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Historically Speaking: “The Feast of Genius and the Play of Art”: The Legacies and Communities of Phillis Wheatley Peters at the National Museum of African American History and Culture

Please join Sarah Ruffing Robbins, Mona Narain (TCU) and Barbara Mccaskill (UGA) on Tuesday, April 8, beginning at 3:00 Eastern, 2:00 Central, and noon Pacific. The series of presentations and discussion, sponsored by the National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC) of the Smithsonian, will spotlight the museum’s recently acquired collection of materials linked to poet Phillis Wheatley (Peters). McCaskill, Narain, and Robbins will be featured speakers for the April 8 online event, where they will be joined by archivists, curators, and program coordinators of NMAAHC. You will have a chance to see Wheatley Peters artifacts as part of… Read More »Historically Speaking: “The Feast of Genius and the Play of Art”: The Legacies and Communities of Phillis Wheatley Peters at the National Museum of African American History and Culture

Know Before you Go….Online!

This email was sent to registered attendees of the ASECS 55th Virutal Annual Meeting on March 25. We’re just days away from the 55th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies! You’ll find some important “Know Before you Go….Online!” information in this email. How to Login to the Virtual Platform 1. Click HERE to enter the Virtual Platform Lobby   2. Once you’re in the Virtual Lobby, you can browse the modules on the left side of the menu to see meeting highlights, read about our fantastic sponsors and exhibitors, and browse the program. 3. Select the date you… Read More »Know Before you Go….Online!

Clorinda Donato and Team win American Association of Italian Studies Translation Prize

Congratulations to Clorinda Donato and her team for winning the American Association for Italian Studies for an English Translation of an Italian Book-Length Scholarly Work! The Natural History of a Neapolitan Miracle: The Secret of San Gennaro’s Blood by Francesco Paolo de Ceglia. Transl. Clorinda Donato, Manuel Romero, Alessandra Balzani, Jaclyn Taylor. Routledge Studies in Cultural History, 2024. For their impressive work in translating Francesco Paolo de Ceglia’s The Natural History of a Neapolitan Miracle: The Secret of San Gennaro’s Blood, the AAIS awards the 2024 English Translation of an Italian Book-Length Scholarly Work to the team based at the Clorinda… Read More »Clorinda Donato and Team win American Association of Italian Studies Translation Prize

CfA: Eighteenth-Century Studies Book Review Editor

Call for Applications: Eighteenth-Century Studies Book Review Editor

The American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies seeks nominations and applications for a three-year (renewable) appointment as Book Review Editor for Eighteenth-Century Studies, beginning July 1, 2025. This is an exciting opportunity for a scholar interested in cutting-edge
scholarship in the field of the long eighteenth-century who understands reviews as a key component of launching and supporting research in the field.

La culture visuelle de la gastronomie, XVIe-XX3 siècles, CfP

Appel à communication / Call For Papers La culture visuelle de la gastronomie, XVIe-XXe siècles / Visual Culture of Gastronomy, 16th-20th century Paris, galerie Colbert, 18-19 décembre 2025Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne / OCAD University, Toronto) / Bibliothèque des Arts DécoratifsFrédérique Desbuissons (université de Reims) & Ryan Whyte (OCAD University, Toronto)

CfP Science & Society in the Age of Revolutions – Due March 3, 2025

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As the upcoming 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence drives increased interest in the founding of the United States, this conference, co-hosted by the American Philosophical Society’s Library & Museum and the Science History Institute aims to widen the scope of such conversations. Inspired in part by the APS’s 2025 exhibition, Philadelphia: The Revolutionary City and “America’s Scientific Revolutionaries,” a multiyear project funded by the Lounsbery Foundation we invite proposals from scholars from all disciplines whose research illuminates the intersections of science and society in the Atlantic World between 1764 and 1804. Applicants should… Read More »CfP Science & Society in the Age of Revolutions – Due March 3, 2025

Peter Sabor Fellowship

Fundraising: The Canadian Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies and the Burney Society of North America have partnered to establish a new fellowship named after distinguished scholar, Burney editor, long-time member, and past President of CSECS, Peter Sabor.  The funds raised through this campaign will be used to establish a biennial research fellowship designed to promote editing projects focused on the eighteenth century.  As Canada Research Chair and Director of the Burney Centre at McGill University (2003–24), Peter Sabor has published an impressive body of work, primarily scholarly editions of the writings and correspondence of notable authors,… Read More »Peter Sabor Fellowship

AHA affiliate society proposals

The deadline for AHA affiliates to submit proposals for joint sessions to the AHA Program Committee is February 15. If accepted, sessions will be listed as joint with the AHA. The AHA will cover all costs for joint sessions. Historians from the United States on sessions accepted by the AHA Program Committee are required to be AHA members. As usual, affiliates will have the opportunity to submit additional sessions by May 31. Questions? See our affiliate annual meeting page or email annualmeeting@historians.org. If you’re interested in submitting an AHA proposal via the ASECS affiliate society process, please contact Executive Director Benita… Read More »AHA affiliate society proposals