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BSECS Annual Conference 2002

This will take place from 4-6 January at Queens' College, Cambridge. We invite proposals for 25-minute papers on any aspect of the literature, history, art, politics and society of the long eighteenth century (1660-1800). We also welcome proposals for panels. Please submit a 200-word abstract or a brief description of the proposed panel, including the names of the speakers and summaries of their papers, via the BSECS website at www.bsecs.org.uk. 

The deadline for submission of abstracts and panel proposals is 15 September 2001. All enquiries regarding the academic programme of the conference should be addressed to:

 The Programme Co-ordinator,
 Dr Paulina Kewes,
 Department of English,
 University of Wales,
 Aberystwyth SY23 3DY,
 UK. 
Email: ppk@aber.ac.uk.

BSECS Online

Members are invited to visit the BSECS web site at www.bsecs.org.ukThe web site carries information about the Annual Conference and Society publications, and includes the text of the latest Bulletin so that members will be able to access this more rapidly in future.

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International Society for Eighteenth Century Studies

The American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies and the International Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies will jointly meet at UCLA in Los Angeles, August 3-9, 2003.

 This is only the second time that the international meeting has met in the Americas; the first was at Yale in 1975. The last meeting of ISECS was held in Dublin in 1999. In honour of the diversity of Los Angeles, the steering committee has voted to have three official languages, English, French and Spanish. The committee invites applications for panels from the worldwide community of scholars and our theme will be The Global Eighteenth Century.

 Special funds are being established to assist scholars from countries with weak currencies. Panel proposals are our first priority but individuals may also propose a paper and every effort will be made to include them. All should write to Prof. Peter Reill at the:
 Center for Seventeenth- and Eighteenth-Century Studies,
 UCLA, 
Royce Hall,
 Los Angeles, 
CA 90095 
 email : reill@humnet.ucla.edu. 

Details to date are available on the Congress website: www.isecs.ucla.edu

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American Society for Eighteenth Century Studies

33rd Annual Meeting, Colorado Springs, Colorado, 3-7 April 2002. For the latest information on the ASECS annual conference, please visit the ASECS web site: www.press.jhu.edu/associations/asecs/meetings.html

The Burney Society

Celebrating Fanny Burney. On 13-14 June, 2002, a two-day conference is being held in London by the Burney Society to mark the 250th anniversary of the birth of Fanny Burney (1752-1840) and celebrate the dedication of a window to her memory in Poets' Corner, Westminster Abbey. Speakers will include Professor Lars Troide of McGill University, Montreal, editor of the Early Journals and Letters of Fanny Burney.

Contributions are invited for papers on any aspect of Burney's life or work, and should be addressed to a mixed audience of scholars and general readers. Abstracts of proposed papers should be sent by 15 January 2002 to:

 Professor Stewart Cooke,
 Department of English,
 Room 3D.14, Dawson College,
 3040 Sherbooke Street West, 
Westmount, PQ,
 Canada H3Z 1A4. 
Email: cxcs@musica.mcgill.ca

Eighteenth Century Ireland Society Annual Conference 2002 

The Eighteenth-Century Ireland Society will meet 3-5 May 2002, at the National University of Ireland Maynooth. 

This annual conference will discuss all issues relating to Ireland and the Irish in the long eighteenth century. Papers are welcomed from all disciplines, and may be delivered in either Irish or English. Please send abstracts (c.300 words) to: 

Dr Conrad Brunstrom, 
Department of English, 
National University of Ireland Maynooth,
 Maynooth,
 Co. Kildare, 
Republic of Ireland. 
Email: conrad.brunstrom@may.ie

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Eighteenth Century Scottish Studies Society / Centre for the History of Ideas, University of Edinburgh

The Eighteenth-Century Scottish Studies Society and the Centre for the History of Ideas at the University of Edinburgh are co-sponsoring a conference on the theme of Union and Cultural Identities in Eighteenth-Century Scotland at the University of Edinburgh, 3-6 July 2002. Proposals for papers or session panels should be sent to the conference organiser:

 Dr Alex Murdoch,
 Department of Scottish History,
 University of Edinburgh,
 17 Buccleuch Place,
 Edinburgh EH8 9LN. 
Email: a.j.murdoch@ed.ac.uk

Queer People: Negotiations and Expressions of Homosexuality 1600-1800

At Christ's College, Cambridge, 12 -13 July, 2002. Plenary speakers: George Haggerty, Emma Donoghue, Susan Lanser.

