supporting the study of Lord Byron's life and work
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 worlds, and shaped his poetic and political sensibility. Drawing on recent scholarship in Romantic studies, it will also explore Romantic authors’ preoccupations with war, and how these intersected with Byron’s. How are the events of wars transformed into words, images and spectacle? Conversely, how do words become weapons and trigger literary, cultural, and political struggles? What kind of ideological conflicts, dilemmas, and anxieties does the print culture of the time embody when treating the issue of war? How does Romantic-period conflict extend our understanding of modern warfare?
The conference welcomes 20-minute proposals for papers on topics including, but not necessarily limited to:
Please send 250-word proposals by 31st January 2020 to byronthess@gmail.com, directing any enquiries to Dr. Maria Schoina. Confirmation of acceptance by 29th February 2020.
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 which is Tides.
Well—well, the world must turn upon its axis,
And all mankind turn with it, heads or tails,
And live and die, make love and pay our taxes,
And as the veering wind shifts, shift our sails;
The king commands us, and the doctor quacks us,
The priest instructs, and so our life exhales,
A little breath, love, wine, ambition, fame,
Fighting, devotion, dust,—perhaps a name. – Don Juan 2.4
We invite papers related to all aspects of Byron’s life and work in relation to the conference theme, e.g. Byron and the sea, the tides of his affairs and passions, self-exile and travel, the shipwreck in Don Juan, mutiny and romance inThe Island, his life on the canals of Venice, and his death near the tidal lagoons of Messolonghi.
The Byron Society of America, an affiliate organization of the College English Association, particularly encourages graduate students and contingent faculty to submit proposals for CEA 2020. Please direct inquiries about proposals to BSA at CEA affiliate liaison Robin Hammerman: rhammerm@stevens.edu
Submit your proposal for the BSA panel at CEA 2020 here: www.cea-web.org.
Submission deadline: November 1, 2020
All presenters at the CEA 2020 conference must become members of CEA and BSA by January 1.
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. Offering a unique blend of younger and established scholars, the conference converges for two days in Chicago at DePaul University and The Chicago History Museum. The conference will bring together scholars from a wide range of backgrounds––Australia, Greece, and North America––to explore the origin of Byron’s poem and its cultural value in the 21st century. At a time when free speech has become more important than ever, Byron’s Don Juan stands as a monument to the importance of literature in showing that words are things, and that writers can indeed speak truth to power.
Byron’s poem will be interpreted by poststructuralists, New Historicists, feminists, inter-disciplinary and formalist scholars, with essays offered on Lady Byron, Ada Lovelace, Rap music, Opera, and many other subjects. The conference explores Byron’s poem as a conjunction of the high and low brow, blending gossip from Regency Court trials with allusions to Homer’s Odyssey, the Ten Commandments on the one hand, and the dangers of moral self-satisfaction on the other.
Beyond the conference presentations, music will be performed on Saturday, as the conference moves to the Chicago History Museum, founded in 1856, with its rich array of Chicago lore and an Art Deco theatre. Participants will hear papers presented in a venue opposite the Art Institute of Chicago where Delacroix’s “The Combat of the Giaour and Hassan” is housed (Friday), and listen to Liszt, Chopin, and selections from Mozart’s “Don Giovanni” provided by the DePaul School of Music at the Chicago History Museum (Saturday).
No conference registration fees!
Conference begins 9am 18th October at DePaul University, Daley building, 14 East Jackson Blvd., Room 805
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Hotel Recommendations
Hotel Lincoln 855-514-8112
1816 North Clark Street, Chicago, IL 60614
Palmer House Hotel 312-726-7500
17 East Monroe Street, Chicago, IL 60603
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 of textual editing, and on material and bibliographical approaches to Byron more generally.
Please send proposals of no more than 300 words, plus a short, one-page c.v., to Michelle Levy (mnl@sfu.ca) by March 15, 2019. To encourage a diversity of voices and perspectives, this session is being planned as a roundtable, with 5-6 presentations of 8-10 minutes.
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 exhibition:
“What terrified me shall terrify others”: 200 Years of Shelley’s Frankenstein
This exhibit, curated by Head of Special Collections Brian Shetler and Special Collections Associate Candace Reilly, highlights the impact Mary Shelley’s novel has made on literature, society, and culture. Featuring materials from Drew University’s Special Collections, including rare books, manuscripts, comics, objects, and extensive works from the Betty T. Bennett archives located within the Byron Society Collection. This selection of material inspired by Frankenstein’s monster brings to life Shelley’s novel in a haunting and riveting way!
United Methodist Archives and History Center
Drew University
36 Madison Avenue
Madison, NJ 07940
Please send RSVP to
speccol@drew.edu
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 relevance of 1819 for our contemporary moment, where 1819 refers both to the events of that year and to James Chandler’s foundational work, England in 1819.
Presiding
Jonathan Sachs (Concordia U, Montreal)
Respondent
James Chandler (U of Chicago)
Speakers
Ian Duncan (U of California, Berkeley)
Amanda Jo Goldstein (U of California, Berkeley)
Deidre Lynch (Harvard U)
Josephine McDonagh (U of Chicago)
Jerome J. McGann (U of Virginia)
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/
