Events in the School of English, Drama and Creative Studies

The British Association for Romantic Studies (BARS) International Conference 2026
In-person and online conference in 2026 with the theme of Romantic Retrospection.
- Date: Wednesday, 29 July 2026, 09:00 - Friday, 31 July 2026, 18:00 (UK)
- Location: Teaching and Learning Building
‘Reasons to sing’: singing, spirituality, and the search for meaning
A multidisciplinary conference exploring the experience of singing and song and its connection to spirituality and/or meaning making throughout human history.
- Date: Thursday, 17 September 2026, 00:00 - Friday, 18 September 2026, 00:00 (UK)
- Location: University of Birmingham
UK Language Variation and Change 2027 conference
The Sixteenth UKLVC conference, with a focus on international research on language variation and change, sociolinguistics, and dialectology.
- Date: Wednesday, 8 September 2027, 00:00 - Friday, 10 September 2027, 00:00 (UK)
- Location: Lecture Theatre G15, Muirhead Tower

The British Association for Romantic Studies (BARS) International Conference 2026