Eighteenth-century studies is a forum for new research and perspectives on the many cultures of the "long" eighteenth century (1660-1820). The seminar explores eighteenth-century literatures, histories, politics, philosophies, science, art, music, and material cultures from diverse theoretical, methodological, and national standpoints. We seek as well to foster an interdisciplinary community of scholars whose intellectual interests encompass this vibrant period.
Chairs
Susan Lanser lanser@brandeis.edu
Ruth Perry rperry@mit.edu
Upcoming Events
There are no upcoming seminars.
Past Events 2012 - 13
Christina Lupton, University of Warwick
"Contingency and the Eighteenth-Century Page"
Looking Backwards: A Jane Austen Mini-Series In Three Parts
Looking Backwards: A Jane Austen Mini-Series In Three Parts
Looking Backwards: A Jane Austen Mini-Series In Three Parts
New Eyes on the Eighteenth Century III: Dinner Symposium
Michael Gamer, University of Pennsylvania
"Re-collection's Intranquility"
Nancy Kendrick, Wheaton College
"I thank thee Lord that I am Friendless too, Tho that alas be hard to do': Astell and Wollstonecraft on Aristotelian Friendship"
Wendy Wassyng Roworth, University of Rhode Island
"Gossip, Scandal, Romance, and Rumor: Angelica Kauffman in Life and in Love"
Susan Bordo, University of Kentucky
on The Creation of Anne Boleyn
Past Events 2011 - 12
Matthew Gelbart, Fordham University
"Allan Ramsay and the Idea of 'National Music' in Europe"
William Keach, Brown University
"The Ruins of Empire and Cultural Property: Gibbon and Volney"
New Eyes on Research Problems @ the Eighteenth Century: A Dinner Workshop
Dror Wahrman, Indiana University
"The Media Revolution in Early Modern England: An Artist's Perspective"
Ann Shteir, York University
"Refiguring Flora: the 'Botanic Goddess' in Eighteenth-Century Literature and Science"
Vincent Denis
"Police and Enlightenment in Eighteenth-Century Europe: Transnational Perspectives"
Mark Laird, Harvard University
"Mary Delany and the Accomplishments of Gardening Women in Widowhood"
Past Events 2010 - 11
John Wiltshire, LaTrobe University
"Samuel Johnson and Women Writers"
Kristel Smentek, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
"Encountering Asia in Eighteenth-Century France"
New Eyes on the Eighteenth Century II: Graduate Students Present Their Work
Simon Richter, University of Pennsylvania
"Weimar Heteroclassicism: Wilhelm von Humboldt, Caroline von Wolzogen, and the Aesthetics of Gender"
Jan Fergus, Lehigh University
"The Provincial Market for Poetry in the Eighteenth Century: Copyright, Cost, and Circulation"
Norma Clarke, Kingston University, London
"The Adventures of Jack Luckless, or, The Real Story of John Carteret Pilkington"
John Bender, Stanford University
"Rational Choice in Love"