International Conference on Romanticism

Regular Membership fees are $75 ($20 for students and contingent faculty) for the calendar year and include a subscription to the ICR journal Essays in Romanticism, participation in elections, the opportunity to attend the annual meeting, and a membership directory. We invite you to join in helping to accomplish the goals of the conference.

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Annual meetings and colloquia are held in the Fall (large meetings) and in the late Spring (small colloquia) and are hosted by a college or university or a group of cooperating schools. All meetings and colloquia are cross-linguistic and interdisciplinary. The annual large meeting normally includes plenary sessions, smaller presentation groups, and workshops, organized around an extended thesis. The smaller colloquia are restricted to fewer participants, and are usually organized around a more tightly conceived topic. At all ICR gatherings a wide variety of conference goers is sought, including graduate students, and a spirit of fellowship, humane intelligence, and intimacy is cultivated. Annual meetings and colloquia have been held or are scheduled to be held in Tempe, AZ; Milwaukee, WI; Athens, GA; Park City, UT; Baltimore, MD; Santa Barbara, CA; State College, PA; Lubbock, TX; Oxford, OH; Tallahassee, FL; Bloomington, IN; Colorado Springs, CO; Saint Louis, MO; Charleston, SC; Manchester, ENGLAND; Athens, GREECE; Tromso, NORWAY; and Vienna, AUSTRIA.

For 2026 we will partner with NASSR and encourage members to attend the meeting in Pasadena, Calif., November 11-15, 2026. 

Essays in Romanticism

Thirty years ago, a dozen scholars from several countries got together and formed the International Conference on Romanticism. Along with annual meetings, establishing academic prizes, and cultivating a spirit of humane cooperation, mutual support, and cross linguistic/interdisciplinary work, the new organization created a plan for publishing a new journal that would reflect its goals and values. Prism(s): Essays in Romanticism, the first scholarly journal specifically devoted to the interdisciplinary and cross-linguistic study of Romanticism, was a success from the first. Contributions and editorial help from around the world, reflecting a membership that has drawn from every continent and from almost thirty countries, marked its seventeen-year run. In 2011 the ICR was happy to see the journal enter a new phase, with a new editor, new name, and new editorial board. Until 2024, Editor Alan Vardy and since then Alexander Schlutz and his colleagues continue to reflect, and even enhance, the long-held values of our organization. As has always been the case, members of the ICR will receive a copy of the journal with annual dues.

For more information on Essays in Romanticism, including submissions and subscription details, and an archive of past essays, please visit the Liverpool University Press.

Awarding of Prizes is one of the most significant activities of the ICR.

The Lore Metzger Prize is awarded for the best graduate student paper presented at the annual ICR meeting. The winner is determined by a committee from the annual meeting host institution, the Prize committee chair, and the editor of Essays in Romanticism.

The Jean-Pierre Barricelli Book Prize
The International Conference on Romanticism established its prize for the year’s best book in Romanticism studies for the purpose of recognizing exceptional, even ground breaking work in the discipline. Named after internationally renowned teacher and scholar Jean-Pierre Barricelli, the prize is vetted by scholars from around the world. Nominations from scholarly presses are solicited, and could represent a wide range of studies, including new interpretations of the movement as a whole, interdisciplinary views, work on individual authors, and so on. An international committee of scholars decides the winner. Please send one copy of each book nominated to:

Larry H. Peer
International Conference on Romanticism
Prize Committee Chair
Barricelli Book Prize Committee
Comparative Literature
3023 JFSB – Brigham Young University
Provo, UT 843602-6702
USA

President

Jennifer Law-Sullivan
Oakland University

Executive Director
Amy Emm
The Citadel

Advisory Board

Beate Allert
Purdue University

Kathleen Béres Rogers
College of Charleston

Daniela Garofalo
University of Oklahoma

Richard Johnston
United States Air Force Academy

Stefan Uhlig
University of California, Davis

Lori Yamato
Queens College, CUNY

Ex Officio

Alexander Schultz (John Jay College of Criminal Justice, CUNY), editor, Essays in Romanticism

Ryan M. Worth (Boston College), student representative

Larry H. Peer (Brigham Young University), historian

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