Submissions Deadline EXTENDED: March 11th, 2024

Program Takes Place May 7th, 2024 in NYC, 6:00–7:30 pm

The Metropolitan (New York) Chapter of the Victorian Society invites university student historians and recent graduates to submit proposals by Monday, March 11, 2024, for its annual Emerging Scholars evening program on May 7, 2024. The nonprofit VSNY (vicsocny.org), founded in 1966, supports scholarship about every aspect of 19th-century and early 20th-century culture, including architecture, literature, theater, fine and decorative art, immigration, economics, politics, education, gender roles, reform movements, music, fashion, and food. Topics for recent event winners have included panoramic battlefield paintings, servants’ uniforms, and Black newspaperwomen.

For the May 7 program (6–7:30 pm), VSNY will invite three current students or recent grads to present their work at Greenwich Village’s Jefferson Market Library, in a 20-minute presentation and then field questions. Send 200-word proposals (preference given to American/New York topics) and CVs by March 8 to info@vicsocny.org. Speakers will receive a free 1-year VSNY membership ($40 value).

📷 – Past Victorian Society New York Emerging Scholar topics have included Gilded Age servants’ uniforms. (My Lady and My Lady’s Maid, 1871. Library of Congress.)