News & Updates
View in Suffolk, Thomas Gainsborough, c. 1755 Oil on Canvas, 37 3/4 x 49 3/8 in, Saint Louis Art Museum
The 55th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies has concluded. Stay tuned for the Call for Proposals for ASECS 2026 in Philadelphia!
Humanities & Nonprofit News
- Save the NEH! National Humanities Alliance call to action
- NEH for All – National Humanities Alliance resource
- American Council of Learned Societies Advocacy Corner
- Historians Respond to Federal Actions (AHA)
- Resources for Foreign Scholars (AHA)
- PEN Action Alerts
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ASECS 2025: 55th Annual Meeting
The 55th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies will be held March 28-29 and April 4-5, 2025, online.
General Announcements
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Levan Book Chat—Emily Hodgson Anderson, Shadow Work
May 8, 2025 12:00 PM PDT A discussion of Emily Hodgson Anderson’s new book, Shadow Work: Loneliness and the Literary Life (Columbia University Press, 2025). The author will be joined in conversation by Julia Lee (Loyola Marymount University) and Anahid Nersessian (UCLA), moderated by Dana Johnson (USC). Organized in partnership with the Department of English and the Early…
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Deborah Knuth Klenck Obituary
ASECS is sorry to hear of the passing of Professor Deborah Knuth Klenck. The obituary can be found here: Knuth Klenck
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National Humanities Alliance Update, NEH Grants
ASECS is a member of the National Humanities Alliance. The NHA has provided this Memo to Members for distribution, dated April 3, 2025. From: National Humanities AllianceApril 3, 2025URGENT UPDATE: DOGE Rescinds NEH Grants We learned this morning (April 3) that DOGE has begun terminating previously awarded NEH grants. We understand that this includes operating…
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ASECS co-signs NHA Statement on Threats to the NEH
ASECS has signed onto the statement from the National Humanities Alliance (NHA, of which ASECS is a member) on threats to the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). The full text of the statement can be found here: NHA Statement on Threats to the NEH Members can find further information on the NHA’s efforts on…
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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…
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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…
Helpful Resources
Conference Planning
- Lau, Travis and Jason Farr, “Towards a More Accessible Conference Presentation,”MLA Profession, n.d. [ca. 2019].
- Florvil, Tiffany, Alicia E. Ellis, Damani Partridge, Eli Rubin, and Chunjie Zhang. “Why Are We Having Different Experiences? Reflections of the GSA Committee on Institutional Transformation and Social Justice.” German Studies Review 46, no. 1 (2023): 117-122. doi:10.1353/gsr.2023.0006.
- White, Willow, Shelby Johnson, and Katarina O’Briain, “Indigenous Language Guidelines and Resources,” 2024.
Publishing
- AUPresses Subject Area Grid is a free, downloadable spreadsheet that can be sorted by subject or publisher. Prospective authors, researchers, librarians, bibliographers, and publishers have found this to be a valuable reference for discovering publishers that have either an active program acquiring new work in a subject or in-print backlist still available.
- Babyak, Tekla. “Steps Journals Can Take to Support Authors Living with Disabilities,” Interview, Scholastica, n.d. [2023].
Humanities Resources and Advocacy Toolkits
- American Council of Learned Societies. “We are Humanistic.” n.d.
- American Historical Association. “Why Study History? Department Advocacy Toolkit.” n.d.
- American Philosophy Association. “Advocacy Toolkit.” 2019.
- College Art Association. “Guidelines for Addressing Proposed Substantive Changes to an art, Art History or Design Unit or Program at Colleges and Universities.” 2018.
- Modern Language Association. “Toolkit on Academic Freedom.” 2020.
- National Humanities Alliance. “Between Two Bookshelves: How to Advocate for Humanities Departments to Senior Administrators.”
- National Humanities Alliance. “Documenting the Impact of the Humanities Toolkit.” n.d.
- Muir, Scott. “Expanding Access to Undergraduate Education: Models and Strategies.” National Humanities Alliance, 2024.
- National Humanities Alliance. “Study the Humanities Toolkit.” n.d.
- National Humanities Alliance: “Tip Sheet: Working with Communications Officers.“ n.d.