Events
Through biennial world congresses, international symposia, regional events, and online programming, the Society brings together a community of scholars, students, and other persons who study or teach the long nineteenth century. Our congresses and symposia rotate by continent and region to help ensure that scholars from around the world have an opportunity to participate in our events in person. Rotation also allows us to highlight global nineteenth-century studies scholarship in every region. Whenever possible, the SGNCS will continue to offer virtual access to attendees.
World Congress 2025
Details forthcoming
Future World Congresses
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Chile 2027
Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez, Santiago
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Vienna 2029
University of Vienna
Previous Events
March 2022
In Conversation series: Isabel Hofmeyr (University of the Witwatersrand), author of Dockside Reading: Hydrocolonialism and the Custom House, in conversation with Stephanie Newell (Yale University)
May 2022
First issue launch reception at the annual British Women Writer's Conference in Waco, Texas
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June 2022
In Conversation series: Porscha Fermanis and Sarah Comyn (UC Dublin), editors of Worlding the South: Nineteenth-Century Literary Culture and the Southern Settler Colonies, in conversation with Robert Aguirre (James Madison University)
September 2022
In Conversation series: Moon-Ho Jung (University of Washington), author of Menace to Empire: Anticolonial Solidarities and the Transpacific Origins of the US Security State, in conversation with Julie Greene (University of Maryland)
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November 2022
"The Global / Oceanic / Nineteenth Century": An International Symposium, held in-person and online, with synchronous panels in Australia and Hong Kong
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December 2022
In Conversation series: Daniel Foliard (Université de Paris), author of The Violence of Colonial Photography, in conversation with Susie Protschky (Deakin University)
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June 2023
Inaugural World Congress in Singapore, 19-22 June. Learn more
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November 2023
Conference on "Transatlantic Monarchisms" held in two physical sites: the Universidad de Alcalá in Spain and the Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez in Chile. Worldwide participation through Zoom. Co-sponsored by the SGNCS and held 2-3 November.
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June 2024
Nineteenth-Century Global Cities and Urban Worlds: An International Symposium, 6-8 June. Learn more
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July 2024
An Ambivalent Empire: Spain and Informal Imperialism in the Long Nineteenth Century, 16-17 July 2024 Viña del Mar, Chile. Hybrid Format. Co-sponsored by the SGNCS. Learn more
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August 2024
In Conversation series: Waiyee Loh (Kanagawa University), author of Empire of Culture: Neo-Victorian Narratives in the Global Creative Economy, in conversation with Kristin Mahoney (Michigan State University). Learn more
