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“Powered by the Sun: Energising Empire in the Age of Solar.”
Sebastian Lund, “Powered by the Sun: Energising Empire in the Age of Solar.” (Including Rokeya Hossain ‘Sultana’s Dream’ (1905), HG Wells War of the Worlds (1898))
Date:
20 October 2025, 12:15
Venue:
Seminar Room 00.079, Humanities Building
Speaker:
Sebastian Lund
Organising department:
Faculty of English Language and Literature
Organisers:
Professor Helen Small (University of Oxford),
Dr Clare Broome Saunders (University of Oxford)
Part of:
Nineteenth Century Research Seminar
Booking required?:
Not required
Audience:
Members of the University only
Editors:
Katy Terry,
Hope Lukonyomoi-Otunnu