Centre for Eighteenth Century Studies
News from 2018
Tuesday 18 December 2018
CECS students reunite to produce a collaborative piece for the arts and culture magazine Garageland
Monday 3 December 2018
We are pleased to announce a new collaborative doctoral award in partnership with the National Trust on Georgian Paper Traces: Women's Stories, Ephemeral Texts and Hidden Objects
Monday 5 November 2018
To mark the 250th anniversary of the death of novelist Laurence Sterne, Professor Jon Mee has made a film with the Laurence Sterne Trust and the York Festival Ideas.
Thursday 25 October 2018
On 2nd November, CECS, IPUP and the Department of English and Related Literature will launch a series of events to commemorate and understand the notorious Peterloo massacre.
Wednesday 17 October 2018
Dr Emma Major, of the Department of English and the Centre for Eighteenth Century Studies, is delighted to have been invited to give this year's Robin Dix Lecture at Durham University.
Wednesday 3 October 2018
PhD student Gabriella Barnard-Edmunds discusses the success of her fellowship.
Wednesday 4 July 2018
Former CECS and English PhD student, Adam Perchard returns to York with a production celebrating Maria Edgeworth
Friday 1 June 2018
A conference to celebrate the 250th anniversary of Maria Edgeworth's birth Registration closes 15 June!
Friday 1 June 2018
Call for Papers for The sixth biennial meeting of the Defoe Society, July 10-12, 2019
Monday 21 May 2018
Several CECS members will be running events across York next month as part of the Festival of Ideas
Monday 14 May 2018
Congratulations to Dr Chloe Wigston Smith, who has been awarded two grants in support of her work on women and material entanglements in the Atlantic world.
Friday 4 May 2018
CECS student reveals the hidden histories of the women of the Yorkshire Philosophical Society
Thursday 3 May 2018
Professor Jon Mee and Dr Chloe Wigston Smith tell us about the role of conversation in Georgian society.
Wednesday 11 April 2018
Film-maker and CECS PhD student Declan McCormack has produced a promotional video for the Georgian Theatre Royal in Richmond, North Yorkshire.
Tuesday 3 April 2018
CECS and English PhD students Fiona Milne and Gabriella Barnard-Edmunds have been awarded fellowships
Tuesday 6 March 2018
Madeleine Pelling discusses how this award has helped with her research.
Wednesday 21 February 2018
Some of our PhD students have received awards this term to assist them with travel to archives, libraries, and collections that are relevant to their research.
Monday 19 February 2018
We were delighted to have the privilege of hosting Associate Professor Manushag N. Powell, from Purdue University.
Thursday 15 February 2018
Dr Emma Major discusses Austen's depiction of marriage in one of her most celebrated works, Sense and Sensibility.