The Messolonghi Byron Society has extended its call for papers for the 16th International Student Byron Conference, commemorating the 200th anniversary of the Messolonghi exodus (April 10, 1826).
The Byron Society of America is looking forward to the MLA’s 2026 convention in Toronto where we will feature a distinctive roundtable session that examines a fascinating—yet often overlooked—aspect of nineteenth-century book culture: the practice of interleaving. Presided over by Ruth Abbott of the University of Cambridge, “The Romantic Interleaf” brings together six scholars to… Read more: Interleaving the Romantic Era: The BSA Roundtable at MLA 2026
Byron and Freedom The Greek Revolution, the ‘Romantic Revolution’ and the making of the modern world Almost two hundred years ago, on April 10, 1826, the defenders of Messolonghi made their final, desperate exodus from the besieged Greek town—an event that would echo through history as one of the defining moments of the Greek Revolution.… Read more: 16th International Student Byron Conference: Byron, Freedom, and the Making of the Modern World
“The Years That Followed”: The Afterlives of Lord Byron 2025 International Byron Conference to be held in Pisa at the University Congress Centre “Le Benedettine” 30 June – 5 July 2025 Centro Congressuale “Le Benedettine”Piazza San Paolo a Ripa d’Arno, 1656125 Pisa In the wake of Lord Byron’s bicentenary, scholars and enthusiasts will gather in… Read more: 49th International Association of Byron Societies’ Conference
The New York Public Library (NYPL) presents “Byron: A Life in Motion,” a captivating exhibition that delves into the extraordinary life of George Gordon, Lord Byron (1788-1824).
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 24, 2024 | 7:30 PMRed Bull Theater’s Sheen Center, Loreto Theatre, NYC The Byron Society of America, in partnership with the Keats-Shelley Association of America, is thrilled to announce a groundbreaking theatrical event: Lord Byron’s Sardanapalus at Red Bull Theater in New York City. This production marks a significant moment in bringing Byron’s… Read more: Byron’s Sardanapalus Takes Center Stage: A Landmark Collaboration
Join us for the Fourteenth Leslie A. Marchand Memorial Lecture at Drew University! Dr. Tom Mole will be examining the poet’s complex relationship with remembrance.
Friday, October 24-25, 2024 The 2024 Curran Symposium, “Performing Politics,” will honor the bicentennial of Lord Byron’s death by engaging with some of the most pressing public issues in the lives of Byron and his contemporaries that carry through to our own turbulent lives in 2024. We take this moment to examine how such conflicts… Read more: 2024 Curran Symposium: SARDANAPALUS & “Performing Politics”
Happy to announce our MLA session for January 2025 in New Orleans: “Transnational Byron” Session Chair, Piya Pal-Lapinski, Associate Professor of English, Bowling Green State University Byron’s experiences in Europe and the Eastern Mediterranean, including the global impact of his poetry, position him uniquely as a transnational figure. This panel explores transnational contexts in Byron’s… Read more: MLA 2025: New Orleans – “Transnational Byron”
“Provocative and Provoking: Fifty Shades of Byron” 2024 marks the bicentenary of Lord Byron’s death. It is therefore fitting that the 2024 Newstead Abbey Byron Conference not only commemorates his death but also celebrates the life and works of both the multifaceted man and his dazzlingly diverse poetry. The theme for this year’s conference, “Provocative and… Read more: Newstead Abbey Byron Conference, April 26-27
Trinity College Cambridge will host a two-day event to coincide with the 200th anniversary of Lord Byron’s death on 19 April 1824, in Missolonghi, Greece. Byron was a student at Trinity College and is one of its most celebrated alumni. While enrolled as an undergraduate, Byron published his collection of poetry, Hours of Idleness, and began… Read more: Byron Symposium at Trinity College Cambridge: April 19-20, 2024
Prof. Jerome McGann, John Stewart Bryan Professor of English, has won the Elma Dangerfield award for 2023 for Byron and the Poetics of Adversity (Cambridge University Press, 2022). The aim of the prize is to identify and reward new and original work related to the life and works of the poet Lord Byron. It is awarded to… Read more: Elma Dangerfield Prize Winner: Jerome McGann
The John Galt Society welcomes applications for a grant (of up to ₤300) to defray expenses incurred in connection with research into the works, life or influence of John Galt. Eligible expenses might include transportation to libraries or archives, lodging near libraries or archives (if distant from the researcher’s home), fees or technology costs involved… Read more: John Galt Society Research Grant
MLA 2024: Philadelphia, PA The Byron Society of America will sponsor two sessions at the 2024 Modern Languages Association Convention in January: 1. Roundtable Session : “Byron’s Legacy, 200 Years On” Presiding: Alice Levine, Hofstra University “Politics,” John Havard, Binghampton University “Gender and Sexuality,” Ghislaine McDayter, Bucknell University “Race,” Matt Sandler, Columbia University “Poetry,” Jerome McGann, University of Virginia 2. Special… Read more: Byron sessions at 2024 MLA convention announced!
