Fellow Keatsians:
The Keats Foundation is delighted to announce that the Keats Conference 2023 will be held from Friday 19 May – Sunday 21 May 2023. Registration is now open: please see the post below.
Fellow Keatsians, we are now circulating the agenda of Keats Conference 2023 to all attendees. This year, we have a robust programme of 28 speakers, and we look forward to seeing everyone at the event.
Click to download programme PDF. [Updated 9 May]
And click here to view all paper and lecture abstracts. [Updated 28 April]
Registration has now closed for the Keats Foundation’s bicentennial conference, ‘Conversations with Keats’, to be held from 19 – 21 May at Keats House, Hampstead, London.
Those who wish to attend the conference dinner should complete registration by Sunday 14 May 2023. No late requests will be entertained.
Registration is on an individual basis per participant. The conference dinner comprises of a buffet with vegetarian options available, and includes a drink from the float at the bar. Further drinks are at your own cost.
For attendance at the full conference, including the conference dinner on Saturday 20 May, the following charges apply:
Full Rates:
Existing Keats Foundation supporters in year 2022-23: £140 per person.
Attendees who are not yet Keats Foundation supporters in year 2022-23: £165, including a one-year introductory Supporter’s subscription to the Keats Foundation.
These fees include the Conference dinner on Saturday 20 May.
For undergraduates, postgraduates and unwaged, we offer a concessionary rate:
Existing Keats Foundation PG supporters in year 2022-23: £75 per person.
PG attendees who are not yet Keats Foundation supporters in year 2022-23: £100, including a one-year introductory Supporter’s subscription to the Keats Foundation.
These fees include the Conference dinner on Saturday 20 May.
For day rates of attendance please scroll down to the end.
These registration fees cover administrative overheads, teas, coffees, wine reception and so on, for the duration of the conference, as well as the conference dinner on Saturday 20 May. Participants must have registered by 12.00 PM GMT on 5 May 2022 if they wish to attend the conference dinner. No later registrations/requests will be entertained.
Please choose the appropriate option when making payments. Please note that all PayPal payments will be subject to a £3.00 administration charge, which has already been included in the prices listed above. Please ensure that your name is entered on the payment form for PayPal payments: if someone is paying on your behalf, please make sure to send us a note by email at [email protected] so that we are able to match the payment to the attendee. Similarly, if you are paying with a PayPal account that is linked to an email address you no longer check regularly, please email us at k[email protected] and tell us where we can reach you.
DAY RATES (Maximum of two days attendance only)
Day rates for attendance at the conference are as follows:
Friday: £55: teas and coffees only included.
Saturday: £65: teas and coffees only included.
Sunday: £65: teas and coffees only included.
The conference dinner of Saturday 20 May is not included in the day rates.
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We invite proposals for 20-minute papers for presentation at the 2023 John Keats Conference. Our conference theme, Conversations with Keats, has been broadly conceived to ensure that papers reflecting the full range of current Keats studies can be accommodated. Please email a paper proposal of 200-250 words, with a title and outline of your proposed presentation, to [email protected] to arrive by Tuesday 14 February 12 noon UK time. For obvious reasons, all papers should have a significant Keats dimension.
Registration will open on Wednesday 1 March.
To find out more about Keats Foundation, and to join as a supporter, go to:
For Keats House, please visit:
Please bear in mind that if your paper is accepted for presentation you should plan to attend for all or most of the conference programme. Registration covers administrative overheads, teas, coffees, wine reception, Conference Dinner, and so on, for the duration of the conference.
To undergraduate and postgraduate students and unwaged we offer a concession fee. Except for the Conference Dinner on Saturday 20 May, meals during the conference are not covered by the conference fee. Overnight accommodation during the conference is wholly at the discretion of participants.
If you have significant funding deadlines please alert us to these.
Registration
Registration fees are as follows for the 2023 conference:
The regular fee is £165 per person, which includes a one-year Supporter’s subscription to the Keats Foundation for the year 2023.
Concessionary rates for undergraduate, postgraduate, and unwaged participants: £100, which includes a one-year Supporter’s subscription to the Keats Foundation for the year 2023.
Keats Foundation Supporters who have already renewed their membership for 2023 qualify for a £27 discount.
These fees include the Conference dinner on Saturday 20 May.
Day rates will be available, and these will not include the Conference dinner. Details about day rates will be made available after registration opens.
Full details about how to become a Keats Foundation supporter now can be found at
Supporter status will not affect consideration or acceptance of paper proposals; the decision of the conference organisers will be final. Details on how to pay the conference registration fee will be made available when registration opens at 12 noon on Wednesday 1 March 2023.
The Keats Foundation is a Registered Charity in the UK (No. 1147589).
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