The Romanticism Association (RA)
The Romanticism Association aims to foster the study of Romanticism by producing the Journal of Romanticism, holding conferences, and conducting similar academic activities.
The broader initial drive is to expand the disciplinary, geographic, and historical boundaries that have limited and divided the study of the cultural phenomenon of Romanticism. Thus the Association seeks to engage with art history, literature, musicology, philosophy, politics, scientific history, and many other approaches to human culture. The ultimate purpose is to develop a fresh understanding of what changed with the emergence of the Romantic world-view, why it changed, and how the impact of that change still resonates today.
The field of Romanticsm has historically been beset by more than its share of conflict, intolerance, and exclusion. Younger scholars with fresh ideas have sometimes suffered under the rigidity and aggression of a few well-established and rather repetitive voices, which has kept the entire field under the threat of becoming sterile and otiose. For a field as rich and complex, and as relevant and pressing for understanding modernity, this situation is perplexing.
The Journal of Romanticism, has now been running for five years, and we are proud of what we have already achieved with it, and of the very interesting work we have been able to publish. It has already become an outlet for new ideas and fresh perspectives. We relish the opportunity to allow a fresh energy to flourish in this evergreen field.
The Romanticism Association aims to foster the study of Romanticism by producing the Journal of Romanticism, holding conferences, and conducting similar academic activities.
The broader initial drive is to expand the disciplinary, geographic, and historical boundaries that have limited and divided the study of the cultural phenomenon of Romanticism. Thus the Association seeks to engage with art history, literature, musicology, philosophy, politics, scientific history, and many other approaches to human culture. The ultimate purpose is to develop a fresh understanding of what changed with the emergence of the Romantic world-view, why it changed, and how the impact of that change still resonates today.
The field of Romanticsm has historically been beset by more than its share of conflict, intolerance, and exclusion. Younger scholars with fresh ideas have sometimes suffered under the rigidity and aggression of a few well-established and rather repetitive voices, which has kept the entire field under the threat of becoming sterile and otiose. For a field as rich and complex, and as relevant and pressing for understanding modernity, this situation is perplexing.
The Journal of Romanticism, has now been running for five years, and we are proud of what we have already achieved with it, and of the very interesting work we have been able to publish. It has already become an outlet for new ideas and fresh perspectives. We relish the opportunity to allow a fresh energy to flourish in this evergreen field.