Assignments

Overview

These peer-reviewed assignments use innovative pedagogical approaches that are antiracist, antiableist and anticolonialist in content and/or form. While they feature a Victorian-era component, they can be adapted for a variety of teaching contexts. We offer these assignments in an effort to help us reimagine a Victorian Studies that empowers students through different forms of critical and creative engagement.

Call for Assignments (2025)

A work made of wool, single interlocking tapestry weave; two selvages present.

Beyond the Essay

A colorful oil painting of the Rani of Jhansi leadings her troops on horseback.Rhetorics of Empire

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Beyond the Essay

A colorful oil painting of the Rani of Jhansi leadings her troops on horseback.Audio Encounters with Victorian Poetry

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Beyond the Essay

A colorful oil painting of the Rani of Jhansi leadings her troops on horseback.Victorian Histories for Today

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Students in the Archives

A colorful oil painting of the Rani of Jhansi leadings her troops on horseback.Archives of Empire

Students in the Archives

Classroom with students against the far wall and teacher standing in foreground with desk and globe.Exploring the Archives

Widening the Empire

“Arms of the British Empire”: Crest with lions and crowns, horned deer on either side, and woman with anchor above.(Post-)Colonial Biography

Widening the Empire

(Left) Head and shoulders portrait of Amy Levy. (Right) Head and shoulders portrait of Grant Morrison.Recovering and Reevaluating Anglophone Writers