We seek to involve people from all backgrounds, disciplines, and experiences, building a diverse and inclusive community.
Part of this engagement is to recognize those who have made outstanding contributions to deepening the study and appreciation of Keats, the Shelleys, and the writers of their era within and beyond the academy.
Community Initiatives
While the Association has traditionally supported scholarship on its writers through publication of the Keats-Shelley Journal, its MLA panel and awards dinner, and its public May Members’ Meeting, its outreach has always extended to early career researchers as well as librarians, teachers, and humanists of all sorts.
You can find more information about our public programing such as the Frankenreads Project on our Projects page, please read below for details on our Pforzheimer Grants for junior scholars and independent, our Essay Prize, our Distinguished Scholar Awards, our Buice Travel Grants, our Social Media Outreach, and a developing initiative for K-16 learners.
Pforzheimer Research Grants
The Pforzheimer Grants are awarded each year to support research in Romantic-era literature and culture. Preference is given to projects involving subjects featured in The Keats-Shelley Journal, the Association’s annual publication, including projects engaging race, empire, gender, class, and global Romanticisms. Advanced graduate students, untenured faculty, and independent scholars working outside the academy are eligible.
The Bill and Stuart Buice Fund
The Bill and Stuart Buice Fund provides for one or two bursaries per year to be used to defray the travel and housing expenses of graduate students, independent scholars, or assistant professors without other means of support who wish actively to participate in K-SAA conferences or symposia.
Mentoring Program
The Mentoring Program is designed to aid junior scholars in the crucial early stages of their academic careers. The Mentoring Program aims to formalize one of the Association’s most important features–the exchange of expertise and practical professional information between junior and senior scholars.
K-SAA Essay Prize
In order to recognize outstanding scholarship devoted to the writers of our period and the culture in which they lived, the Keats-Shelley Association of America has since 1986 conferred an annual Essay Award. The awards are adjudicated by a three-member committee specially designated by the Board of Directors and are conferred at K-SAA’s annual dinner at the Modern Language Association’s conference. Encomia for Award-winning essays are published in the Keats-Shelley Journal.
Distinguished Scholar Award
In order to recognize career-long excellence in scholarship devoted to the writers of our period and the culture in which they lived, the Keats-Shelley Association of America has since 1981 conferred a Distinguished Scholar Award on not more than two awardees per year. Nominations for these awards are solicited from the K-SAA membership and adjudicated by the Board of Directors. The Awards are presented at K-SAA’s annual dinner at the Modern Language Association’s conference. Encomia for Award winners are published in the Keats-Shelley Journal.
Arts & Public Engagement Award
We seek to recognize practitioners in the public humanities who, through the study of and reflection upon Romantic texts, have made contributions to the public through social engagement and the arts in any media (music, visual arts, digital arts, etc.) This may be an artist, community leader, teacher working in any and all forms, media, or genres. The award highlights and honors the diverse ways people are highlighting Romanticism beyond the university classroom.