Category: Women and Gender Studies
Stetz Featured in Global Conferences and New Publication
February 20, 2026 Written by Natasha Kapadia
WGS professor examines literature, politics and cultural history across borders
Margaret D. Stetz, Mae and Robert Carter Professor of Women鈥檚 Studies and professor of humanities at the 91原创, continues to contribute prominently to international conversations in literary and cultural studies through recent scholarly events and publications.
In December 2025, Stetz participated in a hybrid research seminar sponsored by the British Comparative Literature Association. Titled 鈥Literature, History, Translation,鈥 the seminar examined how state politics influence official policies surrounding the publication and circulation of works in translation. Her participation underscored ongoing global interest in the intersections of literature, history, and political power.
Stetz鈥檚 international engagement continued in January 2026, when she traveled to Toronto, Canada, to take part in the Modern Language Association鈥檚 annual convention. She served as the invited respondent for the session 鈥Oscar Wilde, French by Sympathy?鈥 organized by the UK-based Oscar Wilde Society, contributing to discussions on Wilde鈥檚 transnational influence and literary legacy.
In addition to her recent conference activity, Stetz is the author of a chapter in Neo-Victorian Decadence: Media, Genres, Eras, a newly published volume edited by Kostos Boyiopoulos and Joseph Thorne and released by Brill as part of its Neo-Victorian Series. Her chapter, 鈥溾楴o identity was fixed and no identity was disparaged鈥: Queerness, Empire and Butterflies in Sandi Toksvig鈥檚 Valentine Grey,鈥 analyzes Toksvig鈥檚 2012 novel through themes of queer identity, gender nonconformity, and imperial critique. Stetz has also contributed to earlier volumes in the series, including Neo-Victorian Cities (2015) and Neo-Victorian Humour (2017), reflecting her sustained scholarly engagement with Neo-Victorian studies.