2019 BARS First Book Prize Shortlist Announced
The judges for the 2019 BARS First Book prize, chaired by Professor Claire Connolly, are delighted to announce a shortlist of four exceptional books, drawn from a strong list of… Read more »
Author Archives: Matthew Sangster
BARS 2019: Romantic Facts and Fantasies – Registration Open
Please see below for a notice from the organisers of BARS 2019 giving more information about the fantastic range of activities they’ve arranged and providing details about registration, accommodation and… Read more »
Seeking a Postgraduate Representative to Join the BARS Executive – Deadline February 28th
Supporting postgraduates and early career researchers has always been an important part of the remit of the British Association for Romantic Studies. We are currently looking for a postgraduate student… Read more »
BARS 2019 Open Call Sessions
The accepted open call sessions for BARS’ 2019 International Conference, themed around Romantic Facts and Fantasies, have now been published on the main conference page on the University of Nottingham website. … Read more »
Call for Papers: BARS 2019 – Romantic Facts and Fantasies
BARS 2019: Romantic Facts and Fantasies Proposals are invited for the 2019 conference of the British Association for Romantic Studies, to be hosted by the School of English, University… Read more »
Call for Papers: The 1820s: Innovation and Diffusion
Call for Papers The 1820s: Innovation and Diffusion University of Glasgow, 11th and 12th April 2019 Plenary Speakers: Ian Duncan (Berkeley) and Angela Esterhammer (Toronto) The reign of George IV… Read more »
Five Questions: David Higgins on British Romanticism, Climate Change, and the Anthropocene: Writing Tambora
David Higgins is Associate Professor in English Literature at the University of Leeds and Deputy Director of the Leeds Humanities Research Institute. He has written widely on Romantic literature and… Read more »
The BARS Review, No. 51 (Spring 2018)
The Editors, led by Mark Sandy, are pleased to announce the publication of the 51st number of The BARS Review, the ninth available in full online through our open-access system. … Read more »
BARS First Book Prize, 2017-19
The British Association for Romantic Studies is delighted to announce the current round of The British Association for Romantic Studies First Book Prize, 2017-19 Awarded biennially for the best first… Read more »
Five Questions: Katie Garner on Romantic Women Writers and Arthurian Legend
Katie Garner is a Lecturer in Nineteenth-Century Literature at the University of St Andrews. She has published work on subjects as diverse as Angela Carter, Mary Wollstonecraft, liminality, feminism and… Read more »