by Belén Fernandez Crespo Harriet Geddes (Hagley 1790-Worcestershire 1868) was the wife of William Collins—painter and Royal Academician—and mother of Wilkie Collins—novelist, playwright, and sensation writer. Harriet’s contribution to her… Read more »
Romantic Poets is back and this time, I’m coming to you from the Lake District! Currently I am staying in a cottage in Ambleside as part of my Early Career… Read more »
Nordic Association of Romantic Studies (NARS) Conference University of Oslo: 10-12 September 2026 Call for Papers: Romantic Circulations This three-day conference at the University of Oslo invites scholars engaged in… Read more »
This week we have a new blog contribution from Eli S, discussing two films that feature the “lesbian sublime.” Eli S is a PhD candidate in Comparative Literature in Germany…. Read more »
Call for Papers We invite proposals for twenty-minute papers on all aspects of William and Dorothy Wordsworth, their contemporaries and the Romantic period. We also welcome proposals on all topics related… Read more »
Clay Franklin Johnson is the author of A Ride Through Faerie & Other Poems (Gothic Keats Press, 2021). His collection’s eponymous poem was presented at “Ill met by moonlight”: Gothic… Read more »
Friday 25th July 2025 In 2004, a special issue of Romanticism on the Net brought together existing work on queering Romanticism and proposed a list of suggestions for how such scholarship might expand.1 Despite… Read more »
On behalf of SWINC (Scottish Writing in the Nineteenth Century), you’re invited to join us for a research seminar exploring Scottish and Irish Gothic on Friday 11th April 2025, from 14:00 to 18:00 in 50 George… Read more »
Cultivating Connections: Research Opportunities at the Royal Horticultural Society Plant Collector Archive Workshop: 10.30-3pm, 12 May 2025. RHS Lindley Library, 80 Vincent Square, London This one-day workshop seeks to raise… Read more »
Call for Papers We invite proposals for twenty-minute papers on all aspects of William and Dorothy Wordsworth, their contemporaries and the Romantic period. We also welcome proposals on all topics related… Read more »