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‘Summer of 1816: Creativity and Turmoil’ 24-27 June, 2016 An International Conference to be hosted by the University of Sheffield CONFIRMED KEYNOTE SPEAKERS Professor Jerrold E. Hogle, University of Arizona Professor Michael O’Neill, Durham University Professor Jane Stabler, University of St Andrews ‘The Summer of 1816: Creativity and Turmoil’ will be held at the University…

Western Sydney University 13th-16th July 2016 We are pleased to announce the 20th George Rudé Seminar in French History and Civilisation, which will be held at the Parramatta Campus of the Western Sydney University, NSW from the 13th to 16th of July 2016. The George Rudé Seminar is a biannual conference that brings together specialists…

The Sydney Intellectual History Network (SIHN) recently hosted a Research Day in Eighteenth-Century Studies at the University of Sydney. The event supported the efforts of ANZSECS in building a new community of scholars and postgraduate students from a broad range of disciplines within the humanities. ANZSECS awarded two travel grants for the event, to Emma…

Rethinking the Enlightenment 16 December 2015 Deakin University  This is a CFP for an event on ‘Rethinking the Enlightenment’ to be hosted by Deakin University’s European Philosophy and the History of Ideas Research Network, housed within the Alfred Deakin Institute of Citizenship and Globalisation on Wednesday December 16, 2015 at the Deakin Burwood campus.  The…

At its recent meeting, ISECS (the International Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies) unanimously approved ANZSECS as a constitutive member of the Society. Our webmaster Jean McBain reports on the conference: In the last week of July I had the pleasure to join around one thousand (that’s right, 1000!) other scholars of the eighteenth century for ISECS…

At its recent meeting, ISECS (the International Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies) unanimously approved ANZSECS as a constitutive member of the Society. Some forty national delegates and elected members of the ISECS Executive Committee attended the meeting, and the recognition was adopted with a unanimous support. Lise Andries, President of the International Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies…

Topic: 18th Century Philosophy in Dialogue Friday 28 August 2015 University of Sydney Questions about the research day should be directed to Dalia Nassar.  

Congratulations to Emma Gleadhill (Monash University) and Lawrence Mays (Australian National University), who have received ANZSECS Travel Awards from the Sydney Intellectual History Network to participate in The Praxis of Philosophy Seminar at the University of Sydney on 28 August 2015. The seminar is part of the SIHN Research Day in Eighteenth-Century Studies: Philosophy in…

Reclaiming the Knowledge Commons: Challenging Corporatized Publishing Practices in Research and Scholarship Wednesday 26 August 2015 9am-4pm State Library Macquarie St Sydney Chair: Dr Claire Hooker Speakers include: Emeritus Professor Stephen Leeder Professor Paul Komesaroff Associate Professor Andrew Bonnell Dr John Byron Program: 9-10:30am Session 1: Corporatization and the commercialization of knowledge 11am-12pm Session 2:…

Thursday 30 July 5.30-7.00 pm Barbara Falk Room Melbourne Centre for the Study of Higher Education First Floor 715 Swanston Street University of Melbourne Dr Charles Walton, Director of the 18th Century Centre at the University of Warwick, will speak on “The French Revolution and the Politics of Political Economy” The talk will focus on…

Lecturer, English, La Trobe University Details and to apply Job No.:549956 Work type:Fixed Term $82,846 – $98,376 per annum (pro rata) + superannuation Part time (60%) fixed term position Maternity leave replacement until 30 June 2016 Teach and coordinate in the subject Gothic Literature La Trobe University’s success is driven by people who are committed…

15 and 16 July 2015 Queens’s University Belfast “Connections” https://www.bsecs.org.uk/postgraduate/