ACLS has released a statement today, October 6, 2025, regarding the White House “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education”. To see the full text, please follow this link
ASECS Member Miriam Wallace was featured in the August “Member Spotlight” in News from the MLA. Read more here: Miriam Wallace MLA
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
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
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
