Victorian Legacies Podcast

27/08/2024

Upcoming event which neo-Victorianists may be interested in! Partly organised by me, with my wonderful colleagues in the network who graciously allowed me to get my fave author Rosie Garland on board :D *cackle*

Text description for anyone who is visually impaired: The Northern Modern and Contemporary Literatures Network invite you all to the upcoming event with Rosie Garland, "Containing Multitudes", on September 26th. Hosted at Henry Daysh Building, Newcastle University, this is funded via Northumbria University and Northern Bridge Consortium.

The evening will be from 5pm-7pm, with Rosie giving a talk on her work and career between 5-6pm, and drinks and discussion between 6pm-7pm. Please either scan the QR code in the image to register, or contact us at [email protected]

Open to all who are interested in neo-Victorianism, historical fiction, and creative writing that transcends categories and genres!

08/11/2023

Exciting news for June 2024, when we will be hosting our 'Silenced Voices and Erased Agencies in Victorian Life and Victorian Fiction!' Full details will be on the website shortly but in the meantime please see this poster for the call for papers.

Note for anyone needing visual descriptions, please email [email protected] and they'll get this in the interim period before full text goes on the website!

08/11/2023

Christopher Lee’s Dracula remains was one of the game’s biggest early influences.

04/11/2023

Happy belated Gothmas, hope you all enjoy listening to Carmilla Vibes as much as I enjoyed making it with the panel!

https://www.spreaker.com/episode/57512300

04/11/2023

Happy belated Gothmas, hope you all enjoy listening to Carmilla Vibes as much as I enjoyed making it with the panel!

In this episode I'm joined by my Dracula Vibes panel, Drs Madeline Potter, Theadora Jean and Daniel Kasper! We discuss how Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu's novella Carmilla influenced Dracula, and the legacy Le Fanu's work has today. We consider the q***r elements of the work, as well as the way Anglo-Iris...

04/11/2023

In this episode I'm joined by my Dracula Vibes panel, Drs Madeline Potter, Theadora Jean and Daniel Kasper! We discuss how Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu's novella Carmilla influenced Dracula, and the legacy Le Fanu's work has today. We consider the q***r elements of the work, as well as the way Anglo-Iris...

27/10/2023

This is an image from the Net of my shiny copy of Carmilla - think the red as more shiny foil type though....

27/10/2023

https://isabancewicz.artstation.com/projects/3dwAA I've been recording Carmilla Vibes tonight with Madeline Potter, Theadora Jean and Daniel Kasper. Maddie shared a link of this fantastic illustration from the French edition. I thought I'd share this with y'all now!

Carmilla, a gothic vampire novel written in the XIX century by Sheridan Le Fanu, that inspired Bram Stoker for "Dracula". llustrated by Isa Bancewicz. Edition Soleil, Collection Metamorphose.

20/08/2023

As episodes won't be as regular due to PhD work, I was thinking about the special episode possibilities. Halloween will see the Dracula Vibes crew back for CARMILLA VIBES, but I was also remembering the suggestions for a Holmes episode. If anyone wants to consider joining a Holmes roundtable (maybe for Xmas or New Year??) let me know!

07/08/2023

In this episode I'm joined by Natasha Booth-Johnson, who is researching into the intersections between q***rness and politics in the works of nineteenth-century writers Edith Simcox, Mona Caird, and Isabella Ormston-Ford. We discuss how these writers were active in political movements and the ways i...

06/08/2023

Hey everyone, so it's been quite quiet for the first part of 2023 - I had to take a break from my PhD back in November and now in the final 18 months of writing up. Then JOB STUFF happened and so it's been a bit hectic. However, I've finally cleared my recording backup this evening by editing the episode Tasha Booth-Johnson and I recorded in January, and I'll be uploading it tomorrow evening! Also, our wonderful Dracula Vibes guests decided to rope me into organising a Carmilla Vibes episode, so that will be happening for Halloween!

I'll be less frequent than last year in releasing episodes due to things like PhD, but I'm still eager to begin organising recordings with people as and when I can! So if you are a postgraduate researcher or academic in anything 19th century, or someone who has a keen interest in the period and has done things like writing, graphic design, martial arts (just to name a few examples of the non-academic guests we've had on!) Feel free to get in touch! The best way to contact is via email at [email protected]

Thanks for all of your support so far, it's been fantastic to meet so many speakers online (and some even in person!!)

