CALL FOR PAPERS

 

Grasmere

 

5-8 March 2025

 

The Wordsworth Winter Conference will take place at the Jerwood Centre at Dove Cottage, Grasmere, UK, 5- 8 March 2025. 


The 2025 Programme

 

This year, there will be a special focus on the works of the master engraver and printmaker, Thomas Bewick. 

 

Jeff Cowton will introduce us to the Wordsworth Trust's extensive Bewick collection. Christopher Bacon, master printmaker, will give a demonstration about Bewick's printmaking techniques. Francesca MacKenney will talk about Bewick and John Clare, and Christopher Rovee will talk about Helen Darbishire: Scholar, Teacher, and Chair of the Dove Cottage Trust.

The programme includes a full roster of talks and lectures, walks, a musical performance, conference dinner, teas, coffees and lunches. We may even be treated to a recital on the organ.... !

 

Proposals 

 

We invite 200-250-word outline proposals for twenty-minute  presentations.
All papers on Romantic-era topics will be considered and we hope to see several on subjects related to Bewick, animal rights, printmaking, and book illustration. Please email your proposal, with a title and outline of your proposed presentation, to proposal.wsc@gmail.com to arrive by Friday 15th  November, 2024.

 

Bursaries

 

 

A limited number of bursaries of £250 are available to postgraduates and early career post docs, on presentation of a single academic reference to support their paper presentation.
Please indicate that you are applying for a bursary by writing 'bursary application' in the subject line of your email.

 

 

  

Registration will open in October. 

 

We look forward to seeing you in Grasmere!

 

Registration

 

To register for the conference, please fill in the form below. The page will confirm when this has been successfully sent.  Please then pay for registration via the paypal checkout below this.
Do just get in touch if you are having any difficulties: wordsworthsummerconference@gmail.com

 
 
Your form message has been successfully sent.
You have entered the following data:

Winter Conference Registration

Please correct your input in the following fields:
Error while sending the form. Please try again later.

Note: Fields marked with * are required

Registration
165.00 GBP
( VAT and shipping costs not included )

Full Winter Conference Registration

 

Accommodation

Participants should make their own lodging arrangements.

We recommend the following hotels in Grasmere:

The Daffodil: https://www.daffodilhotel.co.uk/

The Swan: https://www.inncollectiongroup.com/the-swan-grasmere/

Tweedies: https://www.tweediesgrasmere.com/

For those on a budget, we recommend the nearby youth hostel, YHA Grasmere:

https://www.yha.org.uk/hostel/yha-grasmere-butharlyp-howe

Or the youth hostel in Ambleside:
https://www.yha.org.uk/hostel/yha-ambleside


You can book a shared dorm or a private room here.

 

Travel

 

Train

 

If you are coming from the South, you can get a train to Windermere. From here it is a simple bus ride to Grasmere. 

To research rail connections we suggest using:

https://www.thetrainline.com/ 


Bus

Once you are in Windermere, you can get the 555 or 559 bus from directly outside the station. These are regular and will take you directly to Grasmere:

https://www.stagecoachbus.com/timetables 

 

 

Travelling from Outside the UK

 

We recommend flying into Manchester airport. From here there is a direct train to Windermere. There are also frequent trains to Oxenholme - you can easily change at this station for Windermere (one stop).
 

 

 

Wordsworth Winter Conference 2024 Programme
wordsworth winter conference programme.p[...]
Adobe Acrobat document [520.1 KB]

Last Year's Programme:

Print | Sitemap

The Wordsworth Conference Foundation


Registered in England and Wales, Company No. 6556368
Registered Charity No. 1124319
Registered Office: Clint Mill, Cornmarket, Penrith CA11 7HW