The deadline for the Wordsworth Winter Conference CfP has been extended to 1st December 2025! The conference will be in Grasmere on 4th-7th March 2026, with the theme of "Romantic Ballads and Romantic Songs". www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6214

Reminder that the next Stephen Copley Award deadline is 15th November! The Stephen Copley Research Award funds bursaries of up to £500 for postgraduate and early-career researchers. See the website for more information on eligibility and how to apply: www.bars.ac.uk/main/index.p...

CfP: Health and Happiness / La santé et le bonheur Conference, Cardiff University, 8-10th April 2026 200-word abstracts due in French or English by 1 December 2025 www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6216

Huge congratulations to the winner, Łukasz Mokrzycki, and runner-up, Andrin Albrecht, of the Cambridge University Press Best Paper Prize, which was open to those who presented at the BARS PGR/ECR Conference in September. 🥳 More on the BARS Blog: www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6212

Reminder: CfP closes for BARS 2026 'Romantic Retrospection' at the University of Birmingham, UK, and online on 30 November. Details below: www.birmingham.ac.uk/events/arts-...

Call for Contributors: Volcanic Materiality: Cultural Phenomena in the Age of the Anthropocene, edited by Dewey H. Hall. Abstracts of 2-300 words due by 30th November 2025. www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6205

BARS News: Submit your proposals for Spring 2026 BARS Digital Events! We are looking for 90-minute roundtables of four or five speakers, at least one of whom should be an ECR of PhD student. 250-word abstracts due 7th January 2026. www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6207

CfP: Keats Foundation Annual Conference: 'The Keats Circle' (5th-7th June 2026) Abstracts due 21st February. www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6210

Panel calls for BARS 2026 are up on the blog! - Letitia Elizabeth Landon & the Poetics of Retrospection (convened by Emily Rohrbach) - Repetitions & Innovations in Late German Romanticism (Joanna Neilly) - Creative-Critical Writing & Romantic Studies (Adam Neikirk) www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6199

Fellowship Opportunity for ECRs: The Byron Society Fellow Focussing on digital promotion activities, with a £2500 annual stipend. www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6197

PhD Bursary: The Byron Society The Byron Society invites applications from new and existing full-time PhD students for a bursary of up to £5,000 per year. www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6195

📣CFP: 'Byron and Identity', 2026 Newstead Abbey Byron Conference, deadline 1 January 2026 👉 www.thebyronsociety.com/call-for-pap... #AcademicSky #Romanticism #LordByron @bars.bsky.social @byronsociety.bsky.social @bsecs.bsky.social

Reminder: BARS 2026 CFP can be found here: Deadline Sunday 30 November. www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6101

On the BARS blog: information on applying for the @ksaacomm.bsky.social Carl H. Pforzheimer Research Grants, worth $3000. Deadline 1st November. www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6151

Keats Shelley Prize entries are now open, for both the Poetry and Essay Prize. Deadline is 10am (GMT) on Monday 2 February 2026 www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6155

Our friends at ‘Romanticism across Borders’ are back! As in previous years, all events will continue to be held online, with the first one coming up soon. The session will take place on Wednesday 22 October, on Zoom at 5.30pm (London time, or GMT+01, i.e. 6.30, Paris time).

The BARS President’s Fellowship is open to scholars from Black, Indigenous and other minority ethnic backgrounds working on any aspect of Romantic Studies to support research, teaching and/or public outreach expenses of up to £1500. Deadline 7th Nov 2025. www.bars.ac.uk/main/index.p...

Call for Papers: British Society for Literature and Science (@thebsls.bsky.social) 21st Annual Conference, University of Strathclyde, 9th-11th April 2026. 200-word abstracts due by 12th December 2025. www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6183

CfP: Romantic Elements: Rocks, and Stones, and Soil, 1750–1850, Symposium at The University of Manchester, 25–26 June 2026. Deadline 30th January 2026. www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6185

5 days left to submit your abstract!

My first BARS @bars.bsky.social conference at Trinity Hall College was absolutely wonderful! A lovely couple of days getting know other postgraduate and early career researchers, and listening to a variety of fascinating papers/panels A huge thank you to the organisers ☺️ @bars-ecrs-pgrs.bsky.social

Curious Travellers are delighted to be partnering with the long-running Liverpool Travel Seminar to host an Early Career Symposium dedicated to ‘Journeys of Curiosity’ Bluecoat, Liverpool, 25/09. Free (including lunch), registration by September 19th curioustravellers.ac.uk/journeys-of-...

The British Association for Romantic Studies Biennal International Conference 2026 - Romantic Retrospection In-person: Wednesday 29th–Friday 31st July 2026 Online Conference: Thursday 6th August 2026 Updates & CfP announced: www.birmingham.ac.uk/events/arts-... [Image: Birmingham Museums Trust]

💜Grateful to be part of #BARS2025 Romantic (Un)Consciousness at Trinity Hall, Cambridge. @bars-ecrs-pgrs.bsky.social @bars.bsky.social 💜Inspiring panels both in person & online—deep gratitude to the amazing organizers: @drcleoocy.bsky.social @zooeyziller.bsky.social @womanofclouds.bsky.social

One more post about the wonderful #BARS2025 💫 Huge thanks to the BARS Bursary @bars.bsky.social supporting my trip @bars-ecrs-pgrs.bsky.social —such a privilege to visit St John’s & the Wren Library. Seeing P. B. Shelley’s register entry in person was unforgettable! ✨

Remember that the online day of the BARS PGR & ECR conference is tomorrow! Find the full programme here: barsconference2025.wixsite.com/home (and in your email inbox if you’ve registered).

