Martineau Society Conference 2025 in Tynemouth, England    06/22/2025-06/25/2025; deadline 04/30/2025

The Martineau Society will be hosting its annual conference in Tynemouth, England.  The Martineau Society conference is an interdisciplinary conference that focuses on the lives, work, and contributions of the Martineau family, including its two most famous and influential members, Harriet Martineau (1802-1876) and James Martineau (1805-1900).  Tynemouth is where, with the onset of her illness, Harriet Martineau took lodgings from 1840 to 1845 to be near her doctor and family members in Newcastle and where she wrote The Playfellow series of children’s books, the novel The Hour and the Man, and Life in the Sick-Room.
The Martineau Society encourages scholarship on the Martineau family and their nineteenth-century context as well as their continuing influence.   

Topics may include, but are not limited to, the following:
Theology and Religion
Literature (all genres, including Children’s Literature and Travel Writing)
Language and Linguistics
Cultural Studies
Art and Philosophy
Gender Studies
Slavery, Abolition, and Civil Rights
Politics, including Local, National, International politics, and Politics of Empire
Engineering and Industry
Economics
Journalism
Disability Studies
Health and Medicine
Science and Social Sciences
Education
Familial Relationships, Friendships, Relationships with Contemporaries

The conference will be held at the Grand Hotel Tynemouth in Tynemouth, England, from Sunday, June 22 to Wednesday, June 25, 2025.  Individual paper presentations, including a question and answer session, are approximately 40 minutes, depending upon number of conference presenters.  Anyone interested in giving a shorter 20-minute paper should indicate this preference on the registration form.  Please submit a 150-word abstract and complete the registration form found on The Martineau Society website online at https://martineausociety.co.uk/martineau-society-conference-2025-tynemou..., or send so it arrives by post by April 30, 2025 to the Society’s Secretary, Dr. Sharon Connor, at 13 Lancaster Road, Formby, Merseyside L37 6AS, or by e-mail at  sharonconnor@live.co.uk.  Information concerning the conference registration fee, membership fee, and travel scholarships funds of £250 for graduate students is available on the Martineau Society website.