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ASECS Selects Management HQ As Association Management Partner

Minneapolis, Minn. – April  29, 2026 – The American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies (ASECS) is proud to announce its selection of Management HQ (MHQ) to serve as its association management partner, beginning May 2026. “ASECS is a community of scholars who care deeply about the quality of the work we do together, and we needed a management partner who understood that,” said Misty G. Anderson, ASECS’ board president.  “The Board researched many different options for leadership support and feels very excited about MHQ. They have a deep background with scholarly societies like ours and a great team,… Read More »ASECS Selects Management HQ As Association Management Partner

“Eighteenth Century In the Present” Webinar Series

The next installment of the “Eighteenth Century In the Present” webinar series is coming soon. On Friday, June 5, at 4 PM eastern, Michael Meranze will be talking about how we as scholars of the eighteenth century can bring our knowledge and our commitments to higher education to bear in “the struggle against the enclosure of the university.” Click here to sign up and receive a link to the webinar, which promises to be an important discussion for our moment.

ASECS 2026 Prize Winners

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Congratulations to all the 2026 prize winners! Pages within the website will be updated to reflect the new group of winners, but this consolidated list allows you to browse in one page. ASECS Gottschalk Prize: Chair, Amelia Rauser, with Logan Connors and Rachel Carnell. This year the prize is split between two very different, yet equally impressive and important books: Mei Mei Rado, The Empire’s New Cloth: Cross-Cultural Textiles at the Qing Court (Yale, 2025) and Dan Edelstein, The Revolution to Come: A History of an Idea from Thucydides to Lenin (Princeton, 2025). Together, these… Read More »ASECS 2026 Prize Winners

Downloading the 2026 Conference Program

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.

Beyond the Lecture: Engaging the Future of Doctoral Education with ACLS

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

ISECS Conference

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.

Search for ASECS Secretary

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

2026 ECASECS CONFERENCE

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.

Webinar Participant Overview: “Enlightenment for All: Teaching the Eighteenth Century Beyond(?) the Academy”

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”

The draft of the 2026 Annual Meeting Schedule is here!

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