The Congress of the International Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies (ISECS) is the world’s largest meeting of specialists on all aspects of the eighteenth century, and takes place every four years. Recent ISECS conferences have been held in Dublin (1999), Los Angeles (2003), Montpellier (2007) and Graz (2011). The 14th ISECS Congress will be organized in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, from 26 to 31 July 2015. It is organized by the Dutch-Belgian Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies (DBSECS - Werkgroep 18e Eeuw) and is hosted by the Erasmus University Rotterdam on Campus Woudestein. We can welcome more than one thousand participants.
The theme of the 14th ISECS Congress is Opening Markets: Trade and Commerce in the 18th Century. The program will include theme-related keynote lectures and sessions, as well as panels and round tables on all topics related to the long eighteenth century. The conference will also facilitate poster presentations. We are looking forward to inspiring lectures, debates and presentations on the conference theme and on all issues related to the Age of Enlightenment and Sensibility.
Online registration is now open for:
- Submission of proposals for panel sessions and round table sessions. The online Call for Panels is open from February 2014 until September 1st, 2014. Submit a proposal through https://www.etouches.com/eselect/80715
- Submission of proposals for individual papers or poster presentations. The online Call for individual Papers & Posters is open from June 2014 until January 12th, 2015. Submit a proposal through https://www.etouches.com/eselect/92827
- Pre-registration: You can e-mail the organizers (info@isecs2015.com) a request for pre-registration. By pre-registering, you subscribe to a newsletter that will keep you regularly informed about the organization of the ISECS 2015 Congress, including planned sessions, round tables and other meetings. The online Registration for the ISECS 2015 Congress will open from 1 September, 2014 until April 30th, 2015.
ISECS 2015 is open to all persons interested in topics and issues having to do with the long eighteenth century and the Age of Enlightenment. Membership of an ISECS constituent or affiliated organization is not necessary for registration. The online Registration for the Early Career Eighteenth-Century Scholar Seminar will open in September, 2014.
Instructions for Panel Session Submissions
The ISECS 2015 Committee invites those interested in organizing thematic meetings to submit proposals for panel sessions and round tables. The submission of proposals for panels will be open until 1 September, 2014. Panel organizers are requested to complete the online form at https://www.etouches.com/eselect/80715. Organizers are asked to supply information about the theme of the proposed panel and the panel members along with an abstract of their contribution to the panel meeting. Panels will last one and a half hours, and should consist of 3 to 4 speakers (depending on the amount of discussion time the panel organizer wants to provide). It is also possible to submit a panel suggestion without concrete panelists or partly filled with panelists. In the coming months, we will present a list with panels accepting proposals on our website. Open panels will also be promoted through our newsletter.
Instructions for Individual Paper Proposals
The submission of proposals for papers is open until January 12th, 2015. Participants in the ISECS 2015 Congress can submit one proposal for an individual paper. In the menu (https://www.etouches.com/eselect/92827), you will find a dropdown box with submitted panels that are open for paper submissions. Here, you can indicate which panel your paper could be part of. Paper proposals are reviewed by the scientific committee and by the panel organizers. The ISECS 2015 Scientific Committee is responsible for organizing the panels in which the papers and posters will be presented. Only registered participants can present individual papers and posters. Participants who intend to submit more than one paper proposal are requested to contact the organizers of the ISECS 2015 Conference (info@isecs2015.com).
Call for Posters
Are you involved in an interesting project or in an area of work that you would like to discuss with or show to other Conference attendees? Why not present your work in the ISECS Poster Sessions?
Format & Presentation
Your topic could be described on a printed poster or by photographs, graphics and pieces of text that you attach to the presentation panel. Posters in both English and French are welcome.
Presenters of a poster will be expected to be present on Wednesday & Thursday, July 29th and 30th, in order to explain their poster and to hand out any leaflets or other materials they have available for viewers of their poster. Each presenter can therefore only present one poster. Any organization that submits more than one application should indicate a priority in their submissions.
Conference participants interested in presenting a poster should complete the application form available at https://www.etouches.com/eselect/92827
It is important that applicants describe how they intend to illustrate the project in the poster format. The poster has to be an experience in itself for viewers and should show awareness of the poster format.
Special consideration will be given to ensure that a variety of topics and geographical/cultural range will be represented.
The deadline is January 12th, 2015. After the deadline, applications will no longer be accepted.
A jury representing the ISECS Organizing Committee will review all submissions and at the Conference they will select the winner of the ISECS Poster Award 2015 based on the criteria below.
The topic of the poster should:
- Look interesting and/or inspiring; Look lively;
- Lend itself to a poster session; not be too abstract;
- Present new ideas;
- Be clearly explained;
- Not duplicate another poster, nor have the same presenter as another poster
(a presenter must be present during the poster session to explain the poster to viewers)
- Have a relationship to the theme of the 2015 ISECS Conference.
- Describe a project that is ongoing or near completion, not one that is yet to start.
For useful tips & tricks on how to design a poster, see: http://www.uhd.edu/academic/colleges/sciences/scholars/files/workshop-poster.pdf