The International Association of Byron Societies organizes an annual conference devoted to the life and works of Lord Byron and his circle. All BSA members are eligible to submit papers and attend the conference.
2025 Pisa, Italy, 30 June – 5 July 2025, “The Years That Followed”: The Afterlives of Lord Byron
Recent International Byron Conferences:
2024 Athens/Messolonghi, Greece, July 1-7, “Byron: Pilgrim of Eternity”
2023 San Francisco, CA (University of San Francisco, 7-11 August),” New Worlds”
2021 Thessoloniki, Greece (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki), “War and Words”
2019 Vechta, Germany (University of Vechta), “Transgressive Romanticism: Boundaries, Limits and Taboos”
2018 Ravenna, Italy, “Byron: Improvisation and Mobility”
2017 Yerevan, Armenia (Yerevan State University, Armenia), “Byron, Time and Space”
2016 Paris, France, “Life, Loves, and Other Climatic Disorders”
2015 Gdansk, Poland (University of Gdansk), “Reality, Fiction, and Madness”
2014 Tiblisi, Georgia (Tiblisi State University), “Byron: Original and Translated”
2013 London, England (King’s College), “Byron and Politics”
2012 Beirut, Lebanon (Notre Dame University-Louaize), “Byron and Genre”
2011 Valladolid, Spain (University of Valladolid), “Byron and Latin Culture”
2010 Boston, MA, USA (Boston University), “Byron and the Book”
2009 Athens and Messolonghi, Greece (Athens University & the Messolonghi Byron Research Center), “Lord Byron and History”
2008 St. Andrews, Scotland (University of St. Andrews), “Serious Laughter”
2007 Venice, Italy (Venice International University), “Byron and Identity”
2006 Paris, France (Universite de Paris IV), “Byron: Corrrespondence(s)”
2005 Dublin, Ireland (University College, Dublin), “‘The Greenest Isle of My Imagination'”
2004 New Brunswick, Canada (Universite de Moncton), “Byron and the Romantic Sublime”
2003 Liverpool, England (University of Liverpool), “Byron and the Sea”