Poetry and Science, From the Renaissance to Enlightenment: Conference 2026

Call for Papers: Poetry and Science, From the Renaissance to Enlightenment

University of York, 25th-27th June 2026

NB, Given the numbers likely to be involved, we are expecting we’ll need to stretch into a third day, Thurs 25th-Sat 27th (tbc)

Deadline for submissions: 30th September 2026

Keynotes: Katie Murphy, Tita Chico

Confirmed Speakers include: Liza Blake, Katie Calloway, Line Cottegnies, Liz Oakley-Brown, Jonathan Sawday, Helen Smith, Lizzie Swann.

We invite proposals for the final conference of the AHRC-DFG project, ‘Scientific Poetry and Poetics in Britain and Germany, from the Renaissance to the Enlightenment, 1580-1750’. 

Full details on the upcoming events listing.

Any queries to Kevin Killeen at: yorkconference@scientificpoetry.org