The University of Victoria hosted a wonderful conference on "Victorian Materialities." Despite the evident temptation of a surprisingly sunny Victoria, conferencegoers were treated to an array of papers, pedagogical workshops, and plenary sessions. The second consecutive joint meeting (this time with the Victorian Studies Association of Western Canda) provided ample opportunity for exchanging ideas and insights. {More}

Victorian Studies will run another special issue dedicated to the NAVSA conference—it will be issue 50.2. In addition to several fine papers from the U of Victoria conference, the issue will feature Philippa Levine's plenaray address on "'States of Undress': Nakedness and the Colonial Imagination." {More}

At the 2007 conference banquet, NAVSA presented the second annual Donald Gray Prize for best essay published in the previous year. The award went to Martin Hewitt, and Caroline Levine received honorable mention. We are also delighted to announce that Paul Fyfe won the award for the best paper presented at the annual conference by a graduate student, with honorable mentions going to Maeve Adams and Jesse Rosenthal. {More}

It is time once again to elect new members of the NAVSA advisory board. This year, we are running elections for Canadian and American representatives, as well as an expert in comparative or non-British literature. Click on "More" to see candidate bios and instructions for voting. {More}

The 2008 conference at Yale is rapidly approaching. Also, conferences are tentatively scheduled through 2011.{More}

NAVSA once again has a featured panel, this time on "Green Victoria," at the ACCUTE conference. Click "More" to discover its makeup. {More}

NAVSA is pleased to promote events and publications related to Victorian Studies. This issue of the newsletter features announcements about upcoming conferences, panels at MLA, online journals, and much else. {More}