Nineteenth Century Crossings

This roundtable focuses on crossing not only as a topic but as a mode of inquiry, as it considers what it means to think across and in crossing when theorizing the nineteenth century. In doing so, it builds on work such as Paul Gilroy’s The Black Atlantic and Lisa Lowe’s The Intimacies of Four Continents, which trouble the nation as a framework of study.  What might a methodology based on crossing look like, and how might it reframe nineteenth-century studies? Contributors will draw upon their current research in considering nineteenth-century crossing, whether in traversing cities, oceans, generations, or disciplinary and archival boundaries.

Speakers:

Helena Goodwyn, Assistant Professor, Northumbria University

Jacob Jewusiak, Senior Lecturer, Newcastle University

David Schley, Assistant Professor, Durham University

Zoe Shipley, PhD candidate, Durham University

Jessica R. Valdez, Assistant Professor, Louisiana State University and Visiting Fellow at Durham University