Inclusion Policy Statement
The Canadian Society for the 18th Century Study (CSECS) supports, during its Annual conference, an atmosphere of learning which embraces diversity and inclusion, and recognizes the dignity of all people. Members of CSECS are entitled to a respectful environment that is free from discriminatory practices.
CSECS has a commitment to freedom of thought, inquiry, and expression among its members which may result in respectful disagreements regarding beliefs or principles.
Upcoming Conferences
October 15-18, 2025
Regina, Saskatchewan
2026
Trois-Rivières, Québec
Past conferences
2023
Matters and Materials of Life, 1660-1820
Université Concordia / Le Centre Sheraton Montréal
Program
2022
Experiencing Modernity; Modernity of Experimentation
University of Ottawa
Program
2021
Translation and Appropriation in the Long Eighteenth Century
University of Winnipeg
Website
2019
Ethic(s) of/in the Enlightenment
Quebec
Website
2018
Wonder in the Eighteenth Century
Niagara Falls, Ontario
Website
2017
From Cosmopolitans to Cosmopolitanisms
Toronto, ON
Website
2016
Secrets & Surveillance
Queen's University & Royal Military College of Canada
2015
States of the Book
Simon Fraser University
2014
Revolutions in Eighteenth-Century Sociability
Université du Québec à Montréal
2013
Enlightenment Constellations
Western University
2012
Crossings: The Cultures of Global Exchange in the Eighteenth Century
University of Alberta
2011
The Immaterial Eighteenth Century
McMaster University
2010
Charting the 18th Century: Encircling Land & Sea
St. John's
2009
1759: Making and Unmaking Empires
Ottawa
2008
Influence of the Past, Presence of the Future
Université McGill
2007
Media and Communication
University of Manitoba
2006
Dalhousie University
2005
Imitation and Invention in the Eighteenth Century
Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières
2004
Machines • Automatism • Systems
University of Western Ontario (London)
2003
Indigenes and Exoticism
University of British Columbia (Vancouver)
2002
The Enlightenment in Motion : Circulation, Exchanges, Transmission
Université Laval (Québec)
2001
Spectacle in the 18th Century
University of Saskatchewan (Saskatoon)
2000
Memory and Identity: Past and Present
University of Toronto/Victoria College
1999
Images of the Enlightenment Today
Université de Montréal
1998
Material Productions and Cultural Construction
University of Alberta (Edmonton)
1997
Representations of Time in the 18th Century
University of Western Ontario (London)
1996
Theatre of the World
University of Victoria
1995
Freedom and Boundaries
University of Windsor
1994
Reason and Unreason
University of Saskatchewan (Saskatoon)
1992
New Worlds vs. Old: Discovery, Discourse & Rediscovery in the 18th Century
Memorial University of Newfoundland (St. John's)
1991
Morality, Amorality, Immorality of the Enlightenment
University of Calgary
1990
Revolutions and Reactions
Queen's University (Kingston)
1989
Centre canadien d'architecture (Montréal)
1988
Humanitas, Humanity, Humanité, Menschlichkeit
Dalhousie University (Halifax)
1987
Liberty and Libertinage
University of British Columbia (Vancouver)
1986
Broadening Horizons
Université d'Ottawa
1985
Roads to Revolution
University of Guelph
1984
University of Manitoba (Winnipeg)
1983
University of New Brunswick (St. John)
1982
University of Alberta (Edmonton)
1981
Université de Montréal
1980
University of Western Ontario (London)
1979
University of British Columbia (Vancouver)
1977
McMaster University (Hamilton)
1976
Dalhousie University (Halifax)
1975
Université Laval (Québec)
1972
University of Saskatchewan (Saskatoon)
1971
University of Toronto / McMaster University (Hamilton)
