WELCOME TO ISECS

The International Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies, founded with the initiative of Theodore Besterman, promotes the growth, development and coordination of studies and research relating to the eighteenth century in all aspects of its cultural heritage (historical, philosophical, ideological, religious, linguistic, literary, scientific, artistic, juridical) in all countries, without exception; the Society is non-profit-making and non-political.

ISECS PRESIDENCY

Professor Marc André Bernier (Canada) was elected president of ISECS in 2011.

EVENTS

ISECS INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS

International congresses take place every 4 years attracting between 600 and 1,200 participants.

The next congress will be held in Rotterdam in 2015.

NEWS AND UPDATES

Friday, February 17, 2012

Forthcoming conferences
• Latin, National Identity and the Language Question in Central Europe (Innsbruck, 13-15 December 2012; deadline: 30 April 2012)
• Histories of British Art, 1660-1735: Reconstruction and Transformation (University of York, 20-22 September 2012; deadline: 2 March 2012)

Recent updates

Executive Committee
• New delegate, Polish Society: Marek DEBOWSKI

Forthcoming conferences
• "La physiognomonie entre représentations et interprétations", "L'amour au château, Rencontres d'archéologie et d'histoire en Périgord", "Monologuer : situations, formes et pratiques", "Former un bon citoyen. Ordre social et discipline morale dans les villes de l'espace suisse", "Le Salon de l'Académie royale de peinture et sculpture : archéologie d'une institution", "Rêves d'autorité dans le discours et la pratique des Lumières"

Calls for articles
• Itinéraires, Littérature, Textes, Cultures : Sade et les femmes : « ailleurs et autrement »