Join us for a day of discussion and debate in Bradford as it celebrates UK City of Culture!

Open to all – researchers, students and Brontë enthusiasts alike – the conference programme is wide-ranging and spans everything from the Brontës’ Irish identity, to polar landscapes, racialisation, ‘the Question of China’, Africa in the juvenilia and more.

We’re also delighted to welcome Professor Corinne Fowler, Professor of Colonialism and Heritage at the University of Leicester, as our keynote speaker.

Corinne Fowler is the author of Our Island Stories: Country Walks Through Colonial Britain (Penguin 2024) and Professor of Colonialism and Heritage at the University of Leicester. In 2020, co-authored an audit of peer-reviewed research about National Trust properties’ connections to empire, which galvanized the heritage sector to address its colonial stories and became a major media story. The report won the Museums and Heritage Special Recognition Award, 2022 and an Eastern Eye Award 2023. Before this, Corinne directed Colonial Countryside: National Trust Houses Reinterpreted, a child-led history and writing project (2018-2022), resulting in a book of commissioned writing called Colonial Countryside (Peepal Tree Press, July 2024) which was funded by Arts Council England.

You can choose to attend the event in-person or online. For online bookings, a Zoom link will be sent to your email in September.

Brontë Society members enjoy discounted in-person tickets. See below for all our ticket options.

A full programme, including speakers and timings, can be downloaded below.

The deadline for bookings is Sunday 10 August.

Please contact [email protected] with any questions about the conference.

Please note, this ticket is only refundable if the event is cancelled, in which case we’ll contact you. We reserve the right to make changes to our programme. All information is correct at the time of booking. We kindly ask that you do not bring dogs or other pets to our in-person events unless stated otherwise (if you'd like to bring your service dog to an event, please let us know).