The International Byron Conference

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”