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HECAA@30 Registration Info

The Historians of Eighteenth-Century Art and Architecture are delighted to announce that registration for “HECAA@30: Environments, Materials, and Futures in the Eighteenth Century” is now available. Please visit the conference website: https://sites.google.com/umb.edu/hecaa30 for information about the schedule, travel and transportation, and registration. Registration is open until September 15, 2023. This in-person conference will take place in Boston, Cambridge, and Providence from October 12-14, 2023, with morning plenary sessions followed by gallery sessions, tours, and architectural site visits each afternoon. On the land of the Massachusett and neighboring Wampanoag and Nipmuc peoples, Boston developed in the eighteenth century as a major… Read More »HECAA@30 Registration Info

Deadline Extended! 2023 ASECS Race and Empire Caucus Graduate Student Essay Prize

DEADLINE EXTENDED: JULY 21, 2023 The Race and Empire Caucus invites submissions for the 2023 ASECS Race and Empire Caucus Graduate Student Essay Prize. The Caucus welcomes essays that are revised versions of papers read at the regional and national conferences of ASECS and its affiliates (including the Society of Early Americanists, Early Caribbean Society, SHARP, NABMSA, etc.) between July 1, 2022 and June 30, 2023.

Virtual Q&A #ASECS 2024 CfP for Toronto

Do you have questions about submitting a proposal for the 54th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies, April 4-6, 2024, in Toronto? Join the Program Committee in a virtual info session on Monday, June 19, 2023, 9am Pacific Time/noon Eastern Time. Registration required.

Race and Empire Caucus – Graduate Student Paper Prize – Deadline – 1 July 2023

The Race and Empire Caucus invites submissions for the 2023 ASECS Race and Empire Caucus Graduate Student Essay Prize. The Caucus welcomes essays that are revised versions of papers read at the regional and national conferences of ASECS and its affiliates (including the Society of Early Americanists, Early Caribbean Society, SHARP, NABMSA, etc.) between July 1, 2022 and June 30, 2023. The prize-winning essay will be considered for publication in the 2023-2024 volume of Studies in Eighteenth-Century Culture, and the prize will be awarded at the 2024 ASECS meeting. The competition is open to papers on… Read More »Race and Empire Caucus – Graduate Student Paper Prize – Deadline – 1 July 2023

CfP: Performing Theatricality & Imaging Religious Ceremonies in Early Modern Western Europe

May 15-17, 2024 (Ghent University) Ghent University’s research groups, Studies in Performing Arts and Media (S:PAM) and Thaliakindly invite scholars from a wide variety of research areas that may include (but are not limitedto) the following: religious studies, theology, cultural studies, literature, performance studies,history, art history, history of the book, history of science, anthropology, ethnography, or any other relevant field. Contributions should be in the format of approximately 25-minutepresentations. Proposals might consider, but are not limited to: To submit a proposal, send an abstract (250 words) and a brief biography to drs. Steff Nellis.All enquiries… Read More »CfP: Performing Theatricality & Imaging Religious Ceremonies in Early Modern Western Europe

ALCS-HBCU Faculty Fellowships/Grants Info Session

The American Council of Learned Societies invites applications for the HBCU Faculty Fellowship and Grant Program. HBCUs are a vital component of the higher education ecosystem with a distinguished record of teaching and research contributions to the academic humanities and interpretive social sciences. The first informational sessions will be held June 14, 2023. More information here; ACLS-HBCU Faculty Fellowships/Grants

CfP ASECS 2024 Tkaronto/Toronto!

The American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies (ASECS) is pleased to announce our Call for Papers for our 54th Annual Meeting, to be held April 4-6, 2024 at the Sheraton Centre in Toronto. 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.  Round 1, Guaranteed Affiliate/Regional Society and Caucus Sessions has closed. If you do not see your session, please contact the Executive Director Benita Blessing (director@asecs.org). Round 2, June 1-July 15: Open call for session… Read More »CfP ASECS 2024 Tkaronto/Toronto!

Teaching the 18th-Century

Help update the ASECS Teaching the 18th Century resource page! You can send syllabuses and other pedagogical resources to the ASECS Business Office (asecsoffice@gmail.org).