Welcome to BARS

The British Association for Romantic Studies (BARS) was set up in 1989 by academics to promote the study of the cultural history of the Romantic period. Since then, BARS has organised eight International conferences at various locations in the UK, has published the BARS Bulletin and Review twice-yearly, and currently has more than 350 members.

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If you would like to advertise an event of interest to the BARS membership on the BARS website and electronic mailbase (for members only), please send the text by email to Susan Oliver: susanoliver@mac.com (website) and Neil Ramsey: neil.ramsey@anu.edu.au (mailing list).

Events that have been advertised previously on the BARS electronic mailbase can be seen at http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/bars/archives.

Current and future events, exhibitons etc

International arts events:

Exhibition:

Napoléon

Philadelphia USA, at the National Constitution Centre until 7th September. Website: http://www.constitutioncenter.org/Napoleon/

Ballet:

Das Flammende Herz

Das Flammende HerThe Staatsballet Berlin is performing a ballet created in honor of Percy Bysshe Shelley, called Das Flammende Herz, which is part of their repertoire. Some performances will continue in the fall. Website: ballethttp://www.lindenoper.de/spielplan/ballett.php?id_language=2t

 

UK exhibitions

William Blake's 1809 Exhibition 

At Tate Britain, London (room 8) 20 April to 4 October .

The Wordsworth Trust: current exhibitions

DOVE COTTAGE, THE WORDSWORTH MUSEUM & ART GALLERY

Edward Lear the Landscape Artist: tours of Ireland and the English Lakes 1835 and 1836

2 July - 4 October 2009. See Edward Lear the Landscape Artist - Dove Cottage, The Wordsworth Museum & Art Gallery, Cumbria

Tennyson and Wordsworth: two great poems of 1850

16 May - 31 August 2009. See Tennyson and Wordsworth: two great poems of 1850 - Dove Cottage, The Wordsworth Museum & Art Gallery, Cumbria

For general information on events and the Trust see http://www.wordsworth.org.uk/

Wordsworth Winter School 2010 and Preliminary notice of Summer Conference 2010

Details are now available for the Wordsworth Winter School, which takes place at Grasmere,  22-27 February 2007. A preliminary notice of next year's 40th Anniversary Summer Conference draws attention to the availablility of postgraduate and other bursaries. Click here for more information: Wordsworth Winter School and Summer Conference 2010

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