I'm so looking forward to this panel discussion on Le Guin in November! Glasgow pals - be sure to get your tickets for this! @mjrsangster.bsky.social

Huge thanks to all who attended the BARS 2025 Early Career and Postgraduates Conference! We had a wonderful time! See you this Friday 12th Sept for the online portion of the conference!

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

BARS Members will have received an email entitled "BARS Executive Elections 2025: Voting Information for Members". Please read the statements of the candidates at the two links below and make your votes via the link in your email. www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6121 www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6128

Glasgow pals, check out my new exhibition at the Mitchell Library on c19 theatre, empire, and celebrity! On display thru October. I'm also giving a talk at the Mitchell on race and c19 theatre on October 4 😊 www.glasgowlife.org.uk/event/1/exhi...

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]

The Ronald Blythe Fellowship is John Clare Society's new scheme awarding a PhD student focusing on Clare a £1000 bursary to support their work. Please pass on - &/or contact me or Honorary Secretary of the Society, Karen Lakey, for further information: johnclaresociety.wordpress.com/contact-us/

The University of Glasgow’s Centre for Robert Burns Studies is offering a PhD scholarship on “Robert Burns & the Environment” – part of a new research strand on Burns, the Environment & Sustainable Cultural Heritage DEADLINE 18 AUGUST #C18th #Romanticism www.gla.ac.uk/scholarships...

BARS Executive Elections 2025: Call for Nominations – deadline 22nd August BARS invites self-nominations from those who would like to stand for positions on the Executive. More information: www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6083 Description of roles: www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6081

BARS First Book Prize: Call for Expressions of Interest in Serving on the Judging Panel BARS invites expressions of interest from Romanticists who would like to serve on the judging panel for the next BARS First Book Prize. More information here: www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6086

📢 A reminder that registration for #BARS2025, ‘Romantic (Un)Consciousness’, closes *this Friday 1 August* Instructions for registering as a presenting and non-presenting delegate are here: barsconference2025.wixsite.com/home We look forward to welcoming you online and in Cambridge in September!

✨️Job Alert✨️ Research Associate, 21st Century Oxford Authors Edition of Percy Bysshe Shelley. Fixed-term, University of Sheffield, closing date 18 August. Please share with ECRs! jobsite.sheffield.ac.uk/job/Research...

Now available on the BARS Blog: BARS President's Report 2025 www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6068

📢 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

Call for Applications: BARS Communications Fellow 2025-26 BARS would like to invite applications for a Communications Fellow to assist with the BARS Blog and social media for a period of one year tenable from August 2025. Details: www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6062

Also taking place next week: BARS Digital Symposium: Expanding Queer Romanticisms, 25th July 2025, 3pm-6.15 BST. Links to follow in an email to BARS Members. www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6045

BARS Digital Symposium: ‘Global Romanticism’ Programme – 23 July 2025 (UK Time; BST) www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6052 Links to follow on Monday 21 July - keep an eye on emails!

Edith Wharton Summit at The Mount next June! Please help us spread the word. Submissions deadline: 1 October edithwharton.org/calendar/sum...

Enjoyed doing this interview with Sylvia Bishop for Five Books. I was asked to pick classic Fantasy books - choosing five was tough, as you can probably tell from both the length and all the side mentions...: fivebooks.com/best-books/c...

For those interested in writers' lives (and particularly their tribulations), the Royal Literary Fund has now made available an index covering over 3,600 case files for authors who first applied between 1790 and 1939, based on my catalogue for the British Library: www.rlfarchive.org.uk.

Enjoyed doing this interview with Sylvia Bishop for Five Books. I was asked to pick classic Fantasy books - choosing five was tough, as you can probably tell from both the length and all the side mentions...: fivebooks.com/best-books/c...

British Academy postdoctoral fellowships scheme is now open. The deadline is 1 October. Time to get talking with potential host institutions and mentors about planning an application for this year or instead waiting for a future round. (The scheme is annual).

For those interested in writers' lives (and particularly their tribulations), the Royal Literary Fund has now made available an index covering over 3,600 case files for authors who first applied between 1790 and 1939, based on my catalogue for the British Library: www.rlfarchive.org.uk.

Applications are invited for the position of Post-Doctoral Researcher with expertise in digital and spatial humanities (11 months, whole-time) - to work with me and @insightcentre.bsky.social on a project called 'Data Travels: Analysing the Ladies of Llangollen'. ore.ucc.ie (Job ID: 088233)

Thanks to everyone who dialled in for @bars.bsky.social AGM on this hot afternoon! Lovely to see some old friends and supporters.