A lively conversation in which Bernard Beatty and Jerome McGann discuss their new books on Byron. VIDEO OF EVENT now available! Wednesday, May 31st at 1:30pm EST This is a joint event, hosted by the Byron Society and Byron Society of America. Join us for a lively conversation in which Bernard Beatty and Jerome McGann… Read more: McGann and Beatty in Conversation (VIDEO)
Byron’s Legacy, 200 Years On Modern Languages Association Convention Philadelphia, PA 4-7 January 2024 Roundtable: Byron’s legacy 200 years after his death. Short (5-7 minute) papers addressing a single category: poetry, politics, gender and sexuality, celebrity and media, race, disability. Please submit brief proposals (250 words maximum). Deadline for submissions: Monday, 20 March 2023 Andrew M.… Read more: CFP: BSA at MLA 2024: Byron’s Legacy, 200 Years On
The Byron Society invites applications for a PhD bursary of up to £5,000 per year. Applications are open to new and existing full-time PhD students enrolled at a UK university and working on a thesis addressing any aspect of the life, work and /or influence of the poet Lord Byron. Applications are also welcomed from… Read more: Byron Society (London) PhD Bursary
Byron: Independence and Integrity NEWSTEAD ABBEY BYRON CONFERENCE 21-22 April 2023 At Newstead Abbey CALL FOR PAPERS Bursaries available (see bottom of page) In July 1823, Byron embarked upon his ill-fated trip to Greece. Although this trip resulted in his death at the age of 36, it also redeemed a somewhat tarnished reputation and forever… Read more: Newstead Abbey Byron Conference, 21-23 April
You are invited to attend a reading on Zoom by 53 readers of Byron’s The Vision of Judgment. It will take place on Sunday, January 22nd (Byron’s 235th birthday!), at 2:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time. If you would like to get on the attendance list, please contact Alice Levine (alice.levine@hofstra.edu) or Susan Wolfson (wolfson@princeton.edu). The link will… Read more: “The Vision of Judgment” reading, Zoom, 22 January 2023
https://www.iabsconference2023.org The International Association of Byron Societies Annual Conference August 7th – 11th 2023 University of San Francisco, California Hosted by The Byron Society of America Co-Sponsored by The Keats-Shelley Association of America Call for Papers In the early 1820s, after having joined the Carbonari movement to aid Italian national freedom, Lord Byron contemplated moving… Read more: 2023 IABS Conference in San Francisco: “New Worlds”
On Sunday evening, 22 January 2023, the Byron Society of America will celebrate its 50th anniversary with a GALA DINNER in New York City Location: ALICE (126 West 13th Street) https://alicenyc.com Time: 5:30pm drinks, 6:00pm dinner Cost: $80/person ** RSVP ASAP ** to ams4k@virginia.edu The BSA will be covering wine and service. This event will follow our Zoom reading… Read more: BSA 50th Anniversary Gala Dinner, NYC, January 22, 2023
2022 Romantic Bicentennials Curran Symposium “Keats and Shelley on the Move“ co-sponsored by the Byron Society of America and the Keats-Shelley Association of America. The event will take place on Friday, October 28, 2022 at the Grolier Club in NYC. More information is available here, along with link to register:https://www.k-saa.org/events/keats-and-shelley-on-the-move-a-romantic-bicentennials-curran-symposium
MLA 2023: San Francisco, CA Session 563: Uncommon Wants, Common Things, Undercommons: Byron in 2023 Saturday, 7 January 3:30 PM-4:45 PM, Sierra Suite J (Marriott Marquis) Presiding: Celeste G.Langan (U of California, Berkeley) 1. Commonplaces in Uncommon Places, Mai-LinCheng (U of Oregon) 2. Orientalizing the Commons: Between Arab Subsistence and Greek Democracy, Lenora Hanson… Read more: BSA at MLA 2023 (San Francisco)
This stunning video of the new Byron Museum in Messolonghi, Greece comes to us from Rosa Rodanthe-Florou of the Messolonghi Byron Society. Looking forward to touring the space and seeing the exhibits at the International Student Byron Conference in May 2022!
