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.
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.
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.
Anna Letitia Barbauld: Voicing Dissent Conference
Friday 27 June 2025
Chat, Scribble and Scrawl: Women’s Letters in Britain, c1680-1820
Tuesday 3 June 2025
Spring Ball: Farewell to King's Manor
Thursday 29 May 2025
The Dust of Accidents: Rethinking the Eighteenth-Century Periodical Essay
Tuesday 20 May 2025
Friday 16 May 2025