Marking the Retirement of Professor Reginia Gagnier
About this Event
This three-day event will bring together scholars, former students, and friends for a series of academic panels inspired by Professor Gagnier’s research and intellectual leadership. Alongside formal sessions, there will be time to reconnect, reflect, and celebrate her enduring impact on the field.
You are also warmly invited to a lunch reception hosted by Regenia on Saturday 20th June, 12:00–17:00, at Moor House, Crediton, Devon (EX17 5EL).
Thursday, 18th June
🕑: 02:00 PM - 03:30 PM
Decadence (Queens LT1)
Info: Joseph Bristow (UCLA); Kate Hext (Exeter); Alex Murray (Belfast); Angelique Richardson (Exeter).
🕑: 03:30 PM - 04:00 PM
Refreshment break (Digital Humanities Foyer)
🕑: 04:00 PM - 05:30 PM
Economics and Aesthetics (Queens LT1)
Info: Steven Connor (King’s College, London); Dino Felluga (Purdue); Peter Riley (Exeter); Lucy Morse (independent scholar); Mark Steven (Exeter).
🕑: 05:30 PM - 07:00 PM
Drinks reception (Senior Common Room, Queen's)
Friday, 19th June
🕑: 09:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Subjectivities (Queens LT1)
Info: Mary Jean Corbett (Miami); Corinna Wagner (Exeter); Simon Rennie (Exeter); Kate Montague (Exeter); Diana Maltz (Southern Oregon).
🕑: 11:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Refreshment break (Senior Common Room, Queen's)
🕑: 11:30 AM - 01:00 PM
The State of the University, the University and the State (Queens LT1)
Info: Alice Barnaby (Swansea); Hilary Fraser (Birkbeck [Emeritus]); Sambudha Sen (Shiv Nadar); Zoe Bulaitis (Birmingham); Patricia Pulham (Surrey).
🕑: 01:00 PM - 02:00 PM
Lunch (Senior Common Room, Queen's)
Info: Sponsored by the British Association of Victorian Studies.
🕑: 02:00 PM - 03:30 PM
Literature and Global Circulation (Queens LT1)
Info: Isobel Armstrong (Birkbeck [Emeritus]); Jo McDonagh (Chicago); Dennis Denisoff (Tulsa); Ana Parejo-Vadillo (Birkbeck); John Plunkett (Exeter).
🕑: 03:30 PM - 04:00 PM
Refreshment break (Senior Common Room, Queen's)
🕑: 04:00 PM - 05:00 PM
The Farther Adventures of Regenia Gagnier (Queens LT1)
Info: Susan Hayward (Exeter [Emeritus]) & Duncan Petrie (York); Rosie Graham (Birmingham); Amina Yaqin (Exeter); Sue Zemka (independent scholar); Andy Brown (Exeter); Rohan McWilliam (Anglia Ruskin); Paul Young (Exeter); Regenia Gagnier (Exeter).
🕑: 05:00 PM - 08:00 PM
Drinks reception (Senior Common Room, Queen's)
Saturday, 20th June
🕑: 12:00 PM - 05:00 PM
Lunch reception
Info: Lunch reception hosted by Regenia at Moor House, Crediton, Devon, EX17 5EL.Directions from Exeter to Moor House, Moorlake, Crediton EX175EL: To reach Moor House, take the A377 to Crediton and follow the road through the town. Toward the end of the High Street you'll see Queen Elisabeth College on your right and the Elephant on the Green on your left. Take the left fork toward Yeoford, then follow the country lane 1.2 miles.
Drive right past (i.e., don't turn at) the sign at Moorlake Cross.
Go over the small bridge and up the hill about 200 yds and the lane on your left is marked Moor House and Moor Farm. Follow that until you get to the square white house which is our house, Moor House and turn into the car park. Taxis may turn around in the car park; private cars should go through the gates and park in the field with the oak tree. The postal code for SATNAV is EX17 5EL, but Satnav often misleads from Moorlake, so follow instructions above.
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