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York launches Centre for Eighteenth Century Studies

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Posted on Thursday 25 June 1998

The University of York launches its new Centre for Eighteenth Century Studies today (25 June), a major initiative in the development of its arts scholarship. The Centre will be opened by University chancellor Dame Janet Baker CH DBE.

The centre is an interdisciplinary grouping of 30 scholars drawn from the departments and research groups of Archaeology, Economic History, English, Heritage Studies, History, History of Art and Philosophy. Their brief is to advance postgraduate studies and research in the history and culture of the 'long' eighteenth century (1650-1850) in Briatin, France and elsewhere.

The Centre has established its own interdisciplinary MA programme and provides the base for doctoral students writing these on the period. The first of a wide range of staff research projects focuses on notions of privacy and private life in the eighteenth century.

"We have attracted students from all over the world to our new mA and DPhil programmes," said professor John Barrell, Co-Director of the Centre. "The Centre has modern IT facilities, growing research collections and an unrivalled scholarly ambience."

Notes to editors:

  • The Centre for Eighteenth Century Studies is at the historic King's Manor, the University's city campus, also home to the Department of Archaeology and the Centre for Medieval Studies.
  • Reporters and photographers are welcome at the official opening at 2.15pm on Thursday 25 June at the King's Manor, Exhibition Square, York.