Centre for Eighteenth Century Studies - Centre for Eighteenth Century Studies, University of York

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Lively research community - individually and collaboratively explore culture, politics, literature, art and society

Combine your own research with intensive seminar study under the guidance of a leading expert in the field

Staff are drawn from the departments of Archaeology, English, History, and History of Art

Castle Howard, North Yorkshire

At the Centre for Eighteenth Century Studies, we have the historic city of York on our doorstep.

Our highly successful MA in Eighteenth Century Studies offers a wide choice of taught and practical modules, and our staff welcome proposals from students interested in pursuing a research degree.

News

Dr Deborah Russell to deliver lecture on Ann Radcliffe at Sheffield

Friday 9 May 2025

Tickets for the second Ann Radcliffe, Then and Now lecture are now live! Join Dr Deborah Russell (University of York) on 16 May 6pm to 8pm for 'Ann Radcliffe and Women's Gothic Writing'.

Anna Letitia Barbauld: Voicing Dissent

Tuesday 6 May 2025

The Centre for Eighteenth Century Studies will host our summer conference, Anna Letitia Barbauld: Voicing Dissent.

Researchers mark 250 years of Jane Austen and JMW Turner with major new exhibition

Friday 4 April 2025

Researchers at the University of York are working with Harewood House to shed new light on the social and cultural life of the country house in celebration of 250 years of novelist, Jane Austen, and painter, JMW Turner.

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Events

Tue

May

Copley Lecture: The Great Frost of 1708/09: Thermometers and Representations of Climate Disruption

Tita Chico addresses how temperatures and climate disruptions were experienced and understood in the eighteenth century.

Fri

May

The Great CECS Book Sale

Come and find your next favourite read!

Tue

May

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

Paul Keen examines the cultural work of periodical essays.

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