WELCOME! The Work in Nineteenth-Century Studies (WINCS) Colloquium at the University of Toronto provides a forum for interdisciplinary investigations into all aspects of nineteenth-century literature and culture. Housed within the Department of English, WINCS is open to faculty and graduate students at Universities in the GTA and beyond. WINCS regularly invites scholars to present their ongoing research.

Speakers either present a lecture or share a work-in-progress.
Works-in-progress are circulated in advance to listserv subscribers. If you are not a member of the listserv and would like to receive information about WINCS events, please see this website's "Join / Contact" page.

Upcoming WINCS Events | 2025-2026

Thursday, March 12, 2026 | 4:30 pm | Jackman Humanities Building, Rm 616
~ The 2026 Vincent A. De Luca Lecture, Department of English, UofT ~
“Disability and the Great Tragedian: Kemble, Kean, and Richard III”
Essaka Joshua, Professor of English, University of Notre Dame
Essaka Joshua, PhD, FSA, specializes in the literary and cultural perceptions of disability of the Romantic and Victorian periods. Joshua is the author of three monographs: Physical Disability in British Romantic Literature (Cambridge University Press, 2020), The Romantics and the May Day Tradition (Ashgate, 2007), and Pygmalion and Galatea: The History of a Narrative in English Literature (Ashgate, 2001). Professor Joshua is currently working on a monograph on disability in Romantic Theatre and is the general editor of the four-volume series, The Oxford Handbooks of Disability and Literatures in English.

Nineteenth-Century Graduate (NRG) Student Reading Group
 The NRG gives junior scholars – C19 Americanists, Victorianists, Romanticists, and beyond – a chance to connect, share research ideas, and develop professionally.
New members are always welcome!
Please visit the UofT Nineteenth-Century Reading Group website, or email:
Andy Chang or Robbie Steele