Each of IASPR’s bi-annual international conferences focus on a special theme in popular romance. Visit each conference page for a full listing of the papers and presenters.
- Romance Revitalised (Birmingham, June 28-30 2023)
- Diversity, Inclusion, Innovation (Virtual Forum, 2020)
- Think Globally, Love Locally? (Sydney, 2018)
- Traditions and Trajectories of Love (Salt Lake City, 2016)
- Rethinking Love, Rereading the Romance (Thessaloniki, 2014)
- The Pleasures of Romance (York, 2012)
- Can’t Buy Me Love?: Sex, Money, Power, and Romance (New York, 2011)
- Theory, Text, and Practice (Brussels, 2010)
- Popular Romance Studies (Brisbane, 2009)
IASPR-sponsored Conferences
- Love as the Practice of Freedom? Romance Fiction and American Culture
Princeton University, 23-24 April 2009 - Re-reading Georgette Heyer: A Colloquium
Lucy Cavendish College, University of Cambridge, 7 November, 2009
The annual conference of the Popular Culture Association has a strong romance studies presence. Please refer to Romance Area page for more information.