Unsettling Sexuality: Queer Horizons in the Long Eighteenth Century

Publications

February 04 2025

Jeremy Chow and Shelby Johnson (ed.), Unsettling Sexuality: Queer Horizons in the Long Eighteenth Century, Delaware, University of Delaware Press, 2025.

The Burlington Magazine scholarship for the study of French 18th-century fine and decorative art – 2025

Announcements

January 31 2025

The Burlington Magazine’s 2025 scholarship for the study of French 18th-century fine and decorative art is now open for applications.

Databases on the Eighteenth-Century Francophone World: Cooperation and Exchange

Events

January 20 2025

Here is the program of the fourth edition of the workshop Databases on the Eighteenth-Century Francophone World : Cooperation and Exchange that will take place online on February 3rd 2025 from 9:00 to 11:30 CET.

Remembering Mark Salber Phillips (1946-2024)

Announcements

January 09 2025

It is with great sadness that we learned of the recent passing of Mark Salber Phillips, esteemed member of the Canadian Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies.

THE NATURAL AND THE SOCIAL: THINKING ABOUT DIVERSITY AND NORMS WITH THE ENLIGHTENMENT

Events

January 05 2025

The CSECS is pleased to invite you to the third session of its new Online Speakers Series. The focus of this series in 2024-25 will be to discuss equity, diversity, and inclusion, and explore how these ideas relate to eighteenth-century studies.

CALL FOR PAPERS | CSECS CONGRESS 2025

Calls for contribution

December 20 2024

The next congress of the Canadian Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies will be held in Regina, Saskatchewan, from October 15 to 18, 2025, under the theme "Trans/Formations: Crossing Boundaries, Blurring Borders." Deadline for submitting a paper proposal: March 31, 2025.

Call for papers | Gulliver’s Travels at 300: The Global Afterlives of a Bestseller in Print, Transmedial Adaptations, and Material Cultures

Calls for contribution

December 19 2024

This international symposium celebrating the 300th anniversary of Gulliver’s Travels will be held on 7-9 May 2026 under the auspices of the St. Bride Library in London, U.K. and in conjunction with a print workshop.

Call for applications | Research Assistant (Glendon)

Announcements

December 19 2024

Glendon College in Toronto is looking for a research assistant from January 2025 to September 2025 to work on the York University Research Chair on Franco-Aboriginal Relations in the Americas.

Appel à communications | Le portrait : théories, formes, enjeux

Calls for contribution

December 17 2024

Ce colloque souhaite engager une discussion autour d’une thématique singulière – le portrait – dans une perspective transhistorique, transdisciplinaire et transmédiale, ceci afin de réfléchir collectivement à sa définition et aux problématiques soulevées par son corpus aux origines séculaires. Il s’agira d’étudier les nombreuses théories et formes de la pratique portraitiste et d’en mesurer les enjeux épistémologiques, esthétiques, sociaux, politiques et médiatiques sur le temps long, sans contrainte temporelle ou géographique.

CSECS YouTube Channel Update

Announcements

December 12 2024

The Canadian Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies set up a YouTube channel in 2022. In the wake of our new Online Speaker Series, we plan to add videos to this channel on a regular basis, to present research from our members, as well as discussions and debates that may be of interest for researchers and the public at large.

ISECS International Seminar for Early-Career Scholars: The Eighteenth Century and Possible Worlds

Calls for contribution

December 11 2024

The next International Seminar for Early-Career Scholars, organized annually by the International Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies (ISECS), will take place in Lyon, France, from June 30 to July 4 2025. The theme of the Seminar will be "The Eighteenth Century and Possible Worlds".

Le naufrage de l'expédition Walker

Publications

December 09 2024

Marie-Ange Croft, Dany Dumont et Maxime Gohier (dir.), Revue d'histoire de la Nouvelle-France, no. 5, «Le naufrage de l'expédition Walker», 2024.

Un ermite, l'intelligence artificielle et le Mercure galant

Publications

December 09 2024

On a fait nos recherches, balado de Fred Savard, épisode 1, 6 décembre 2024. Avec la participation de Sébastien Côté, Kim Gladu, Marie-Ange Croft, Maxime Gohier et Claude La Charité.

