IU’s Victorian Studies program concentrates on the culture, literature and art, and social history of Britain, the British empire, and the globe during the Victorian period and its aftermath.
Courses within our program are chosen from a range of offerings in the following departments or programs: Art History, Comparative Literature, Cultural Studies, English, Folklore, Gender Studies, History, History and Philosophy of Science, and Philosophy.
We provide a minor for graduate students in any discipline, although most of our students typically come from English and History. To enter our program, you must first be accepted for admission to a departmental graduate program. Once you are admitted, you may pursue the interdisciplinary degree requirements for the Victorian Studies minor.
The VS program regularly organizes local events, including visiting speakers, works-in-progress workshops, and related professional and social events. We also sponsor graduate student participation in the Dickens Universe conference, held annually at UC Santa Cruz.




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