Events – The Byron Society of America

MLA 2025: New Orleans – “Transnational Byron” (3/19/2024) - 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 […]
Newstead Abbey Byron Conference, April 26-27 (1/18/2024) - “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 […]
Byron Symposium at Trinity College Cambridge: April 19-20, 2024 (1/18/2024) - 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 […]
Byron Exhibition: Drew University, Jan – May 2024 (1/18/2024) -
Byron and the Mediterranean “Cult of the South”: Rome, June 20-22, 2024 (7/20/2023) - https://byronrome2024conference.nd.edu
Byron sessions at 2024 MLA convention announced! (7/3/2023) - 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 […]
McGann and Beatty in Conversation (VIDEO) (5/1/2023) - 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 […]
Newstead Abbey Byron Conference, 21-23 April (1/12/2023) - 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 […]
BSA 50th Anniversary Gala Dinner, NYC, January 22, 2023 (12/7/2022) - 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 […]
First look at the new Byron Museum, Messolonghi (4/11/2022) - 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!
BSA at MLA 2023 (3/30/2022) - 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 […]
BSA at MLA 2022 (8/30/2021) - 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? […]
International Byron Conference 2021 (Aristotle Univ. of Thessaloniki) (10/7/2020) - 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 […]
CFP: 15th International Student Byron Conference (Messolonghi, Greece), 26-31 May 2021 (9/2/2020) -
Postponed: 2020 International Byron Conference (Thessaloniki) (4/16/2020) - 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 […]
Don Juan at 200: Chicago, Oct 18-19, 2019 (8/16/2019) - 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. […]
Call for Papers: 14th Annual International Student Byron Conference (Messolonghi, Greece) (10/22/2018) - 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
Call for Papers: 45th International Byron Conference (University of Vechta, Germany) (10/17/2018) - 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 (10/8/2018) - 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 […]
BSA roundtable at MLA Chicago (1/4/19): “1819 in 2019” (10/3/2018) - 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 […]
Join the BSA at the Huntington for “Frankenstein Then and Now, 1818-2018,” 11-12 May 2018 (5/3/2018) - 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/
A Celebration of the Life and Legacy of Leslie A. Marchand (Drew University, Nov. 2, 2017) (10/1/2017) - 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 […]
Byron Society of America at MLA 2018, NYC (9/1/2017) - 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 […]
BSA at MLA 2017: Byron and Consumption (11/30/2016) - 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.
CFP: 12th International Student Byron Conference, 19-24 May 2017 (10/6/2016) - Hosted by the Messolonghi Byron Society at the Messolonghi Byron Research Center, Messolonghi, Greece Theme: “Byron and Nature”
Byron & Austen: Together Again (6/6/2016) - Read about the recent (21 April 2016) event, joint with the Jane Austen Society of North America, held amid Drew University Library’s Byron Society Collection, featuring Byronists Rachel Brownstein, Marsha Manns, and Robert Ready: http://jasnany.org/newsletters/2016Spring.pdf (p. 8 of the PDF; reproduced below). More information here: http://www.drew.edu/library/2016/05/austen-byron-together-again. Report on JASNA & BSA’s previous (2008) Byron-Austen event, “Byron & […]
The Geneva Summer – Romantic Bicentennial Symposium 2016 (Saturday, May 21 @ 10:15 am – 5:00 pm) (5/12/2016) - An event co-sponsored by the Byron Society of America and the Keats-Shelley Association of America in the Trustees Room of the New York Public Library The summer of 1816 witnessed one of the great collaborative convergences of English literary history, as Percy Shelley, Mary Godwin, and Lord Byron met at the Villa Diodati near Geneva […]
Byron and Austen: Together Again (Drew University, 21 April 2016) (3/1/2016) - Please consider attending this exciting event next month. Direct questions to Dr. Robin Hammerman of Stevens Institute of Technology (rhammerm@stevens.edu). AUSTEN AND BYRON: TOGETHER AGAIN Thursday, April 21, 2016 4:00 to 9:00 P.M. Drew University Library, in collaboration with the Jane Austen Society of North America/New York Metropolitan Region and the Byron Society of America, […]
BSA & the Fordham Romanticism Group Celebrate the Lives of Lady Byron and Ada Lovelace (10/19/2015) - Kevin Stevens, Graduate Coordinator of the Fordham Romanticism Group, provides an account of the Marchand Lecture by Julia Markus in Manhattan last Friday. Read it here!