Honoring Peter Sabor: CSECS and the Burney Society Launch a New Fellowship to Support Eighteenth-Century Scholarship

Announcements

December 03 2024

This biennal fellowship will support researchers undertaking editing projects focused on the eighteenth century.

Databases on the Eighteenth-Century Francophone World: Cooperation and Exchange

Events

November 20 2024

Here is the program of the third edition of the workshop Databases on the Eighteenth-Century Francophone World: Cooperation and Exchange that will take place online on December 3rd 2024 from 16:00 to 18:00 CET.

Sansom Ideas Graduate Studies Scholarship

Announcements

November 11 2024

The Robert and Moira Sansom Ideas Foundation was established in 2013 with the intention to create a Graduate Student Scholarship for Studies in the History of Ideas, granting $10,000 each year in support of the work of the recipient. The scholarship is open to graduate students, who are or will be studying at a university in Canada, whose work relates to the History of Ideas.

Mark-Madoff and Isobel Grundy prize recipients

Announcements

October 18 2024

It is our great pleasure to annouce the winners of the awards for the best essays from issue 42 of our journal Lumen.

Call for Papers | David Hume and the Enlightenment: New Perspectives

Calls for contribution

October 16 2024

The editors of Hume Studies are planning to publish a special panel on “David Hume and the Enlightenment: New Perspectives.” We are especially interested in Hume’s relationship to neglected figures or to little-discussed Enlightenment themes, although all relevant topics are welcome.

THINKING EQUITY, DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION WITH THE ENLIGHTENMENT

Events

October 07 2024

The CSECS is pleased to invite you to the second session of its new Online Speakers Series. The focus of this series in 2024-25 will be to discuss equity, diversity, and inclusion, and explore how these ideas relate to eighteenth-century studies.

THE ENLIGHTENMENT AND THE IDEA OF THE UNIVERSITY

Events

October 07 2024

The CSECS is pleased to invite you to the first session of its new Online Speakers Series. The focus of this series in 2024-25 will be to discuss equity, diversity, and inclusion, and explore how these ideas relate to eighteenth-century studies.

CSECS launches new Online Speakers Series

Announcements

October 03 2024

The Canadian Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies is pleased to launch a new Online Speakers Series. This series aims to provide an opportunity to connect with the scholarly community working on the eighteenth century and extend our scholarly conversations beyond our traditional in-person conference.

Rousseau, Indigenous Critique, and The Dawn of Everything

Publications

September 20 2024

Rachel K. Carnell (ed.), Servanne Woodward (general ed.), Le Monde français du dix-huitième siècle / Eighteenth Century French World, vol. 9, no 1, 2024 (ISSN 2371-722X)

Databases on 18th Century France: Cooperation and Exchanges

Events

September 03 2024

Online workshop, September 5th and 23rd of 2024, organized by Damien Tricoire and Simon Dagenais (Universität Trier).

Call for papers | ASECS Annual Meeting 2025

Calls for contribution

August 30 2024

The American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies is pleased to announce the Call for Papers for its 55th Annual Meeting, to be held virtually over two weekends: March 28-29 and April 4-5, 2025.

Have your say. Complete our survey on diversity, equity and inclusion at CSECS

Announcements

August 27 2024

The SCEDHS is pleased to announce the launch of its very first survey on diversity, equity, and inclusion. This survey is open to all current or former members of the CSECS.

Policing and urban society in eighteenth-century Paris

Publications

August 23 2024

Oxford, Oxford University Studies in the Enlightenment, 2024.

Colloque «Femmes de sciences au Québec (1765-1918)»

Events

August 23 2024

Colloque organisé par Kim Gladu (Université du Québec à Rimouski), Karine Hébert (Université du Québec à Rimouski) et Kimberly Glassman (Queen Mary University of London), Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade, 30 août 2024.

