We invite applications from qualified candidates who wish to complete a fully-funded doctorate examining the diverse ways in which eighteenth-century readers lived actively with print. The project will focus on… Read more »
As an avid fan of historical/Regency romance and period dramas more broadly, as well as a scholar of the long nineteenth century, I enjoy the world that Shonda Rhimes’ adaptation… Read more »
When my wife died at the age of 33, Mary Shelley was a natural companion in my journey through grief. Widowed two hundred years before me when Percy Shelley drowned… Read more »
Notice from the Conference Organisers:This is just a quick note to remind BARS Conference delegates that the deadline for bursary applications is 16th March (next Monday). Please see your acceptance email for… Read more »
We are excited to announce the launch event of Finding Elizabeth Hitchener(1783–1821) (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2026). Hosted by the Keough-Naughton Institute for Irish Studies and Notre Dame London, the launch is… Read more »
Friday 26th June 2026 Edge Hill University Edge Hill Nineteen research centre is excited to invite you to ‘Placing the Nineteenth Century’, a PGR/ECR conference focused on the North (West) of England… Read more »
https://writingindustry.leeds.ac.uk Writing the Industrial Revolution brings together short illustrated essays on industrial change and its cultural consequences in Britain, circa 1770–1830. The site explores how the first industrial nation was… Read more »
I was thrilled to find out I’d won a Stephen Copley Award to support a research trip to Belfast. As part of a wider project tracing the influence of Anna… Read more »
Wednesday 11 February 2026, 6pm UK time via Zoom Register here: https://uofglasgow.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ekjSjojaQPC1mBhlhflsRQ This digital event celebrates and shares the work of six PhD and early-career researchers, all of whom undertook Chawton… Read more »
The BARS Blog is the blog of the British Association for Romantic Studies (BARS), the UK’s leading national organisation for promoting the study of Romanticism. The blog is maintained by… Read more »