Conferences
CSECS - Inclusion Policy Statement
The Canadian Society for the 18th Century Study (CSECS) supports, during its Annual conference, an atmosphere of learning which embraces diversity and inclusion, and recognizes the dignity of all people. Members of CSECS are entitled to a respectful environment that is free from discriminatory practices.
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CSECS has a commitment to freedom of thought, inquiry, and expression among its members which may result in respectful disagreements regarding beliefs or principles.
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Upcoming CSECS conferences
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Matters and Materials of Life, 1660-1820
18-21 October 2023
Université Concordia / Le Centre Sheraton Montréal
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Past conferences
2022
Experiencing Modernity; Modernity of Experimentation
CSECS/SCEDHS, in Collaboration with the Eighteenth-Century Scottish Studies Society (ECSSS) and the Northeast American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies (NEASECS)
26-29 October 2022
University of Ottawa
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2021
Translation and Appropriation in the Long Eighteenth Century
University of Winnipeg
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2019
(CSECS/SCEDHS & NEASECS) Ethic(s) of/in the Enlightenment
Quebec
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2018
Wonder in the Eighteenth Century
Niagara Falls, Ontario
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2017
(CSECS/SCEDHS & NEASECS) from Cosmopolitans to Cosmopolitanisms
Toronto, ON
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2016
Secrets & Surveillance
Queen's University & Royal Military College of Canada
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2015
States of the Book
Simon Fraser University
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2014
Revolutions in Eighteenth-Century Sociability
Université du Québec à Montréal
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2013
Enlightenment Constellations
Western University
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2012
Crossings: The Cultures of Global Exchange in the Eighteenth Century
University of Alberta
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2011
The Immaterial Eighteenth Century La Culture Immatérielle Au Dix-Huitième Siècle
McMaster University
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2010
Charting the 18th Century: Encircling Land & Sea / Cartographier Le 18e Siècle Mesurer La Terre & La Mer
St. John's
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2009
1759: Making and Unmaking Empires / Des Empires Qui se Font et se Défont
Ottawa
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2008
Influence of the Past, Presence of the Future / Influence du passé, présence du futur
Université McGill
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2007
Media and Communication / Médias et communication
University of Manitoba
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2006
Dalhousie University
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2005
Imitation et invention au Siècle des lumières / Imitation and Invention in the Eighteenth Century
Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières
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2004
Machines • Automatism • Systems / Machines, automatismes, systèmes
University of Western Ontario (London)
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2003
Indigenes and Exoticism / Indigènes et exotisme
University of British Columbia (Vancouver)
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2002
Les Lumières en mouvement : circulation, échanges, transferts / The Enlightenment in Motion : Circulation, Exchanges, Transmission
Université Laval (Québec)
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2001
Spectacle in the 18th Century / Le spectacle au XVIIIe siècle
University of Saskatchewan (Saskatoon)
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Quiz «Who Wants to be a Dix-Huitiémiste?»
2000
Memory and Identity: Past and Present / Mémoire et identité: le passé et le présent
University of Toronto/Victoria College
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1999
Université de Montréal
Images des Lumières aujourd'hui / Images of the Enlightenment Today
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1998
Culture matérielle et constructions discursives / Material Productions and Cultural Construction
University of Alberta (Edmonton)
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1997
Representations of Time in the 18th Century / Le temps et ses représentations au XVIIIe siècle
University of Western Ontario (London)
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Plenary Sessions
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Book Display
Concert
Acknowledgments
1996
Le théâtre du monde / Theatre of the World
University of Victoria
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1995
University of Windsor
Freedom and Boundaries / émancipation et frontières
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1994
University of Saskatchewan (Saskatoon)
Raison et déraison / Reason and Unreason
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1992
Memorial University of Newfoundland (St. John's)
New Worlds vs. Old: Discovery, Discourse & Rediscovery in the 18th Century / La rencontre de deux mondes : découvertes, discours & redécouvertes au XVIIIe siècle
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Review of the conference
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1991
University of Calgary
Moralité, amoralité, immoralité des Lumières / Morality, Amorality, Immorality of the Enlightenment
1990
Queen's University (Kingston)
Revolutions and Reactions / Révolutions et réactions
1989
Centre canadien d'architecture (Montréal)
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1988
Dalhousie University (Halifax)
Humanitas, Humanity, Humanité, Menschlichkeit
1987
University of British Columbia (Vancouver)
Liberty and Libertinage / Liberté et libertinage
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Université d'Ottawa
Les Lumières du savoir / Broadening Horizons
1985
University of Guelph
Roads to Revolution / Chemins de la Révolution
1984
University of Manitoba (Winnipeg)
1983
University of New Brunswick (St. John)
1982
University of Alberta (Edmonton)
1981
Université de Montréal
1980
University of Western Ontario (London)
1979
University of British Columbia (Vancouver)
1977
McMaster University (Hamilton)
1976
Dalhousie University (Halifax)
1975
Université Laval (Québec)
1972
University of Saskatchewan (Saskatoon)
1971
University of Toronto / McMaster University (Hamilton)