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CfP: North American Society for the Study of Romanticism & North American Victorian Studies Association Joint 2026 Conference

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The joint NAVSA-NASSR 2026 conference to take place in Pasadena, California November 11-16 is now open for submissions! This is a fully in-person conference; for those who wish to participate online, there will be a Zoom pre-conference on November 6. We welcome papers on any aspect of nineteenth-century studies related to the conference theme “Traffic.” You can find the call for papers here; submissions for individual papers and panels are due by February 15, 2026 through the Oxford Abstracts portal.  Our fantastic keynote speakers are Arun Sood, Lecturer in Global Literatures at the University of Exeter, and Eleanor Jones Harvey, senior… Read More »CfP: North American Society for the Study of Romanticism & North American Victorian Studies Association Joint 2026 Conference

CfP: Slavery North Initiative

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Slavery North is pleased to invite participation in an academic conference, Rebellion, Resistance, and Refuge: Slavery and Border-Crossing during the American Revolution. The conference will take place in person from Thursday, July 9 to Sunday, July 12, 2026, at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, USA. On the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, Slavery North invites proposals for papers that rethink the cultures, events, and experiences of the Revolutionary War. This call encourages new scholarship that reexamines the Revolutionary War through the experiences of enslaved people in British North America, exploring… Read More »CfP: Slavery North Initiative

CfP: Society for Eighteenth-Century Music Biennial Conference May 2026 in Mafra, Portugal

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There is a call for papers for the biennial conference of the Society for Eighteenth-Century Music (SECM). The deadline is December 15, 2025 The 2026 conference theme is Transnational Musical & Theatrical Influences in the 18th-Century Atlantic World. It will be held 28-31 May 2026 at the Museu National Da Música, in Mafra, Portugal. For more information, including instructions for applying, please check out the CfP on their website at https://secm.org/Conferences/secm11/callforpapers.html

CALL FOR PAPERS

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“Embodied Knowledge Practices in the Early Modern World” Conference at the University of AmsterdamMonday, 15 June 2026 How do material conditions shape how and what we know about the natural world? In this conference, we propose to bring together scholars working in the history of science and literature and science to consider these questions, attending to the disciplinary alliances and differences such approaches yield. In particular, we will think about the embodied practices, prescriptive and descriptive, that give form to natural philosophy in the early modern period. These practices may be expressed through bodies (human… Read More »CALL FOR PAPERS

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CfP: Bloomington Center for 18th-Century Studies, “1776 in the World”

The Bloomington Center for Eighteenth-Century Studies will be hosting a Spring Workshop (the twenty-fourth!), on the campus of Indiana University. It will take place on May 21-23, 2026.  This year’s topic is “1776 in the World” (see the linked PDF). The deadline for application is January 30, 2026. https://voltaire.indiana.edu/workshop.html https://voltaire.indiana.edu/workshop-cfp-1776.pdf

ASECS Updates: extended CfP deadline, nominations for Board

This email went to current and last year’s members on Sept. 25, 2025. Dear ASECS Members and Friends, Please read these brief updates on two matters: the Annual Meeting, and nominations for the Board of Directors. 1. Annual Meeting:– The deadline for a number of sessions has been extended through Oct. 3, 2025, midnight PT. You can see which sessions are accepting submissions on the Table of Contents on the List of Sessions 2026– Chairs are currently reviewing submissions; thank you for your patience while they complete that work.– Chairs received an email from me earlier today – let me… Read More »ASECS Updates: extended CfP deadline, nominations for Board

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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CfP for Eighteenth-Century Scottish Studies Society

The Eighteenth-Century Scottish Studies Society celebrates four decades as an affiliate society of the American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies by holding its annual conference with ASECS in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, April 9-11, 2026. ECSSS will sponsor its own panels at the ASECS meeting. Papers are invited on any aspect of eighteenth-century Scottish history, thought, and culture, but we would particularly encourage proposals for papers and panels relating to the 250th anniversaries of relevant events that occurred in 1776, such as the role of Scots in the American Revolution (especially in regard to Philadelphia), the publication of… Read More »CfP for Eighteenth-Century Scottish Studies Society

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CfP International Nineteenth-Century Studies Association

Call for Papers Revolution, Revelation, Reconciliation / Revolución, Revelación, Reconciliación International Nineteenth Century Studies Association (INCSA) Biennial Conference: July 21-24, 2026 | National Union Building | Washington, DC  The International Nineteenth Century Studies Association (INCSA)—in collaboration with the Nineteenth Century Studies Association (NCSA), Interdisciplinary Nineteenth Century Studies (INCS), and the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History–invites proposals for its second biennial conference. We welcome submissions for individual papers, panels, posters, roundtable discussions, digital humanities projects, and performances exploring the nineteenth century from interdisciplinary, international, and intertemporal perspectives.  For the full CFP (conference information and theme,… Read More »CfP International Nineteenth-Century Studies Association

The draft of the 2026 Annual Meeting Schedule is here!

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