At the 2023 MLA Convention in San Francisco, the Byron Society of America will celebrate it’s 50th year as an Affiliate Organization. Here is the information on our session. More on date / time as it emerges. “Uncommon Wants, Common Things, Undercommons: Byron in 2023” Celeste Langan, UC Berkeley, moderator 1. Mai-Lin Cheng, University of Oregon: “Common-places… Read more: BSA at MLA 2023
Byron’s Stanzas: The 1822 Cantos of Don Juan FRIDAY, 7 JANUARY 8:30 AM-9:45 AM, SCARLET OAK (MARRIOTT MARQUIS) AV Equipment: Projector and Speakers Keywords: Byron, Romanticism, British, Nineteenth Century, Poetry Sponsoring Entity: Byron Society of America How do we read and teach Byron’s long poems, especially Don Juan, and what reading strategies are most productive and relevant to his work?… Read more: BSA at MLA 2022
We are pleased to announce that BSA member Michael Steier has won this year’s Elma Dangerfield Prize from the IABS for his book, Byron, Hunt, and the Politics of Engagement, published in the Routledge Studies in Romanticism series. Steir wrote his dissertation with Charles Robinson at the University of Delaware, and the book is based on… Read more: Michael Steier wins the Elma Dangerfield Award for 2020
NEW DATES for the 46th International Byron Conference in Thessaloniki, Greece:28th June – 4th July 2021 We are happy to announce the new dates for the 46th International Byron Conference which was postponed due to covid-19 concerns. The conference will coincide with the 200th Anniversary of the Greek War of Independence of 1821, a landmark event that will be celebrated… Read more: International Byron Conference 2021 (Aristotle Univ. of Thessaloniki)
Adam Matthew Digital has published a large selection of materials from The John Murray Publishing Archive at the National Library of Scotland: Nineteenth Century Literary Society The John Murray Publishing Archive This resource makes available the most complete archival collection of Byron’s manuscripts and personal papers in a digital, full-text searchable format. Highlights include annotated drafts… Read more: John Murray Archive: free trial access via Adam Matthew Digital
From the organizers of the 2020 IABS Conference at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki: We re regret to announce that it has been necessary to postpone the International Byron Conference in Thessaloniki scheduled for 29 June-5 July 2020 as part of measures related to COVID-19. We hope that it will be possible to run the conference… Read more: Postponed: 2020 International Byron Conference (Thessaloniki)
Call for Papers The Byron Society of America at MLA 2021:“Byron in 1821: A Retrospective” This bicentennial panel sponsored by the Byron Society of America will examine Byron’s work written or published in 1821, including Marino Faliero, Sardanapalus, Heaven and Earth, Cain, and Werner. 250 word abstracts by 26 March 2020. Organizer: Omar F. Miranda, U of San Francisco (ofmiranda@usfca.edu )
http://www.new.enl.auth.gr/ibc2020/ Proposals are invited for the 2020 Conference of the International Association of Byron Societies, “Byron: Wars and Words”, to be held at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki from 29th June to 5th July. The aim of this conference is to look at how war in all its meanings, symbolisms, and manifestations influenced Byron’s words and… Read more: CFP: 2020 International Byron Conference (Thessaloniki, Greece), Jan 31 deadline
Call for Papers Byron Society of America at CEA 2020 March 26-28, 2020 | Hilton Head Island, South Carolina Hilton Head Marriott Resort and Spa The Byron Society of America and the College English Association welcome proposals for presentations on Lord Byron’s life, works, and/or influences for the 51st annual CEA conference, the theme of… Read more: CFP: Byron Society of America at CEA 2020: “Tides”
Byron’s Don Juan: A Romantic Bicentennial Symposium October 18-19, 2019 DePaul University FINAL PROGRAM now available The spirit of Romantic Bicentennials continues as we celebrate the 200th anniversary of the publication of the first cantos of Byron’s Don Juan. Join The Byron Society of America and The Keats-Shelley Association for a symposium featuring keynote lectures by Jerome McGann, Clara Tuite, Alice Levine, and Peter Graham.… Read more: Don Juan at 200: Chicago, Oct 18-19, 2019
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… Read more: CFP: BSA at MLA 2020 (Seattle)
The Messolonghi Byron Society has announced details for the 14th International Student Byron Conference, “Byron and Revolution.” The conference will be held in Messolonghi, Greece from 20-25 May, 2019. Details below. CFP deadline: 10 February 2019 For more information, see the CFP at the site of The Messolonghi Byron Society
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”
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… Read more: Talk and Exhibition on Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein at Drew University, 10/23/18
