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31st ANNUAL CONFERENCE
of
THE BRITISH SOCIETY FOR EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY STUDIES
4-6 JANUARY 2002
QUEENS’ COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE
CALL FOR PAPERS
The conference will feature plenary addresses by Rachel Cowgill
(University of Leeds) and David Wootton (Queen Mary and
Westfield College, University of London). The ASECS/BSECS
Annual Seminar will focus on late seventeenth-and early eighteenth-
century habits of reading; Steven Zwicker (Washington University,
St. Louis) will deliver the keynote lecture on 'The Constitution of
Opinion and the Pacification of Reading'.
We invite proposals for 25-minute papers on any aspect of
literature, history, art, politics and society of the Long Eighteenth
Century (1660-1800). We also welcome proposals for panels.
Please submit a 200-word abstract or a brief description of the
proposed panel, including the names of the speakers and
summaries of their papers, via the BSECS website at
www.bsecs.org.uk. The deadline for submission of abstracts and
panel proposals is 15 September 2001.
All enquiries regarding the academic programme of the conference
should be addressed to the Programme Coordinator Paulina Kewes
([log in to unmask]). You will be notified whether your proposal has
been accepted by 30 September. The deadline for registration will
be 15 November. To attend the conference without giving a paper,
request an application form direct from the Venue Organiser Mary
Waldron ([log in to unmask]; [log in to unmask]). You
can also download the registration form and find out more about
BSECS from our website.
Five bursaries of £100 each will be available for graduate students
whose abstract has been accepted for presentation at the
conference and who are registered for a higher degree at a UK
institution of higher education. Applications, including a copy of the
paper abstract, a CV, and an indication of other likely sources of
financial support, should reach Professor Frank O’Gorman
([log in to unmask]) no later than 20 October.
Founded in the fifteenth century by one powerful lady, Margaret of
Anjou, wife of Henry VI, and later re-endowed by another, Elizabeth
Woodville, wife of Edward IV, Queens' College Cambridge enjoys a
picturesque riverside situation. It offers splendid conference
facilities and accommodation for delegates, including single and
twin en suite rooms. Further information about the venue is
available from the Queens’ College website at
www.quns.cam.ac.uk.
Contact addresses:
Dr Paulina Kewes ([log in to unmask])
2002 BSECS Conference Programme Coordinator
Department of English
University of Wales, Aberystwyth
Hugh Owen Building, Penglais
Aberystwyth SY23 3DY
Dr Mary Waldron ([log in to unmask];
[log in to unmask])
2002 BSECS Conference Venue Organiser
Crowbush Cottage
Chatham Green Little Waltham
Chelmsford Essex CM3 3LF
Professor Frank O’Gorman ([log in to unmask])
2002 BSECS Conference Graduate Bursaries Coordinator
Department of History
University of Manchester
Manchester M13 9PL
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