The Centre normally holds 3 one-two day conferences in the academic year, and may host others, as well as offering public lectures. The Stephen Copley lecture is held annually, and CECS staff have given papers for the York Festival of Ideas.
Where the CECS community of staff and students gather to hear and debate the latest research about the eighteenth century. Centre research seminars are held regularly in term time on Tuesdays at 4.30pm in KG/07 at the King's Manor.
The CECS Postgraduate Forum is a student-lead interdisciplinary research group that meets to listen to and discuss papers from fellow York postgrads, students from other universities, and visiting professors, in a relaxed and friendly environment.
A Library for Yorkshire: The Petyts and their World
Thursday 20 June 2024
Apostrophe as a Theory of History
Tuesday 11 June 2024
Tuesday 4 June 2024
The Writer's Craft: Novel Making in the Eighteenth Century
Friday 31 May 2024
Frances Burney’s Cecilia and Digital Humanities
Tuesday 28 May 2024