Victorian Spiritualities
One
Day Colloquium on 17 March 2012
This
one-day colloquium will explore Victorian Spiritualities from a wide range of perspectives.
Contributions on literary topics explore key figures such as Dickens and G.M. Hopkins,
as well as lesser-known writers like Fitz-James O’Brien and T.E. Brown. Contributions
on art history include a presentation on Evelyn de Morgan and Emily Ford, and
there are also papers on ballet and textiles. Psychology, postcolonial studies
and philosophy are also represented. The day will cover a wide variety of
religious traditions, including Catholicism, Anglicanism and the Oxford
Movement, Spiritualism, the Russian Orthodox Church, Quakerism, Judaism, and Buddhism.
The keynote speakers are literary critic Elisabeth Jay and art historian
Michaela Giebelhausen.
Registration Fee: £40 (includes copy of the Leeds Working Papers
volume for the colloquium containing c.25 articles, plus lunch and
refreshments). For more details and to register, contact j.hamblin@leedstrinity.ac.uk.
Colloquium convenor: Jane de
Gay
