New Horizons in Romanticism and Gothic Studies (formerly Romantic Horizons) is a research group which runs a hybrid research seminar dedicated to contemporary Gothic and Romantic studies.
Based in the Department of Applied Linguistics and Language Sciences (ALS) and led by the seminar Chair, Dr Tom Duggett (Reader in Literary Studies), the New Horizons seminar meets normally twice per semester, and aims to host leading figures as well as new voices in the field.
Past speakers in the series have included: David Duff, Tim Fulford, Nick Groom, David Punter, Adeline Johns-Putra, Sandro Jung, Robert Morrison, Nicholas Roe, Emily Sun, and Saeko Yoshikawa.
Our seminars are hybrid or digital events usually lasting ninety minutes, made up of an hour-long lecture followed by lively and open discussion. Speakers are invited to talk about their current research in the area of Romanticism and Gothic Studies, broadly conceived, while also reflecting on research methods and critical approaches in the interests of an audience substantially composed of advanced undergraduate, postgraduate, and early career researchers.
The seminar also has a diverse international audience online, supported by a community network on Facebook and an archive on YouTube (contact the Chair for membership details).
More broadly, the New Horizons group brings together scholars at XJTLU and linked institutions who are interested in teaching and researching contemporary and historical literature, literature and cross-cultural communication, heritage and heritage futures. In addition to the regular seminar, the New Horizons group will in future hold a one-day conference and will organise literary excursions and workshops.
Past speakers and talks in the series, with selected links:
1
Dr Tom Duggett (XJTLU) — series chair
‘Coleridge and History: “In the Idea, Unrevolved”‘
23 Mar 2021
2
Professor Sandro Jung (Fudan University)
‘Literature and Transmediation: Thomson’s The Seasons and Material Culture’
1 June 2021
3
Professor Emily Sun (Barnard College, Columbia University)
New Horizons in Romanticism and Gothic Studies (formerly Romantic Horizons) is a research group which runs a hybrid research seminar dedicated to contemporary Gothic and Romantic studies.
Based in the Department of Applied Linguistics and Language Sciences (ALS) and led by the seminar Chair, Dr Tom Duggett (Reader in Literary Studies), the New Horizons seminar meets normally twice per semester, and aims to host leading figures as well as new voices in the field.
Past speakers in the series have included: David Duff, Tim Fulford, Nick Groom, David Punter, Adeline Johns-Putra, Sandro Jung, Robert Morrison, Nicholas Roe, Emily Sun, and Saeko Yoshikawa.
Our seminars are hybrid or digital events usually lasting ninety minutes, made up of an hour-long lecture followed by lively and open discussion. Speakers are invited to talk about their current research in the area of Romanticism and Gothic Studies, broadly conceived, while also reflecting on research methods and critical approaches in the interests of an audience substantially composed of advanced undergraduate, postgraduate, and early career researchers.
The seminar also has a diverse international audience online, supported by a community network on Facebook and an archive on YouTube (contact the Chair for membership details).
More broadly, the New Horizons group brings together scholars at XJTLU and linked institutions who are interested in teaching and researching contemporary and historical literature, literature and cross-cultural communication, heritage and heritage futures. In addition to the regular seminar, the New Horizons group will in future hold a one-day conference and will organise literary excursions and workshops.
Past speakers and talks in the series, with selected links: