BARS Executive: Role Descriptions 2024-2026
Please see the BARS Blog post here for more information on how to apply for these roles. President The President works with the Executive Committee in overseeing the strategic direction… Read more »
Author Archives: Amy Wilcockson
BARS Executive: Elections and Appointments 2024–2026
Dear BARS Members, The BARS Executive is a friendly and collegial gathering of Romanticists from a wide range of career stages, which supports activities and initiatives in the field undertaken… Read more »
Call for Applications: BARS Communications Assistant 2024-25
The British Association for Romantic Studies (BARS) would like to invite applications for a Communications Assistant to assist with the BARS Blog and social media for a period of one year… Read more »
BARS Conference 2024 Programme Announced!
Dear BARS Members, We’ve now released detailed schedules and panel listings for both the in person and online elements of ‘Romantic Making and Unmaking’ on the conference website: Glasgow programme… Read more »
K-SAA Job Postings: Director of Operations and Communications and Communications Fellows
Director of Operations and Communications Job Description Keats-Shelley Association of America Honorarium: $10,000/year Hours: 10 hours/week Acts as administrative home for the organization: streamlines its internal communication; oversees administrative workflow… Read more »
Role Advertisements: BARS PGR and ECR Representatives 2024–2026
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 inviting applications for appointment to… Read more »
“Writing like Wordsworth”: A Brief Primer
We are thrilled to welcome to the blog Dr Adam Neikirk, one of the BARS/Wordsworth Grasmere Early Career Fellows. His blog post below discusses his ongoing project “Writing like Wordsworth”,… Read more »
On This Day: 19th April 1824 – Lord Byron dies in Missolonghi, Greece
Byron died far from home, in Missolonghi, Greece, where he played his role (most often as mediator or financier) in the Greek struggle for independence. He did not die in… Read more »
Call for Volunteer Moderators: BARS PGR/ECR Discord Community
The British Association for Romantic Studies (BARS) would like to invite expressions of interest from those interested in becoming a Volunteer Moderator for the BARS PGR/ECR Discord Community which will be… Read more »
Stephen Copley Research Report: Jacqueline Kennard on Orkney Library and Class Identity, 1800-1842
I’ve just returned from the most wonderful week visiting Orkney Library and Archive in Kirkwall, during which I spent valuable time with books and manuscripts essential to my Masters dissertation… Read more »