British Association for Victorian Studies (BAVS) conference
Monday 27 to Wednesday 29 July 2026
The Centre for Modern and Contemporary History, with the Centre for Port and Maritime History, are delighted to welcome BAVS delegates to Liverpool in 2026. On this site you will find information about how to submit a proposal and start to plan your trip for next year.
The Liverpool Convention Bureau have liaised with a range of hotels to secure the best deals on accommodation, and you can now make bookings direct through their site. Advice for arranging travel from Dublin, where the RSVP conference is being held, is also included for your convenience.
Register for the conference
There are a number of options to choose from for your BAVS registration, especially as we now have a Mid-Career Professionalisation morning, as well as one for PGR and ECR delegates. Delegates will also have the option to choose individual lunch options from a variety of tasty tiffin boxes, so be sure to enter these on your registration. The LJMU shop is a little awkward to use so if you are selecting more than one option, say, adding the Conference Dinner, then when you select “Continue Shopping” this will take you back to the main shop. You will need to select “Conferences and Events” on the left-hand tabs in order to select the BAVS page and continue with your registration. Apologies, I have been advised there is nothing we can do about this.
If you have any problems then do reach out to the Conference Lead, Dr Clare Horrocks.
Meet your conference team
- Dr Clare Horrocks (LJMU) - Conference Lead
- Dr Lucinda Matthews-Jones (LJMU)
- Dr Billie-Gina Thomason (LJMU/University of Liverpool)
- Dr Samuel Saunders (University of Liverpool)
- Dr Amelia Yeates (Liverpool Hope University)
- Melissa Gustin (National Museums Liverpool)
Keynote speakers
- Dr Alison Chapman (University of Victoria, BC)
- Dr Amy Matthewson (University of Birmingham)
- Professors Joe Kember and John Plunkett (University of Exeter)
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Image credit: John Ingle Lee, Sweethearts and Wives (detail), courtesy of National Museums Liverpool