June 3-6, 2013, Venice International University, Island of San Servolo, Venice, Italy
For the first time, the three major conferences on the Victorian period, NAVSA (North American Victorian Studies Association), BAVS (British Association for Victorian Studies) and AVSA (Australasian Victorian Studies Association) will join forces for a conference in Venice Italy, to be held June 3 to June 6, 2013.
The conference theme is The Global and the Local.
Some of the topics are:
Cosmopolitanism
Nationalism/Internationalism/Globalization
Global Circulation
Geopolitical Commodities
Glocal Cities
Imagined Communities and Imaginary Places
Traveling, Tourism, Guide Books and Travel Writing
Trains and Speed, Spatialization and Temporality
Trade, Markets, and Dissemination
Empire and Rebellion
British Reception of Italian Music and Visual Arts
Art Collecting, Museums, Libraries, and Galleries
Dialect Literature
Victorian Roots
Victorians and the "Risorgimento"
Religious Difference
The Perception of Otherness
The Country and the City
The Local Artifact and Digital Networking
Opera
Water
For more information please visit the conference website or click on the following link to download the program in PDF: