On behalf of Mark Lussier and myself, we'd like to invite you to the desert for the International Conference on Romanticism November 8 - 11, 2012. The theme for this year's conference is catastrophes. We will be talking catastrophes, not enacting them as the alien landscape of the desert is rather hospitable this time of year. "Catastrophes," which should be interpreted in its broadest possible context, including aesthetic, colonial, dramatic, ecological, economic, geographic, literary, military, and political catastrophes (and other approaches are equally welcome). Website for the conference http://english.clas.asu.edu/icr2012 CFP attached Feel free to direct questions to myself or Mark Lussier. Ron Ron Broglio Department of English P.O. Box 870302 Arizona State University Tempe, AZ 85287-0302 http://www.public.asu.edu/~rbroglio/ ********************************************************* British Association for Romantic Studies http://www.bars.ac.uk To advertise Romantic literature conferences, publications, jobs, or other events that the BARS members would be interested in, please contact Neil Ramsey <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> Also use this address to register any change in your e-mail address, or to be removed from the list. Messages are held in archives, along with other information about the Mailbase at: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/bars.html *********************************************************