Un-settling Upper Canada: Real & Fictional Colonies in the 1820s
The Victoria Women's Association and the Friends of Victoria University Library Present: Un-settling Upper Canada: Real and Fictional Colonies in the 1820s
Where: Alumni Hall
About this Event: In a collaborative meeting with the Friends of Victoria University Library, "Un-settling Upper Canada: Real and Fictional Colonies in the 1820s" featuring Angela Esterhammer, principal of Victoria College, delves into the experiences of Scottish emigrants who made their journey 200 years ago between actual and imaginary colonies spanning from South America to southwestern Ontario. This presentation will scrutinize unsettling narratives of settlement, revealing how fiction, poetry, accident and delusion blended in early-nineteenth-century Canadian history.
About the Speaker: Professor Angela Esterhammer, principal of Victoria College, oversees all academic aspects of Victoria College, including academic programs, faculty, Fellows, and Victoria College Council. She is the author or editor of 15 books and over 80 articles in the field of British, German and European Romanticism and 19th-century culture, focusing primarily on performativity and performance. Her current research concerns experimental uses of textual, visual, and performative media during the 1820s and investigates the era's preoccupation with personal identity, celebrity, anonymity and pseudonymity.
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