The 2013 meeting of the International Conference on Romanticism (Sept. 26-29) returns to metro Detroit and Oakland University (site of the 2008 meeting). In keeping with the spirit of the ICR, the conference organizers wish to focus on the cross-disciplinary and international aspects of Romanticism. This year's conference theme is "Romantic Relations," which should be interpreted in its broadest context to include relations among, between, and across genres, national and racial boundaries, families, species. Potential topics could also include colonial, class, and labor relations, philosophical and critical relations-- and more.