St Catharine's College in the University of Cambridge and King Alfred's College, Winchester are hosting an international conference on Friday and Saturday 12 and 13 July 2002, on the experience, representation and theory of female and male homosexuality in the cultural and political life of early modern Britain. It is hoped that a collection of essays will follow from the conference.

Topics will include: particular experiences of individuals; the representation of homosexuals in high and low literature; the treatment and punishment of homosexuals; the place of the homosexual in society; the position of homosexuality in cultural history; interactions between gender and sexuality; the family; scandal; issues of homosexuality with respect to nationhood, colonialism and empire; and all aspects of queer theory.

Christ's College was founded in 1439 by William Byngham, when it was called God's House. It was later adopted by Henry VI, then refounded by Margaret Beaufort, mother of Henry VII, when it was renamed Christ's. Happily for the topic of the conference, Christ's Chapel boasts a fine seventeenth-century monument to the relationship between John Finch and Thomas Baines, which has been discussed by Alan Bray.

The conference organisers are Dr Caroline Gonda (St Catharine's College, Cambridge) and Dr Chris Mounsey (King Alfred's College, Winchester). Please send proposals for 30 minute papers, by 1 October 2001 to either:

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University of Aberdeen

Scotland, Ireland and the Romantic Aesthetic, 5-7 July 2002. Plenary speakers include: Kevin Barry, Ian Duncan, David Hewitt, Fiona Stafford and Timothy Webb. Intended for general Romanticists as well as Scottish and Irish literary specialists, this conference, the first of its kind, aims to investigate connections and parallels between the literatures of Scotland and Ireland in the period 1760-1830, including their relationship with English Romanticism. Fostering dialogue between academic fields traditionally kept apart, the conference will explore the Irish and Scottish dimension of the Romantic movement, and encourage a more integrated approach to the literary culture of the period. Proposals for 20-minute papers relating to any aspect of this subject are invited; comparative and/or interdisciplinary approaches are especially welcome.

Possible topics include: English bards and Scotch reviewers; national epic, tale and song; the aesthetics of revolution and counter-revolution; rhetoric and belles lettres; Edinburgh, Dublin and the regional book trade; aesthetic subjects and objects; allegories of union and the Glorvina solution; trauma, history and romantic narrative; primitivism, forgery and invented identity; literary tourism in Scotland and Ireland; stereotypes and caricatures; imperfect sympathies; anthologies, miscellanies and national canon-formation; minstrelsy and melody; literary representations of dialect; romantic ecology of Scotland and Ireland; Celtic correspondence.

This conference is jointly organised by the Department of English and the Research Institute for Irish and Scottish Studies. Please send abstracts (300 words) to:

 Catherine Jones,
 Department of English,
 University of Aberdeen,
 King's College,
 Aberdeen AB24 2UB.

 For further details please contact c.a.jones@abdn.ac.uk or d.a.s.duff@abdn.ac.uk. 
Closing date for proposals: 1 April 2002.

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University of Glamorgan

Controlling Bodies: the Regulation of Conduct 1650-2000 - a conference to be held at the University of Glamorgan, Wales, 24-26 June, 2002.

 The aim of the conference is to draw together current research concerning the history of bodily regulation. In the wake of initial studies by Norbert Elias and Michel Foucault relating to the 'civilising process' and the rise of a 'disciplinary society', much work has been done in exploring themes of social and moral regulation relating to the body. It is the aim of this conference to integrate these studies, assess their impact and possible future direction. It is proposed to investigate long-term developments and changes in people's attitudes to their own and other's bodies; to highlight the influence of local, regional and national identities. Further to explore the broader social and historical significance of the regulation of the body, including the development of the state, the onset of modernity, the changing role of religion, law, gender, sexuality and community in the ordering of lives.

