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Since its establishment in 1935 the CLS has held a series of annual events - lectures, study days, discussion groups, luncheons, and outings – in London. Today, the Society works to continue these traditions by hosting a number of lectures at Swedenborg Hall, and an annual luncheon to celebrate Lamb’s birthday in February. New members are very welcome to join us.
The Charles Lamb Society welcomes all to their meetings. You do not have to be a member to attend, and events, except the lunch and Coleridge conference, are free.
Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, recent events have taken place online. The talks were recorded, have been uploaded to the Charles Lamb Society Youtube channel, and can be accessed by clicking the following links:
Emily B. Stanback, 'Charles Lamb and Modern "Disability"' (7 October 2023)
Denise Gigante, ‘Book Madness: A Story of Charles Lamb's Library' (26 November 2022)
Felicity James, ‘The Children's Literature of Charles & Mary Lamb' (11 June 2022)
Matthew Sangster, ‘Writing as a Career in the Romantic Period' (23 April 2022)
David Stewart, ‘“There goes Tom and Jerry”: On a Spree with Pierce Egan’s Life in London' (20 November 2021)
Judith Thompson, 'The Theatre of Romantic Eccentricity: John Thelwall in Covent Garden' (23 October 2021)
Eric G. Wilson, 'Towards a New Biography of Elia' (25 September 2021)
John Williams, 'Who's Who: Charles Lamb in Conversation with William Wordsworth' (8 May 2021)
Jane Moore, 'Mary and the Men: male tribute writing in the Romantic period' (13 February 2021)
Rohan McWilliam, '"A Pantomime and a Masquerade': The West End in the Age of Charles Lamb' (16 January 2021)
Gregory Dart on editing the Essays of Elia (19 December 2020)
Charles Lamb Birthday Lecture, 'Lamb and De Quincey: Imperfect Sympathies', Prof. Rob Morrison
You are cordially invited to join us in person or online for the Charles Lamb Birthday Lecture with Prof. Rob Morrison.
Date: 10 February 2024
Time: 2.30pm
Location: Online, and at the Swedenborg Hall, Bloomsbury
To register, please use Eventbrite. Thank you.
Celebrate the birthday of Charles Lamb: our Guest of Honour is Prof. Rob Morrison, who will give a lecture on 'Lamb and De Quincey: Imperfect Sympathies'. The birthday event has been celebrated since the foundation of the society in the 1930s, and we are delighted to welcome Prof. Morrison to address us on the occasion of Lamb's 249th birthday. We will meet for the lecture at 2.30pm at the Swedenborg Hall and it will be livestreamed using the Zoom link on the Eventbrite page.
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None of the officers, committee or members of the Charles Lamb Society and no leader or organiser of any event, visit, walk or programme promoted or organised by the Charles Lamb Society shall be held liable in respect of the death of, or injury, damage or loss to any person or the property of any person which may occur during or arise out of participation in any such event, visit, walk or programme.