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LOCATING THE VICTORIANS LEARNING CENTER
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Locating the Victorians Welcome to Fathom's special learning center, Locating the Victorians: Technology, Culture and Empire. Follow the links on this page to learn more about the history and influence of Britain and its empire during the reign of Queen Victoria (1837-1901).

Choose a subtopic and discover a wide selection of free seminars, articles, features, lectures, reference entries, book recommendations and links to further resources on the Victorian period.

Search Fathom for the phrase "Locating the Victorians" for a list of the features and seminars developed from the "Locating the Victorians" conference, held in London in 2001.

Hear new interpretations of the culture of the Victorian period from leading scholars such as David Cannadine and Gillian Beer or explore Victorian art, literature and science through one of our free seminars.

» Introduction by Robert Bud
 
 
 
Selected Courses And Seminars
[Electricity on Show: Spectacular Events in Victorian London] Electricity on Show: Spectacular Events in Victorian London
From: Science Museum

The science of electricity underwent a massive transformation during the Victorian era. As new ways of producing electricity proliferated, there were more and more places where electricity and its products could be encountered. In this seminar, Iwan Rhys Morus explains how exhibitions provided a way of bringing electricity, electricians and their productions inside public culture. more...

 
Spectacle of Dress in Victorian Paintingnew The Secret History of the Corsetnew
Charles Dickens: The Life of the Authornew Steam and SpeedL: Industry, Transport and Communicationsnew
 
 
Selected Features
[image] Science, Satire and Empathy
From: Science Museum

Tracking the encounters between science, literature, and epistemology in the Victorian era, Gillian Beer, King Edward VII Professor of English Literature at Clare Hall, Cambridge, UK, discusses the origins and use of satire and empathy, which became a predominant part of literary and scientific discourse during this period. Beer argues that by the late nineteenth century, both satire and empathy had become necessary tools for the study of other forms of consciousness. more...

 
Words into Pictures: Millais and Tennyson Indian Art and Imperialism: The Collections of the V&A
Lewis Carroll's Photographs A Great Sensation: Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation
 
 
Recommended Books
The Cambridge Companion to the Victorian Novel The Cambridge Companion to the Victorian Novel
By: Deirdre David (ed.) [Cambridge University Press, Paperback]

In The Cambridge Companion to the Victorian Novel, a series of specially-commissioned essays examine the work of Charles Dickens, the Brontes, George Eliot and other canonical writers, as well as that of such writers as Olive Schreiner, Wilkie Collins and H. Rider Haggard, whose work has recently attracted new attention from scholars and students. Contributors engage with topics such as industrial culture, religion and science and the broader issues of the politics of gender, sexuality and race. The Companion includes a chronology and a comprehensive Guide to Further Reading. more...
 
 
Reference
Articles selected from Fathom's reference shelf, to help you learn more about some of the significant people, places, organizations, and themes in Victorian history.

Victoria
The Columbia Encyclopedia


Benjamin Disraeli
The Columbia Encyclopedia


Charles Dickens
Cambridge Guide to Literature in English


Chartism
The Columbia Encyclopedia
 
 
Reference
Websites from Fathom's member institutions and other educational and governmental organizations that offer in-depth resources and archived materials relating to Victorian history.

Victoria and Albert Museum
from: The Victoria and Albert Museum


Locating the Victorians
from: The Victoria and Albert Museum and Science Museum


Making the Modern World
from: Science Museum


Mapping Victorian London
from: London School of Economics
 
 
 
 
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