Victorian Studies: A Closer Look
16th Annual Research Symposium
Friday 25 October 2024
109 Atkinson Building (the Harry Crowe Room)
Welcoming remarks, 10 am Lesley Higgins
Morning session, 10:15 am – 11:45 am
Moderator, Adrian Grek (English, York)
Leslie Howsam (History, Windsor and TMU)
“Slow Scholarship: Four Decades with Eliza Orme’s Ambitions”
Deborah Neill (History, York)
“A Liverpool Merchant Goes to Africa: John Holt & Co. in the Gulf of Guinea, 1862–1914”
Jennifer Bonnell (History, York)
“Early Insecticide Controversies and Beekeeper Advocacy in the Great Lakes Region,
1880–1940”
Afternoon session, 1:15 pm – 2:45 pm
Moderator, Bernie Lightman (Humanities, York)
Christopher Fanning (English, Queen’s)
“Picton’s Parnassus: Literary Life in Mid-19th-Century Rural Ontario as Seen in the Pages of The
Hallowell Free Press, 1831–34”
Azadeh Monzavi (Communication and Culture, TMU)
“The Keepsake: A Symbol of Victorian Women’s Art and Craft”
Natalie Neill (English, York)
“Visiting Literature: Reflections on a Study-Abroad Course”