Almost home from a fabulous few days in Cambridge for the in-person component of #BARS2025. Many thanks to all who came, and to friends old and new, for a great many wonderful panels and enriching conversations!

What an inspiring 2 days in Cambridge! The generosity of thought, depth & breadth of discussion, & the diversity of perspectives created space for truly insightful dialogue at this conference, an inspiring exchange we hope continues well beyond Trinity Hall. Remember, #BARS2025 is not over yet...

Had an amazing time at my first ever BARS conference @bars.bsky.social + @bars-ecrs-pgrs.bsky.social presenting on Cowper, botanical literatures and greenhouses at Trinity Hall, Cambridge 🌱✨ Brilliant people and brilliant papers giving me so much to think about! St John’s + Wren library were a treat

My favorite part of this was seeing Coleridge’s marginalia in the first edition LB making changes to the Rime And also just the building itsellf 😍

After a brilliant day of papers and a monograph workshop at our PGR & ECR conference, Trinity College let us see some of their collection in the Wren Library, including PB Shelley’s famous register entry from the Hotel de Villes de Londres!

Our PGR & ECR conference begins tomorrow, but right now we’re being treated to a lovely exhibition at the St John’s College, Cambridge special collections! @bars-ecrs-pgrs.bsky.social

#BARS2025 begins with ecological and climatological (un)consciousness @womanofclouds.bsky.social discusses the cloud poetics of William Wordsworth and John Constable

Beautiful scenes from an opening visit to St John’s library in Cambridge yesterday ahead of #BARS2025 ‘s official start today!

We're delighted to be welcoming you to Cambridge for the start of the PGR & ECR Conference! We hope you'll join us today at St John's College to view a selection of poetry highlights, with Romanticism at its heart, including treasures from Coleridge & Wordsworth. @bars.bsky.social #BARS2025

Don’t forget the deadline to REGISTER for #BARS2025 is TOMORROW, Friday 1 Aug, midnight GTM! If you have any queries or concerns don’t hesitate to reach out to the conference organisers. See you all in Cambridge / online soon!

📢 REMINDER 📢 Registration for the 2025 British Association for Romantic Studies (BARS) Early Career & Postgraduate Researcher Conference, Romantic (Un)Consciousness, closes on Friday August 1 at midnight (GMT)! ⏳ Register now via our conference website: barsconference2025.wixsite.com/home

We're delighted to announce that the CfP for our 2026 conference @stir.ac.uk, 'Sex in the Long C19', is now LIVE! We are grateful to have received generous funding from @bavs-uk.bsky.social, allowing us to award travel bursaries to some delegates. Abstracts due 22 September 2025. Share widely!

📣Announcing another fantastic event taking place ONLINE at the BARS Conference this September! The Alt-Ac Careers Plenary Roundtable brings together a range of experienced speakers to explore career paths beyond traditional academia. Where could your research take you? Join us to discover more!

As part of this year's "Romantic (Un)Consciousness" Conference we will be awarding two best paper prizes, generously supported by @cambridgeup.bsky.social! 🎁The Cambridge University Press Best Paper Prize will honour original research & contribution to Romanticism studies. More details to follow!

A little over 2 weeks left to apply for the 2025/26 BARS/BAVS C19 Matters Fellowship - offer of institutional affiliation @ Uni of Edinburgh for an ECR working in C19 studies. Deadline MONDAY 12 MAY! Further details below:

📣Now that registration for the BARS 2025 Conference is OPEN, we're excited to share more about the fantastic events that are on offer! Day 1 invites you to join Bethany Thomas @cambridgeup.bsky.social for an informative workshop on turning your thesis into a monograph 📕You won't want to miss it!

We're delighted to announce that registration is now OPEN for the British Association for Romantic Studies 2025 ECR & PGR Conference, 'Romantic (Un)Consciousness'. Please visit our conference website for further details and to register! barsconference2025.wixsite.com/home @bars.bsky.social

Early Career Teaching and Research Fellowship - Arts and Humanities University of Cambridge - Robinson College - University of Cambridge #skystorians 🗃️www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMP695/e...

Now on the BARS Blog: CFP for BARS Digital Symposium: Expanding Queer Romanticisms See all the info here: www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=5915 And please repost/share widely!

@rrrjournal.bsky.social is searching for 2 reviewers for our next issue. Reviews are 800-1500 words long, on any area of the nineteenth century (arts and humanities + social sciences). We always try to provide a physical reviewers copy or tickets for exhibitions/performances.

Thank you so much @bars.bsky.social / @bars-ecrs-pgrs.bsky.social for a bursary to travel to Cambridge in Sep. So excited to be presenting on Cowper, Eco (Un)Consciousness and Botanical Literatures - and v much looking forward to hearing all the other papers! 🌱

Now on the BARS blog: Call for Papers: Wordsworth Summer Conference See the full call here: www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=5892 And don't forget to repost/share!

An excellent opportunity here for our ECR followers working in C19 studies:

Fellowship opportunity here at Edinburgh for unaffiliated ECRs in C19 studies. Very happy to chat to anyone who’s interested in applying.