Sansom Ideas Foundation: Graduate Student Scholarship for Studies in the History of Ideas

Announcements

October 23 2025

Applications Open December 2, 2025 - 2pm March 3, 2026

The Robert and Moira Sansom Ideas Foundation was established in 2013 with the intention to create a Graduate Student Scholarship for Studies in the History of Ideas, granting $10,000 each year in support of the work of the recipient. The scholarship is open to graduate students, who are or will be studying at a university in Canada, whose work relates to the History of Ideas.

A New President and a Renewed Executive Committee

Announcements

October 22 2025

At the most recent annual general meeting of CSECS, the following collagues were appointed as new members of the Society’s Executive Committee: Fraser Easton (President), Nicholas Dion (Treasurer), Philippe Sarrasin-Robichaud (Secretary), and Alicia L. Kerfoot (ASECS Delegate) .

Peter Sabor Named Honorary Member of CSECS

Announcements

October 22 2025

The Canadian Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies announces the appointment of Peter Sabor as an Honorary Member of the Society. This appointment coincides with the creation of the Peter Sabor Fellowship, designed to encourage and support editorial projects related to the eighteenth century.

Mark-Madoff and Isobel Grundy prize recipients

Announcements

October 21 2025

It is our great pleasure to annouce the winners of the awards for the best essays from volume 43 of our journal Lumen.

Colloque international et interdisciplinaire | Monde moderne, mondes alternatifs. Sources et prolongements du dix-huitième siècle

Events

October 10 2025

Colloque international et interdisciplinaire, 15-17 octobre 2025, Université d’Ottawa.

IRECS, vol. 6: The Science of Taste

Publications

October 03 2025

International Review of Eighteenth-Century Studies (IRECS) / Revue internationale d’étude du dix-huitième siècle (RIEDS), vol. 6 («La science du goût / The Science of Taste», ed. Guilhem Armand et Emmanuelle Sempère), online, 2025.

Revue Dix-huitième Siècle, dossier « Déboulonner les Lumières ? »

Publications

September 30 2025

Dix-huitième Siècle, no. 57, 2025 (dossier « Déboulonner les Lumières ? », sous la direction de Flora Amann, Joël Castonguay-Bélanger, Anne-Claire Marpeau et Stéphanie Roza).

Peut-on défendre l’égalité des femmes en parodiant d’autres textes ? Les réécritures de Poulain de la Barre dans son traité De l’excellence des hommes contre l’égalité des sexes (1675)

Publications

September 15 2025

Monika Malinowska, « Peut-on défendre l’égalité des femmes en parodiant d’autres textes ? Les réécritures de Poulain de la Barre dans son traité De l’excellence des hommes contre l’égalité des sexes (1675) », Le Monde Français du Dix-huitième siècle/Eighteenth-Century French World, vol. 10 n°1, 2025, p. 1-9.