Society for Global Nineteenth Century Studies World Congress 2025

Cultural Circulations, Global Mobilities, and Knowledge Translations: Turning Points in the Nineteenth Century 

The nineteenth century witnessed an unprecedented acceleration and densification of human movements that generated, perhaps for the first time, cultural circulations on a global scale. With the world more interconnected than it had ever been, the need to classify, translate and hierarchise knowledge became more pressing than ever.

For its 2025 world congress, the Society for Global Nineteenth-Century Studies places mobility centre-stage, exploring the means through which it was implemented: through travel, exploration and conquest, which in turn led to processes of translation, acculturation and superimposition that are closely associated with globalisation. Covering the period between 1750 through 1914, the congress reveals how travel and mobility structured the ‘Great Revolutions’ that marked the long nineteenth century and made it a watershed moment in human history.

Registration

Registration is now open via the button at the top right of this page. Please see below for fees, and additional options. We also have university accommodation available which you can book during the registration process.

Please note our accommodation deadline is earlier than the overall registration deadline, and is 20 May, after which rooms will not be available.

Early bird rate to 23 May

• FT academic staff, 40k+ salary £250
• FT academic staff, less than 40k salary £210
• Post doctoral £190
• Postgraduate research students £160
• Non presenting attendees £90

Standard rates after 23 May, registration deadline 20 June

• FT academic staff, 40k+ salary £280
• FT academic staff, less than 40k salary £240
• Post doctoral £210
• Postgraduate research students £180
• Non presenting attendees £110

Presenters, panel chairs, and workshop participants must be current members of the Society for Global Nineteenth-Century Studies at the time of the World Congress. For more information on membership, visit the Society for Global Nineteenth-Century.

Additional conference options

• Conference dinner, Saturday 19th July
• The opportunity for you would to celebraterecently published work  at the conference. 
• Planned cultural activity in Birmingham on the afternoon of Thursday July 17th (further details tbc)

Proposals and questions should be directed to the Program Committee: B.C.Sebe@bham.ac.uk

Please visit the 2025 Congress website for the most up-to-date information

Getting to the University of Birmingham

The University of Birmingham is situated in Edgbaston, just three miles from Birmingham city centre. It is well served by public transport services, including its on train station.

• Find out more about travelling to the University by public transport, bicycle, car, or air.

Venue

The conference will take place in our Alan Walters Building, R29 on our campus map in the red zone. You can find details via our online and downloadable maps of the campus available.

Accessibility

Information about building accessibility for the Alan Walters Building is available on our AccessAble guide.

If you cannot find the information you need or have other access requirements or need reasonable accommodations, please get in touch with the conference organisers at m.clulee@bham.ac.uk

Accommodation

We have university accommodation at our Vale Village complex available during registration, with a deadline of 20 May to book your rooms.

Please see the Visit Birmingham website to explore accommodation options across the city. Trains from Birmingham New Street station in the city centre run regularly to our university train station, taking around 7 minutes. Taxis from the city centre to main campus would take around 15-20 minutes dependent on traffic.

The University does also have a hotel on campus Edgbaston Park Hotel and Conference Centre.  It is likely to be booked for our conference dates, but if you wanted to see if there were any places available please contact reservations@edgbastonparkhotel.com or call +44 (0)121 414 8888 for best rates.