British Association for Romantic Studies
@bars.bsky.social
The British Association for Romantic Studies supports the study of #c18th and #c19th literature and culture.
https://www.bars.ac.uk/main/
https://www.bars.ac.uk/main/
Reminder: BARS Biennial International Conference 2026: Romantic Retrospection (University of Birmingham) – Call for Papers Deadline 30 November 2025
Updates on session calls & bursaries, plus details of how to submit at the links:
www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6101
www.birmingham.ac.uk/events/arts-...
Updates on session calls & bursaries, plus details of how to submit at the links:
www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6101
www.birmingham.ac.uk/events/arts-...
November 18, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Reminder: BARS Biennial International Conference 2026: Romantic Retrospection (University of Birmingham) – Call for Papers Deadline 30 November 2025
Updates on session calls & bursaries, plus details of how to submit at the links:
www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6101
www.birmingham.ac.uk/events/arts-...
Updates on session calls & bursaries, plus details of how to submit at the links:
www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6101
www.birmingham.ac.uk/events/arts-...
BARS Independent Researcher Bursary Call for Applications
Independent researchers with an interest in any aspect of Romantic Studies (including literature, architecture, art, politics, culture, history etc) are invited to apply for the Independent Researcher Bursary.
www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6189
Independent researchers with an interest in any aspect of Romantic Studies (including literature, architecture, art, politics, culture, history etc) are invited to apply for the Independent Researcher Bursary.
www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6189
November 18, 2025 at 12:56 PM
BARS Independent Researcher Bursary Call for Applications
Independent researchers with an interest in any aspect of Romantic Studies (including literature, architecture, art, politics, culture, history etc) are invited to apply for the Independent Researcher Bursary.
www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6189
Independent researchers with an interest in any aspect of Romantic Studies (including literature, architecture, art, politics, culture, history etc) are invited to apply for the Independent Researcher Bursary.
www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6189
Reminder: BARS 2026 First Book Prize: Calls for Nominations
Awarded biennially for the best first monograph in Romantic Studies, this prize is open to first monographs published between 1 January 2023 and 31 December 2025. More info at the link:
www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6174
Please share widely!
Awarded biennially for the best first monograph in Romantic Studies, this prize is open to first monographs published between 1 January 2023 and 31 December 2025. More info at the link:
www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6174
Please share widely!
November 18, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Reminder: BARS 2026 First Book Prize: Calls for Nominations
Awarded biennially for the best first monograph in Romantic Studies, this prize is open to first monographs published between 1 January 2023 and 31 December 2025. More info at the link:
www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6174
Please share widely!
Awarded biennially for the best first monograph in Romantic Studies, this prize is open to first monographs published between 1 January 2023 and 31 December 2025. More info at the link:
www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6174
Please share widely!
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...
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...
November 7, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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...
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...
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-...
Details below:
www.birmingham.ac.uk/events/arts-...
October 31, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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-...
Details below:
www.birmingham.ac.uk/events/arts-...
BARS News: Independent Researcher Bursary Call for Applications
Independent researchers with an interest in any aspect of Romantic Studies (literature, architecture, art, politics, culture, history etc) are invited to apply for the Independent Researcher Bursary.
www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6189
Independent researchers with an interest in any aspect of Romantic Studies (literature, architecture, art, politics, culture, history etc) are invited to apply for the Independent Researcher Bursary.
www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6189
October 17, 2025 at 10:53 AM
BARS News: Independent Researcher Bursary Call for Applications
Independent researchers with an interest in any aspect of Romantic Studies (literature, architecture, art, politics, culture, history etc) are invited to apply for the Independent Researcher Bursary.
www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6189
Independent researchers with an interest in any aspect of Romantic Studies (literature, architecture, art, politics, culture, history etc) are invited to apply for the Independent Researcher Bursary.
www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6189
BARS Stephen Copley Research Award - applications open (deadline Nov 15 2025)
Postgraduate researchers and ECRs working in Romantic Studies are invited to apply for a BARS Stephen Copley Research Award, to help fund research expenses up to a maximum of £500.
www.bars.ac.uk/main/index.p...
Postgraduate researchers and ECRs working in Romantic Studies are invited to apply for a BARS Stephen Copley Research Award, to help fund research expenses up to a maximum of £500.
www.bars.ac.uk/main/index.p...
October 17, 2025 at 10:37 AM
BARS Stephen Copley Research Award - applications open (deadline Nov 15 2025)
Postgraduate researchers and ECRs working in Romantic Studies are invited to apply for a BARS Stephen Copley Research Award, to help fund research expenses up to a maximum of £500.
www.bars.ac.uk/main/index.p...
Postgraduate researchers and ECRs working in Romantic Studies are invited to apply for a BARS Stephen Copley Research Award, to help fund research expenses up to a maximum of £500.
www.bars.ac.uk/main/index.p...
We would love YOU to write for the BARS Blog! If you have an idea for the blog or for our TikTok/Instagram channel, then please do get in touch! www.bars.ac.uk/blog/
More info ⤵️
More info ⤵️
October 17, 2025 at 10:29 AM
We would love YOU to write for the BARS Blog! If you have an idea for the blog or for our TikTok/Instagram channel, then please do get in touch! www.bars.ac.uk/blog/
More info ⤵️
More info ⤵️
BARS 2026 First Book Prize: Calls for Nominations
Awarded biennially for the best first monograph in Romantic Studies, this prize is open to first monographs published between 1 January 2023 and 31 December 2025.
