The British Association for Romantic Studies invites self-nominations from members who would like to stand for the role of President or Treasurer. Both posts have incumbents who have served one… Read more »
Nineteenth-Century Matters is an initiative jointly run by the British Association for Romantic Studies and the British Association for Victorian Studies. Now in its tenth year, it is aimed at… Read more »
The BARS Executive Committee established the Stephen Copley bursary scheme in order to support postgraduate and early-career research within the UK. The bursaries primarily fund expenses incurred through travel to… Read more »
The National Library of Scotland in Edinburgh holds the largest collection of Byron’s papers as part of the John Murray Archive. It was a wonderful joy to be able to… Read more »
2 June 2026, 5pm UK Time https://uofglasgow.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_QLieh1WDSbSXqk36mtO5tg With support from the Centre for Theatre Research and the Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Literary Studies at the University of Essex Well… Read more »
The British Association for Romantic Studies is currently looking to appoint new Postgraduate and Early Career Officers to replace the outgoing role-holders, Cleo O’Callaghan Yeoman, Kate Nankervis and Zooey Ziller,… Read more »
Dear BARS members, We received no firm responses to our initial call for Expressions of Interest in hosting the 2028 BARS conference, and after exploring possibilities with a number of… Read more »
Postgraduate researchers and early career scholars working in Romantic Studies are invited to apply for a Stephen Copley Research Award. The BARS Executive Committee has established the bursaries in order to help… Read more »
The judges of the BARS 2026 First Book Prize received a large number of excellent nominations for this year’s prize. Discriminating amongst such a strong field was necessarily very challenging… Read more »
This roundtable brings a variety of topics in science and medicine together and seeks to offer a more comprehensive understanding of the intersection of literature, science, and medicine during the… Read more »