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Annual Meeting and Passover Schedule Conflict

Sept. 5, 2025 Dear ASECS Members, We are writing to apologize for a scheduling error that has recently come to light, which will make it difficult for observant Jews to fully participate in our 2026 spring Annual Meeting in Philadelphia, even though it is our policy to avoid scheduling conferences and major meetings on holidays that our members observe. Several years ago, we inadvertently scheduled the 2026 ASECS Annual Meeting for April 9-11, to coincide with the last two days of Passover (Pesach). We explored rescheduling the conference, but the financial penalties and logistical complications… Read More »Annual Meeting and Passover Schedule Conflict

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ECSSS event: New Research on the Jacobites: Book & Website Launch

ECSS announces: New Research on the Jacobites: Book and Website Launch, organized by Professor Leith Davis and the Research Centre for Scottish Studies. Date/Time: Friday, September 26th (12:30-3 PM) Location: W.A.C. Bennett Library and online (for the first hour) Event Agenda Presentation: 12:30-1:30 PM (Hybrid via Zoom and in person Room 7200 Refreshments and Scottish Music: 1:30-2 PM (In-person) Workshops: 2-3 PM (In-person) – Media and Maker Commons You can register for all or some of these events on Eventbrite or send an email to engl_cmns@sfu.ca  and let me know if you’d like to attend the presentation in-person or online and if… Read More »ECSSS event: New Research on the Jacobites: Book & Website Launch

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Digital Justice Grants ACLS

Register Now for ACLS Digital Justice Grants Program Webinars The ACLS Digital Justice Grants Program is pleased to offer its Fall 2025 webinar series for prospective applicants. Featuring a mix of topic specific sessions and general office hours, these webinars provide a forum for prospective applicants to ask questions and/or request verbal feedback about the relevant components of their applications from both ACLS staff and former reviewers.   In so doing, the webinars aim to unveil some of the “hidden curriculum” that constitutes academic grant writing.  We especially welcome applicants new to grant writing and/or who lack… Read More »Digital Justice Grants ACLS

Job: Texas State University HST, TT

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

International Herder Society Biannual Conference

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

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New Publication: “The Ballad World of Anna Gordon, Mrs. Brown of Falkland,” by Ruth Perry

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

End of Year Letter, ASECS President

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

The draft of the 2026 Annual Meeting Schedule is here!

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