Long Nineteenth-Century Network @ Manchester Met

Manchester’s fascinating history and wide range of regional and diasporic communities make it the ideal place to explore the nineteenth century.

The Long Nineteenth-Century Network brings together academics and students specialising in history, literature and the arts. Our researchers’ expertise spans from the early Romantic period up to the onset of the First World War, as well as Neo-Victorianism.

We work closely with the Manchester Centre for Gothic Studies, the Special Collections Museum, the Manchester Centre for Public History and Heritage, the Centre for Place Writing and Manchester Fashion Institute.

A nineteenth-century research group has been active in the English Department since 2014, organising public events, exhibitions and reading groups. We host the North West Long Nineteenth-Century Seminar three times a year.