Your scholarly societies are working hard to understand & help improve working conditions. See AHA’s survey below. And I’m thrilled to be working alongside @janineutell.bsky.social on @modernlanguage.bsky.social‘s Ad Hoc Committee on the Academic Workforce in Lang & Lit www.mla.org/About-Us/Gov...

We are very excited to announce the #cfp for our #PGR #ECR conference on 'Facades' - 30/31 July at Bath Spa University Please send 250 word abstract + short bio to [email protected] by the 21 March 2025 Full details for screen readers in the thread below 1/5 #BSECS2025 #skystorians #18thC 🗃️

Eighteenth-Century Studies is looking for a new Reviews Editor. I'm finishing up my term and happy to answer questions about it! asecs.org/publications...

We’re over 50% voter turnout. Wow! Add your vote while there’s time to break more records!

It’s so easy to vote in the @asecsoffice.bsky.social elections for the Executive Board! Let’s break some voter turnout records!

One of the most important ways to support professional societies is to help them accomplish their mission - even amidst uncertainty. Donate a small amount to a nonprofit you care about. Mine is @asecsoffice.bsky.social. Join me?

We're 30% towards our goal for the @asecsoffice.bsky.social Grad Student Conference Fund Challenge! The Executive Board will match all donations made by Mon Feb. 3, up to $1,000! $10 or $100 - it all makes a difference. asecs.org/graduate-stu...

Seriously friends - donate to a cause, any cause. It makes you feel great! I just donated to the @asecsoffice.bsky.social Exec Board challenge for grad student conference support. If that’s not your thing, just donate. $10 or $1,000 - it all matters!

This year’s Haggerty Prize will award a peer-reviewed article published between 1/1/22 and 12/31/24. $500 cash prize! Please submit your work or nominate others. Deadline is 1/1/25. And please repost to spread the word. Info at link. #c18 #ASECS #LGBTQ

Almost halfway to our goal this year! Donate $18 for the 18th Century today! Your donation makes a difference now more than ever. asecs.org/giving-tuesd...

$18 a month - just this month, or every month! Now, more than ever, your donations matter.

Can I get 18 members to join me? Details to follow! #GivingTuesday is coming up!

What the heck: Long Eighteenth Starter Pack right here: go.bsky.app/6aF4mek -- I'm sure I missed lots of people; respond if you want to be added.

Soooo many sessions to choose from - which one will you apply to? Deadline Friday Sept. 20! asecs.org/meetings/ase...

Deadlines: Nominations to the Executive Board Sept. 16, CfP for #ASECS2025 Sept. 20! asecs.org/2024/09/16/d...

📅Upcoming @asecsoffice.bsky.social deadlines: 💡Board Nominations (Sept. 16) 🪩CfP (Sept. 20) 🗳️Bylaws Referendum Oct. 10 Details here! asecs.org/2024/09/06/b...

Apply now to the @asecsoffice.bsky.social 55th Annual Meeting, to be held virtually March 28-29 and April 4-5, 2025! asecs.org/meetings/ase...

Announcement from @ASECSWomen: The Catharine Macaulay Prize (Graduate Student Prize) submission deadline is September 15. Description can be found here: www.asecswomenscaucus.com/catherine-ma...

#c18 Friends, if you want to see what's going on with the ASECS Bylaws referendum, take a look at the fabulous webpage our ED has made for us. Friends, we're almost at 50%!!!! KEEP GOING! VOTE! RENEW! JOIN AND VOTE! asecs.org/about/bylaws...

We have never had member engagement this high - at least not in recent history! So grateful to all @asecsoffice.bsky.social members!!!

Renew by June 30, 2024 and get your @asecsoffice 2024-2025 membership at 2023-2024 rates! asecs.org/membership/j...

📢 Conference Travel Grants: The Mandel Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies at the US Holocaust Memorial Museum offers travel grants for scholars to attend a professional conference to present original research on the Holocaust ⏰ Deadline: July 1, 2024 👉 www.ushmm.org/conference-travel-grants

#ASECS2024 please check your spam folders for conference-related email sent via the app. You can download the app and find the passcode on the schedule page: asecs.org/preliminary-... Safe travels everyone!

Let’s get out there and change the narrative: www.maps.mla.org/Resources/Re...

🚨I'm one of the editors of the Politics, Culture & Society in Early Modern Britain series at Manchester Univ Press. We are especially interested in expanding offerings on the late 17th and 18th centuries. Please reach out! #17thc #18thc #earlymodern 🗃️ manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/series/polit...

