Victorian Time Conference, Trinity College Dublin,
23rd-24th April, 2010
Victorian literature and art reflects new ways of thinking about time. The increase of commercial enterprise, travel and the arrival of the railway brought about the need for standardised time. A resurgence of interest in history, mythology, folklore and anthropology allowed the Victorians to view themselves as being at the very apex of time. At the fin de siècle, while Victorians were still grappling with concepts of deep evolutionary time, new anxieties emerged over the increased velocity of progress and its implications for the future. Victorian Time is a two-day interdisciplinary conference hosted by Trinity College Dublin. Over the two days, there will be 21 papers and three keynote presentations on Victorian philosophies of time, time-travel, memory, imagined pasts and futures, neo-Victorianism, the fin de siècle, and all aspects of the past, present and future.
Registration fee (including light refreshments): €10
For further details or to register please contact
Dr. Trish Ferguson or Jane Suzanne Carroll at:
Or check out the School of English events page
Keynote Speakers:
Michael Irwin, Emeritus Professor of English University of Kent
Dr Amanda Piesse, Senior Lecturer, Trinity College Dublin
Professor Nicholas Daly, Head of School of English, Drama and Film, Chair of Modern English and American Literature, University College Dublin,
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