The Centre for Victorian Studies

Study

The staff in our centre teach on the MA in English Literature. We offer modules and module content focussed on Victorian literature, culture, and society. 

Doctoral students benefit from supervision teams who are world-leading in their interdisciplinary research.

Seven people are sat round a table smiling at the camera, a couple of them are holding copies of the book Romola as they have been reading together. Thriving community

The Centre has a thriving graduate community, hosting a wide variety of events and providing a forum for intellectual exchange and socialising. Our annual spring seminar series, "Global Victorians", attracts distinguished speakers from all nineteenth-century disciplines. Research students in the centre have the opportunity to be members of the organising committee. We also hold an annual Victorian Studies Public Lecture. 

A large group of people is assembled outside at College Court. They are all looking at the camera which is high above them and some are waving. High-profile conferences

The Centre also organises high-profile conferences. In 2025 we hosted BAVS Talks 2025: A special event marking the 25th anniversary of the British Association for Victorian Studies. In 2022 the College of Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities awarded funding to the Centre for a student organised conference; Victorian Discoveries was an interdisciplinary conference which attracted papers covering a wide range of expertise. In 2019, the Centre hosted George Eliot 2019 – an international bicentenary conference – in collaboration with the George Eliot Fellowship.

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Victorian Studies PhD or MPhil

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