WELCOME TO ISECS

The International Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies, founded with the initiative of Theodore Besterman, promotes the growth, development and coordination of studies and research relating to the eighteenth century in all aspects of its cultural heritage (historical, philosophical, ideological, religious, linguistic, literary, scientific, artistic, juridical) in all countries, without exception; the Society is non-profit and non-political.

ISECS PRESIDENCY

Professor Marc André Bernier (Canada) was elected president of ISECS in 2011.

EVENTS

ISECS INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS

International congresses take place every 4 years attracting between 600 and 1,200 participants.

The next congress will be held in Rotterdam in 2015.

NEWS AND UPDATES

Friday, June 14, 2013

Forthcoming conferences
• Coutumes, normes et droits de la peine de mort (Jinan, China, August 23-29 2015; deadline: November 30 2013; Call for papers)

Publishers - Promotional offers
• Dictionnaire de la presse française pendant la Révolution : tome III

Recent updates

Forthcoming conferences
• Le XVIII^e siècle à la Lumière de la postérité (University of Ottawa, October 3-4 2013; deadline: July 15 2013)
• Johann Sebastian Bach and his Sons (Kenyon College, Gambier, Ohio, May 1-4 2014; deadline: October 1^st 2013; Website)

Cultural activities
• Raynal, un certain regard vers l'Amérique

Awards and grants
• Daiches-Manning Memorial Fellowship in 18^th-Century Scottish Studies