The 2026 program is now available in three different formats. You can download a pdf, use the conference app eConference.io, or view it through the website link. The pdf and the app are being updated up to the minute, so check back to make sure you have the most current copy.
The ACLS Doctoral Futures Initiative welcomes ASECS members to a set of open, discussion-based conversations about some of the most pressing questions facing doctoral education today. Each townhall is designed not as a lecture or panel, but to facilitate a genuine exchange of ideas. Graduate students, faculty, administrators, and academic professionals are all welcome and encouraged to attend. Townhall 1: Smaller Cohorts and Graduate Curricula – Tuesday, April 7, 2pm EDT As programs move toward admitting smaller cohorts, what needs to change? We’ll examine what reduced cohort sizes mean for recruitment, disciplinarity, curricula, mentorship, and advising. Registration: https://acls-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_IdO6FXUjRJO43Jt7JKgWQQ Townhall… Read More »Beyond the Lecture: Engaging the Future of Doctoral Education with ACLS
The upcoming ISECS Conference on “Reframing the Enlightenment. Intellectual and political disputes today”, will take place in Paris on June 10-12 2026. Interested people are welcome to attend the conference even if they are not giving a presentation, preferably by registering with Daniel Fulda (daniel.fulda@germanistik.uni-halle.de). Please note it will be possible to follow the conference online on July 10 and July 12, using the links provided in the programme.
The American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies (ASECS) is searching for a Secretary to begin a three-year term on 1 July 2026. The Secretary is an Appointed Member of the Board of Directors who has Board voting privileges. The successful candidate will report directly to the Executive Board of the Society and will take the minutes of meetings of the ASECS Board of Directors and the ASECS Executive Committee. Other duties include: These duties may be combined with another compatible office, as the need arises. For more information about the responsibilities of the Society’s Secretary,… Read More »Search for ASECS Secretary
EAST CENTRAL AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY STUDIES2026 ECASECS CONFERENCEVirginia State University, Petersburg, Virginia5–7 November 2026CALL FOR PAPERS Beginnings: Restarts, Revisions, and Reinventions in the Eighteenth Century Panel proposals are due by 30 April 2026. Paper proposals are due by 1 June 2026. The deadlinefor finalized panels is 15 June 2026. Email proposals or queries to ecasecs2026@gmail.com.For complete details, see the ECASECS Conference website: https://ecasecs2026.wordpress.com.
Participant Overview: “Enlightenment for All: Teaching the Eighteenth Century Beyond(?) the Academy”ASECS Early Spring 2026 WebinarDate: Friday, February 6, 2026Time: 12:00 p.m. (Central)Registration: Zoom Link Purpose of the Event This ASECS-sponsored webinar celebrates the breadth of eighteenth-century studies and the many places where it thrives: community colleges, high schools, museums, and public humanities spaces. It recognizes that innovative, impactful scholarship and teaching are happening well beyond the walls of research universities. We hope to continue this conversation as (hopefully!) part of the “Diverse Pathways Caucus” for future programming. We will also discuss meeting for an informal but exciting happy… Read More »Webinar Participant Overview: “Enlightenment for All: Teaching the Eighteenth Century Beyond(?) the Academy”
Applications are now being accepted for the position of Assistant Professor of Art History with a focus on global early modern art (1400–1800) at the State University of New York at New Paltz. Priority will be given to applications received by January 12, 2026. Applications will be accepted until the role is filled. Information about the position and instructions on how to apply can be found at: https://www.newpaltz.edu/hr/displayjobdetails.php?id=3058
The joint NAVSA-NASSR 2026 conference to take place in Pasadena, California November 11-16 is now open for submissions! This is a fully in-person conference; for those who wish to participate online, there will be a Zoom pre-conference on November 6. We welcome papers on any aspect of nineteenth-century studies related to the conference theme “Traffic.” You can find the call for papers here; submissions for individual papers and panels are due by February 15, 2026 through the Oxford Abstracts portal. Our fantastic keynote speakers are Arun Sood, Lecturer in Global Literatures at the University of Exeter, and Eleanor Jones Harvey, senior… Read More »CfP: North American Society for the Study of Romanticism & North American Victorian Studies Association Joint 2026 Conference
Slavery North is pleased to invite participation in an academic conference, Rebellion, Resistance, and Refuge: Slavery and Border-Crossing during the American Revolution. The conference will take place in person from Thursday, July 9 to Sunday, July 12, 2026, at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, USA. On the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, Slavery North invites proposals for papers that rethink the cultures, events, and experiences of the Revolutionary War. This call encourages new scholarship that reexamines the Revolutionary War through the experiences of enslaved people in British North America, exploring… Read More »CfP: Slavery North Initiative
The following letter was sent to current and recent ASECS members on Nov. 25, 2025. 11/25/2025 Dear ASECS Colleagues, I’m very pleased to report that the Philadelphia meeting is shaping up to be one of our largest and most exciting gatherings in many years. As you will soon see, there are so many wonderful papers that no one will be able to take it all in, but that is proof of our vibrancy. Thank you to Hanna Roman and the rest of the Program Committee for your hard work on vetting and scheduling these sessions. Thanks also to everyone… Read More »Letter from ASECS President Misty G. Anderson
