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Organisation profile
Organisation profile
The Leeds Centre for Victorian Studies has a long-standing reputation as an internationally recognised centre of excellence devoted to reconsidering the concept of the Victorian for the contemporary world.
Well-known for its interdisciplinary focus, the work of the Centre queries and tests chronological boundaries by reconsidering conceptions of the long nineteenth century, as well as examining representations of the Victorians and reconfigurations of Victorianism in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. The interdisciplinary focus has been extended to embrace creative writing, with practice-based researchers reimaging and reinterpreting the Victorian age through poetry.
The Centre tests geographical boundaries by considering what the concept of the Victorian meant on the world stage, including the British Empire. It generates impactful research, bringing insights from rigorous scholarly study to bear on urgent questions of social justice and inclusion, climate change and the environment.
The Centre’s activities include:
- A programme of seminars, workshop events and poetry readings
- Conferences
- Contributions to the Being Human Festival
- PhD supervision opportunities
- Sponsorship of the Journal of Victorian Culture
- An annual lecture by a Visiting Professor
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
Profiles
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Amina Alyal
- Leeds Centre for Victorian Studies
- School of Digital and Screen Media - Senior Lecturer
Person: Academic
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A Catholic University at 50: an oral history of Leeds Trinity University
Kingstone, H.
Project: Research
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FIELD: Thinking forward through the past: Linking science, social science and the humanities to inform the sustainable reduction of endemic disease in British livestock farming
Woods, A. (PI), Holloway, L. (CoPI), Kao, R. (CoPI), Hanley, N. (CoPI), Proctor, A. (CoPI) & Sayer, K. (CoPI)
3/09/18 → 31/08/23
Project: Research
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Leavisites
Storer, R., 17 Jan 2025, (Submitted) The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University PressResearch output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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'Afternoon of a Faun'
Alyal, A., 1 Mar 2024, Dancing about architecture: and other ekphrastic maneuvers. Hardwick, O. & Atherton, C. (eds.). Madhat Press, p. 48-53 6 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Poem
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An anxiety of poets in their natural habitat
Alyal, A., Nov 2024, (Accepted/In press) Runcible Spoon Press. 16 p.Research output: Book/Report › Book
Prizes
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Morecombe Fringe Festival Best Short Film
Alyal, A. (Recipient) & Hardwick, P. (Recipient), 2020
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Nomination for Sexual Freedom Award, Ally of the Year (2016)
Lister, K. (Recipient), 19 Nov 2016
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Prose Poem Award 2024
Hardwick, P. (Recipient), 20 Jan 2024
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Activities
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Rural History 2025
Sayer, K. (Chair)
9 Sept 2025 → 12 Sept 2025Activity: Attending or organising conference/seminar/workshop › Seminar/workshop
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Advances in Nineteenth Century Research (Journal)
Sayer, K. (Editorial board member)
15 Apr 2025 → …Activity: Publication peer review and editorial work › Editorial activity
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REF29 Pilot, UoA History Panel Member
Sayer, K. (Consultant)
19 Feb 2025 → 31 Jul 2025Activity: Consultancy
Press/Media
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The Legacies of Leonard Woolf, with Peter Stansky and Marielle O’Neill episode of the Virginia Woolf podcast
13/10/23
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment
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Creative Writing lecturers in international poetry project
26/11/21
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment