Centre for 19th Century Studies: Seminars Autumn 2003/Spring

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Friday 18 th October, 5pm, HRI

Lecture : Professor Nancy Cott (Harvard University)

‘How History Matters to Same-Sex Marriage Rights in the U.S.’

(Followed by a drinks reception, supported by the Department of History)

Thursday 7 th November, 5.15pm, University Arms (upstairs)

Reading Group: Buried Alive! The Dead and the Not-So-Dead in the Nineteenth Century*

Tuesday 19 th November, 5pm, HRI (drinks reception from 4.30pm)

Galdós Lecture: Professor Elisa Martí López (Northwestern University, USA)

'Death and the City in the Work of Benito Pérez Galdós and Narcís Oller'

Sponsored by the Spanish Embassy and the Hughes trustees

Please confirm attendance: rhian.davies@sheffield.ac.uk

Wednesday 20 th November, 11.30am-1.30pm, Jessop West Exhibition Space

Postgraduate Workshop with with Professor Elisa Martí Lopez

In collaboration with the University of Sheffield Death Group

Interested postgraduates please email nineteenthcentury@sheffield.ac.uk

Thursday 28 th November, 5pm, room 104, Arts Tower

Work-in-progress: Dr Angela Wright (University of Sheffield)

‘Mary Shelley and the Contemplation of Death’

Thursday 5 th December 5.15pm, University Arms (upstairs)

Reading Group: Drop Dead Gorgeous: Funerary Photography in the Nineteenth Century *

To join the Centre for Nineteenth-Century Studies mailing list please email nineteenthcentury@sheffield.ac.uk

Visit the Centre for Nineteenth-Century Studies website ( http://www.sheffield.ac.uk/nineteenthcentury ) or follow us on Twitter (@C19Sheffield)

*To request a pack of the reading material please contact

Kate Gadsby-Mace ( c.gadsby-mace@sheffield.ac.uk

) or Kathleen Hudson ( KHudson1@sheffield.ac.uk

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