The Sydney Intellectual History Network and ‘Putting Periodisation to Use’ Research Group at the University of Sydney invite you to the Fifteenth David Nichol Smith Seminar (DNS), with the theme ‘Ideas and Enlightenment’. Inaugurated and supported by the National Library of Australia, the DNS conference is the leading forum for eighteenth-century Continue reading CFP: David Nichol Smith Seminar – ‘Ideas & Enlightenment’
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Grave matters: Death and Dying in Dublin
The programme for the one-day symposium entitled ‘Grave Matters: Death and Dying in Dublin’, which will be held at The Milestone Gallery, Glasnevin Cemetery Museum, on Saturday, 12 April 2014 is now available to download here.
For further information contact [email protected] or visit the City of Dublin Research Group website http://www.tcd.ie/CISS/dublinresearchgroup.php.
(Glasnevin Cemetery Continue reading Grave matters: Death and Dying in Dublin
CFP: 4th Tudor & Stuart Ireland Conference
The 4th Tudor and Stuart Ireland Conference will convene on 29 & 30 August 2014 in NUI Maynooth.
Proposals for papers, 20 minutes in length, are now welcome on any aspect of Ireland during the Tudor and Stuart eras, including:
- Writing (and rewriting) history
- The role of women
- Material culture
- Religion and society
- Poetry, print, and literature
- Conflict Continue reading CFP: 4th Tudor & Stuart Ireland Conference
CFP: Women on the Edge
Abstracts of 300 words for 20 minute presentations are invited for ‘Women on the Edge’ Postgraduate and Early Career Research Conference to be held on 7-8 March 2014 at Queen’s University Belfast. The deadline for abstracts is 5pm on Friday 17 January 2014.
CFP: ECIS Annual Conference 2014
The 2014 Annual Conference of the Eighteenth-Century Ireland Society will take place in two venues in Armagh city (the Armagh Public Library and the cardinal Tomas Ó Fiaich Library and Archive) on 6-8 June.
Proposals are invited for twenty-minute papers (in English or Irish) on any aspect of eighteenth-century Ireland, including its Continue reading CFP: ECIS Annual Conference 2014
Two Fellowships at the Centre Culturel Irlandais/Irish College Paris
The Centre Culturel Irlandais/Irish College Paris is offering two Fellowship bursaries to encourage research on its Old Library and Historical Archives collections.
The purpose of the Fellowships is to establish the intellectual and academic value of the holdings. The Old Library contains 8000 volumes (from the 15th to the 19th century). Once Continue reading Two Fellowships at the Centre Culturel Irlandais/Irish College Paris
CFP: Ireland and Ecocriticism
A conference entitled ‘Ireland and Ecocriticism’ will take place in University College Cork on 19-21 June 2014. The conference hopes to attract contributions from a variety of disciplines, not just across the arts, but, ideally, breaching the divide between the arts and sciences. Proposals for both English- and Irish-language contributions, papers Continue reading CFP: Ireland and Ecocriticism
ASECS Irish-American Travel Grants 2013-14
Applications are invited for the American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies (ASECS) Irish-American Travel Grant Scheme 2013-14. The purpose of the award is to support documentary scholarship on Ireland in the period between the Treaty of Limerick (1691) and the Act of Union (1800), by enabling North American-based scholars to travel to Continue reading ASECS Irish-American Travel Grants 2013-14
CFP: Grave Matters: Death and dying in Dublin 1500 – 2000
On Saturday 12 of April 2014 a one day conference in Glasnevin cemetery organised by the Dublin City Research Group will explore explore the social, economic, legal and medical aspects of dying in Dublin 1500-2000. The Dublin City Research group invites relevant papers from researchers in all disciplines who are undertaking Continue reading CFP: Grave Matters: Death and dying in Dublin 1500 – 2000
CFP: ISSCL Conference on Children’s Literature
The second biannual Irish Society for the Study of Children’s Literature (ISSCL) conference will take place on Friday 28th and Saturday 29th March 2014 at An Foras Feasa, NUI Maynooth.
