University of Edinburgh Outline 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 ninth year,… Read more »
In summer 2024, working on my BARS conference paper, I reread a Victorian book of art criticism by William Sharp (another name of Fiona Macleod’s – it’s a complicated story… Read more »
Susan Valladares is Associate Professor in the Department of English Studies at Durham University. Her research examines theatre and performance from the late seventeenth century until the mid-nineteenth century, with… Read more »
Romantic Poets in the Wild is back after a bit of a break, ringing in our 2025 series with a Bristol-based poet heavily inspired by what he calls the “RomLitScape.”… Read more »
Topic: Cultural Circulations, Global Mobilities, and Knowledge Translations: Turning Points in the Nineteenth Century The nineteenth century witnessed an unprecedented acceleration and densification of human movements that generated, perhaps for… Read more »
Dear BARS members, Please find below the link to a recording of a staged reading of Joanna Baillie’s The Tryal that took place on 23 October, 2024, at the Theatre Royal in… Read more »
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 »
https://www.thebyronsociety.com/events/2025-newstead-abbey-byron-conference/ Programme: https://www.thebyronsociety.com/2025-newstead-abbey-conference-programme/ 2025 Newstead Abbey Byron Conference 25-26 April, Newstead Abbey Byron’s posthumous reputation is a complex – not to say controversial – topic. This is highlighted by the… Read more »
Thomas Beddoes was the pioneering doctor and chemical researcher who in the 1790s established the Pneumatic Institution to conduct experimental treatments with oxygen, hydrocarbonate and nitrous oxide — using apparatus… Read more »
Victorian Popular Fiction Association (VPFA) Annual Conference 2025: Heights, Depths, and ExtremesThe Birmingham & Midland Institute, Birmingham UK 14-16 July 2025 The Victorian Popular Fiction Association is delighted to announce… Read more »