18th Century

"Teaching the 'Long' 18th Century"

Friday, April 23, 2021; 9-11 am ET

Quarantäne, Einreisebeschränkungen, Absperrung ganzer Orte – vieles, was unsere derzeitige pandemische Krise kennzeichnet, bestimmte bereits in der Frühen Neuzeit den Alltag; ohne Hoffnung auf wirksame Medikamente oder eine Impfung.

Wir befinden uns auf einer der größten südböhmischen adeligen Grundherrschaften, Krumau (Český Krumlov), in nächster Nähe zu Oberösterreich und Bayern. Immer wieder brachen dort — wie überall in der Habsburgermonarchie — epidemische Krankheiten aus, meist Typhus und Fleckfieber, selten auch die Pest. […]

Dear colleagues,

If you're thinking of attending MLA 2022, please consider applying for this panel and/or spreading the word to interested colleagues. All the best, Allison and Cathy

Dear colleagues,

If you're thinking of attending MLA 2022, please consider applying for this panel and/or spreading the word to interested colleagues. All the best, Allison and Cathy

Dear colleagues,

If you're thinking of attending MLA 2022, please consider applying for this panel and/or spreading the word to interested colleagues. All the best, Allison and Cathy

CALL FOR PAPERS

First Conference of the Ukrainian Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies: “Eighteenth-Century Studies: Ukrainian and Global Perspectives”

Department of History, Ukrainian Catholic University,

23-24 June 2021

Keynote speakers:

Penelope Corfield, Emeritus Professor of History, Royal Holloway, University of London, President of the International Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies (ISECS)

Zenon Kohut, Emeritus Professor of History, University of Alberta

Key dates:

Call for papers: July 2020

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The new issue of OH brings a discussion on Dan Edelstein's The Spirit of Rights and the history of human rights in the context 18th-century natural law. 

Website: https://www.opera-historica.com/ 

I am beginning a dissertation project with the working title "Merchant Ship Technology and the Development of the British Atlantic, 1600-1800."  Among other types of sources, I'm looking for anecdotal archival or published primary source material in which those engaged in the shipping business in this world--ship owners, masters, ship builders, state officials, merchants, and mariners--mention or discuss vessel technology in their correspondence, journals, logs, and other written documents.  I'm interested in their opinions, judgments, specifications, and instructions regarding design, rig,

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