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“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, 16
56125 Pisa

In the wake of Lord Byron’s bicentenary, scholars and enthusiasts will gather in the historic city of Pisa for the 49th International Association of Byron Societies’ Conference! Set against the backdrop of a city that once hosted the poet himself, this significant event will take place from June 30 to July 5, 2025, bringing together minds from across the globe to examine Byron’s enduring influence from 1824 to the present day.

The conference aims to explore Byron’s multifaceted legacy, delving into his perspectives on historical, political, personal, and spiritual futurity. Participants will investigate not only Byron’s own views on posterity but also the remarkable place he and his works have held in culture and literature since his death, both in Britain, Greece, and the far-reaching landscapes of the international world.

The rich program features keynote addresses by Diego Saglia, Mark Sandy, and Mirka Horová, presentations from many throughout our community, engaging panel discussions and roundtables, complemented by an array of cultural events. Attendees will have the unique opportunity to visit sites of significance to Byron and other English Romantics, including tours of Bagni di Lucca, Bagni di Pisa, Lerici, and San Terenzo. The experience will be further enhanced by musical performances, exhibitions, and poetry readings that celebrate Byron’s lasting impact.

Call for Papers

The Organizing Committee welcomes 250-word proposals for both individual 20-minute presentations and roundtable discussions. Research topics may span a broad spectrum, including Byronic prophecies, his views on death and afterlife, political influence, cultural legacy, translation and global reception, media representations, and Anglo-Italian connections. The conference particularly encourages critical explorations of Byron’s legacy in all its transnational and interdisciplinary dimensions.

Interested scholars should submit their proposals, along with a short biographical note of approximately 150 words, by January 20, 2025. Roundtable session proposals should include a description of the topic and a list of participants with their biographical information. For further information or to submit proposals, please contact the Organizing Committee at info@iabsconferencepisa2025.com. The submission portal will open soon through the conference website.

This gathering promises to be a significant contribution to Byron studies, offering new perspectives on one of literature’s most compelling figures in a setting that played a crucial role in his own creative journey.

Find out more on their website: https://www.iabsconferencepisa2025.com/

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 in on-site or on-line access (such as copying or scanning, permissions or equipment requirements). Research projects should have the goal of shedding new light on Galt’s significance in literature, history, socio-political thought or economics. Projects that situate Galt in other fields are also welcome.

Eligible applicants are advanced graduate students (students enrolled in PhD programs at universities around the world); early career scholars (scholars whose doctoral degrees date no more than three years before the application and who have held a permanent or secure academic position for no more than three years), contingent faculty (scholars with PhD degrees who hold part-time or temporary academic positions) or independent scholars (scholars with PhD degrees who do not hold academic positions). 

The Grant will be awarded annually. Previous recipients may apply for a second time, but preference will be given to first-time applicants. Applications should be emailed to the Administrator of the John Galt Society Research Grant (Dr. Craig Lamont, University of Glasgow, secjgs@gmail.com). Applications must include all of the following:

►Applicant’s name, address, email address.

►Applicant’s degree and employment status (date of PhD received or expected, institutional affiliation [or statement that the applicant is not affiliated], length of affiliation and whether the position is full-time or part-time, permanent or temporary.

►Applicant’s cv.

►Description (approximately 1,000 words) of Applicant’s project, specifying what portion or aspect of it is to aided by the Grant and what specific use of the Grant money will be made. The timetable for carrying out the research should also be indicated.

►The name, address, email address and affiliation of a scholar whom the Applicant has asked to recommend the project. Applicants should make this request of a scholar familiar with the Applicant’s work and ask the scholar to send the recommendation directly to the Administrator of the John Galt Research Grant. 

The deadline for applications is 31 January 2024. Complete applications must be received by the deadline in order to be considered. The recipient will be announced at the time (usually in March) of the Annual General Meeting of the John Galt Society. It is expected that the research will be carried out and a report submitted within a year of the receipt of the Grant. It is expected that the recipient will join the John Galt Society (if not already a member) before making use of the Grant.

Inquiries may be directed to Dr. Craig Lamont, Secretary-Treasurer of the John Galt Society and Administrator of the John Galt Society Research Grant (secjgs@gmail.com) or to Dr. Regina Hewitt, Chair of the John Galt Society (hwt87@earthlink.net)

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 those studying multiple poets or authors, including Byron.

Each bursary covers just one year, however multiple applications can be made and postgraduates whose research focuses solely on Byron can receive up to three annual bursaries. (Those who study Byron alongside other poets and authors can only be awarded one bursary).

Applications can be made by students with additional sources of funding, but please list these in your application. The applications should also include a summary of the applicant’s academic record, an outline of his / her proposed research and the names of two referees who may be contacted. Please also state what year of study you are in.

Please download and fill out the Application Form at the bottom of this page, and notify your chosen referee that we will be in touch to request a reference. In addition to the questions below, please state what other funding you have been awarded (if any).

Applications should be sent by email to Dr Emily Paterson-Morgan, Director of the Byron Society, at contact@thebyronsociety.com. 

The application form can be found here: http://www.thebyronsociety.com/phd-bursary (Scroll to bottom of page)

The application process for 2023/2024 is now open. It will close on 31st May 2023. 

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 be sent to you the day before the event.

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 to South America to help the revolutionary campaigns against Spain’s imperialist forces. Byron even named his yacht the Bolívar after the famous Venezuelan liberator himself, outraging the Austrian governors who were tightening their grip on occupied Italy. When the Carbonari movement collapsed in Italy, he shifted his attention towards Greece, ultimately traveling there in 1823 to support the revolution against the Ottoman Turks. As the Austrian outrage at the Bolívar shows, the South American, Italian, and Greek revolutions were all part of a global cause of liberal resistance. In both his poetry and his life, Byron championed counter-colonial resistance movements from within and without Europe, while his legacy helped to shape emergent nations and the culture of Romantic-era authors and writings around the globe.

In bicentenary tribute, the IABS 2023 conference will gather work on Byron and Romantic-era resistance while seeking to honor the global diversity of the Romantic age. Our gathering’s theme is “New Worlds,” and we invite papers both on and beyond Byron and his circle. We welcome scholars to contribute papers and convene panels and roundtables related, but not necessarily limited, to the following subjects:

• New Worlds for Byron and Romantic Studies
• Byron and #Bigger6 Possibilities
• Byron and the Americas
• Reworlding: Utopian and Dystopian Horizons
• New Worlds of Science in the Romantic Age
• Revolution and Resistance
• Migration, Diaspora, Exile, Ex-Patriotism
• Black Studies, Race, and Byron
• Indigeneity and Settler Colonialism
• The Black Atlantic, Slavery, and the Slave Trade
• Romantic Land- and Bodyscaping
• Cosmopolitanism and New Worlds
• Queer, Genderqueer, and Trans Romanticisms
• Byron, Disability, and Identity
• Worlds of Materiality in Visual Culture
• The Poetics and Politics of Space and Climate Change

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 (New York U)

3. Common Disaster, Manu Samriti Chander (Rutgers U, Newark)

4. More Anon (Gratis Maureen McLane), Marjorie Levinson (U of Michigan, Ann Arbor)