Announcement of the new Graduate School "Politics of Enlightenment"

Announcements

August 23 2024

Nine positions for graduate and post-graduate students have recently been advertised for the establishment of the DFG Research Training Group "Politics of the Enlightenment" at the Interdisciplinary Center for European Enlightenment Studies (IZEA) at the University of Halle.

Appel à communications | Antoine Plamondon et l’avènement de la figure du savant peintre

Calls for contribution

August 23 2024

Pôle culturel du Monastère des Ursulines (Québec) et église de Neuville, 13 juin 2025. Date limite pour l'envoi d'une proposition: 1er décembre 2024.

Benoît Melançon named Professor Emeritus

Announcements

August 23 2024

Professor Benoît Melançon, longtime member of CSECS, was recently awarded an honorary distinction from his institution.

Lettres de Hanovre. Correspondance inédite (1710-1716) et autres documents

Publications

August 23 2024

Québec, Presses de l'Université Laval, coll. «L’archive littéraire au Québec» 2024.

The hog-score in the great rink of time : ramblings on curling with John Rae McCowan (1919-2021)

Publications

August 23 2024

[New printing] Book 1 Expanded: The Outdoor Natural Ice Era in Scotland, 1500-1900, Toronto, Ayrshire Archaeological and Natural History Society.

Don’t forget to renew your CSECS membership!

Announcements

August 21 2024

If you are currently member of CSECS or if you were a member previously, you can easily renew your membership online.

2025-2026 Lewis Walpole Library Fellowships & Travel Grants

Announcements

June 03 2024

Applications for the 2025-2026 fellowship cycle will be accepted beginning June 1, 2024, and the deadline for submitting applications is November 1, 2024. 

D. W. Smith Fellowship 2024

Announcements

June 03 2024

Philippe Portelance, PhD candidate at UQAM and Heidelberg University, is the recipient of the D.W. Smith fellowship for 2024.

Remembering Alison Scott-Prelorentzos

Announcements

May 27 2024

It is with great sadness that we learned of the recent passing of Alison Scott-Prelorentzos, esteemed member of the Canadian Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies.

Éditer les correspondances à l’époque moderne. Faire ou défaire les réputations?

Events

May 22 2024

Ce colloque rassemble des spécialistes de la correspondance de l’époque moderne afin d’étudier les éditions de lettres entre le XVIe et le XVIIIe siècle. D’Érasme à Voltaire, la période moderne est rythmée par des projets éditoriaux dédiés à l’impression de lettres de personnalités célèbres. Le colloque souhaite donc étudier cette pratique éditoriale tout en mettant en valeur les spécificités de chaque siècle et de chaque domaine d’activité : lettres savantes, lettres diplomatiques, lettres politiques, lettres personnelles, fictives, etc. 

Robert Challe et l’aventure

Publications

May 09 2024

Paris, Classiques Garnier, 2024.

International Early Career Scholars Seminar 2024

Calls for contribution

March 08 2024

The call for papers is now open for the next International Seminar for Early Career Scholars of the International Society for Eighteenth-Cenrury Studies (ISECS), "Diasporic Networks in the Long Eighteenth Century" (Universitat de Barcelona, Spain, 8-12 July 2024).

Sophie Rothé : Mots de prison. Secrets et transgressions dans les lettres carcérales de Sade et Mirabeau

Publications

March 08 2024

Paris, Classiques Garnier, coll. «L'Europe des Lumières», 2023.

Free access to the Orlando textbase during Women’s History Month

Announcements

March 05 2024

To mark Women’s History Month, users can enjoy free access to Orlando: Women’s Writing in the British Isles from the Beginnings to the Present. Search the Orlando textbase here: https://orlando.cambridge.org.

Call for papers | Burney Society UK 2024 Conference ‘Exploring Burneys’ (London, 13-15 June 2024)

Calls for contribution

March 05 2024

The Burney Society UK is inviting submissions for its 2024 conference ‘Exploring Burneys’ to be held in Queen Anne Building, Old Royal Naval College, University of Greenwich, Historic Greenwich, London, from Thursday 13 – Saturday 15 June 2024.
Deadline to submit a proposal: 31 March 2024