CALL FOR PAPERS | CSECS CONGRESS 2025

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

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.

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

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.

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

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".

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

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.

Call for papers | ASECS Annual Meeting 2025

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.