Ann Radcliffe, Then and Now Conference | University of Sheffield | 24th, 25th, 26th June, 2027
Please direct any questions to annradcliffeconference@sheffield.ac.uk
The Ann Radcliffe, Then and Now team are delighted to welcome you to Sheffield for our international Radcliffe conference. In addition to papers and keynote lectures from world-leading experts, expect a range of exciting events which we’ll be unveiling month by month from July! Please keep an eye on our website and social media pages to stay up to date – and click here to submit your paper proposal.
WHEN? 24th-26th June, 2027
WHERE? INOX, Level 5, Students’ Union Building, Durham Road, Sheffield, S10 2TG
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS: Tom Duggett, Michael Gamer, Robert Miles, Katrina O’Loughlin, Dale Townshend, and Angela Wright
CONFERENCE FEE: £180 (£120 for unwaged, undergraduate, postgraduate, and ECR participants; £60 for online-only audience members).
CALL FOR PAPERS
Deadline 15th September (we will aim to get back to you by 30th September)
A pioneer of Gothic fiction, poetry, and travel writing, Ann Radcliffe (1764-1823) was one of the most influential and widely read authors of her day. Her published works dominated the Romantic literary landscape, anticipating later psychological fiction and inspiring writers from Byron to the Brontës, from Mary Wollstonecraft to Mary Shelley. But Radcliffe’s influence extended far beyond her Romantic and Victorian successors: her unique and innovative Gothic mode impacts upon the way we understand and experience art, media, and literature today. Since 2024, the Ann Radcliffe, Then and Now project, funded by the AHRC, has sought to reintroduce Ann Radcliffe to 21st-century readers by exploring both her contemporary influence and her lasting legacies. To celebrate the project and the accompanying Cambridge Edition of the Works of Ann Radcliffe, we invite you to our conference, held at The University of Sheffield: an opportunity for Radcliffe readers and scholars to come together and celebrate her incredible and lasting contribution to literature.
We welcome paper proposals on any and all aspects of Radcliffe’s life and writing. Topics can include, but are not limited to, Radcliffe’s
~ novels and poetry
~ literary influences
~ imitators and emulators
~ contemporary reception and adaptation
~ Gothic mode
~ Gothic and Romantic contemporaries
~ Travel and Travel Imaginary
~ Preternatural, Supernatural, Nature, the Numinous
~ Circulating Objects
~ Publishing Networks
~ Form and style
~ Aesthetics
~ Political commitments
~ 21st-century reception, revival, and adaptation
Click here to submit your paper proposals. Deadline: 15.09.26.
We are very pleased to announce that we are able to offer AHRC-funded bursaries to undergraduate, PGR, ECR, and unwaged participants: x4 £500 bursaries and x2 £1000 bursaries. These bursaries are designed to cover the conference fee, accommodation, and travel. If you would like to apply for a bursary, please provide the relevant information as outlined on the Google Form.
Please note that the conference will be hybrid for audience members, but if you are giving a paper you must attend in-person.