ASECS peeps! Women's Caucus is always looking for support for our members; NTTF also a great way to give to the VITAL part of our membership. #c18

Don't forget: 12/31 midnight is the deadline for charitable donations for 2023. Donate to your favorite ASECS fund!

Chairs received the *preliminary* schedule for #ASECS2024. You can find your session here by short title. Any changes will usually be minor; check with your session chair for questions! asecs.org/preliminary-...

Lots of ASECS news. Members received the President's Letter from Lisa A. Freeman, which includes a link to the Fall News Circular. asecs.org/2023/12/21/p...

Have you started a history PhD recently? Want to tell us about it in 5 mins or less? We want to hear the best PGR research about 18th C Britain at our #LightningTalks event in March 2024 #c18th

It can be hard to know how much to donate on #givingtuesday to an organization you care about. "Give what you can" isn't much guidance, either. Try one of these calculations: Give $10 for every year you've been a member, or $5 to 5 different funds, or your age, or your house number.

Calling for experts of #BookHistory and beyond: The Book History Book Prize from SHARP - for books copyrighted 2023 - is open for submissions: sharpweb.org/grants-prize... Being once again one of the jury members, I am looking forward to see your book. Deadline is January 19, 2024. #skystorians 🗃️

The American Historical Review seeks proposals for a special, digital-only issue of the journal on “The Mistakes I Have Made.” We invite historians to reflect on their missteps and how those missteps reveal insights into historical practice. The deadline for proposals is December 15, 2023. 🗃️

Louis Gottschalk book prize for studies of the long 18th century: deadline is Dec. 1! Info here: asecs.org/resources/aw... Please share widely.

We’re having some technical issues with the website that we are working on resolving. If you see an error code on a page, please check back later! Thank you and sorry for the inconvenience!

#ODSECS #18thc 15 Nov 17:00 GMT 12:00 EST @bethanyqualls.bsky.social presents, "Sally Salisbury from Sex Work to Coffin Robbery: A Case Study in Eighteenth-Century Fame" Looking forward to it!

The long 18th Century is alive and well at the Goethe Society’s panels at the German Studies Association. Planetary Thinking, Patriarchal Structures, and a tribute to Bob Tobin, who died far too young, & whose work on queer German studies helped rewrite the Age of Goethe.

Presented today on a roundtable on Disability and (the GSA) Conference. Really great discussion - a lot of ideas to bring back to my “other” academic home @asecsoffice.bsky.social and to share a few ideas too.

On my way to Montreal for GSA! Any @asecsoffice.bsky.social people want to grab coffee?

Oh hey, look what I'm doing on November 15 #18thc 🗃️ friends: talking about the incredible archive connected to #sexworker Sally Salisbury and what it tells us about fame, profit, reputation, early celebrity, and more! Come and join, I promise we'll have fun #histsex

New Job Posting! The English Department at Boston University is hiring a tenure-track professor of Native American and/or Indigenous Literature in English. Any historical period. 2/2 teaching load. Deadline Oct 20. Please share widely. jobs.chronicle.com/job/37520616...

ASECS folks: submit to my panel on #18thc sex by Sept 15!

American Association of University Women (AAUW) American Fellowship Dissertation Fellowship: $25,000 Postdoctoral Research Leave Fellowship: $50,000 Short-Term Research Publication Grant: $8,000 Deadline: Nov 15 www.aauw.org/resources/pr... #neuroscience #neurogrants

Friends, may I ask you pls to help me publicize a t-t job at my institution? Romance Languages and Literatures at Harvard is seeking a scholar of French/Francophone lit who specializes in a period before the 19th century. Applications due 9/22. Thank you! academicpositions.harvard.edu/postings/12490

On my way for a site visit to our #ASECS2024 Annual Meeting at the Sheraton Centre in downtown Toronto. It’s going to be a great venue for a great group of 18th Centuryists! https://asecs.org/meetings/asecs-2024-annual-meeting/

Take a break from reading all the amazing sessions you can apply to for #ASECS2024 and nominate someone (or yourself!) for the Executive Board. Nominations accepted through Oct 1. 2023! https://asecs.org/about/elections/

Yes, the rumor is true. ASECS will be hosting NourbeSe Philip for a reading/performance of _Zong!_ at our Annual Meeting in Toronto. Thanks to the Program Committee for this work, and for helping find enthusiastic sponsors.