In his multi-volume Hygëia; Or, Essays Moral and Medical (1802), Thomas Beddoes notes the paradox that “no one knows the value of health, till it is lost” (Vol. I, Essay I,… Read more »
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 »
Essay collection proposed for International Gothic Series, Manchester University Press. In their most recent overview of ecoGothic research, William Hughes and Andrew Smith note the prevalence of ‘intersecting and fruitful… Read more »
Edited by Anna Burton and Amanda Blake Davis (University of Derby) Collection Prospectus: Romantic Trees: The Literary Arboretum, 1740-1840 will explore literary responses to a range of individual trees and… Read more »
Where? Wilberforce Institute for the Study of Slavery and Emancipation at the University of Hull and onlineWhen? 25-26 July 2024Free to attend? Yes! CFP deadline? 23:59 on 15 May 2024 We welcome… Read more »
University of Sussex, Brighton June 13th and 14th 2024 Our annual symposium is interdisciplinary in nature, bridging literature, material culture, gender studies and economic history, and aims to relate the debates of… Read more »
An ONLINE conference on 24th and 25th August 2024 marking the 200th anniversary of James Hogg’s Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner The conference is entirely online and… Read more »
One of the first decisions made by the Society for Effecting the Abolition of the Slave Trade when it was established in 1787 was to commission new works of poetry… Read more »
From BBC dramas and Netflix series to luxurious cinematic blockbusters and Bollywood period films, public audiences continue to engage with fascinating eighteenth-century figures, both real and fictional. Such depictions are… Read more »
By Chris Bundock In October 2024, I’m planning to host a rehearsed reading of Joanna Baillie’s The Tryal at the Theatre Royal in Bury St Edmunds. At this time, I am inviting anyone interested… Read more »