The conference theme is ‘Be Merry and Wise: Children’s Literature from Chapbooks to the Digital Age’. The call for papers is open Continue reading CFP: ISSCL Conference on Children’s Literature
Twelfth Dublin Symposium on Jonathan Swift
The Twelfth Dublin Symposium on Jonathan Swift will take place on Saturday, 19 October 2013 at 15.15. The theme of this year’s symposium ‘On the Threshold of Saint Patrick’s’, focusses on events in Swift’s life at the time of his installation as Dean of Saint Patrick’s Cathedral in June 1713 – Continue reading Twelfth Dublin Symposium on Jonathan Swift
Annual Conference 2014
The 2014 Annual Conference of the Eighteenth-Century Ireland Society will take place in two venues in Armagh city (the Armagh Public Library and the cardinal Tomas Ó Fiaich Library and Archive) on 6-8 June 2014. Plenary speakers include: David Hayton, Queen’s University Belfast; Aileen Douglas, Trinity College Dublin; and Patrick Crotty, Continue reading Annual Conference 2014
ECIS Website Re-design
Now you can read and share the latest ECIS news and events on the go! The website of The Eighteenth-Century Ireland Society now has a responsive design to facilitate users of mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets. Social media sharing buttons for services such as Twitter and Facebook have also Continue reading ECIS Website Re-design
CFP: The History of Irish Childhood
Abstracts of 300 words are invited for a conference entitled ‘Twenty Years a Growing: An International Conference on the History of Irish Childhood from the Medieval to the Modern Age’, to be held at St Patrick’s College, Drumcondra, Dublin, on the 9- 10 June 2014. Please see http://irishchildhood.
CFP: Reading, Writing and Religion, 1660-1830
Papers, short presentations and reports are invited for a free, one day colloquium on the theme of ‘Reading, Writing and Religion, 1660-1830’ to be held at Queen Mary, University of London on 7 December 2013. The event is being organised by the Writing Religion Research Network, which aims to bring together Continue reading CFP: Reading, Writing and Religion, 1660-1830
CFP: BSECS 43rd Annual Conference
The annual meeting of the British Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies invites 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. The deadline for submission of abstracts is 20 October 2013, and registration Continue reading CFP: BSECS 43rd Annual Conference
Eighteenth-Century Hospitalities Workshop
The Center for Eighteenth-Century Studies at Indiana University announces the thirteenth annual Bloomington Eighteenth-Century Workshop on the theme of ‘Eighteenth-Century Hospitalities’ which will take place May 14-16, 2014. For further information and the Call for Papers see: http://www.indiana.edu/~voltaire/workshop.html.
CFP: ISECS International Seminar
The International Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies (ISECS) invites applications from scholars in all fields of eighteenth-century studies within the context of a one-week International Seminar for Early Career Eighteenth-Century Scholars entitled ‘C18 Arts of Communication: in manuscript, in print, in the arts, and in person’. The International Seminar will be held from Monday 8 Continue reading CFP: ISECS International Seminar
CFP: Collegial Communities in Exile
Proposals for papers and panels are invited for a conference entitled ‘Collegial Communities in Exile: New histories of the Irish, English, Scots, Dutch and other colleges founded on the continent in the early modern period’ which will take place at Mary Immaculate College on 19-20 June 2014.
- Further information is available on Continue reading CFP: Collegial Communities in Exile
Hervey Summer School
Dr Willa Murphy (UU) is organising a series of events to raise awareness of, and celebrate the life of, Bishop Hervey, including a conference with keynote lectures by Professor Thomas Bartlett and Professor Terry Eagleton. The summer school will take place 29-31 August 2013, in the Magilligan-Limavady-Downhill area. Please see the Continue reading Hervey Summer School
CFP: The ‘Self’: Theories and Representations in Great Britain in the Long Eighteenth Century
Please click the link below to access the Call for Papers for a conference on The ‘Self’: Theories and Representations in Great Britain in the Long Eighteenth Century, which will take place in Paris on 7 December 2013. Proposals on an Irish theme will be very welcome.
British Fiscal-Military States Conference
A conference entitled ‘The British Fiscal-Military States, 1660-c.1783′ will take place at Jesus College, Oxford, on 16-18 September 2013.
For further details, including the conference programme and registration details, go to http://britishfiscalmilitarystates.wordpress.com/.
CFP: Litríocht na Gaeilge ar fud an Domhain Conference
Please click the link below to access the Call for Papers for a conference titled Litríocht na Gaeilge ar fud an Domhain which will take place at St Patrick’s College, Drumcondra, on 20-22 February 2014.
Annual Conference Registration Open!
Registration for the Annual Conference of the Eighteenth-Century Ireland Society to be held in NUI Maynooth on 7-9 June 2013 is now open! It is possible to register online or by post. For further details, please go to the Annual Conference page or contact the organiser Conrad Brunström at [email protected].
2013 ECIS Annual Conference CFP
The Call for Papers for the 2013 ECIS Annual Conference (to be held in NUI Maynooth in June 2013) will close on Friday, 15 March 2013. Abstracts of c.300 words should be emailed to Dr Conrad Brunström ([email protected]). Please go to the Annual Conference page for further details.
ASECS Irish-American Research Travel Fellowship
The closing date for applications for the current awards of the ASECS Irish-American Research Travel Fellowship is 15 November 2012. Further details of the scheme may be had from the ASECS website: http://asecs.press.jhu.edu/travelgr.html
2013 ECIS Annual Conference
The Call for Papers for the 2013 ECIS Annual Conference (to be held in NUI Maynooth in June 2013) is now available. Go to our Annual Conference page to view the Call for Papers.