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.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

Have you just published a book? Are you looking to disseminate a call for papers or announce a conference? The Canadian Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies invites its members to submit their news for dissemination on the website and in the newsletter

The Canadian Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies invites interested members to volunteer and join a new ad hoc committee whose mandate is to assist with the preparation of an action plan on equity, diversity, and inclusion.

Your CSECS membership and the renewal of your membership can now be done through the new platform that we launched last spring. You can log in anytime to your profile to pay your annual dues, update your preference, choose the language for our communications, and register for the conference.

The Library of Trinity College Dublin is looking to hire a full-time Postdoctoral Research Fellow to conduct research into the Fagel collection for one year. The closing date for applications is 11 March.

Applications are now open for the 2024 D.W. Smith Fellowship. Applications may be submitted until April 30 2024.

The International Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies (ISECS) is inviting all individual and institutional members of its constituent societies to make a donation and support its mission of promoting the growth and development of studies and research relating to the eighteenth century.

The initial segment of this two-part special issue, titled "Refusing 18th-Century Fictions" and edited by Manu Samriti Chander, Eugenia Zuroski, is now accessible online.

It is our great pleasure to give these awards for the best essays from issue 41 (2021) of our journal Lumen.

It is our great pleasure to announce the names of the D.W. Smith fellowship and Tom Keymer Award recipients for 2023.