PhD Bursary: The Byron Society
The Byron Society invites applications for a PhD bursary of up to £5,000 per year. Applications are open to new and existing full-time PhD students enrolled at a UK university… Read more »
Author Archives: Chloe Wilcox
Upcoming BARS Digital Events: Volcanic Romanticism & Shelley’s Anni Mirabiles
Volcanic Romanticism (30 October 7PM UK time) https://www.eventbrite.com/e/bars-digital-events-volcanic-romanticism-tickets-1810749413239?aff=oddtdtcreator In the ‘Year Without A Summer’ of 1816, a remarkable meeting of minds took place at the Villa Diodati near Lake Geneva. Lord… Read more »
CfP: Romantic Elements: Rocks, and Stones, and Soil, 1750–1850
Romantic Elements: Rocks, and Stones, and Soil, 1750–1850 Symposium at The University of Manchester, 25–26 June, 2026 Dreams hang on every leaf: unearthly formsGlide through the gloom; and mystic visions… Read more »
CfP: British Society for Literature and Science Annual Conference
The twenty-first annual conference of the British Society for Literature and Science will take place at the University of Strathclyde, on 9th-11th April 2026 (in person). The BSLS invites proposals… Read more »
Stephen Copley Research Award Report: Jordan Welsh on Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Hyman Hurwitz’s Friendship
During the summer of 2025, as part of my Stephen Copley Research Award, I was able to further investigate the friendship between Samuel Taylor Coleridge and the Hebrew scholar Hyman… Read more »
Open Fellowship Report: Hocquet Caritat, the Minerva Press, and the ‘Patronizers of Polite and Entertaining Literature in America’
Christina Morin reports on her research carried out through the BARS Open Fellowship. An 1802 catalogue of books to be had at Hocquet Caritat’s circulating library on 153 Broadway, in… Read more »