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4 Março 2020, 16:00 • Ana Cristina Ferreira Mendes

III. Transmedia Victoria

Timeline of Queen Victoria’s life (1818-1901). Queen Victoria as a role model for (Victorian) morality, and qualities (e.g., earnestness, moral responsibility, and domestic propriety). The historical figures of Duleep Singh (1838-1893), 5th Maharaja of the Sikh Empire and Abdul Karim (1863-1909), Queen Victoria’s munshi. “The Victorians in the rearview mirror” (Joyce 2007). Victoria and Abdul (screening of the first part).

Readings: Levine, Philippa. 2007. “Britain in India.” The British Empire:  Sunrise to Sunset. Harlow: Pearson Longman. 61-81.