Programme
Keynote Speakers
The 14th International Conference of the British Association for Romantic Studies was honoured to welcome a distinguished group of keynote speakers, each bringing fresh perspectives to the conference theme, "Romantic Imprints."
Professor Emma Clery
University of Southampton
Emma Clery is a leading scholar of Romantic-period literature, with particular interests in women's writing, political economy, and the intersections of literature and philosophy in the long eighteenth century.
Dr Jeremy Davies
University of Leeds
Jeremy Davies is the author of Bodily Pain in Romantic Literature (Routledge, 2014). His research explores the representation of physical suffering and sensibility in Romantic writing.
Dr Mary Fairclough
University of York
Mary Fairclough is the author of The Romantic Crowd: Sympathy, Controversy and Print Culture (Cambridge University Press). Her work examines the relationship between sympathy, collective emotion, and print media in the Romantic era.
Dr Maureen McCue
Bangor University
Maureen McCue's research focuses on Romantic-period print culture, travel writing, and the cultural afterlives of Romantic writers in the nineteenth century.
Dr Orianne Smith
University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Orianne Smith is the author of Romantic Women Writers, Revolution, and Prophecy: Rebellious Daughters, 1786–1826 (Cambridge University Press). Her work investigates the prophetic voice in women's Romantic-era writing.