Each year, BSECS organises a major international congress – the Annual Conference – usually held in Oxford. For more information use the links on the left of this page. BSECS also supports a number of smaller specialist or regional conferences throughout the year, including a conference especially designed for postgraduate students.
The list below provides details of other events and conferences related to the eighteenth century. If you would like to suggest an event for inclusion here, please e-mail Daniel Cook.
'Half Dust, Half Deity': Science, Nature and the Supernatural in the Long Eighteenth Century (annual Cambridge graduate conference)
24 & 25 April: English Faculty, University of Cambridge
Call for papers closes 19 March 2010. Further details (PDF)
Antiquity on the threshold of modernity, 1650-1820
May 2010 : University of Leeds
Call for Papers: Conference proposals (300-500 words) should be sent in English or French by 31 January 2010 to Michel Delon, Pierre Frantz, R.J.Goulbourne and Caroline Warman
Further details
BSECS Postgraduate and Early Career Conference 2010
25 & 26 June 2010: University of Worcester
Call for Papers: 200-300-word abstracts of proposed papers, panels, or roundtables (including names of speakers, panel chair, and summaries of papers in the case of comprised panels and roundtables) should be submitted to the postgraduate representatives via email at postgrad@bsecs.org.uk. The deadline for submission for proposals is Monday 8 February 2010. Please see the conference website.
France, Great Britain, Ireland: Cultural transfers and the circulation of knowledge in the age of Enlightenment
25-26 June/Juin 2010: University of Limerick
Call for papers closes 29 March 2010. Further details (PDF)
Separateness and Kinship : Transatlantic Exchanges between New England and Britain 1600-1900
14-17 July 2010 : University of Plymouth, UK
Further details (PDF)
Call for Papers: Proposals for entire sessions should include (1) a paragraph describing the session as a whole; (2) a one page abstract of each paper; (3) a one page CV for each participant. The conference prefers four presenters per session, excluding the chair, although submissions for panels of three will be considered.
Proposals for individual papers should include a 300 word abstract and a one page cv. All submissions should be sent as Microsoft Word attachments to vivien.minton@plymouth.ac.uk and the deadline is March 1st, 2010.
The Godwin Diary: Reconstructing London’s Culture 1788-1836
23-24 July 2010 at the University of Oxford
Call for papers closes 1st October 2009. Further details (PDF)
Student bursaries- The organizers are delighted to announce five student bursaries forthe Godwin Diary conference, valued at £200 (4) and £250 (1). These bursaries are possible thanks to the generosity of the BritishAcademy and the Bibliographical Society. Applicants with a research interest in the history of printing, publishing, bookselling, bookbinding and collecting will be preferred for the £250 bursary. Applicants submitting a proposal will be preferred. All bursary applicants should submit a) a 1-page cv b) a letter of recommendation from their supervisor and c) a statement (no more than 500 words) on how attending the conference would benefit their research by 31 October 2009.
Jacobites and Tories, Whigs and True Whigs: Political Gardening in Britain, c. 1700- c. 1760
6-8 August 2010 at Wentworth Castle.
‘Teutonic Philosophy’: Jacob Boehme in context, his life and the reception of his writings
16-18 September 2010, Goldsmiths, University of London
Confirmed speakers include: Vittoria Feola, Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke, Ariel Hessayon, Glenn Magee, George Pattison, Marsha Keith Schuchard, Jane Shaw, Nigel Smith, Arthur Versluis, and Andrew Weeks.
Proposals for papers (maximum 300 words) are invited, and should be sent by 15 January 2010. Further information, including how to register, will be available on the conference website in due course.
Contact: Sarah Apetrei
Charting the 18th Century: Encircling Land & Sea (36th Annual Conference of the Canadian Society for 18th-Century Studies)
4-16 October 2010 St. John’s, Newfoundland & Labrador, Canada
Call for Papers: Please submit your 1-page proposal for a 20-minute paper and brief bio before 31 January 2010 to: Don Nichol
Further info
Third Anglo-Italian Conference on Eighteenth Century Studies
12-14 September 2011 at the Centre for Eighteenth Century Studies, University of York.
Call for Papers: 31 December 2010. Further details (PDF)
