Date: 18 Jun 2026

Epilepsy in the Victorian Age

Venue: The Buttery, Wolfson College (In-person only)

Website: www.globalepilepsy.ox.ac.uk

Event Notes:

Join us to explore how epilepsy was understood and represented in the Victorian era through medicine, literature and social history. Discover how nineteenth-century ideas shaped perceptions of epilepsy that continue to influence us today.

Speakers include:

  • Professor Simon Shorvon (University College London)
  • Professor Sara Lodge (St Andrews University)
  • Dr Jennifer Wallis (Imperial College London)

Chaired by Professor Sloan Mahone (University of Oxford).