Liverpool University Press
The Byron Journal
Volume 53, Number 2, 2025
Liverpool University Press
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The International Byron Societies Officers and Addresses

INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL

  • For full details of the International Association of Byron Societies, please see our website www.internationalassociationofbyronsocieties.org.

  • The Officers for 2025–26 are as follows:

  • Joint Presidents: Madeleine Callaghan (UK); Peter Francev (USA); Maria Schoina (Greece)

  • Treasurer: Emily Paterson-Morgan (UK)

  • Communications Officer: Kaila Rose (USA)

  • Advisory Board: Andrew Stauffer, Chair (USA); Bernard Beatty (UK); Shobhana Bhattacharji (India); Olivier Feignier (France); Rodanthi-Rosa Florou (Greece); Jonathan Gross (USA); Mirka Horová (Czech Republic); Piya Pal Lapinski (USA); Naji Oueijan (Lebanon); Alan Rawes (UK)

ALBANIA

  • Corresponding Member:

  • Dr Afrim Karagjozi

  • Pre Duresit

  • P.11 Sh-6. Apt. 45

  • Tirana

ARGENTINA

  • Corresponding Member:

  • Mr Isolda Alberti

  • Matheu, 1725–15–7

  • CP 1249

  • Buenos Aires

ARMENIA

  • President:

  • Professor Samvel Abrahamian

  • Dean of the Faculty of Romance

  • and Germanic Philology

  • Yerevan State University

  • 1 Al. Manookian Street

  • 0049 Yerevan

AUSTRALIA

  • National President:

  • The Hon. Ann Byron

  • President:

  • Ekaterina Obuchova

  • Box QI051 QVB

  • Market Street

  • Sydney, NSW 1230

AUSTRIA

  • Corresponding Member:

  • Dr Katrina Bachinger

  • Universität Salzburg

  • Institut für Anglistik und Amerikanistik

  • A-5020 Salzburg

  • Akademiestrasse 24

BELGIUM

  • President:

  • Professor Dr Willem Schrickx

  • Hon. Secretary:

  • Dr Oskar Wellens

  • English Department

  • Free University of Brussels

  • Pleinlaan 2 [End Page 227]

BULGARIA

  • Corresponding Member:

  • Vitana Kostadinova

  • English Department

  • University of Plovdiv

  • Bulgaria

CANADA

  • Corresponding Member:

  • Professor Paul M. Curtis

  • Département d'anglais

  • Université de Moncton

  • Moncton

  • Nouveau Brunswick

  • Canada

  • E1A 3E9

CZECH REPUBLIC

  • Romantic Literature Section Circle of Modern Philology

  • Secretary:

  • Professor Martin Procházka,

  • Dept of Anglophone Literatures and Cultures

  • Faculty of Arts,

  • Charles University

  • Jana Palacha 1/2

  • 11638 Prague

CYPRUS

  • Corresponding Member:

  • Dr Nora Liassis

  • PO Box 2006

  • Nicosia

FINLAND

  • Corresponding Member:

  • Mr Jyrki Seppaven

  • Notkotie 23C14

  • SF-00700 Helsinki

FRANCE

  • President:

  • Olivier Feignier

  • 22, rue Rennequin

  • 75017 Paris, France

GEORGIA

  • President:

  • Dr Inez Merabishvili

  • Joint Council on Foreign Relations

  • Tbilisi State University

  • 1 Chavchavadze Avenue

  • Tbilisi 380028

GERMANY

  • Society for English Romanticism

  • Chairman:

  • Professor Dr Christoph Bode

  • Department für Anglistik und Amerikanistik

  • Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

  • Schellingstr. 3

  • 80799 München

  • Vice-Chairman:

  • Professor Dr J.W. Neumann

  • Institut für Anglistik/Amerikanistik

  • Nordhauser Str., 63

  • Hon. Treasurer and Secretary:

  • Dr Frank Erik Pointner

  • Universität-GH-Duisburg-Anglistik

  • Lotharstrasse 65

  • 47048 Duisburg

GREECE

  • Hellenic Byron Society

  • Messolonghi Byron Society

  • President:

  • Mrs Rosa Florou

  • El. Poliorkimenon 28

  • 30220 Messolonghi

HUNGARY

  • President:

  • Professor Tamás Bécsy

  • Szinhaztudomanyi Tanszek

  • Veszprem

  • WarthaV.u.1, H-8200

  • Budapest [End Page 228]

INDIA

  • Hon. Secretary:

  • Dr Zamiruddin

  • 4 Professors' Colony

  • Bhopal, MP

  • India 462002

  • Corresponding Member:

  • Dr Shobhana Bhattacharji

  • D-1008 New Friends Colony

  • New Delhi—110025

IRELAND

ISRAEL

  • Dr Wolf Hirst

  • English Department

  • University of Haifa

  • Mount Carmel, Haifa 31999

ITALY

  • Corresponding Member:

  • Professor Gregory Dowling

  • Dip. di Americanistica, Iberistica e Slavistica

  • Ca' Bernardo

  • Dorsoduro 3199

  • Venezia 30123

JAPAN

  • President:

  • Reiko Aiura (Professor Emeritus,

  • Shiga University of Medical Science)

  • Email: reiko.aiura@gmail.com

  • Address: 2-chome 20–8 Myojo-cho, Uji-shi,

  • Kyoto 611–0014, Japan

  • Tel.: +81-(0)774-22-9361

  • Executive Director:

  • Satomi Yonekawa (Associate Professor,

  • The Open University of Japan)

  • Email: yonekawa@titan.ocn.ne.jp

  • Secretariat:

  • [Membership Management, Webmaster]

  • Yumi Yamaguchi

  • (Associate Professor,

  • Tsuyama National College of Technology)

  • Email: miniacpan@yahoo.co.jp

LEBANON

  • Chairman:

  • Dr May Maalouf

  • Department of English

  • Notre Dame University

  • PO Box 72–Zouk Mikayel

  • Lebanon

MALTA

  • Chairman:

  • Professor Peter Vassallo

  • Department of English

  • University of Malta

  • Msida

MEXICO

  • Corresponding Member:

  • Lic. Leticia Malvaez

  • Directora de Institute Lord Byron

  • Apartado Postal 24–H

  • Morelia, Michoacan

NETHERLANDS

  • Chairman:

  • Richard Groenendaal

  • Secretary:

  • Ria Grimbergen

  • Heereweg 330

  • 2161 BV Lisse

NEW ZEALAND

  • Corresponding Member:

  • Mr K.I. Porter

  • 17/93 Shortland Street

  • Auckland 1 [End Page 229]

UNITED KINGDOM

  • The Byron Society

  • President:

  • Lord Byron

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

  • Founders (1972):

  • Marsha M. Manns

  • Leslie A. Marchand

  • President:

  • Andrew Stauffer

  • University of Virginia

  • Vice President:

  • Peter W. Graham

  • Virginia Tech

  • Secretary:

  • Jane Matsinger

  • Treasurer:

  • Michelle Taylor

  • University of South Florida

  • Contact Details:

  • Byron Society of America

  • Department of English

  • University of Virginia

  • 219 Bryan Hall

  • PO Box 400121

  • Charlottesville

  • VA 22904

  • www.byronsociety.org [End Page 230]

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