Byron Society Panel at MLA 2016 (Austin, TX): Byron & America (9/8/2015) - The convention is 7-10 January, 2o16, in Austin, TX. The panel will take place 12 PM to 1:15 PM on Friday, 8 January, in Room 7 of the Austin Convention Center. Panel: # 311 Byron and America Moderator: Noah Comet, United States Naval Academy 1) “Black Byronism.” Matt Sandler, Columbia University 2) “Byron and the Yellowstone […]
The Eleventh Leslie A. Marchand Memorial Lecture–by Julia Markus: Friday, October 16, 2015 (9/8/2015) - The Byron Society of America Presents The Eleventh Leslie A. Marchand Memorial Lecture In Partnership with the Fordham Romanticism Group Julia Markus Author of Lady Byron and Her Daughters http://www.juliamarkuswrites.com/ Director of Creative Writing at Hofstra University will speak on Celebrating Lady Byron’s Life and Ada Lovelace’s Day Friday, October 16, 2015 5:00 – 7:00 […]
The Leslie Marchand Lecture Series: Charles E. Robinson, “Byron and Hazlitt: Inclining Their Ears Towards Each Other” (2/19/2015) - The Leslie Marchand Lecture Series “Byron and Hazlitt: Inclining Their Ears Towards Each Other” Charles E. Robinson University of Delaware March 13, 2015 5:00 pm CUNY Graduate Center 365 5th Avenue New York, NY Room 5318 Byron and Hazlitt never met, but they certainly heard and read what the one said or wrote about the […]
BSA @ NASSR 2015: “Byron and Rights” (1/10/2015) - CALL FOR PAPERS Special Byron Society of America session at the 2015 NASSR Conference: Alexander Grammatikos, organizer: “Lord Byron and Rights” Description: Special Session Sponsored by The Byron Society of America Lord Byron was a passionate and life-long defender of people’s rights. In the House of Lords he argued for the right of Catholics to […]
CFP: 2015 International Byron Conference in Gdansk, Poland (11/5/2014) - The 2015 International Byron Conference will be held in Gdansk, Poland on July 1-6. This year’s theme is “Reality, Fiction, and Madness,” and paper proposals are being accepted now until January 1, 2015. Professor Mirka Modrzewska has sent this information: http://fil.ug.edu.pl/dzialalnosc_naukowa/konferencje/konferencja_byronowska Our team are currently working on the provisional price list and we are considering the conference […]
BSA at SAMLA: “Creating and Sustaining Byron” (November 8th, Atlanta) (9/26/2014) - The BSA is sponsoring the follow panel at the annual South Atlantic Modern Language Association convention in Atlanta Georgia (with thanks to Lindsey Eckert at Georgia State University for organizing!): “CREATING AND SUSTAINING BYRON” Saturday, November 8th – 8:00 AM Chair: Lindsey Eckert, Georgia State University 1. From the Ashes: Byron’s Memoirs and Moore’s Reconstruction of Byron […]
CFP: “Byron and Italy,” The Byron Centre, Manchester UK (Dec. 4-5, 2014) (8/20/2014) - Call for papers ‘Byron and Italy’ The Byron Centre University of Manchester Thursday 4 – Friday 5 December 2014 The Byron Centre at the University of Manchester, in collaboration with the Centro Interuniversitario per lo Studio del Romanticismo at the University of Parma, invites paper proposals for an interdisciplinary conference on the topic […]
BSA at MLA 2015 (7/16/2014) - As an Allied Organization of the Modern Language Association, the Byron Society of America sponsors a Byron session at the annual convention of the MLA, held annually in January (previously December) of each year. If you like, read a 40-year history of the BSA at the MLA convention. MLA Convention Session 2015 BYRON NOW Vancouver, B.C. […]
CFP: “Creating and Sustaining Byron,” SAMLA 2014 (6/3/2014) - Below please see the CFP for the Byron Society of America’s affiliated panel at the South Atlantic MLA Conference, November 7-9, 2014. SAMLA is know for being a particularly vibrant regional MLA conference and takes place in Atlanta. This year’s conference theme is “Sustainability and the Humanities.” More information about the conference can be found here: https://samla.memberclicks.net/conference CFP: “Creating […]