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… Read more: BSA roundtable at MLA Chicago (1/4/19): “1819 in 2019”
A symposium co-sponsored with the Keats-Shelley Association of America at the Huntington Library, San Marino, CA. Details at https://romantics200.org/event/k-saabyron-society-symposium-the-publication-of-frankenstein/
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… Read more: Byron Society Collection 2019 Research Award
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
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… Read more: New Book: Marchand Memorial Lectures — 30% discount for members
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… Read more: A Celebration of the Life and Legacy of Leslie A. Marchand (Drew University, Nov. 2, 2017)
The Byron Society of America will sponsor its forty-fifth annual session at this year’s Modern Language Association Convention in January in New York City. Session details are as follows: Session 270: “Byron and Politics: A roundtable discussion” Friday, 5 January 2018, 10:15 AM-11:30 AM Presiding: Jack Wasserman, (independent scholar and longstanding Board Member of the… Read more: Byron Society of America at MLA 2018, NYC
The Byron Society of America’s panel at January’s MLA convention in Philadelphia is entitled “Byron and Consumption.” Professor Ghislaine McDayter of Bucknell University will preside. See details of the four-speaker lineup here: https://apps.mla.org/program_details?prog_id=201&year=2017. The panel will convene on Friday, 6 January, 8:30–9:45 a.m., in room 106B of the Pennsylvania Convention Center. Please consider attending.
With deep sorrow we announce the death of Charles E. Robinson, admired and loved by his many students and by scholars of Byron and Romanticism worldwide, on November 20, 2016. A graduate of Mount Saint Mary’s College in Maryland, Charlie earned his Ph.D. from Temple University under the guidance of the great David V. Erdman.… Read more: Tribute to Charles E. Robinson (d. 20 November 2016)
Please find attached and at this link information about the next International Byron Conference, 28 June – 4 July, 2017. The theme is “Byron, Time and Space.” 250-word abstracts are due February 1, 2017, to samvel.abrahamyan@ysu.am. 2017zibczarmeniazcallzforzpapers
With deep sadness we announce the recent death of Joseph Byron Yount III, familiarly known to Byronists worldwide as J. B., on October 2, 2016. Over a quarter of a century ago J. B., always interested in the poet whose name he shared, contacted Jerome McGann with a scholarly question. “There’s a Byron Society, and… Read more: A Tribute to J. B. Yount III
The Messolonghi Byron Society has extended its call for papers for the 16th International Student Byron Conference, commemorating the 200th anniversary of the Messolonghi exodus (April 10, 1826).
The Byron Society of America is looking forward to the MLA’s 2026 convention in Toronto where we will feature a distinctive roundtable session that examines a fascinating—yet often overlooked—aspect of nineteenth-century book culture: the practice of interleaving. Presided over by Ruth Abbott of the University of Cambridge, “The Romantic Interleaf” brings together six scholars to… Read more: Interleaving the Romantic Era: The BSA Roundtable at MLA 2026
Byron and Freedom The Greek Revolution, the ‘Romantic Revolution’ and the making of the modern world Almost two hundred years ago, on April 10, 1826, the defenders of Messolonghi made their final, desperate exodus from the besieged Greek town—an event that would echo through history as one of the defining moments of the Greek Revolution.… Read more: 16th International Student Byron Conference: Byron, Freedom, and the Making of the Modern World
The New York Public Library (NYPL) presents “Byron: A Life in Motion,” a captivating exhibition that delves into the extraordinary life of George Gordon, Lord Byron (1788-1824).
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 24, 2024 | 7:30 PMRed Bull Theater’s Sheen Center, Loreto Theatre, NYC The Byron Society of America, in partnership with the Keats-Shelley Association of America, is thrilled to announce a groundbreaking theatrical event: Lord Byron’s Sardanapalus at Red Bull Theater in New York City. This production marks a significant moment in bringing Byron’s… Read more: Byron’s Sardanapalus Takes Center Stage: A Landmark Collaboration
Join us for the Fourteenth Leslie A. Marchand Memorial Lecture at Drew University! Dr. Tom Mole will be examining the poet’s complex relationship with remembrance.
Prof. Jerome McGann, John Stewart Bryan Professor of English, has won the Elma Dangerfield award for 2023 for Byron and the Poetics of Adversity (Cambridge University Press, 2022). The aim of the prize is to identify and reward new and original work related to the life and works of the poet Lord Byron. It is awarded to… Read more: Elma Dangerfield Prize Winner: Jerome McGann