Announcements

The following email was sent to members on Dec. 23, 2024. Dear ASECS Members and Friends, Please see the latest News Circular for information on upcoming Elections, the Annual Meeting, joining a caucus, the most recent ToC for Eighteenth-Century Studies, and a feature by ASECS Parliamentarian Nush Powell – perfect reading for a relaxing evening as the year winds down. [Click on the “News Circulars” link to start reading!] With best wishes for the New Year! Benita Benita Blessing, PhDExecutive Directordirector@asecs.org

The following email went out to current and recent members on Monday, December 2, 2024: Dear ASECS members and friends, On December 2, 1969, ASECS was incorporated in the State of Illinois. Please join me in reflecting on all that the society has accomplished. Here are a few numbers about our Annual Meeting alone: As we approach Giving Tuesday, tomorrow, December 3, 2024, please check in on our progress for this year’s goal. Here’s a sneak peek for now: ASECS Giving Tuesday 2024. We’ll be updating the site regularly until Wednesday, so be sure to… Read More »Giving Tuesday Preview

DEADLINE EXTENDED: Friday, November 22 The African Studies Association (ASA) and American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies (ASECS) are thrilled to announce the joint 2025 18th Century Africa Publication Fellowships. Thanks to generous funding from the American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS), ASECS and ASA have jointly designed a one-year fellowship to engage early career scholars from groups who have been systematically excluded, marginalized, or otherwise neglected in their fields or disciplines. In 2025, the two Associations will be offering joint conference and publication opportunities to which students and recent graduates (within 5-years of graduation) can… Read More »DEADLINE EXTENDED: 2025 Eighteenth-Century Africa Publication Fellowships

The African Studies Association (ASA) and American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies (ASECS) are thrilled to announce the joint 2025 18th Century Africa Publication Fellowships. Thanks to generous funding from the American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS), ASECS and ASA have jointly designed a one-year fellowship to engage early career scholars from groups who have been systematically excluded, marginalized, or otherwise neglected in their fields or disciplines. In 2025, the two Associations will be offering joint conference and publication opportunities to which students and recent graduates (within 5-years of graduation) can submit paper proposals. Applicants are… Read More »Announcing the 2025 Eighteenth-Century Africa Publication Fellowships

The following email was sent to current and last year’s members on Sept. 25, 2024: Dear ASECS Members and Friends, Several sessions for the ASECS 55th Annual Meeting still have slots open for submissions. The Extended Deadline for filling those panels, roundtables, and poster sessions is Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2024. Support your colleagues by helping fill those sessions! Don’t see a session that is the perfect fit? Submit an Individual Abstract to the General Pool (deadline for submission Friday, Oct. 11, 2024). Thank you for helping make the Virtual Annual Meeting a success! Reach out… Read More »Extended Deadline and Individual Abstracts CfP

The following email was sent on Sept. 5, 2024 to current and last year’s ASECS members. Sept. 4, 2024Dear ASECS Members and Friends, Happy September! Our Nominating Committee, Annual Meeting Program Committee, and Bylaws Task Force have been busy this summer, and would like to share the following updates with you.

Lost and Found in the Long Eighteenth Century The South-Central Society for Eighteenth Century Studies and the James Smith Noel Collection invite you to present papers and organize conference panels on being lost and found in the long eighteenth century.  Whether one is lost at sea or lost in thought, finding one’s bearings can bring about new insights and inspirations.  Discovering the answers to the mysteries of existence has led to whole new understandings of the world around and within us — and whole new speculations about the unseen and unknown.  We look forward to… Read More »SCSECS 2025

The American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies (ASECS) is pleased to announce our Call for Papers for the 55th Annual Meeting, to be held virtually over two weekends: March 28-29 and April 4-5, 2025. The Society, established in 1969, is the foremost learned society in the United States for the study of all aspects of the period from the later seventeenth through the early nineteenth century.