BARS Digital Symposium: ‘Global Romanticism’ – 23 July 2025 (UK Time; BST) Current research on Romanticism will be explored by bringing together speakers across the world, addressing different areas of Romantic writing, its production and intercultural connections. www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6052

Just published! 'Library Catalogues as Data' with a chapter by Team B&B - '"(S)hut not thy Heart, nor thy Library": Realising the Potential of Historical Library Borrowing Data': www.facetpublishing.co.uk/page/detail/...

Institutions of Literature, 1700-1900 is now available as a relatively affordable paperback from CUP. Jon and I are really happy with the fourteen excellent intersecting essays our contributors prepared - do consider picking the book up if you work in the area: www.cambridge.org/core/books/i....

Join us in York and online 27-28 June for our conference Anna Letitia Barbauld: Voicing Dissent. Fantastic speakers! Great value registrations, including free registration for York students! 🗣️🗣️🗣️ tinyurl.com/barbauld25

BARS Membership Fee Increase on July 1st: Notification and Explanation See the blog post here: www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6041

SAVE THE DATE! BARS Digital Symposium: Expanding Queer Romanticisms 25th July 2025, 3pm - 6.15pm BST View the programme at the link below ⤵️ www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6045

Some strong contenders here - don't envy the judges this choice.

Funded PhD studentship of €25,000/year for 4 years plus fees available @tcddublin.bsky.social to work with me on Irish women's life writing from the long 18th century! Please spread the word! @ecfjournal.bsky.social @cecs-york.bsky.social @clhlwr.bsky.social @oxfordlifewriting.bsky.social

Call for Applications: Stephen Copley Research Award Deadline 1st June 2025 The BARS Executive Committee has established the bursaries in order to help fund research expenses up to a maximum of £500. More information and how to apply: www.bars.ac.uk/main/index.p...

'A Year of Books and Borrowing'- read Katie Halsey's round-up here: borrowing.stir.ac.uk/a-year-of-bo... 😃📖📚

Online Conference: ROMANTICISM AND ITS AFTERLIVES, 22 – 25 May, 2pm-6pm CET Free registration on Eventbrite www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=5967

OMG!! The ESTC is back!!!! datb.cerl.org/estc/

REMINDER - the CfP for the Global Romanticism BARS Digital Symposium is still open until Friday! For more info ⤵️ www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=5963

Four year postdoc in sf studies: jobs.unibas.ch/offene-stell...

A new Five Questions interview up on the @bars.bsky.social Blog: Ross Wilson on Percy Shelley in Context (@cambridgeup.bsky.social): www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=5985.

We have TWO Calls for Papers open at the moment for BARS' NEW digital symposia: Global Romanticism - organised by Yu-Hung Tien (Edinburgh) Weds 23 July www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=5963 Expanding Queer Romanticisms - organised by Rebekah Musk (Lancaster) Fri 25 July www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=5915

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

2 new posts in English Literature in our School of Critical Studies @uofglasgow.bsky.social: * Lecturer in Early Modern English Literature www.jobs.gla.ac.uk/job/lecturer... *Lecturer in Postcolonial or Indigenous Literature www.jobs.gla.ac.uk/job/lecturer... #AcademicSky

I’m pleased to say that we’re advertising an open ended lectureship in Early Modern English Literature at Glasgow. Details here, and please share: www.jobs.gla.ac.uk/job/lecturer...

A new Five Questions interview up on the BARS Blog (@bars.bsky.social) - @mckeever.bsky.social on his new monograph, Regional Romanticism: Literature and Southwest Scotland, c.1770–1830: www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=5944.

Thank you to everyone who came to our PFYR Symposium! We are grateful to our speakers and participants for a wonderful day of presentations, insights, critical reflections, practical advice, and conversation. See you at @gifcon.bsky.social in May?

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!

BARS is delighted to announce that the 2026 International Biennial Conference will be held at the University of Birmingham. The theme is Romantic Retrospection. Weds 29th- Fri 31st July 2026 (with additional online elements held around the in-person conference) www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=5908

Uncovering Scotland’s Bookish Histories 9 April @uofglasgow.bsky.social – free Prof @mjrsangster.bsky.social will discuss the “Books & Borrowing, 1750–1830” @books-borrowing.bsky.social project – using unexplored library records to reveal hidden histories of book use www.gla.ac.uk/events/listi...

Scotland! Ireland! Gothic! All in one afternoon. Come and hear @claireconnolly.bsky.social @dalegothic96.bsky.social @mjrsangster.bsky.social @madelinepotter.bsky.social @drtinamorin.bsky.social