AAUP, Middle East Studies Association, Knight Institute Sue Over Trump Policy of Arresting and Threatening to Deport Students and Faculty for Lawful Speech Policy has created “climate of fear and repression” on campuses around the country, groups say Read more: https://mesana.org/news/2025/03/25/mesa-aaup-and-knight-institute-file-lawsuit-over-trump-policy-of-arresting-and-threatening-deportation-for-lawful-speech
ACLS, AHA, and MLA File Lawsuit Alleging Illegal Dismantling of National Endowment for the Humanities Lawsuit aims to reinstate NEH grant programs, divisions, and staff Learn more: https://www.acls.org/news/acls-aha-and-mla-file-lawsuit-alleging-illegal-dismantling-of-national-endowment-for-the-humanities/ Donate to one of the organizations to support the legal fees: MLA, AHA, ACLS
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The Department of History at Texas State University invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor in the History of Science & Technology with a focus on Western Europe and/or its empires (period specialization open). Preference will be given to candidates with experience in Applied History/Digital Humanities. The successful candidate will be expected to teach survey courses in Western/world civilizations and specialized undergraduate and graduate courses in the History of Science & Technology, to direct graduate theses and serve on graduate committees, and to participate actively in departmental programs, service, and governance. This position is part of a… Read More »Job: Texas State University HST, TT
July 9, 2025: ASECS has a new member platform, hosted on X-CD! You’ll love the ease of logging in, renewing membership, and donating. If you are a current or recent member, you already have a profile on the page; follow the directions for “returning user”. Login here: ASECS Member Platform We appreciate your patience as we adjust to the new system. Check your spam folder if you don’t see an email from the new system this week. Contact Executive Director Benita Blessing (director@asecs.org) if you run into glitches or just have questions!
The International Herder Society is holding its Biannual Conference September 4-7, 2025 in Toronto, Canada. International Herder Society Biannual Conference Toronto, Canada 4–7 September, 2025 Herder´s Geography / Herders Geografie Thursday 4 September, 2025 Welcome 13:30 Welcoming remarks 14:00 John Noyes (University of Toronto): Introduction: What is Geography and Why does it Matter to Herder? 14:15 Opening Presentation: Nigel DeSouza (University of Ottawa): Environment/Milieu/Territory: Aristotle, Herder, Merleau-Ponty Section 1: Geography’s Field of Knowledge 15:00 Lousie Fischer (Leipzig University): Herder, Kant, and the significance of geography and its teaching in German-speaking… Read More »International Herder Society Biannual Conference
ASECS member Ruth Perry has published The Ballad World of Anna Gordon, Mrs. Brown of Falkland. Twelve sung ballads were recorded to go with the book and they can be heard on a companion website for the book, by obtaining the CD, or by streaming from any of the major websites. it was published by Oxford University Press this summer. Click here to go to the publisher’s page for more information. Order online with promotion code AAFLYG6 to save 30%! Ruth Perry is a past President of ASECS. After teaching at MIT for 50 years,… Read More »New Publication: “The Ballad World of Anna Gordon, Mrs. Brown of Falkland,” by Ruth Perry
The following email was sent to members June 26, 2025. Dear ASECS members, It has been a wonderful honor to serve as your President this year. As I prepare to welcome the incoming President and the new Board in just a few days, I have been reflecting with great joy on all that we have accomplished together in just under twelve months. We have new bylaws ready to take effect on July 1. We also launched a brand-new webinar series on “the 18th Century in the Present”, which had a very successful start this past May.… Read More »End of Year Letter, ASECS President
Members may find this call from our affiliate society, the Goethe Society, of interest. Coeditors Eleanor ter Horst (University of South Alabama) and Sarah Vandegrift Eldridge(University of Tennessee, Knoxville) invite submissions for the Goethe Yearbook. We welcomemanuscripts on any and all aspects of Goethe, his contemporaries (both canonical and lesser-known), and the 18th century broadly conceived, including the century’s legacy in later epochs. Wewelcome scholarship with a comparative and/or interdisciplinary approach. We are also interested inbroadening the discussion, in organizing special sections, and experimenting with new forms andgenres of scholarly writing. We particularly encourage women,… Read More »Call for Manuscripts: The Goethe Yearbook
The following email was sent to ASECS members on June 18, 2025. June 18, 2025 Dear ASECS Members and Friends, Happy Summer! I’m excited to share conference and membership updates with you. 1. CfP, Round 2, ASECS 56th Annual Meeting: Submit your session proposal for the 2026 Annual Meeting, to be held April 9-11, 2026, in Philadelphia! Deadline is July 28, 2025; Round 3 (abstract submissions for presenters) opens August 4, 2025. You can find more information on how to submit to the abstract platform X-CD, including screenshots, on the 2026 Submission Page. It’s a very intuitive… Read More »Updates: conference and membership
