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The British Association for Romantic Studies supports the study of #c18th and #c19th literature and culture.
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British Association for Romantic Studies @bars.bsky.social · Nov 11
Hello again to everyone on BlueSky!
We're the British Association for Romantic Studies & we promote the study of Romanticism & the history and culture of the period from which it emerged.
We organise conferences, circulate news, award fellowships, support PGRs & ECRs, publish a review & much more!
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Upcoming symposium: 'Uses of Romanticism' at University College Cork, 18-19 Feb 2026

This symposium will explore the uses and relevance of the term 'Romanticism'. More on the blog: www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6312
Symposium: Uses of Romanticism, 18-19 February – BARS Blog
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February 8, 2026 at 6:52 PM
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Call for Contributions: 'To Be Forever Known: The Brontës and Poetry', a special issue of Brontë Studies, edited by @drbeard79.bsky.social

500-word abstracts due by 1st April. More details on the blog: www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6317
Screenshot of a website. The text reads: Routledge - Taylor & Francis Group Submit a Manuscript to the Journal Brontë Studies For a Special Issue on To Be Forever Known: The Brontës and Poetry Abstract deadline 01 April 2026 Manuscript deadline 15 December 2026
February 8, 2026 at 6:39 PM
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Reminder to submit your abstracts for the 2026 Keats Conference ('The Keats Circle') by 21st Feb!

Find the full call for papers on the blog: www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6314
Call for Papers The Annual John Keats Conference June 2026 The Keats Circle Keats House, Hampstead, London Friday 5 June - Sunday 7 June 2026 The Keats Foundation is delighted to announce that the annual John Keats Conference will run from Friday 5 June to Sunday 7 June 2026 at Keats House in Hampstead, London. Our conference theme will be ‘The Keats Circle’. Our keynote lectures will be delivered by: Sarah Wootton (Durham University) Lauren Cooper (Syracuse University) Kate Singer (Mount Holyoke College) Proposals for 20-minute papers for presentation at the 2026 John Keats Conference are now invited. Our conference theme, The Keats Circle, has been broadly conceived to ensure that papers reflecting the full range of current Keats studies can be accommodated. Please email a paper proposal of 200-250 words, with a title and outline of your proposed presentation, to keatsconfsecretary@gmail.com to arrive by Saturday 21 February 12 noon UK time. For obvious reasons, all papers should have a significant Keats dimension. Registration will open on Monday 2 March.
February 8, 2026 at 6:32 PM
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Find out more on their website: hzj520.wixsite.com/eighteenth-c... or email Kate Nankervis and Cal Sutherland at eighteenth-century-ecologies-network@york.ac.uk
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February 8, 2026 at 6:21 PM
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The Eighteenth-Century Ecologies Network (@e-cen.bsky.social) will be hosting their inaugural seminar online and in-person at Heslington Hall, Uni of York on 26th Feb at 5pm! Dr Jeremy Davies (Leeds) will present on 'Continuity and Change in Eighteenth-Century Environmental Culture’.
Poster for the ECEN Inaugural Seminar: Dr. Jeremy Davies (Leeds), 'Continuity and Change in Eighteenth-Century Environmental Culture' Thursday 26" February, 2026 Heslington Hall, University of York (H/G21) and Online 17:00-19:00 GMT Please jown us for the inaugural seminar of the ECEN, in which Dr. Jeremy Davies of the University of leeds will address us on 'Continuity and Change in Eighteenth-Century Environmental Culture? From 17:00 to 19:00 GMT, both here at Heslington Hall and over a Zoom link which will be provided nearer the time, Dr. Dayies will speak on the Georgic mode, the rise of the machine, and Romantic green onsciousness. We are incredibly excited to welcome a scholar as important to the field, and to our own work, as Dr. Davies, and hope that as many of you as possible will be able to jormus, and enjoy what promises to be a brilliant paper and a lively discussion! Visit us at: https://hzj520.wixsite.com/eighteenth-century-e
February 8, 2026 at 6:18 PM
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New Five Questions interview up on the BARS Blog: @jodielmarley.bsky.social on William Blake's Mysticism: www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6309.
Five Questions: Jodie Marley on William Blake’s Mysticism – BARS Blog
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February 6, 2026 at 11:47 PM
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The British Association for Romantic Studies is pleased to invite Expressions of Interest in hosting its 2028 International Biennial Conference.
More information: www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6294
Deadline: Tuesday 31 March 2026
February 6, 2026 at 3:18 PM
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Talk:
Deidre Shauna Lynch (English, Harvard)
"Papyromania: Women, Books, and Scraps in the Long Eighteenth Century"
Thursday, March 26, 7.50pm GMT
In-person: UConn Humanities Institute
More info and register to join online below

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February 6, 2026 at 3:16 PM
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Help University of Glasgow researchers celebrate 'The Burns Supper at 225 Years: Scottish Tradition, Global Reinvention’ by completing the survey about your own Burns Supper.

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February 6, 2026 at 3:10 PM
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Newcastle's People's Theatre are putting on "Mary Shelley" by Helen Edmundson: 10-14th February 2026 1930pm.
More info and to book tickets:
www.peoplestheatre.co.uk/whats-on/mar...
Photo: Paul Hood
February 6, 2026 at 3:06 PM
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Still time to sign up for next week's BARS Digital Event!
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BARS Digital Event Announcement with our friends @chawtonhouse.bsky.social!

