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Conference Themes, Calls for Papers, Programs, and Ephemera (1977 – present)

2020 – 2029

• 2023 — Ruling Visions: Citizens, Subjects, Sovereigns, Washburn University, Topeka, Kansas (Call for Papers | Seminars | Webpage)
• 2022 — Sonorities and Stained Glass: Aestheticism, Sensation, and the Arts of Sensing in Victorian Britain, Richmond, Indiana  (Call for Papers  |  Seminars  |  Program  |  Webpage)
• 2020-2021 — Victorian Truth, Investigation, & Mystery, Virtual Conference  (Call for Papers |  Seminars  |  Program  |  Webpage)

2010 – 2019

• 2019 — Victorian Power, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth  (Save-the-Date-Flyer  |  Call for Papers  |  Seminars  |  Program  |  Photos  |  Webpage)
• 2018 — Victorian Health & Wellness, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, Missouri  (Save-the-Date-Flyer  |  Call for Papers  |  Seminars  |  Program  |  Photos  |  Webpage)
• 2017 — Victorian Taste, Oberlin College & Conservatory, Oberlin, Ohio  (Save-the-Date Flyer  |  Call for Papers  |  Seminars  |  Program  |  Photos  |  Webpage)
• 2016 — Victorian News: Print Culture & the Periodical Press, University of Missouri–Columbia  (Call for Papers  |  Seminars  |  Program  |  Photos  |  Webpage)
• 2015 — Victorian Sense and the Senses, University of Iowa, Iowa City  (Call for Papers  |  Seminars  |  Program  |  Attila, My Attila Program  |  Highland Dance Evening Program  |  Photos  |  Webpage)
• 2014 — Victorian Violence, University of Michigan–Ann Arbor  (Call for Papers  |  Seminars  |  Program  |  Photos  |  Newsletter  |  Webpage)
• 2013 — Victorian Belief/Victorian Doubt, Cleveland Hyatt, Cleveland  (Call for Papers  |  Program  |  Photos  |  Newsletter  |  Webpage  |  Edited Volume)
• 2012 — “Hard Times” or “Great Expectations”?: How the Victorians Saw Themselves, Indiana University–Bloomington  (Call for Papers  |  Program  |  Photos)
• 2011 — Victorian Environments: Spaces, Places, Traces, Washburn University, Topeka, Kansas  (Call for Papers  |  Program  |  Photos  |  Newsletter)
• 2010 — Diverse Victorians, University of Iowa, Iowa City  (Call for Papers  |  Program  |  Photos  |  Newsletter)

2000 – 2009

• 2009 — Tipping Points, Indiana University East, Richmond, Indiana  (Call for Papers  |  Program  |  Photos  |  Newsletter)
• 2008 — Unexplored Empire, Essex Hotel, Chicago  (Call for Papers  |  Program  |  Photos  | Newsletter)
• 2007 — Entertainment and the Marketplace or, How the Victorians Were Amused, University of Illinois–Urbana-Champaign  (Library Exhibit Program  |  Musical Evening Program  |  Photos  |  Newsletter)
• 2006 — Eminent Victorians: A New Look, Wayne State University, Detroit  (Program  |  Newsletter)
• 2005 — Victorians in Sight and Sound, Omni Ambassador East, Chicago  (Program  |  Newsletter) 
• 2004 — Structures of Belief in Victorian Ireland  (Program  |  Newsletter)
• 2003 — Victorian Transformations, Seneca Hotel, Chicago (Program  |  Newsletter)
• 2002 — Victorian Borders, University of Illinois–Chicago (Program)
• 2001 — Victorian Endings, DePaul University and Loyola University, Chicago  (Program  |  25th Anniversary Bulletin)
• 2000 — Victorian Realities/Victorian Dreams, University of Illinois–Urbana-Champaign  (Program  |  The Dream of Gerontius Centennial Performance  |  Newsletter)

1990 – 1999

• 1999 — Anything Under the Victorian Sun (or Reign), Palmer House Hilton, Chicago  (Call for Papers  |  Program  |  Gustave Moreau Exhibition Guide  |  Newsletter)
• 1997 — Victorians and the Germanic, University of Illinois–Chicago  (Newsletter ’97/’98  |  Newsletter ’96/’97)
• 1996 — Energy and Entropy: A Victorian Dilemma, Indiana University–Bloomington  (Program  |  Newsletter ’96/’97)
• 1995 — The Victorian Frame(s) of Mind: Canons and Anti-Canons, Roosevelt University and DePaul University, Chicago  (Program  |  Newsletter)
• 1994 — Victorian Worlds of Work, Washington University–St. Louis  (Program  |  Newsletter)
• 1993 — Victorian Urban Settings, Roosevelt University, Chicago  (Program  |  Newsletter  |  Edited Volume)
• 1992 — England in the 1890s, Indiana University–South Bend  (Program)
• 1991 — Victorian Virtue and Victorian Vice, Allerton Hotel and Cathedral of St. James, Chicago  (Program)
• 1990 — Victorians on the Periphery, University of Illinois–Urbana-Champaign  (Program  |  Newsletter)

1980 – 1989

• 1989 — Anecdotes, Apocrypha, and Hallowed Cliches, Loyola University, Chicago  (Call for Papers  |  Program  |  Newsletter)
• 1988 — Victorian Belief and Unbelief, Indiana University–Bloomington  (Program  |  Dance card from Victorian Ball  |  Newsletter)
• 1987 — Victorian Scandals: Decorum and its Enemies, Newberry Library, Chicago  (Program  |  Newsletter  |  Edited Volume)
• 1986 — Victorians Abroad, Omni Netherlands Hotel, Cincinnati  (Program  |  Newsletter)
• 1985 — Victorians at Home, Newberry Library, Chicago  (Program  |  Newsletter)
• 1984 — Patriarchs, Prophets, and Demons: Major Victorians and Major Victorian Issues Revisited, University of Michigan–Ann Arbor  (Newsletter)
• 1983 — Victorian Health and Victorian Disease, Chicago Public Library Cultural Center  (Program  |  Newsletter)
• 1982 — Victorian Humor and Victorian Popular Entertainment with Theater History, The Ohio State University–Columbus  (Program  |  Newsletter)
• 1981 — No stated theme, Newberry Library, Chicago  (Call for Papers  |  Program)
• 1980 — Victorian Popular Culture, Indiana University–Bloomington  (Newsletter)

1977 – 1979

• 1979 — No stated theme, Washington University–St. Louis  (Program  |  Newsletter)
• 1978 — Victorian Ideas of History, University of Illinois–Urbana-Champaign  (Call for Papers  |  Program)
• 1977 — “A Strange Diagonal: From Harriet Taylor to W.S. Gilbert” (Victorian Ideas of Education), Midland Hotel, Chicago  (Program)

MVSA also maintains a list of publications related to papers from past conferences.  

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