Claire Furlong
Teaching development
February 2015: |
I am an Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and have completed Stages One and Two of the Learning to Teach in Higher Education course. |
Conferences/Symposiums
7th July 2016: | European Society for Periodical Research Annual ConferencePaper title: "G. W. M. Reynolds, Socialist Feminist?" |
18th June 2016: | The Body and Pseudoscience in the Long Nineteenth Century ConferencePaper title: "A ‘scientific wonder’?: Mesmerism and Modern Science in Popular Periodicals" |
15th July 2015: | Victorian Popular Fiction Association Annual Conference, University of LondonPaper title: "Astounding imposture or vast miracle?: Mesmerism in popular periodical fiction"
I was also invited to co-host a reading group session on the legitimacy of popular fiction.
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10th July 2014: | Victorian Popular Fiction Association Annual Conference, University of LondonPaper title: “A Structure so Exquisitely Perfect”: The Anatomist and his Subject in Popular Periodical Fiction
I was awarded a presenter's bursary for my paper. |
24th June 2014: | Centre for Victorian Studies seminar series, University of ExeterPaper title: “The enlightenment of the age”: Resurrection men, surgeons and anatomical practice in popular Victorian periodicals |
12th July 2013: | Research Society for Victorian Periodicals Annual Conference, University of SalfordPaper title: The authority of eminent men? Medical knowledge and popular periodicals, 1830-1850 |
20th June 2013: | University of Exeter and Vanderbilt University Conference on Victorian Studies, ExeterPaper Title: Desirable Women and Women's Desire in Popular Victorian Periodical Fiction |
13th June 2013: | Locating Women in Victorian Print Culture workshop, University of WarwickI was awarded a competitive travel bursary to attend by the organisers of the workshop. |
25th April 2013: | Civilising Bodies Postgraduate Symposium (Centre for Medical History, University of Exeter)Paper Title: "That energetic woman": Gendered capabilities and the body in popular Victorian periodicals |
12th April 2013: | British Society for Literature and Science annual conference (Cardiff University)Paper Title: "Health Advice for the Millions: Popular nineteenth-century periodicals and the making of good health" |
20th February 2013: | University of Exeter English Department Research SeminarPaper Title: Health Advice for the Millions: Popular Nineteenth-Century Periodicals and the Healthy Body |
Other academic activities
January 2011: |
From 2011-2015 I was the English Representative for the Post-Graduate Research Academic Affairs Committee, where my role was to raise student concerns and ideas with senior members of staff.
College of Humanities Postgraduate Research Conference 2012: I was a member of the Organising Committee for this two-day interdisciplinary conference, with special responsibility for marketing. I also chaired the Identity and Place panel, which ran for several sessions over both days of the conference. |
Journal editorship and peer review
August 2013: |
I have been a peer-reviewer for Victorian Network journal since the beginning of 2014.
From 2013 - 2015 I was Assistant Editor of the Postgraduate Journal of Medical Humanities, an online journal published by the University of Exeter. |