Description: Panelists explore how public forms of scholarship oriented to our own time and place can broaden the impact of Victorian scholarship. While Victorianists engage in newly revitalized critical conversations, enrollments in English departments across the country continue to drop, particularly in courses on periods before 1900. We aim to develop ideas for public-facing projects to create greater public understanding of the value of Victorian scholarship.

Speakers

Jacqueline Barrios, U of California, Los Angeles

Sheila Cordner, Boston U

Bridget Draxler, St. Olaf C

Abigail Droge, U of California, Santa Barbara

Christie Harner, Dartmouth C

Teresa Mangum, U of Iowa

Danielle Spratt, California State U, Northridge

Presider

Renee Fox, U of California, Santa Cruz

Elizabeth Meadows, Vanderbilt U