After the death of Professor Leslie A. Marchand (1900-1999), the Byron Society of America established an annual lecture to honor his memory. These lectures are free, open to the public, and followed by a reception.
The Marchand Lecture Series, 2000-2017
Fluid Dynamics: Evolutionary Physics in Byron — Thursday, November 2, 2017, 4:30 p.m, Drew University Library, United Methodist Archives and History Center
Hermione de Almeida
Walter Professor Emerita of English and Comparative Literature,
The University of Tulsa
Darkness Visible: Byron and Das Hungerjahr, Switzerland, 1816 – 10:30 AM, Saturday, May 21, 2016, New York Public Library, Trustees Room
Gillen D’Arcy Wood
Author of Tambora: The Eruption that Changed the World (Princeton University Press, 2014), et al.
http://www.english.illinois.edu/people/gdwood
Professor of English, University of Illinois
Celebrating Lady Byron’s Life and Ada Lovelace’s Day – Friday, October 16, 2015, Fordham U.
Julia Markus
Author of Lady Byron and Her Daughters
http://www.juliamarkuswrites.com/
Director of Creative Writing at Hofstra University
Byron and Hazlitt: Inclining Their Ears Towards Each Other
Charles E. Robinson
Emeritus Professor of English
University of Delaware
Friday, March 13, 2015
CUNY Graduate Center
Selecting Byron
Alice Levine
Professor of English
Hofstra University
Friday, April 11, 2014
Drew University
Why Should the 21st Century Read Byron?
Peter W. Graham
Professor of English
Virginia Tech
July 26, 2010
Northeastern University
in conjunction with the
36th IBS Conference on “Byron and the Book”
Byron, Beethoven, Napoleon, and the Ideals of the French Revolution
John Clubbe
Professor Emeritus
University of Kentucky
7th Annual Leslie A. Marchand
Memorial Lecture
Thursday, October 18, 2007
Reception 5:30 p.m. • Lecture 6:00 p.m.
DePaul Student Center, Room 314, Lincoln Park Campus
2250 N. Sheffield Avenue, Chicago, Illinois
The Delirium of the Brave: Byron and the United Irishmen
Malcolm M. Kelsall
Professor of English, Cardiff University
Friday, 30 September 2005
University of Delaware
“Byron in my Life”
Romulus Linney
Dramatist and author of Childe Byron
Friday, 8 October 2004
University of Delaware
Three Byronic Heros: Leslie Marchand, Don Juan and Don Quixote
Carl Woodring
Woodberry Professor of Literature, Emeritus, Columbia University
Friday, 3 October 2003
University of Delaware
Byron from the Sidelines
John R. Murray
Chairman, John Murray, Publishers, London
Friday, 25 October 2002
University of Delaware
The Moods of Lord Byron
Kay Redfield Jamison, M.D.
Professor of Psychiatry, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, and Honorary Professor of English, University of St. Andrews
Thursday, 9 August 2001 (in conjunction with the 27th International Byron Conference)
University of Delaware
Romantic Scholarship and Culture, 1960-2000: A Byronic View
Jerome J. McGann (lecture)
The John Stewart Bryan University Professor, University of Virginia, and The Thomas Holloway Professor of Victorian Studies, Royal Holloway College, University of London
Friday, 6 October 2000
University of Delaware