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.... more information coming soon!

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 1st  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!