Pierre Marty, PhD in Art History and postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Art History at the University of Toronto, is the recipient of the D.W. Smith fellowship for 2025.

CSECS is currently seeking new members to join its Executive Committee. This is a great opportunity to contribute to the Society’s many initiatives and to actively promote Canadian eighteenth-century studies. Members who wish to nominate themselves or a colleague are invited to do so by September 15, 2025.

The third episode of our Online Speaker Series on "The Natural and the Social. Thinking about Diversity and Norms with the Enlightenment" is now available on our YouTube channel.

It is with profound sadness that we learned of the passing of Roger Lee Emerson, esteemed member of the Canadian Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies.

The Burlington Magazine’s 2025 scholarship for the study of French 18th-century fine and decorative art is now open for applications.

It is with great sadness that we learned of the recent passing of Mark Salber Phillips, esteemed member of the Canadian Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies.

Glendon College in Toronto is looking for a research assistant from January 2025 to September 2025 to work on the York University Research Chair on Franco-Aboriginal Relations in the Americas.

The Canadian Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies set up a YouTube channel in 2022. In the wake of our new Online Speaker Series, we plan to add videos to this channel on a regular basis, to present research from our members, as well as discussions and debates that may be of interest for researchers and the public at large.

This biennal fellowship will support researchers undertaking editing projects focused on the eighteenth century.