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Breaking Barriers: Nineteenth-Century Visual Culture in the Woke Age

Type: Conferences & Symposia [View all]
Posted by: BAVS/Edge Hill University
Deadline: Fri, March 12th, 2021

 MeToo, BLM, LGBTQ+ rights, Extinction Rebellion – these are just some of the social movements that have contributed to the woke age. Moments of great change and reflection often make us think about our own social responsibility, be that our historical research, or what kinds of history we’re interested in. The long nineteenth century was also a time of furious debate, intense anxiety, and substantial progress, but its outdated views on gender, race and other pressing social issues remain in the visual epitaphs all around us, from statues to monuments, buildings to paintings. It is our social responsibility to rethink these objects and consider how they are represented and interpreted in the now.

This collaborative event will do just that. Edge Hill University and The British Association of Victorian Studies are pleased to welcome speakers from a range of backgrounds to talk about how their research on long-nineteenth-century visual culture interacts with changing social attitudes and ideas, considering the uncomfortable, problematic and even liberating experience of re-evaluating art and its legacies.

A special thanks to The Atkinson for their support and use of collections.

 

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Posted on Thu, January 21st, 2021
Expires on Fri, March 12th, 2021

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