Join us on 11th Feb at 6pm on Zoom for this event celebrating New Research in Women's Writing!

Register to join: uofglasgow.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
February 6, 2026 at 3:00 PM
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Thrilled to have the support of this fellowship to work on The Race and Regency Pod with @triciamatthew.bsky.social
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BARS News: BARS President’s Fellowship 2026 awarded to Shruti Jain (Binghamton University), with her project ‘The Race and Regency Pod’.

For more information, please see the BARS Blog post: www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6284
February 5, 2026 at 7:42 PM
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Call for Papers: New Perspectives on the Romantic Media Concept (Université Marie et Louis Pasteur, Sept 2026)

Abstracts due 30th March. More details on the blog: www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6305
Call for Papers: New Perspectives on the Romantic Media Concept – BARS Blog
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February 5, 2026 at 3:16 PM
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Call for papers: Romanticism Beyond Europe: Global Circulations, Translations and Transnational Literatures (London, September 2027)

Details on the blog: www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6301
CfP: Romanticism Beyond Europe: Global Circulations, Translations, and Transnational Literatures – BARS Blog
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February 5, 2026 at 3:08 PM
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Call for Submissions: 'Sex in the Long Nineteenth Century', Romance, Revolution and Reform Journal (@rrrjournal.bsky.social)

Details on the blog: www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6298
Call for submissions poster. In The History of Sexuality (1976), Foucault outlines the ‘discursive explosion’ that occurred around sex during the long nineteenth century. Sexuality, as we define it today, became attached to personal identity for the first time. In literature, art, and politics, sex often reflected the period’s social anxieties and around gender and power, yet also newfound uses of erotic aesthetics. Modern queer theorists first situated their work within nineteenth- century studies (Eve Kofosky Sedgewick, Between Men, 1985), and recent work in the field historicises marginalised groups (Jen Manion, Female Husbands: A Trans History, 2020). Sex encourages us to consider the broader cultural and societal dynamics of the long nineteenth century, and the lasting influence of these structures today . This issue of Romance, Revolution and Reform is looking for papers of 5,000-8,000 words on ‘Sex in the Long Nineteenth Century’ (1789-1914) in all its forms and in a global context. We encourage broad interpretations of sex and invite submissions that explore its fluid and multifaceted nature. The journal encourages multi- and interdisciplinary papers from across the Arts, Social Sciences, and Humanities and invites contributions from those at any career stage, including PGRs and ECRs. Possible topics may include, but are not limited to: • Sexuality and queer studies • Gender, feminism, and masculinities • Trans studies • Pregnancy, childbirth, and childcare • Sex scandals in court and politics • Gothic literature • Decadence; hedonism • Sexual health, contraception, and the medical humanities • Sex work • Print culture; pornography and Victorian erotica • Postcolonial and ecocritical perspectives on gender and sex The closing date for submissions is midnight on Friday 16th April. Papers should be submitted to rrr@soton.ac.uk. Early expressions of interest are welcomed. Submission guidelines can be found here: https://www.rrrjournal.com/policies
February 5, 2026 at 2:53 PM
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www.raceandregency.org/podcast

We are so lucky to have brilliant Shruti Jain hosting and producing the @race-regency.bsky.social podcast!
January 30, 2026 at 11:56 PM
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One week to go!! Excited to see any BARS pals come along and listen to some delightful research insights ✨️
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BARS Digital Event Announcement with our friends @chawtonhouse.bsky.social!

Join us on 11th Feb at 6pm on Zoom for this event celebrating New Research in Women's Writing!

Register to join: uofglasgow.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
February 4, 2026 at 7:51 PM
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BARS News: BARS President’s Fellowship 2026 awarded to Shruti Jain (Binghamton University), with her project ‘The Race and Regency Pod’.

For more information, please see the BARS Blog post: www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6284
January 30, 2026 at 11:25 AM
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So are we! 🥰
January 30, 2026 at 11:09 AM
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Very excited to be speaking along with the other wonderful 2025 Chawton House Visiting Fellows on 11th Feb at a BARS digital event! My first time chairing too as I was lucky enough to be the BARS fellow, so extra exciting!

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January 30, 2026 at 11:02 AM
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BARS Digital Event Announcement with our friends @chawtonhouse.bsky.social!

Join us on 11th Feb at 6pm on Zoom for this event celebrating New Research in Women's Writing!

Register to join: uofglasgow.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
January 30, 2026 at 11:07 AM
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We'd love you to get involved with our popular blog and TikTok pages!

Drop us an email if you have an idea for a post or video!

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January 30, 2026 at 11:05 AM
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Charles Ignatius Sancho - A Black British man of Letters and His World
Join us for a deep dive into the life and times of Charles Ignatius Sancho - a fascinating journey through history and culture.
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January 24, 2026 at 2:13 PM
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If you want to be on the TikTok, please email us at britishassociationromantic@gmail.com. Don’t worry if you don’t know how to edit videos; we can do that for you.
January 23, 2026 at 2:14 PM
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OTD 1826: The Last Man by Mary Shelley is published!

David Taylor (@davidftaylor.bsky.social) tells us all about it on the TikTok: vm.tiktok.com/ZNRSeUxUP/
January 23, 2026 at 2:14 PM