K-SAA is continuing their virtual events series with two talks by Sarah Marsh (Seton Hill University) and Imani Tucker (Yale University). During the event, titled Marsh and Tucker will examine the role of the more- or less-than human in Romantic-era writing, whether the vampire, the figure of Prometheus, or the cosmos of Benjamin Banneker.

A comprehensive report on the 2024 Curran Symposium featuring tributes to Stuart Curran, discussions on Byron's Sardanapalus, panels on poetics and politics, and Jerome McGann's keynote lecture, with reflections on the future of Romantic Studies and personal insights from Vasileia Moschou.

The Keats-Shelley Association of America is excited to announce the return of its virtual event series with a fascinating double feature exploring the intersection of Romantic poetry and Islamic thought.

Read Jerome McGann’s Keynote address—"Performing Politics on a Tight Little Island"—from the 2024 Stuart Curran Symposium, “Performing Politics,” in NYC.

The John Galt Society Research Grant aims to facilitate groundbreaking research that sheds new light on Galt's significance in literature, history, socio-political thought, or economics. We welcome projects that situate Galt in other fields as well, encouraging interdisciplinary approaches.

A wonderful assignment by Daniel Block, Ph.D., English Department Chair, King School

Goals:

• To bring the poetry of British Romantic literature into conversation with current events;

• To engage with the theme of “Performing Politics: Romantic Futures,” which is the focus of the 2024 Curran Symposium at New York University;

• To collaborate with the Keats-Shelley Association of America and the Byron Society of America on their public art initiatives

Global Equiano opens fresh conversations about enslaved and free Black people as they navigated spaces dominated by violent, colonial forces, and considers the Black Atlantic futures they imagined.

As the application deadline approaches, we encourage advanced graduate students, independent scholars, and untenured faculty to consider how this funding might support their scholarly endeavors and contribute to the broader academic discourse in the field.