Narrative Painting; Advertising; New Technologies; Then and Now.

Convened by Birkbeck Centre for Nineteenth-Century Studies.

Proposals to s.ledgerbbk.ac.uk by 1 March 2006.

Conference Organisers: Hilary Fraser (h.fraserbbk.ac.uk), Sally Ledger
(s.ledgerbbk.ac.uk) Ella Dzelzainis (e.dzelzainisbbk.ac.uk), Nicola Bown
(n.bownbbk.ac.uk)Patrizia Dibello (p.dibellobbk.ac.uk)