East-Central American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies Conference, "Conflicts and Transitions in the Global Eighteenth Century,” October 31st-November 2nd, 2024

Mar 12

Call for Panel and Paper Proposals

ECASECS will hold its 54th meeting in Lancaster, PA, from Thursday evening, 31 October, through Saturday afternoon, 2 November 2024. This year’s theme is “Conflicts and Transitions in the Global Eighteenth Century.”

We seek panel and paper proposals that deal with any aspect of this theme broadly conceived:

Proposals that address military, political, social, religious, economic, scientific, class, literary, individual conflicts, or any other clashes or disputes in the long eighteenth-century.
Proposals that consider the many transitions that occurred throughout this period—sometimes arising from conflicts and sometimes creating their own—whether in governance, political ideologies, philosophy, urban growth, print, the arts, exploration, conceptions of the self, monetary systems, colonial conquests, technologies, industry, the commercial world, trade, and more.
Proposals that consider the conference’s theme in terms of the present state or imagined future paths for eighteenth-century studies.
Proposals dealing with any aspect of the long eighteenth century in any geographic area.

Proposals for panels are due March 31, 2024. Individual paper proposals and completed panels are due by June 1, 2024. Email proposals to ecasecs2024@gmail.com.

Lancaster, ranked this year by Forbes as one of the US’s top 10 cities in which to retire due to its amenities, is easily accessible by car, bus, train, and plane. The conference hotel is in the middle of an eighteenth-century town, close to the oldest public market in the US, with many architecturally interesting buildings, and many good restaurants and bars. The city is a major stop on the Amtrak Keystone Service between Philadelphia and points west. From Boston, New York, or Washington, D.C., you can transfer at Philadelphia’s 30th Street Station to the commuter service to Lancaster. Harrisburg International Airport, just 40 minutes away by car, is served by multiple airlines and features daily, nonstop flights to and from many airports. Lancaster also has an airport a short ride north of the city that is serviced by American Airlines and Southern Airways Express. Philadelphia International Airport has direct rail service to Lancaster through Philadelphia’s 30th Street Station.

We are looking forward to welcoming many new and returning members this fall to the ECASECS conference in Lancaster. We especially encourage graduate students to present and submit their papers to the Molin Prize. Graduate students pay a reduced registration fee of $25.00 due to the generosity of ECASECS members.