CFP: BSA at MLA 2020 (Seattle)

Byron’s Complete Poetical Works at 40

Next year’s MLA (2020 in Seattle) will mark the 40th anniversary of the release of the first volumes of Jerome McGann’s Lord Byron: The Complete Poetical Works. This panel invites presentations on the legacy of McGann’s scholarly edition, asking participants to consider the impact of Complete Poetical Works on the modern reception of Byron’s poetry, on practices of textual editing, and on material and bibliographical approaches to Byron more generally.

Please send proposals of no more than 300 words, plus a short, one-page c.v., to Michelle Levy (mnl@sfu.ca) by March 15, 2019. To encourage a diversity of voices and perspectives, this session is being planned as a roundtable, with 5-6 presentations of 8-10 minutes.

Call for Papers: 45th International Byron Conference (University of Vechta, Germany)

The International Association of Byron Studies has announced details for the 45th International Byron Conference, “Transgressive Romanticism: Boundaries, Limits and Taboos”. The conference will be held at the University of Vechta in Germany from 4-8 September, 2019.

CFP deadline: 15 November 2018

For more information, see: “Transgressive Romanticism: Boundaries, Limits and Taboos”

 

 

Talk and Exhibition on Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein at Drew University, 10/23/18

 Drew University Special Collections 

Invites you to Celebrate the 

Bicentennial of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein 

Tuesday, October 23 

Doors: 4 pm 

Talk: 4:30 pm 

Featuring a talk by 

Stuart Curran, 

Vartan Gregorian Professor of 

English, Emeritus 

University of Pennsylvania 

on 

Mary Shelley, Betty Bennett, and Frankenstein 

Followed by wine and cheese reception 

Accompanied by a new exhibition: 

“What terrified me shall terrify others”: 200 Years of Shelley’s Frankenstein 

This exhibit, curated by Head of Special Collections Brian Shetler and Special Collections Associate Candace Reilly, highlights the impact Mary Shelley’s novel has made on literature, society, and culture. Featuring materials from Drew University’s Special Collections, including rare books, manuscripts, comics, objects, and extensive works from the Betty T. Bennett archives located within the Byron Society Collection. This selection of material inspired by Frankenstein’s monster brings to life Shelley’s novel in a haunting and riveting way! 

 

United Methodist Archives and History Center

Drew University

36 Madison Avenue

Madison, NJ 07940

Please send RSVP to

speccol@drew.edu

BSA roundtable at MLA Chicago (1/4/19): “1819 in 2019”

On January 4, 2019, the Byron Society of America will sponsor is forty-sixth annual regular session, “1819 in 2019,” at the Modern Languages Association convention, to be held in Chicago. Here are the details:

1819 in 2019
Session # 365: FRIDAY, 4 JANUARY

5:15 PM-6:30 PM

Columbus G (Hyatt Regency Chicago)

Participants will discuss the relevance of 1819 for our contemporary moment, where 1819 refers both to the events of that year and to James Chandler’s foundational work, England in 1819.

Presiding
Jonathan Sachs (Concordia U, Montreal)

Respondent
James Chandler (U of Chicago)

Speakers
Ian Duncan (U of California, Berkeley)
Amanda Jo Goldstein (U of California, Berkeley)
Deidre Lynch (Harvard U)
Josephine McDonagh (U of Chicago)
Jerome J. McGann (U of Virginia)

Byron Society Collection 2019 Research Award

Byron Society Collection 2019 Research Award

The Byron Society Collection at Drew University Library announces a call for applications for the inaugural Byron Society Collection 2019 Research Award. The Award, which is intended to promote research and scholarship by early career scholars, provides $1,000 for expenses relating to academic research at Drew University Library, home to the Byron Society Collection.

The Award supports scholars specifically intending to use the Byron Society Collection, including its extensive archival holdings, 19th-and 20th-century objects of material culture, and rare books. Scholars in all disciplines are invited to apply. Early career scholars include post-Docs and untenured faculty within five years of completion of their degrees.

To apply, please email the following to speccoll@drew.edu:

  • Cover letter including brief statement of interest and your best contact information. Also, please note if you are receiving any additional funding for your research project.
  • Two-page description of your research project and its intended outcome.
  • Details regarding the resources from the Byron Society Collection that you plan to investigate during your visit and how they will support your research project. For details about the Collection’s holdings, please visit drew.edu/library/special-collections-archives/special-collections/byron-society-collection/
  • Curriculum vitae
  • Letter of recommendation

The deadline for applications is August 1, 2018. Applications will be reviewed in confidence by the Byron Society Collection Research Award Committee. The Byron Society Collection 2019 Award recipient will be announced in October, 2018. The $1,000 award will need to be used within the 2019 calendar year.

