The IABS is sad to announce the passing of a renowned poet, critic and Shelley scholar Michael O’Neill, who helped lead the International Association of Byron Societies for many years.

In addition to serving as chair of the Elma Dangerfield Prize for many years, Michael helped organize meetings for the IABS in London, Tbilisi, Beirut, Athens/Messolonghi, and, most recently, Paris, where he chaired sessions and gave a typically moving and inspirational lecture.

Michael had the ability to bring people together. His exchanges with Bernard Beatty and Timothy Webb in Paris stand out in my mind, as do his comments on transatlantic travel, and his spontaneous recitation of scraps of poetry in Parisian cafes. After one session in Paris, Michael quoted a line from John Berryman, then another from Percy Shelley, relishing their gifts with the authority and appreciation of a poet.

The Byron Society Collection at Drew University Library announces a call for applications for the inaugural Byron Society Collection 2019 Research Award. The Award, which is intended to promote research and scholarship by early career scholars, provides $1,000 for expenses relating to academic research at Drew University Library, home to the Byron Society Collection.

The Award supports scholars specifically intending to use the Byron Society Collection, including its extensive archival holdings, 19th and 20th-century objects of material culture, and rare books. Scholars in all disciplines are invited to apply. Early career scholars include post-Docs and untenured faculty within 5 years of completion of their degrees.

The deadline for applications is August 1, 2018. Applications will be reviewed in confidence by the Byron Society Collection Research Award Committee. The Byron Society Collection 2019 Award recipient will be announced in October, 2018. The $1,000 award will need to used within the 2019 calendar year.

Book submissions are now invited for consideration for this year's Elma Dangerfield Prize for the year's best book-length on Byron (monographs, edited collections of essays, editions of Byron texts all welcome).

If you wish your work to be considered, please arrange for a pdf of your book to be emailed to the Joint Secretary of the International Association of Byron Societies, Peter Francev (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.), by 28 February 2018.

London Byron Society announced the annual program of events in 2018.

You could see it in detail in the attached file.

The International Association of Byron Societies (IABS) is very saddened to learn of the passing of Professor Emirates Marios Byron Raizis.

A graduate of Purdue University (M.Sc.) and of New York University (Ph.D.), Professor Marios-Byron Raizis joined the Faculty of English Studies at the University of Athens in 1978 and attained the status of Full Professor of English Literature and the ex-officio Head of the Faculty. His research and publications focused primarily on the area of English Metaphysical and Romantic poetry, as well as in comparative literary studies of Greek and English letters; he has also studied and translated modern Greek poetry into English. A distinguished Byron scholar, M. B. Raizis was President of the Hellenic Byron Society since 1988. And during the last decade he was completely devoted to The Messolonghi Byron Society, as Director of Studies.

A former International President of the International Byron Society (IBS) for many years, he was professor of English at the University of Athens, where he taught since 1978. Before that, he was professor of English and comparative literature at Southern Illinois University, Carbondale. A frequent contributor to scholarly journals, he was also known as a translator from Greek into English and English into Greek.