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British Association for Romantic Studies Early-Career & Postgraduate account. Posting news of interest to @bars.bsky.social members/followers. Admin: PGR/ECR Officers.
The deadline for the Wordsworth Winter Conference CfP has been extended to 1st December 2025!
The conference will be in Grasmere on 4th-7th March 2026, with the theme of "Romantic Ballads and Romantic Songs".
www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6214
Drawing of an archive box against an orange background, with the text "BARS Stephen Copley Research Awards Deadline November 15".
Reminder that the next Stephen Copley Award deadline is 15th November!
The Stephen Copley Research Award funds bursaries of up to Β£500 for postgraduate and early-career researchers. See the website for more information on eligibility and how to apply: www.bars.ac.uk/main/index.p...
CfP: Health and Happiness / La santΓ© et le bonheur Conference, Cardiff University, 8-10th April 2026
200-word abstracts due in French or English by 1 December 2025
www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6216
Huge congratulations to the winner, Εukasz Mokrzycki, and runner-up, Andrin Albrecht, of the Cambridge University Press Best Paper Prize, which was open to those who presented at the BARS PGR/ECR Conference in September. π₯³
More on the BARS Blog: www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6212
Reminder: CfP closes for BARS 2026 'Romantic Retrospection' at the University of Birmingham, UK, and online on 30 November.
Details below:
www.birmingham.ac.uk/events/arts-...
Call for Contributors: Volcanic Materiality: Cultural Phenomena in the Age of the Anthropocene, edited by Dewey H. Hall.
Abstracts of 2-300 words due by 30th November 2025.
www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6205
BARS News: Submit your proposals for Spring 2026 BARS Digital Events!
We are looking for 90-minute roundtables of four or five speakers, at least one of whom should be an ECR of PhD student.
250-word abstracts due 7th January 2026.
www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6207
CfP: Keats Foundation Annual Conference: 'The Keats Circle' (5th-7th June 2026)
Abstracts due 21st February.
www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6210
Panel calls for BARS 2026 are up on the blog!
- Letitia Elizabeth Landon & the Poetics of Retrospection (convened by Emily Rohrbach)
- Repetitions & Innovations in Late German Romanticism (Joanna Neilly)
- Creative-Critical Writing & Romantic Studies (Adam Neikirk)
www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6199
Fellowship Opportunity for ECRs: The Byron Society Fellow
Focussing on digital promotion activities, with a Β£2500 annual stipend.
www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6197
PhD Bursary: The Byron Society
The Byron Society invites applications from new and existing full-time PhD students for a bursary of up to Β£5,000 per year.
www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6195
Portrait of Lord Byron in a heavy gilded frame; it hangs from chains on a wall in Newstead Abbey, covered in cream and red, strapwork wallpaper
A view of Newstead Abbey from the far side of Eagle Pond
π£CFP: 'Byron and Identity', 2026 Newstead Abbey Byron Conference, deadline 1 January 2026
π www.thebyronsociety.com/call-for-pap...
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Reminder: BARS 2026 CFP can be found here:
Deadline Sunday 30 November.
www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6101
On the BARS blog: information on applying for the @ksaacomm.bsky.social Carl H. Pforzheimer Research Grants, worth $3000. Deadline 1st November. www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6151
Keats Shelley Prize entries are now open, for both the Poetry and Essay Prize.
Deadline is 10am (GMT) on Monday 2 February 2026
www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6155
Our friends at βRomanticism across Bordersβ are back! As in previous years, all events will continue to be held online, with the first one coming up soon.
The session will take place on Wednesday 22 October, on Zoom at 5.30pm (London time, or GMT+01, i.e. 6.30, Paris time).
The BARS Presidentβs Fellowship is open to scholars from Black, Indigenous and other minority ethnic backgrounds working on any aspect of Romantic Studiesβ―to support research, teaching and/or public outreach expenses of up to Β£1500. Deadline 7th Nov 2025.
www.bars.ac.uk/main/index.p...
Call for Papers: British Society for Literature and Science (@thebsls.bsky.social) 21st Annual Conference, University of Strathclyde, 9th-11th April 2026. 200-word abstracts due by 12th December 2025.
www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6183
CfP: Romantic Elements: Rocks, and Stones, and Soil, 1750β1850, Symposium at The University of Manchester, 25β26 June 2026. Deadline 30th January 2026. www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6185
5 days left to submit your abstract!
My first BARS @bars.bsky.social conference at Trinity Hall College was absolutely wonderful! A lovely couple of days getting know other postgraduate and early career researchers, and listening to a variety of fascinating papers/panels
A huge thank you to the organisers βΊοΈ @bars-ecrs-pgrs.bsky.social
Curious Travellers are delighted to be partnering with the long-running Liverpool Travel Seminar to host an Early Career Symposium dedicated to βJourneys of Curiosityβ
Bluecoat, Liverpool, 25/09. Free (including lunch), registration by September 19th
curioustravellers.ac.uk/journeys-of-...
The British Association for Romantic Studies Biennal International Conference 2026 - Romantic Retrospection
In-person: Wednesday 29thβFriday 31st July 2026
Online Conference: Thursday 6th August 2026
Updates & CfP announced:
www.birmingham.ac.uk/events/arts-...
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πGrateful to be part of #BARS2025 Romantic (Un)Consciousness at Trinity Hall, Cambridge. @bars-ecrs-pgrs.bsky.social @bars.bsky.social πInspiring panels both in person & onlineβdeep gratitude to the amazing organizers: @drcleoocy.bsky.social @zooeyziller.bsky.social @womanofclouds.bsky.social
One more post about the wonderful #BARS2025 π« Huge thanks to the BARS Bursary @bars.bsky.social supporting my trip @bars-ecrs-pgrs.bsky.social βsuch a privilege to visit St Johnβs & the Wren Library. Seeing P. B. Shelleyβs register entry in person was unforgettable! β¨
Online Overview Friday 12 September 11.15 β Opening Remarks 11.30 β Parallel Panels 1 13.00 β Lunch 14.00 β Keynote 15.15 β Break 15.30 β Parallel Panels 2 17.00 β Break 17.30 β Alternative Academic Careers Plenary Roundtable 19.00 β Closing Remarks.
Remember that the online day of the BARS PGR & ECR conference is tomorrow! Find the full programme here: barsconference2025.wixsite.com/home (and in your email inbox if youβve registered).
Almost home from a fabulous few days in Cambridge for the in-person component of #BARS2025. Many thanks to all who came, and to friends old and new, for a great many wonderful panels and enriching conversations!
Join us for our online programme on Friday 12 Sept, starting at 11:15 AM (BST).
Among many brilliant papers, highlights include our keynote lecture, 'On Conscious Repetition in Romantic Poetry', from Dr Joanna Neilly (Oxford), and a plenary roundtable on alternative academic careers.
#BARS2025
What an inspiring 2 days in Cambridge!
The generosity of thought, depth & breadth of discussion, & the diversity of perspectives created space for truly insightful dialogue at this conference, an inspiring exchange we hope continues well beyond Trinity Hall.
Remember, #BARS2025 is not over yet...
Had an amazing time at my first ever BARS conference @bars.bsky.social + @bars-ecrs-pgrs.bsky.social presenting on Cowper, botanical literatures and greenhouses at Trinity Hall, Cambridge π±β¨ Brilliant people and brilliant papers giving me so much to think about! St Johnβs + Wren library were a treat