To apply for the Byron Research Award, or to request more information, please email speccoll@drew.edu.

The Byron Society Collection was founded in 1995 by Marsha M. Manns and Leslie A. Marchand. Funding for the inaugural Byron Research Award is given by the Byron Society of America.

Register by April 15 for the 2018 International Byron Conference in Ravenna, Italy

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.

This year’s conference:

Ravenna, Italy, “Byron: Improvisation and Mobility”

2- 7 July 2018

Registration deadline: 15 April 2018 

More information here

New Book: Marchand Memorial Lectures — 30% discount for members

The BSA is proud to announce the publication of The Leslie A. Marchand Memorial Lectures, 2000-2015: A Legacy in Byron Studies, edited by Katherine Kernberger (Rowman & Littlefield/ U of Delaware Press, 2017). Based on the BSA Marchand lecture series, this unique collection of essays honors the pioneering work in Byron studies of Leslie Alexis Marchand, who has had an enduring influence on the appreciation and study of Lord Byron for sixty years. Use this form to order the book at at 30% discount:

Marchand volume 30% discount form

 

Table of Contents:

Introduction by Katherine Kernberger
“She Walks in Beauty” by Lord Byron
Leslie Marchand in Florida by Hermione de Almeida
The Ever-Present Leslie Alexis Marchand by Marios Byron Raizis
“The Pilgrim on his Way”: Leslie A. Marchand and the Founding of the Byron Society of America and the Byron Society Collection by Marsha Manns
Chapter 1: Romantic Scholarship and Culture, 1960-2000: A Byronic View
by Jerome J. McGann
Chapter 2: The Moods of Lord Byron by Kay Redfield Jamison
Chapter 3: Lord Byron from the Sidelines by John R. Murray VII
Chapter 4: Three Byronic Heroes: Leslie Marchand, Don Quixote, Don Juan by Carl Woodring
Chapter 5: Byron in My Life by Romulus Linney
Chapter 6: The Delirium of the Brave: Byron and The United Irishmen by Malcolm Kelsall
Chapter 7: Beethoven, Byron, Napoleon, and the Ideals of the French Revolution by John Clubbe
Chapter 8: The Haunting of Don Juan by Peter W. Graham
Chapter 9: Selecting Byron by Alice Levine
Chapter 10: Byron and Hazlitt: Inclining Their Ears Towards Each Other by Charles E. Robinson
Leslie A. Marchand Chronology by Peter X. Accardo
Leslie A. Marchand: A Bibliographical Checklist Compiled by Peter X. Accardo
Index
About the Contributors
In Remembrance

 

A Celebration of the Life and Legacy of Leslie A. Marchand (Drew University, Nov. 2, 2017)

A Celebration of the Life and Legacy of  Leslie A. Marchand

Thursday, November 2, 2017, 4:30 p.m.

Drew University Library, United Methodist Archives and History Center,

Madison, New Jersey

 

Including

The Thirteenth Leslie A. Marchand Memorial Lecture

by

Hermione de Almeida

Walter Professor Emerita of English and Comparative Literature,

The University of Tulsa

“Fluid Dynamics:  Evolutionary Physics in Byron”

 

Accompanied by

 A Showcase Exhibition of Leslie Marchand’s Papers and Ephemera

 

And the book launch for                 

 Leslie A. Marchand Memorial Lectures 2000-2015: A Legacy in Byron Studies, ed. Katherine Kernberger

                                            

 

Event Details:

Wine and Hors d’oeuvres Reception: 4:30-5:00 p.m., 6:00-8:00 p.m.

Marchand Showcase Exhibition:  4:30-5:00 p.m., 6:00-8:00 p.m., with remarks by the Special Collections staff

Lecture:  5:00 – 6:00 P.M.

Book Signing:  6:00 – 7:30 P.M.

Tours of the Byron Society Collection

 

RSVP by October 20, 2017 to Brian Shetler, bshetler@drew.edu, or call 973-408-3910

 

Directions to Drew University Library.  From New York City: Take NJ Transit from Penn Station to Madison, NJ.  The campus is a short cab ride from the train station. (Try Travelers Taxi at 973-908-9799.) Driving directions are available on the Drew website:  https://www.drew.edu/about/maps-directions. For hotel

accommodations, call the Madison Hotel at 1-800-526-0729 and ask for the Drew rate.