Events Calendar

Conferences/public lectures

The Centre normally holds three one-to-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.

Research Seminars

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 semester time on Tuesdays at 4.30pm in KG/07 at King's Manor.

Postgraduate Forum

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.

Forthcoming Events

Fri

Apr

Visit to the Minster Archives to view 18th century source material

Join us for a visit to the Minster Archives.

Sat

Apr

York Unplanned: Reflections on a Changing City in the 21st Century

Part of the York Georgian Society 2024/2025 Autumn Lecture Series.

Tue

Apr

Elizabeth Montagu (1718-1800): Literary Landscaper

Nicolle Jordan explores Elizabeth Montagu's property ownership during the eighteenth century.

Tue

May

Copley Lecture: On Measurement and “Man": Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit, Sylvia Wynter, and Climate Disruption

Join us for the Copely Lecture.

All forthcoming events

Previous events

Strangers to the City: Travel and Tourism in Eighteenth-Century London

Tuesday 11 March 2025

Alison O'Byrne will discuss the perceptions of London in the eighteenth century within the European culture of travel and tourism.

A Maze without a Plan? Display in Sir John Soane’s Museum

Saturday 8 March 2025

Part of the York Georgian Society 2024/2025 Autumn Lecture Series.

Victorian Expansions 2025

Friday 21 February 2025

Join us for our one-day Victorian Studies conference, on the topic of 'Victorian Expansions'.

Visit to the Borthwick Archives to view 18th century source material

Thursday 20 February 2025

Interested in admiring beautiful Georgian handwriting and discovering hidden histories? Join the CECS PG Forum on our visit to the Borthwick Archives!

Jane Austen Keywords

Friday 14 February 2025

Hosted by the Centre for Eighteenth Century Studies, this event marks the 250th anniversary of the birth of Jane Austen.