ASECS
The American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies, established in 1969, is the foremost learned society in the United States for the study of all aspects of the period from the later seventeenth through the early nineteenth century.
- Help reach this year's @asecsoffice.bsky.social goal of 25 donors for #GivingTuesday! Check out the number of members who have donated already: asecs.org/giving-tuesd...
- @asecsoffice.bsky.social is back! Just in time for #GivingTuesday - Dec. 2, 2025. How will you contribute to community? Sneak peek: asecs.org/giving-tuesd...
- Reposted by ASECSStill time to submit an academic or creative abstract to the Canadian Society for 18thc Studies! @csecsscedhs.bsky.social @bsecs.bsky.social @asecsoffice.bsky.social @isecs-sieds.bsky.social
- Fri, May 16, noon-1pm EDT: New webinar series, highlighting the importance of the 18th century today! “Citizenship, Political Dissent, and Presidential Power in the Early Republic.” Registration required: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
- Thanks to everyone who attended - and congratulations to the presenters and organizers for a great kick-off to a new series!
- The News Circular is here! Info on upcoming events, advocacy updates, CfP for @asecsoffice.bsky.social 2026 in PHL! asecs.org/publications...
- Reposted by ASECSExtended deadline: still time to send your proposals to the Canadian Society for Eighteenth Century Studies Conference 2025! You have until May 31st —open topic proposals are welcome! #eighteenthcentury @csecsscedhs.bsky.social @asecsoffice.bsky.social @bsecs.bsky.social @isecs-sieds.bsky.social
- 🎉 Congratulations to @asecsoffice.bsky.social member Crystal B. Lake for receiving a prestigious @acls1919.bsky.social Project Development Award for "Reading/Making: Handcrafting Literature in the Long Eighteenth Century"! www.acls.org/fellow-grant...
- @asecsoffice.bsky.social members will find this announcement of the joint ACLS/AHA/MLA lawsuit regarding NEH cuts of interest. ASECS is a member of all 3 associations. Thank you @acls1919.bsky.social, @historians.org , and @modernlanguage.bsky.social.
- Helpful FAQs about the lawsuit can be found at the bottom of the ACLS page: www.acls.org/news/acls-ah...
- Reposted by ASECS
The AHA, along with the ACLS and the MLA, have filed a lawsuit to restore the programming and institutional integrity that have been stripped away from the NEH. Announcement and PDF of filing in district court are here: www.historians.org/news/america... - Of interest to @asecsoffice.bsky.social members: ASECS co-signs NHA statement on Threats to the NEH asecs.org/2025/04/02/a... @humanitiesall.bsky.social @nehgov.bsky.social
- Attending the @asecsoffice.bsky.social 2025 Virtual Annual Meeting? Curious about how the virtual platform works? It's easy! asecs.org/video-record...
- If just 20 more people will vote in the @asecsoffice.bsky.social elections, we'll reach 50% voter turnout. Check your inbox and vote by Friday Feb. 28! 🎉
- @isecs-sieds.bsky.social has joined Bluesky! Make sure to follow them for all things ISECS! oraprdnt.uqtr.uquebec.ca/portail/gscw...
- It's Monday morning and we're at 37% voter turnout for the 2025-2026 @asecsoffice.bsky.social Executive Board elections. Check your inbox for your ballot and vote today! Can we make it to 40%? 🎉 asecs.org/about/electi...
- 🎉 Wow! It's Tuesday afternoon and we hit 30% voter turnout for the @asecsoffice.bsky.social 2025-2026 Executive Board Elections. Check your inbox for the ballot and vote! asecs.org/about/electi...
- We hit 22% voter turnout Monday morning 2/17 - check your inbox and vote in the 2025-2026 @asecsoffice.bsky.social Executive Board Elections! asecs.org/about/electi...
- It’s so easy to vote in the @asecsoffice.bsky.social elections for the Executive Board! Let’s break some voter turnout records!
- It's Saturday morning and we're at 19% voter turnout for the @asecsoffice.bsky.social Executive Board elections! asecs.org/about/electi...
- We're at 16% voter turnout, @asecsoffice.bsky.social members! Keep those votes for Election Board members coming!
- We're at 16% voter turnout, @asecsoffice.bsky.social members! Keep those votes for Election Board members coming!
- Voting is open for @asecsoffice.bsky.social 2025-2026 Executive Board elections! Current members have received an email ballot via Election Runner. It's super easy to vote! Check out our progress on voter turn-out here! Just hit the 10% mark at noon ET! asecs.org/about/electi...
- Voting is open for @asecsoffice.bsky.social 2025-2026 Executive Board elections! Current members have received an email ballot via Election Runner. It's super easy to vote! Check out our progress on voter turn-out here! Just hit the 10% mark at noon ET! asecs.org/about/electi...
- We're 30% towards our goal for the @asecsoffice.bsky.social Grad Student Conference Fund Challenge! The Executive Board will match all donations made by Mon Feb. 3, up to $1,000! $10 or $100 - it all makes a difference. asecs.org/graduate-stu...
- Sneak peek at the Executive Board Grad Student Conference Fund Challenge! asecs.org/graduate-stu...
- Previously named the "Traveling Jam Pot," the Graduate Student Conference Fund helps support grad student +recent PhD participation at the Annual Meeting. Registration - even for this year's virtual meeting - can be an obstacle to presenting an accepted paper. Donate now! asecs.org/graduate-stu...
