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12th Annual VPFA Conference‘Victorian Encounters and Environments’15-17th July 2020University of Greenwich, London&#160;The Victorian Popular Fiction Association is dedicated to fostering interest in understudied popular writers, literary genres and other cultural forms, and to facilitating the production of publishable research and academic collaborations amongst scholars of the popular.We invite a broad, imaginative and interdisciplinary interpretation on the topic of ‘Victorian Encounters and Environments’ and its relation to any aspect of Victorian popular literature and culture which addresses literal or metaphorical representations of the theme. Inter- and multidisciplinary approaches are welcome, as are papers which address poetry, drama, global literature, non-fiction, visual arts, historical and social contexts. Papers addressing works from the “long Victorian period” (i.e. before 1837 and after 1901) are also welcome.Please send proposals for 20 minute papers, panels of three papers (by individual scholars, or affiliated with another Learned Society), or non-traditional papers/panels, on topics which can include, but are not limited to:Publishing, reading and writing environmentsInside and outside, public and privateSpace and place: architecture, landscapeScientific and medical environmentsEco-criticism and sustainabilityCross-cultural encountersAnimal encountersGlobal environmentsSpiritualism and mediumshipClass encountersGendered environments and encountersThe home environment: furniture, interior design, relationshipsThe work environmentEncountering the past: historical fiction, Neo-Victorian fictionEncountering the future: sci-fi, space explorationEncountering the other: Gothic, weird fictionCross-genre encountersArtistic encounters: Pre-Raphaelite artSensory environmentsTravelling encounters: adventure, exploration, tourism, trains, transport, flâneurs, voyeursInterviews and experiences: journalism, (auto)biographyCultural environments: opera, performance, visual culture, music hallMaterial culture: encounters with objects, physical environmentsPlease send proposals of no more than 300 words, a 50 word biography and your availability over the conference dates in Word format to Drs Janine Hatter, Helena Ifill and Erin Louttit at: vpfainfo@gmail.comDeadline for proposals: Friday 31st January 2020Source