The Alliance of Literary Societies (ALS) is the umbrella organisation for literary societies/groups in the UK. The alliance was formed in 1973 and currently has around 125 members. They provide support and advice on a variety of literary subjects, as well as promoting cooperation between member societies.

The American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies, established in 1969, is the foremost learned society in the United States for the study of all aspects of the period from the later seventeenth through the early nineteenth century. Members are literary scholars and writers, historians, theorists of gender, race, sexuality, disability, nation and empire; philosophers and political theorists; art historians and artists; musicologists and musicians; theater historians and practitioners; biographers and bibliographers; and specialists in other humanistic, artistic, and social scientific fields with a range of broad and more particular interests.

The British Association for Romantic Studies (BARS) is the UK’s leading national organization for promoting the study of Romanticism. With over 400 members worldwide, BARS acts as a hub for scholarship by supporting conferences, disseminating news and events, providing bursaries and prizes to early career researchers, publishing a Bulletin, and establishing links with sister organizations. It also provides a voice for the subject area both within and beyond higher education. Its flagship events are biennial international conferences which are addressed by leading figures in the field of Romantic Studies and at which over one hundred scholars generally give papers. The BARS Blog also has a useful list of online resources.

The Byron Society was re-founded in London on 22nd January 1971 through the energies of a number of well-known Byronists, especially Elma Dangerfield CBE. In 1974, they held their first organised international conference. Since then, they have had a conference every year.

The International Association of Byron Societies is a federation of societies and associations worldwide devoted to Lord Byron. The association’s Website contains a timeline of Byron’s life, a biography, links to works by Byron on the Web, book reviews and many other resources related to Byron.

The International Conference on Romanticism was formally founded in 1991 after many years of discussion. The society was founded by a group of scholars from America and abroad and was incorporated as a non-profit scholarly entity in 1993. The ICR is a learned society that seeks to promote, maintain, and improve teaching, research, and related endeavors in the field of Romanticism studies, and to facilitate communication among scholars and teachers through annual meetings and publications.

The Jane Austen Society of North America is a non-profit organization staffed by volunteers and dedicated to the enjoyment and appreciation of Jane Austen and her writing. Their mission is to foster among the widest number of readers the study, appreciation, and understanding of Jane Austen’s works, her life, and her genius.

Keats House is where the poet John Keats lived from 1818 to 1820, and is the setting that inspired some of his most memorable poetry. Here, Keats wrote ‘Ode to a Nightingale’, and fell in love with Fanny Brawne, the girl next door. It was from this house that he travelled to Rome, where he died of tuberculosis aged just 25.

The Keats-Shelley House (26 Piazza di Spagna) is most famous for being the final dwelling place of John Keats, who died here in 1821, aged just 25, and to this day Keats’s bedroom is preserved as a shrine to his tragic story and extraordinary talent. Displayed through a chain of beautiful rooms, the museum’s collection contains a great many treasures and curiosities associated with the lives and works of the Romantic poets, as well as one of the finest libraries of Romantic literature in the world.

The Keats-Shelley Memorial Association was formed in 1903, with the support of King Edward VII, King Vittorio Emmanuele III and President ‘Teddy’ Roosevelt. The Museum was opened in 1909. Apart from maintaining the Keats-Shelley Memorial House, the Association is responsible for the upkeep of the graves of Keats and Shelley in the non-Catholic Cemetery at Testaccio. It also publishes the biannual Keats-Shelley Review and awards an annual Keats-Shelley Prize for exemplary essays and poems on Romantic themes.

The Mary Wollstonecraft Fellowship is a literary society dedicated to appreciation of the writings of Wollstonecraft, and to study of her life, times and circle. Membership is open to everyone with an interest in Mary Wollstonecraft and her legacy: scholars, enthusiasts, students and activists. It aims to encourage new research and the exchange of ideas by producing a regular newsletter and organising events, including a monthly reading group (which during 2019 met in London, and in 2020 will be meeting online), an annual event on the anniversary of her birth. Use the link above to join the mailing list. If you are interested in becoming involved as a member of the organising committee, please contact emma.clery@engelska.uu.se

The New York City Romanticism Group was founded by Sarah Zimmerman and John Bugg at Fordham University in 2008 to bring together scholars in the New York City area who work on the literature and culture of the Romantic period. With the support of Fordham University, the NYCRG hosts guest speakers, sponsors colloquia, and organizes conference panels in order to forge links between students and scholars in the New York City area and beyond it, in the field’s international community.

Open to anyone interested in Romanticism, this group was founded in 2008. It meets twice a year at the Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle at the New York Public Library (Room 319) to hear a talk from a local or visiting Romantic scholar, often illustrated with items from the collection. Afterwards, those who are inclined repair to a local restaurant for dinner. To be placed on the mailing list, write to elizabethdenlinger [at] nypl [dot] org.

The Nineteenth Century Studies Association (NCSA) is an interdisciplinary association for the study of nineteenth-century world cultures. Founded in 1979 as a forum to encourage interdisciplinary exchange, the membership has grown to include scholars whose disciplinary focus ranges from art, architecture, and literature to religious, scientific, and legal writing, to social, political, and economic debate.

The North American Society for the Study of Romanticism (NASSR) was founded at the University of Western Ontario in 1991 by a group of faculty members and graduate students. NASSR was established to provide a forum for the discussion of a wide variety of theoretical approaches to Romantic works of all genres and disciplines.

NASSR sponsors regular conferences on subjects relevant to the international and interdisciplinary study of Romanticism.