Centre for Nineteenth-Century Studies International (CNSCI), Durham
Description
The Centre for Nineteenth Century Studies International Network (CNCSI) is the organic evolution of the Centre for Nineteenth-Century Studies (CNCS), founded at Durham University in 2013 by Prof. Bennett Zon.
CNCSI was born in the image of CNCS, in 2018, at a CNCS meeting of leaders of 35 international research centres, institutes, professional societies, and independent research organisations.
That meeting proved what many scholars had thought – that despite the existence of many nineteenth-century organisations all over the world, collectively they:
- tended to work in isolation, seldom collaborating with other national or international organisations
- their members came mainly from the country where the organisation was founded
- linguistic barriers obstructed broad international accessibility and dissemination
- their range of scholarly interests tended, perhaps inevitably, to reflect national boundaries; and
- despite emphasizing interdisciplinarity in theory, in practice their manifest interests lay principally in history and literature.
Since then, CNCSI has grown exponentially, both in number and type of organisation, and a second revised and expanded MoU is currently being prepared to include
- Universities: Baylor University (USA), Hokkaido University (Japan), McGill University (Canada), Shiv Nadar University (India), University of Amsterdam (Netherlands), University of Birmingham (UK), Universidad de los Andes-Bogotá (Columbia), University of Bucharest (Romania), University of Copenhagen (Denmark), University of Houston (USA)
- Museums and Independent Research Organisations: The Victoria and Albert Museum, The Science Museum Group (UK), The Hirschsprung Collection (Denmark), the Petit Palais, the Musée d’Orsay (France); and
- Professional Societies: INCS (Interdisciplinary Nineteenth-Century Studies; BAVS (British Association of Victorian Studies); and NCSA (Nineteenth-Century Studies Association.
Offers funding
No, this infrastructure does not provide funding.
Founding year
2018
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Centre for Nineteenth-Century Studies, Durham
The Centre for Nineteenth-Century Studies is a locus for research in all aspects of the long nineteenth century (from 1760s to present-day neo-Victorianism), drawing from the widest possible range of … read more about Centre for Nineteenth-Century Studies, Durham
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Durham University
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British Association for Victorian Studies (BAVS)
Founded in 2000, The British Association for Victorian Studies (BAVS) is a multidisciplinary organisation dedicated to the advancement and dissemination of knowledge about the Victorian period. It has… read more about British Association for Victorian Studies (BAVS)
United Kingdom
Nineteenth-Century Study Association
The Nineteenth-Century Study Association is an interdisciplinary association interested in exploring all aspects of the long nineteenth century, from science to music, from architecture to religion, f… read more about Nineteenth-Century Study Association
United Kingdom
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2023-10-24 10:06:56