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Mian Mukund Dev of Jasrota, northern India, c.1740 Mian Mukund Dev of Jasrota, northern India, opaque watercolour, c.1740 © Victoria and Albert Museum

An Iron Forge, Oil on canvas 1772 Joseph Wright of Derby, An Iron Forge Oil on canvas 1772 © Tate 2009

A Young Black, Oil on canvas Manner of Joshua Reynolds, A Young Black Oil on canvas © Tate 2009

About the Society

The British Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies promotes the study of all aspects of the global 'long' eighteenth century.

The Society organises a major conference every January, and supports a number of smaller specialist or regional meetings and conferences. It is affiliated to the International Society for Eighteenth Century Studies.

Journal

The Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies (JECS) is published four times a year and received by all the Society’s members, in both print and electronic form, and is subscribed to by many individuals and institutions. Access the journal contents online.

New e-bulletin

BSECS now circulates a fortnightly e-bulletin to our members' mailing list. If you have a notice that you would like published in the bulletin (and on the web site), please e-mail Daniel Cook. Please also contact Dr. Cook for back issues..

BSECS Conference 2012

4, 5 and 6 January 2012
St Hugh's College, Oxford, U.K.
'Landscapes & Environments'

Proposal submission and registration is now open

Call for Papers

To publish Calls for Papers here, please e-mail: Daniel Cook.

Events

Conflicting Art Histories: Cosmopolitanism and Nationalism in Eighteenth-Century British Culture (38th Annual AAH Conference & Bookfair)
29th March 2012 - 31st March 2012

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Notices

Women's Studies Group 1558-1837 seminar series, London (September 2011-January 2012)

Committee election nominations 2012

18th-Century MA at the University of Liverpool

Chawton House Library Visiting Fellowships in partnership with the School of Humanities at the University of Southampton (2012-13)

Special Issues

Each year, one (or occasionally two) special issues are published on a particular theme. These are available to all subscribers but also for separate purchase. Recent examples include:

Animals in the Eighteenth Century (33.4), edited by Glynis Ridley

Mutual Perceptions of Britain and Italy
in the Eighteenth Century (33.2), edited by John Dunkley

Theatre in France in the Eighteenth Century (32.4), edited by John Golder

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