American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies
Encyclopedia
The American Society for 18th-century Studies (ASECS) is an interdisciplinary group, established in 1969, dedicated to the advancement of scholarship
in all aspects of the period from the later 17th through the early 19th centuries. The society organizes an annual conference
and sponsors two publication
s: the quarterly journal
Eighteenth-Century Studies and the annual volume
Studies in Eighteenth-Century Culture.
Scholarship
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in all aspects of the period from the later 17th through the early 19th centuries. The society organizes an annual conference
Annual Conference
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and sponsors two publication
Publication
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s: the quarterly journal
Journal
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Eighteenth-Century Studies and the annual volume
Volume (publishing)
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Studies in Eighteenth-Century Culture.