2023 BARS First Book Prize Panel
BARS is delighted to announce the appointment of the BARS First Book Prize Panel for 2023. The selection committee were delighted at the amount of interest expressed by the membership,… Read more »
Author Archives: Anna Mercer
BARS Executive Elections
BARS is delighted to announce the results of the online elections for the new Executive Committee that took place earlier this month. The following role-holders were confirmed for re-election for… Read more »
DEADLINE EXTENDED: Bursaries available for NASSR 2023 ‘Romanticism and Justice’
Apply by tomorrow! We are delighted to offer support to members who will be presenting at the ‘Romanticism and Justice’ 2023 international conference hosted by the North American Society for the Study… Read more »
BARS Special Elections
Please see our previous Blog post for an explanation of the process. Re-election 2023–2024 President: Anthony Mandal Secretary: Jennifer Orr Treasurer: Cassie Ulph BARS Review Editor: Mark Sandy Website Editor:… Read more »
BARS First Book Prize 2022-23: Call for Panel Members
Deadline: 24 February 2023 Send your EoI to the BARS Secretary, Jennifer Orr (Jennifer.Orr@newcastle.ac.uk), and any questions to the BARS President, Anthony Mandal (Mandal@cardiff.ac.uk). We are looking to fill two roles on this year’s panel: Panel… Read more »
Online Seminar, 18 January 2023: Literature and the Sea
The University of Birmingham’s Nineteenth-Century Centre’s (19CC) Online Work-in-Progress Seminar Series Please join us online at 5pm on Wednesday 18th January for a work-in-progress seminar focused on literature at sea. Our… Read more »
BARS President’s Fellowship 2023 awarded to Ifemu Yaa Omari
In June 2020, the British Association for Romantic Studies announced its unequivocal support of the Black community, its condemnation of all forms of racism and its commitment to practical action…. Read more »
BARS/Wordsworth Trust Early Career Fellowships – the winners
We are delighted to announce that Dr Anna Burton and Connie Hamilton have been successful in their applications to the BARS/Wordsworth Trust Early Career Fellowship programme. Each will spend a… Read more »
Stephen Copley Research Report: Laura Blunsden on Ignatius Sancho
Follow Laura Blunsden on Twitter. Thanks to the support of the BARS Stephen Copley Research Award, I was able to visit the manuscript archives at the British Library in London… Read more »
New BARS Communications Assistants 2022-23
We received a number of very high quality applications for the BARS Communications Assistant 2022-23 position. The Executive Committee are delighted to announce that there will be two new Assistants… Read more »