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An “Old Perhapser”: George Moore’s “Albert Nobbs,” Asexuality, & Trans4Trans Missed Connections

Posted on 11 April, 2024 by Lisa Hager

Click here to view the PowerPoint slides from my presentation Gender is neither automatic nor binary for the eponymous character of George Moore’s novella “Albert Nobbs” (1918). Instead, Albert Nobbs has a complex and shifting relationship to gender identity that … Continue reading →

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“neither man nor woman”: Missed Connections & Nonbinary Genders in George Moore’s “Albert Nobbs,” INCS 2024

Posted on 22 March, 2024 by Lisa Hager

For INCS 2024 attendees, click here to view and download the full paper. Gender is neither automatic nor binary for the eponymous character of George Moore’s novella “Albert Nobbs” (1918). Instead, Albert Nobbs has a complex and shifting relationship to … Continue reading →

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From Chemistry to Cogs: Ether’s Victorian Aestheticism & Contemporary Steampunk (NAVSA 2016)

Posted on 2 November, 2016 by Lisa Hager

This paper will trace the through line between Victorian literary aesthetic visions of ether, which was originally thought to be the medium through which light traveled, and twenty-first century reworkings of the element in steampunk fiction in order to argue … Continue reading →

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Dear Reader, I Texted Him: Digital Pedagogy, Student Engagement, and Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century British Women Writers (BWWC 2016)

Posted on 31 May, 2016 by Lisa Hager

This panel explores the scene of digital pedagogy in the eighteenth- and nineteenth-century British literature classroom as it relates specifically to teaching women writers. In particular, our panel examines the challenges and benefits of using digital tools and thinking through … Continue reading →

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Towards a Queer Literary History of Gender Identity: Steampunk, Gender Nonconformity, & Victorian Studies (University of Waterloo, 23 October 2015)

Posted on 18 October, 2015 by Lisa Hager

University of Waterloo faculty and students, thank you all for lovely visit and a great discussion about steampunk, gender nonconformity, and Victorian studies! Below you will find the slides from my talk and a few links for further reading. Please … Continue reading →

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A Brief General Introduction to Steampunk Literature & Culture

Posted on 25 April, 2015 by Lisa Hager

First named by K. W. Jeter in 1987, steampunk, a subgenre of science fiction and fantasy in which alternate histories of the nineteenth century dramatically reshape the past, present, and future, has become increasingly popular in mainstream culture as both … Continue reading →

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