- Sneak preview of the @asecsoffice.bsky.social Executive Board Graduate Student Conference Funding challenge..... asecs.org/graduate-stu...
- The @asecsoffice.bsky.social December News Circular is here! Info on Elections, Annual Meeting, and lots of great features - perfect reading for a winter's evening! asecs.org/publications...
- Thank you for your generous support on #GivingTuesday and everyday!
- What's that you say? Your #GivingTuesday runs through Wednesday? No problem - we've got you covered. asecs.org/giving-tuesd...
- We are at over 75% of our goal for @asecsoffice.bsky.social Giving Tuesday 2024! Every donation matters - $1.80, $18, $180, and $1,800. asecs.org/giving-tuesd...
- Almost halfway to our goal this year! Donate $18 for the 18th Century today! Your donation makes a difference now more than ever. asecs.org/giving-tuesd...
- #GivingTuesday has started out strong! Where will your $18 for the 18th Century go? asecs.org/giving-tuesd...
- #GivingTuesday with @asecsoffice.bsky.social: Learn more! asecs.org/giving-tuesd... What could your $18 do? What could 12 months of $18 do?
- What could your $18 do in a month? What could a year of $18 monthly contributions do? -1 month: Annual nonprofit registration fee -3 months: Annual ASECS website domain -6 months: a dozen cups of coffee at the Annual Meeting -9 months: Annual website fees -12 months: ECCO hosting fee for one month
- We're gearing up for #GivingTuesday at @asecsoffice.bsky.social - tomorrow, Dec. 3, 2024. There are so many things that $18 can do in a month for the study of the 18th Century!
- Would are some things that $18 could do for the study of the 18th Century, you ask? - annual nonprofit filing fee in the State of Illinois - one month of a Zoom license - monthly mailbox fee Stay tuned for more info on #GivingTuesday to support the study of the long eighteenth century.
- 🎂 Happy Birthday ASECS! @asecsoffice.bsky.social The Society was incorporated on Dec. 2, 1969, in the State of Illinois. How will you celebrate? We have some ideas... stay tuned! #GivingTuesday 🎉
- 🎉 Extended Deadline and CfP for Individual Abstracts to General Pool! @ASECSOffice #ASECS2025 asecs.org/meetings/ase...
- Emotions @ the Virtual Annual Meeting of @asecsoffice.bsky.social #ASECS2025! 😆The Funny Eighteenth Century [67] 😆Novel Humor + Humorous Novels [153] 😉Anti-Sentimentalism [143] 🙁 The Uses of Melancholy, Pity, + other Feelings of Crisis [136] asecs.org/meetings/ase...
- Pedagogy @asecsoffice.bsky.social Annual Meeting! - Posters: Teaching the Eighteenth Century [79] - Louise Dupin in the Classroom [ID 104] - Digital Scholarship We Should Be Using [100] - Teaching the Eighteenth Century with AI [115] - Teaching Race & Empire in 2025 [94] asecs.org/meetings/ase...
- 📅Apply to the Italian Caucus-sponsored sessions at #ASECS2025! Deadline Fri. Sept. 20! 😊 Africans + Africa in Italy [ID 51]; chair: Wendy Wassyng Roworth 😃 25 Years of Italian Eighteenth-Century Women and Gender Studies [ID: 52]; chair: Francesca Savoia asecs.org/sessions2025/
- Apply to the Science Studies-sponsored sessions at #ASECS2025! Deadline Friday Sept. 20! 🤩 Smollett and Science [ID 80], chair: Laura Miller 😺 RT: Roy Porter and his Legacy [ID 82], chair: Anita Guerrini asecs.org/sessions2025/
- Deadlines: Nominations to the Executive Board Sept. 16, CfP for #ASECS2025 Sept. 20! asecs.org/2024/09/16/d...
- Apply now to the @asecsoffice.bsky.social 55th Annual Meeting, to be held virtually March 28-29 and April 4-5, 2025! asecs.org/meetings/ase...
- There are still 73 more days to vote in the Bylaws Referendum! asecs.org/about/bylaws... If you received your ballot and haven't voted yet, you'll receive reminders to vote with a link to your unique ballot again. Please vote! (The reminders stop once you vote, if that helps!)
- @asecsoffice.bsky.social's Bylaws Referendum is in the second week of voting! Take a look at the percentage of members who have voted so far - are you one of them? Check your email for the ballot that was sent out to members! asecs.org/about/bylaws...
- The @asecsoffice.bsky.social Bylaws Referendum is live. Please vote! Didn't get a ballot? Check your spam folder if your membership is current, or email the office! asecs.org/about/bylaws...
- The ASECS Summer News Circular is here! - Voting info for New Bylaws! - Photos from 2024 Toronto Annual Meeting! - CfP for 2025 Virtual Annual Meeting! ... and so much more! asecs.org/publications...
- The general call for session proposals (Round 2) for ASECS 2025 is now open! See the 2025 Annual Meeting Page for more more information! Submissions are due JULY 26, 2024. asecs.org/2024/06/19/c...
- Congratulations to ASECS' new Treasurer Michael R. Lynn and SECC Editor George Boulukos! asecs.org/2024/06/12/n...
