Currier & Ives, The Progress of the Century, Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, LC-USZ62-102264: shows steam press, electric telegraph, locomotive, steamboat

Inspired by Bram Stoker's innovative narrative forms and themes in Dracula—and in particular by Jonathan Harker's statement in his journal that he is witnessing the "nineteenth-century up-to-date with a vengeance"—this conference will explore the thoroughly modern forms of communication, technological development, and scientific discovery that emerged in the period.

PLENARY SPEAKERS

Linda Hughes, Addie Levy Professor of Literature, Texas Christian University

Sally Shuttleworth, Professor of Modern Literature and Head of the Humanities Division, Oxford University

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