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.
CSECS has a commitment to freedom of thought, inquiry, and expression among its members which may result in respectful disagreements regarding beliefs or principles.
Upcoming Conferences
October 20-23, 2027
Pleasures and Sociability in the 18th Century
Trois-Rivières, Québec
2028
Vancouver, British Columbia
Past conferences
2025
Trans/formations: Crossing Borders, Blurring Boundaries
Regina
Program
2023
Matters and Materials of Life, 1660-1820
Montreal
Program
2022
Experiencing Modernity; Modernity of Experimentation
Ottawa
Program
2021
Translation and Appropriation in the Long Eighteenth Century
Winnipeg
Website
2019
Ethic(s) of/in the Enlightenment
Quebec
Website
2018
Wonder in the Eighteenth Century
Niagara Falls
Website
2017
From Cosmopolitans to Cosmopolitanisms
Toronto
Website
2016
Secrets & Surveillance
Kingston
2015
States of the Book
Vancouver
2014
Revolutions in Eighteenth-Century Sociability
Montreal
2013
Enlightenment Constellations
London, Ontario
2012
Crossings: The Cultures of Global Exchange in the Eighteenth Century
Edmonton
2011
The Immaterial Eighteenth Century
Hamilton
2010
Charting the 18th Century: Encircling Land & Sea
St. John's
2009
1759: Making and Unmaking Empires
Ottawa
2008
Influence of the Past, Presence of the Future
Montreal
2007
Media and Communication
Winnipeg
2006
Halifax
2005
Imitation and Invention in the Eighteenth Century
Trois-Rivières
2004
Machines • Automatism • Systems
London, Ontario
2003
Indigenes and Exoticism
Vancouver
2002
The Enlightenment in Motion : Circulation, Exchanges, Transmission
Québec
2001
Spectacle in the 18th Century
Saskatoon
2000
Memory and Identity: Past and Present
Toronto
1999
Images of the Enlightenment Today
Montreal
1998
Material Productions and Cultural Construction
Edmonton
1997
Representations of Time in the 18th Century
London, Ontario
1996
Theatre of the World
Victoria
1995
Freedom and Boundaries
Windsor
1994
Reason and Unreason
Saskatoon
1992
New Worlds vs. Old: Discovery, Discourse & Rediscovery in the 18th Century
St. John's
1991
Morality, Amorality, Immorality of the Enlightenment
Calgary
1990
Revolutions and Reactions
Kingston
1989
Montreal
1988
Humanitas, Humanity, Humanité, Menschlichkeit
Halifax
1987
Liberty and Libertinage
Vancouver
1986
Broadening Horizons
Ottawa
1985
Roads to Revolution
Guelph
1984
Winnipeg
1983
St. John
1982
Edmonton
1981
Montreal
1980
London, Ontario
1979
Vancouver
1977
Hamilton
1976
Halifax
1975
Québec
1972
Saskatoon
1971
Hamilton
