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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
Program (pdf)

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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
Conference description (pdf)
Program (pdf)

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2008

Influence of the Past, Presence of the Future / Influence du passé, présence du futur
Université McGill
Website
Program (pdf)

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2007

Media and Communication / Médias et communication
University of Manitoba
Program (pdf)

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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)
Website
Program
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
Program
Book Display
Concert
Acknowledgments

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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
Program
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

 

​1986

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)
 

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