The British Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies awards several annual prizes for contributions to eighteenth-century studies:

• The BSECS Visiting Fellowship for international scholars
• The BSECS Digital Eighteenth-Century Prize
• The BSECS Teaching Prize
• The BSECS President's Prize for best postgraduate paper at the Annual Conference
  
  

The British Society for 18th-century Studies Research Fellowship

The British Society for 18th-century Studies Research Fellowship is open to established scholars of the long eighteenth century who are EITHER visiting Great Britain OR, in some exceptional cases, who are ordinarily resident in Great Britain and need to visit other UK institutions. In either case, the aim is to provide a mark of esteem and international recognition as well as supplementary financial support for scholarly visits to the UK for research into the long eighteenth century. The Fellowship may be held in tandem with a period of sabbatical leave from a home institution or other-funded research leave.

The Fellowship will normally involve attendance at some recognised British institution, such as an archive, record office, library, university or even country house which holds material of significant relevance to the field of the applicant. Fellows are encouraged to offer the outcome of their research for publication in JECS.

The application should consist of:

1. An appropriate CV.
2. A detailed plans and proposals for the Fellowship should be fully detailed, including dates and institutions, and specific and confirmed plans.

Weight will be placed on the Fellow’s intended contacts with other scholars via conferences, colloquia and other means. Preference will be given to applicants who are able to attend the BSECS Annual Conference in Oxford each January and who offer a paper.

The Fellowship of £1,000 is offered annually. Applications close on 1 December in any year. The election of a new Fellow is announced at the annual conference in January.

• Nomination form
• Past Winners

 

The 2010 BSECS Prize for Digital Resources

The British Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies is pleased to call for nominations for the annual prize for the best digital resource supporting eighteenth-century studies.

The prize is funded by Adam Matthew Digital, GALE Cengage Learning, the Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC), and ProQuest. It is judged and awarded by BSECS

This prize promotes the highest standards in the development, utility and presentation of digital resources that assist scholars in the field of eighteenth-century studies broadly defined. Nominated resources should meet the highest academic standards and should contribute in one or more of the following ways:

• by making available new materials, or presenting existing materials in new ways;
• by supporting teaching of the period at university level;
• by facilitating, or itself undertaking, innovative research.

The prize is intended to benefit the international research community, and the competition is open to projects from any country. Resources supporting any scholarly discipline are eligible. Websites or other resources and projects may be nominated by either creators or users. They must have been first launched on or after 1 January five years prior to the year in which the prize is awarded. The winner will be announced at the BSECS Annual Conference.

The award of £200 is made annually. Nominations close on 1 December in any year. The winner is announced at the annual conference in January.

• Nomination form
• Past winners

 

The British Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies Teaching Prize

The aim of the prize is to encourage developments in teaching methods and approaches to 18th-century studies. The proposals may cover any areas of the discipline, be an entirely new course, a unit within an existing course, or a course newly taught. While proposals are welcome from all disciplines within 18th-century studies, weight will be given to those which combine a number of disciplines or areas of research.

The submission should consist of:

1. a consideration of the proposed course or area of study.
2. a brief outline of the course.
3. a syllabus for the course.

The award of £200 is made annually. Nominations close on 1 December in any year. The winner is announced at the annual conference in January.

• Application form
• Past winners

 

The British Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies President's Prize

The President's Prize is awarded to the best postgraduate paper at the Annual Conference in January, as nominated by the session chairs and adjudicated by a special panel, which assesses for evidence of originality, rigour and presentational skills.

The award of £200 is made annually. The winner is announced on 1 March.

• Past winners

 

Past Winners 

The British Society for 18th-century Studies Research Fellowship

• 2010 John Stone

 

The British Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies Prize for Digital Resources

• 2009 The English Broadside Ballad Project 
• 2010 Electronic Enlightenment

 

British Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies Teaching Prize

To be awarded in 2011 for the first time.

 

British Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies President's Prize

2009 Jointly to:

• Charlotte Roberts:‘The Marmoreal Gibbon: Autobiography as Ruin’
• Thomas Rodgers: ‘Crushing Rebellion in Transatlantic Context: The ‘45
  and the Carolina Regulators’

2010 Jointly to:

• Joshua Billings: ‘The Birth of Historicism out of the Spirit of Tragedy’
• Eric Weichel: ‘Fixed by so much better a fire; wigs and masculinity in
  early eighteenth-century British miniatures’