Deadline: 12th January 2026.
More info: www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6174
Awarded biennially for the best first monograph in Romantic Studies, this prize is open to first monographs published between 1 January 2023 and 31 December 2025.
Deadline: 12th January 2026.
More info: www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6174
October 10, 2025 at 3:59 PM
BARS 2026 First Book Prize: Calls for Nominations
Awarded biennially for the best first monograph in Romantic Studies, this prize is open to first monographs published between 1 January 2023 and 31 December 2025.
Deadline: 12th January 2026.
More info: www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6174
Awarded biennially for the best first monograph in Romantic Studies, this prize is open to first monographs published between 1 January 2023 and 31 December 2025.
Deadline: 12th January 2026.
More info: www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6174
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...
www.bars.ac.uk/main/index.p...
October 10, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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...
www.bars.ac.uk/main/index.p...
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 session will take place on Wednesday 22 October, on Zoom at 5.30pm (London time, or GMT+01, i.e. 6.30, Paris time).
October 10, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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 session will take place on Wednesday 22 October, on Zoom at 5.30pm (London time, or GMT+01, i.e. 6.30, Paris time).
Please see the blog post at the link below for results of the BARS Executive Elections 2025.
Thanks to those who stood for election, and to the membership for voting.
www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6146
Many thanks,
BARS Executive Committee
Thanks to those who stood for election, and to the membership for voting.
www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6146
Many thanks,
BARS Executive Committee
October 10, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Please see the blog post at the link below for results of the BARS Executive Elections 2025.
Thanks to those who stood for election, and to the membership for voting.
www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6146
Many thanks,
BARS Executive Committee
Thanks to those who stood for election, and to the membership for voting.
www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6146
Many thanks,
BARS Executive Committee
The newest issue of the BARS Review is now published! Check out issue 61 at the link below.
Thanks to all our wonderful reviewers!
www.bars.ac.uk/review/index...
Thanks to all our wonderful reviewers!
www.bars.ac.uk/review/index...
October 6, 2025 at 9:44 AM
The newest issue of the BARS Review is now published! Check out issue 61 at the link below.
Thanks to all our wonderful reviewers!
www.bars.ac.uk/review/index...
Thanks to all our wonderful reviewers!
www.bars.ac.uk/review/index...
Now on the BARS Blog: Symposium on Frankenstein in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction, Meiji University and online, Saturday 18th October www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6139
September 12, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Now on the BARS Blog: Symposium on Frankenstein in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction, Meiji University and online, Saturday 18th October www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6139
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).
September 11, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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).
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!
September 4, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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!
📣Incoming BARS Communications Fellow 2025-2026 📣
We received a number of very high quality applications for the Comms Fellow position. We
are delighted to announce that the new Fellow working on the BARS Blog and social media in the next academic year is
Chloe Wilcox (@sadpphicstanza.bsky.social)
We received a number of very high quality applications for the Comms Fellow position. We
are delighted to announce that the new Fellow working on the BARS Blog and social media in the next academic year is
Chloe Wilcox (@sadpphicstanza.bsky.social)
September 4, 2025 at 2:17 PM
📣Incoming BARS Communications Fellow 2025-2026 📣
We received a number of very high quality applications for the Comms Fellow position. We
are delighted to announce that the new Fellow working on the BARS Blog and social media in the next academic year is
Chloe Wilcox (@sadpphicstanza.bsky.social)
We received a number of very high quality applications for the Comms Fellow position. We
are delighted to announce that the new Fellow working on the BARS Blog and social media in the next academic year is
Chloe Wilcox (@sadpphicstanza.bsky.social)
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
@bars-ecrs-pgrs.bsky.social
September 3, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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
@bars-ecrs-pgrs.bsky.social
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
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
September 2, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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
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
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]
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]
August 22, 2025 at 12:49 PM
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]
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]
CfP: 16th International Student Byron Conference
Details below:
Details below:
August 22, 2025 at 12:46 PM
CfP: 16th International Student Byron Conference
Details below:
Details below:
BARS and BAVS are thrilled to announce that the Nineteenth-Century Matters Fellowship 2025-2026 has been awarded to Yasmin Akhter!
She will be affiliated with the University of Edinburgh until September 2026.
www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6104
She will be affiliated with the University of Edinburgh until September 2026.
www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6104
August 22, 2025 at 12:43 PM
BARS and BAVS are thrilled to announce that the Nineteenth-Century Matters Fellowship 2025-2026 has been awarded to Yasmin Akhter!
She will be affiliated with the University of Edinburgh until September 2026.
www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6104
She will be affiliated with the University of Edinburgh until September 2026.
www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6104
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 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
August 4, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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 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
Now on the BARS Blog: CfP: 'Sex in the Long Nineteenth Century' - Romance, Revolution and Reform Journal 2026 Conference
See all the details here: www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6071
Please share widely!!
See all the details here: www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6071
Please share widely!!
July 25, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Now on the BARS Blog: CfP: 'Sex in the Long Nineteenth Century' - Romance, Revolution and Reform Journal 2026 Conference
See all the details here: www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6071
Please share widely!!
See all the details here: www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6071
Please share widely!!
July 21, 2025 at 10:33 AM