The Midwestern American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies supports research and education in eighteenth-century subjects.

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29 Sep 2023
MWASECS has decided to defer its upcoming conference to Fall 2024. We will announce the new conference dates in a few weeks.
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5 Sep 2023
MWASECS is extending its CFP for its 2023 conference to September 24th. Please send us your abstracts using the submission form on the MWASECS website. mwasecs.net

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5 Sep 2023
We are also very excited to announce that, as part of this year’s conference, Dr. Tim Sommers (University of Passau, Germany) will be giving a talk on “Across Time and Space: The Early Black British Book Beyond Borders.”
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5 Sep 2023
The conference will be held Nov. 16-18, 2023, at DePauw University. Our theme this year is "Economies," but we invite proposals on any aspect of the long eighteenth century.
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16 Aug 2023
MWASECS is holding our next conference Nov. 16-18, 2023, at DePauw University. Our theme this year is "Economies." We invite proposals for individual papers, panels, or roundtables on any aspect of the long eighteenth century. mwasecs.net/

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16 Aug 2023
We encourage submissions that address the conference’s theme of “Economies,” occasioned by this year’s MWASECS location at DePauw University. With its new School of Business and Leadership, DePauw is committed to framing such study through the liberal arts.
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16 Aug 2023
The deadline for submissions is September 1, 2023. Please send us your abstracts using the submission form linked on the MWASECS website. mwasecs.net/

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MWASECS retweeted
Join us for our staged reading of Kitty Clive's "The Rehearsal" tomorrow night at #ASECS2023. We'll have a bar and will be taking donations for our Graduate Student Essay Prize. No pre-registration necessary; we've got plenty of room! @ASECSOffice @ASECSWomen @asecsgrad
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Who's ready for #ASECS23? We hope you'll come to some of our events: sponsored panels, the business meeting, the luncheon...we're excited to see you.
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20 Oct 2022
Please consider submitting an abstract to MWASECS's panel at the 2023 ASECS Annual Meeting in St. Louis: "Teaching the Global Eighteenth Century." From the CFP: "We seek presentations on any aspect of teaching the eighteenth-century within a global context...
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20 Oct 2022
that “globalizes” students’ engagement with the eighteenth century. We welcome presentations on the teaching of subject matter that exposes, interrogates, unsettles, decenters, or displaces a Eurocentric world view."
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20 Oct 2022
Instructions on submitting abstracts (~300 words) and the abstract submission form may be found here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F…... The deadline for submissions is Oct. 24th.

MWASECS retweeted
The #CSECS2021 platform is closing at the end of the day today! If there's anything you've been waiting to watch, be sure to do it now! #18thcentury #Indigenous18thcentury @MWASECS @CsecsScedhs
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13 Oct 2021
The CSECS-MWASECS 2021 Conference begins today with each organization's Executive Meeting at 5:30pm Eastern Time. We hope to see many of you there!
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We are pleased to share the program and other details for the upcoming @MWASECS / CSECS virtual joint conference, which will take place Oct 13–16. asecs.org/single-post/invita…

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11 Sep 2021
Don't forget that the deadline for the 2022 ASECS CFP is September 17!
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We welcome presentations that offer strategies for teaching subject matter that exposes, interrogates, unsettles, decenters, or displaces a Eurocentric worldview.
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11 Sep 2021
Please see the CFP for submission details. af2db5e9-2c87-47a4-b82b-b1fb…