01/02/2023

While listening to random things on YouTube and writing out PhD notes, I came across The Victorian Way (English Heritage Youtube playlist) and have to admit, I love Mrs Crocombe - I went and bought the cookbook this week! Has anyone else come across it?

Discover what life was like in Victorian England, and uncover the history behind the real Avis Crocombe - head cook for Lord and Lady Braybrooke at Audley En...

19/01/2023

Congrats to Sophie Raine on passing her viva, and BONUS - the launch event for her book (with Dr Nicole C Dittmer) is next week! Time to share the Eventbrite link for the launch event? Indeed. (PS, another VictLeg alumnus is featured, Bronte Schiltz, so all Gothic/penny dreadful afficionados should come along!)

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/penny-dreadfuls-and-the-gothic-tickets-519838259227?fbclid=IwAR1Wzc52Y_tWC9s8rNYczNyYcp1V99Mugbq7aLKni2QRqqUjhbp3hMyOguY

Editor Sophie Raine and a selection of contributors introduce her new edited book, Penny Dreadfuls and the Gothic

15/01/2023

It's been a while since I got an episode up or an update, due to health stuff. But tonight's episode was the last in the backlog of episodes I'd recorded! It's also one which is quite relevant in the current climate, with cost of living etc. Valentina was a joy to speak to, and I've added the suggestions she emailed me after the chat to the show notes. They're also in the blog post we refer to, "Let them Eat Nuggets", so for your reading pleasure, please find Valentina's excellent thoughts on Jamie Oliver and his School Dinners underneath the podcast link here:

https://www.spreaker.com/episode/52448646
https://20vg41.wixsite.com/thedoldrums/post/let-them-eat-nuggets

15/01/2023

In this episode I'm joined by Valentina Gaio. Like myself, Valentina's research interests are broad, from popular culture to crime and horror, and we initially discuss the contemporary 18th century media depiction of the French Revolution. Our main topic today, however, centres on Victorian views of...

13/11/2022

In this episode I'm joined by Dr Danielle Dove, whose research focuses on dress and fashion history,

12/11/2022

Why hello, 5k listens. Thanks to all who have taken part in the episodes so far, all the listeners, to make the last year so fun to manage! Here's to the next 5k, with some new episodes to enjoy creating and listening to!

05/11/2022

In this episode I'm joined by Céleste Callen, who researches into time and temporal experience in 19

05/11/2022

https://www.spreaker.com/user/14949433/episode-37 My episode with Celeste Callen is now out - Dickens fans - assemble!

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03/11/2022

Coming up on Saturday, listen to me rant about time and its weirdness with Celeste Callen - Dickens fans - assemble!

29/10/2022

https://www.spreaker.com/user/14949433/dracula-vibes The special Halloween roundtable, Dracula Vibes, is now out! Featuring our Dracula experts, Theadora Jean, Daniel Kasper, and Madeline Potter!

Also enjoy this cute image of a vampire. LOLZ

29/10/2022

In this episode I'm joined by a special panel: Dr Madeline Potter, Theadora Jean, and Dr Daniel Kasp

25/10/2022

Exciting stuff. It's been a bit quiet lately due to health stuff, but this weekend is a special Halloween roundtable with Theadora Jean, and Drs Daniel Kasper and Madeline Potter. The subject - DRACULA! 7pm UK time on Saturday sees the release of a double length episode where I let the academics loose on their favourite subject :)

17/09/2022

In this episode I'm joined by Dr Tom Ue, who has researched into authors such as George Gissing, Osc

27/08/2022

https://www.spreaker.com/episode/51033150 My episode with Louise Creechan is now out! Celebrating neurodiversity in the academy, and challenging educational systems - with BONUS NEO-VIC MUSICALS :D

In this episode I'm joined by Dr Louise Creechan, who has researched into Victorian and Neo-Victoria

27/08/2022

In this episode I'm joined by Dr Louise Creechan, who has researched into Victorian and Neo-Victoria

25/08/2022

Finished my episode with Louise Creechan, out Saturday evening!

20/08/2022

Out now is my episode with Richard Jorge Fernandez - all about the Irish Gothic, links between Irish and Galician literature, the problem with language and 'Othering', and lots more!

In this episode I'm joined by Dr Richard Jorge Fernández, who researches into the nineteenth-century

20/08/2022

In this episode I'm joined by Dr Richard Jorge Fernández, who researches into the nineteenth-century

15/08/2022

Out on Saturday will be my episode with Richard Jorge Fernandez, discussing the Irish Gothic and Galician literature, and the issues of language