After the death of Professor Leslie A. Marchand (1900-1999), the Byron Society of America established an annual lecture to honor his memory. These lectures are free, open to the public, and followed by a reception.
Byron, Beethoven, Napoleon, and the Ideals of the French Revolution
John Clubbe
Professor Emeritus
University of Kentucky
7th Annual Leslie A. Marchand
Memorial Lecture
Thursday, October 18, 2007
Reception 5:30 p.m. • Lecture 6:00 p.m.
DePaul Student Center, Room 314, Lincoln Park Campus
2250 N. Sheffield Avenue, Chicago, Illinois
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"The Delirium of the Brave: Byron and the United Irishmen"
Malcolm M. Kelsall
Professor of English, Cardiff University
Friday, 30 September 2005
University of Delaware
"Byron in my Life"
Romulus Linney
Dramatist and author of Childe Byron
Friday, 8 October 2004
University of Delaware
"Three Byronic Heros: Leslie Marchand, Don Juan and Don Quixote"
Carl Woodring
Woodberry Professor of Literature, Emeritus, Columbia University
Friday, 3 October 2003
University of Delaware
"Byron from the Sidelines"
John R. Murray
Chairman, John Murray, Publishers, London
Friday, 25 October 2002
University of Delaware
"The Moods of Lord Byron"
Kay Redfield Jamison, M.D.
Professor of Psychiatry, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, and Honorary Professor of English, University of St. Andrews
Thursday, 9 August 2001 (in conjunction with the 27th International Byron Conference)
University of Delaware
"Romantic Scholarship and Culture, 1960-2000: A Byronic View"
Jerome J. McGann (lecture)
The John Stewart Bryan University Professor, University of Virginia, and The Thomas Holloway Professor of Victorian Studies, Royal Holloway College, University of London
Friday, 6 October 2000
University of Delaware
