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Events Calendar

Conferences/public lectures

The Centre normally holds three one-to-two day conferences in the academic year, and may host others, as well as offering public lectures. The Stephen Copley lecture is held annually, and CECS staff have given papers for the York Festival of Ideas.

Research Seminars

Where the CECS community of staff and students gather to hear and debate the latest research about the eighteenth century. Centre research seminars are held regularly in semester time on Tuesdays at 4.30pm in KG/07 at King's Manor.

Postgraduate Forum

The CECS Postgraduate Forum is a student-lead interdisciplinary research group that meets to listen to and discuss papers from fellow York postgrads, students from other universities, and visiting professors, in a relaxed and friendly environment.

 

Forthcoming Events

Previous events

Anna Letitia Barbauld: Voicing Dissent Conference

Friday 27 June 2025

Join us for a two-day conference celebrating Anna Letita Barbauld's work as the year 2025 marks the two-hundredth anniversary of her death.

Chat, Scribble and Scrawl: Women’s Letters in Britain, c1680-1820

Tuesday 3 June 2025

Karen Harvey explores conversations about the body in women's letters.

Spring Ball: Farewell to King's Manor

Thursday 29 May 2025

Come along to our Spring Ball and say farewell to King’s Manor, enjoy some cakes and a glass of bubbly, live music and perhaps even some dancing!

The Dust of Accidents: Rethinking the Eighteenth-Century Periodical Essay

Tuesday 20 May 2025

Paul Keen examines the cultural work of periodical essays.

The Great CECS Book Sale

Friday 16 May 2025

Come and find your next favourite read!