British Society For Eighteenth-Century Studies
40th Annual Conference
Wednesday 5th – Friday 7th January 2011
St Hugh's College, Oxford, U.K.
'Emotions'
The annual meeting of the British Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies is Europe's largest and most prestigious annual conference dealing with all aspects of the history, literature, and culture of the long eighteenth century.
We invite proposals for papers and sessions dealing with any aspect of the long eighteenth century, not only in Britain, but also throughout Europe, North America, and the wider world. Proposals are invited for fully comprised panels of three or four papers, for roundtable sessions of up to five speakers, for individual papers, and for ‘alternative format’ sessions of your devising.
While proposals on all and any eighteenth-century topics are very welcome, this year the conference theme will be Emotions. We would thus particularly welcome proposals for panels and papers that address eighteenth-century understandings, and consequences, of the emotions, broadly conceived, and the role of the passions, feelings, and sentiment throughout the long eighteenth century, at all levels of society, and in any part of the world. These might include, but will not be confined to: the meanings and significance given to the emotions and feelings of all kinds, from affection to xenophobia, including fear, hatred, love and sensibility, and in all fields from history, politics and religion, to the arts, literature, and philosophy; gender and the emotions; ‘affect’; the relationship between reason, thought and feeling; and controlling emotions.
Enquiries
All enquiries regarding the academic programme of the conference should be addressed to the academic programme co-ordinator, Dr Jeremy Gregory academic@bsecs.org.uk.
You will be notified whether your proposal has been accepted by Sunday 31st October 2010. If you are travelling from outside the UK and need an earlier decision, please mention this in your proposal and we shall endeavour to reach a decision earlier in order to facilitate your travel arrangements.
Conference registration
The deadline for conference registration will be Friday 19 November 2010. (Please note: Conference registration is not open yet)
Bursaries
BSECS is proud to be able to support scholars to attend this conference.
Deadline for submission of papers and panel proposals
The deadline for submission of papers and panel proposals is Thursday 30th September 2010. You will be notified by Sunday 31st October as to whether your proposal has been accepted. If you are travelling from outside the UK and need an earlier decision, please mention this in your proposal and we shall endeavour to reach a decision earlier.
Dr. Jeremy Gregory is the academic programme co-ordinator for the 2011 conference. E-mail Dr Gregory
Contact Addresses
Academic Organiser
Dr Jeremy Gregory
School of Arts, Histories and Cultures
Samuel Alexander Building
University of Manchester
Oxford Road
Manchester
M13 9PL
academic@bsecs.org.uk
Venue Organiser
Dr. Chris Mounsey
Faculty of Arts
University of Winchester
West Hill
Winchester S022 4NR
conference.admin@bsecs.org.uk
