About

We offer a network for scholars researching the cultures, figures, and issues connected with the international Aesthetic and/or Decadent Movements. We are genuinely interdisciplinary, seeking to explore how these twin movements operated across literature and the arts in the nineteenth century and beyond. 

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The caucus aims to explore the angles that have driven the resurgence of interest in studies of Aestheticism and Decadence, including anti-colonialism, decoloniality, and postcolonialism; cosmopolitanism; circulation; eco-criticism; empire; economics; gender and sexuality; politics; queer and trans studies; race; reception; technology; translation; and recoveries of archival material.

At the same time, we are a welcoming space in which to introduce new perspectives and develop burgeoning approaches to the field.​

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