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2025: AW "Jeudis"

BADS Jeudis 2025

BADS Autumn / Winter “Jeudis”

 Goldsmiths, University of London


Tuesday 7 October: 18:00-20:00 (hybrid: in person and online)

Gothic Italy

Chaired by Elena Borelli (KCL) in person with Stefano Serafini (Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellow at Georgetown University and the University of Padua), Fabio Camilletti (Warwick), and Monica Germanà (Westminster)

Roundtable to discuss Stefano Serafini’s Gothic Italy Crime, Science, and Literature after Unification, 1861–1914


Thursday 6 November: 18:00-20:00 (hybrid: in person and online)

Decadent Politics

Chaired by Adam Alston, with Alex Murray (QUB), Shushma Malik (Cambridge), Alan Finlayson (UEL), and Neville Morley (Exeter)

Roundtable to discuss Alex Murray’s Decadent Conservatism: Aesthetics, Politics, and the Past


Thursday 27 November: 18:00-20:00 (hybrid: in person and online) 

Future Fields: Michael Field roundtable

Chaired by Sarah Parker (Loughborough)

Followed by Michael Field in Context book launch


Wednesday 10 December: 18:00-20:00 (hybrid: in person and online)

Damp, Miasma, and Mould

Chaired by Adam Alston, with Molly McPhee and Sophie Sleigh-Johnson


Location

Location TBC.

Goldsmiths is located in New Cross, South East London. It is a short walk from both New Cross Gate and New Cross stations (Zone 2) on the main rail network and London overground; about a 7 minute journey from London Bridge and 30 minutes from London Victoria. It is on bus routes 21, 36, 53, 136, 171, 172, 177, 225, 321, 343, 436, 453.

For exact directions to Goldsmiths please see the How to Find Us page on the Goldsmiths website.


For more information about these events, please email drc@gold.ac.uk.