Papers are invited from a broad range of perspectives and themes. These could include the importance of appearance and behaviour, the expression of emotions, attitudes to bodily functions, social mores and sexual activities. Consideration may be given to formal and informal codes of conduct - the 'rules of engagement', along with modes of classification and the negotiation of boundaries - public/private; moral/immoral; male/female; human/animal; self/other; natural/cultural; natural/unnatural; ideal/monstrous etc.

Subject areas could cover: reproduction, childbirth and rearing; education, training, disciplinary bodies; the military, combat and warfare; working bodies, recreation and leisure; diet, regimes of health and fitness; criminal and deviant behaviour; politics, protest and religion; manners, polite and rude bodies; dress, appearance and the fashioning of identity.

Proposals are welcomed from scholars at all stages of research. You are invited to prepare an abstract of no more than 300 words outlining your topic, to reach us by 1 December 2001: 

Dr David Turner,
Controlling Bodies Project,
School of Humanities and Social Sciences,
 University of Glamorgan,
 Pontypridd,
 Wales CF37 1DL.
 Email: dturner1@glam.ac.uk 

or Kevin Stagg, Project Co-ordinator,
 tel. 01443-483673 or email: controllingbodies@hotmail.com

University of Manchester

John Wesley: Life, Legend, and Legacy: a Tercentenary Celebration. An international conference to be held at the University of Manchester, 15-18 June 2003. 

This interdisciplinary conference will mark the 300th anniversary of John Wesley's birth. It aims to bring together historians, theologians, art historians, literature specialists and all others interested in any aspect of Wesley's life and legacy. Proposals for papers (lasting for no more than 30 minutes) are invited which address one of the following broad themes: Wesley the man; Wesley in context; Wesley and theology; the Wesleyan legacy. Plenary speakers include Ted Campbell, Richard Heitzenrater, David Hempton, Phyllis Mack and John Walsh. The after dinner speaker is Lord Hattersley.

Please send proposals (title and 200 word summary) by October 1st 2001 to:

 Dr Jeremy Gregory,
 Department of Religions and Theology,
 University of Manchester,
 Oxford Road,
 Manchester,
 England M13 9PL
 Email: jeremy.gregory@man.ac.uk

 In addition to the Conference, there will be a major exhibition of archival and printed materials from the Methodist collections held at the John Rylands Library, home to the world's finest Wesley archive.

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Professor Jessica Munns has taken over the editorship of Restoration and Eighteenth-Century Theatre Research and would welcome submission of articles of around 5000 words on relevant topics. Enquiries may be addressed to: 

Professor Jessica Munns,
Department of English,
University of Denver,
2199 South University Boulevard,
 Denver, CO 80208,
 USA. 
Email: jmunns@du.edu.

For a professional video of an amateur production of The Rover, by Aphra Behn, with period costume, weaponry, and production style, please contact:

 C.D. Williams,
 English Department,
University of Reading,
 PO Box 218,
 Reading RG6 6AA.
 Fax: 0118 931 6561 or c.d.lyle@reading.ac.uk 

This project was intended as a teaching aid for people with Restoration drama on their syllabus. The video plus a specially designed programme, including postage and packing, costs £10. Please make cheques payable to C.D. Lyle.

The Scriblerian has moved its home base. Subscriptions, renewals and changes of address should be sent to the managing editor: 
Carol A. Sommer,
William Andrews Clark Memorial Library, 
2520 Cimarron Street,
 Los Angeles, CA 90018,
 USA. 

Please send queries regarding editorial matters to Dr Simon Varey at his new address: 
California Science Center Foundation,
700 State Drive,
Los Angeles, CA 90037. 
Email: svarey@cscmail.org or svarey@mediaone.net

The University of Hertfordshire Press is seeking to extend its list to include titles in early modern literature and drama. Unsolicited MSS and other inquiries are welcome, either to the Press Office or to Professor Graham Holderness, email: g.holderness@herts.ac.uk.

 Readers are encouraged to view the start the Press has made at: www.herts.ac.uk/UHPress/cultshakespeare.html

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