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Victorians Institute

Victorians Institute (founded in 1971) is an interdisciplinary scholarly organization devoted to the study of all aspects of Victorian Britain; it is centered in the mid- and South Atlantic regions of the United States. The Institute was the brainchild of Rosemary Sprague of Longwood College and Harry Hargrave of North Carolina State, who organized a colloquium at Longwood College on 24 October, 1970; the following year Longwood hosted a conference on Charles Dickens, and the Victorians Institute was formally organized, with Sprague as the first President. In July, 1972, the first issue of the Victorians Institute Journal appeared, edited by Conrad Festa of Old Dominion University.