East Central/American Society for Eighteenth Century Studies
Welcome to EC/ASECS
The East-Central/American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies held its first meeting in 1970, a few months after the inaugural meeting of the American Society for Eighteenth Century Studies (ACECS), of which it is an affiliate. EC/ASECS's region includes most of the Mid-Atlantic area: Delaware, Pennsylvania, southern New Jersey, Maryland, Washington DC, Virginia, and West Virginia.
The Society meets every fall, usually in October or November. Members represent virtually every discipline related to eighteenth-century studies. Our members hail from coast to coast, from Canada to Mexico, and from various points overseas.
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Kunst-und Raritätenkabinett (Art and Rarity Cabinet), c1630.
By Hans III Jordaens
(Flemish Baroque, 1590-1643),
figures by Cornelis de Baellieur.
Painting, on oak panel. 86cm x 120cm.
Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien, Bilddatenbank.
Sources: Wikimedia / Wikipedia.
Image tracing, courtesy Maureen E. Mulvihill, with thanks to Nathan Bransford.
Note: The painting combines two popular interests of the long eighteenth century:
the art salon (exhibitions) and the
wunderkammer (cabinet of exotic curiosities, see table display of sea shells, porcelain, etc., foreground left; e.g., the
Duchess of Portland's famous 'museum', a special subject of Horace Walpole). MEM
Executive Committee: 2021
President: Joann Myers
Vice President: Anna Foy
1st. Past President: John Heins
2nd. Past President: Sylvia Marks
Web Wizard: Susan C. Beam (susancheriebeam@gmail.com)
ECI editor: Jim May
Past and Future Conference Chairs: Eleanor Shevlin/Sylvia Marks (2020/2021), Joann Myers (2019), Peter Staffel (2019/2018), Emily Kugler (2017), Marie McAllister (2016), Eleanor Shevlin (2015), Cheryl Wanko (2015), Rodney Mader (2015), Don Mell (2014), Matt Kinservik (2014)
Elected Board Members & Molin Prize Judges: Elizabeth Lambert, Jane Wessel, and Brett Wilson
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One of our members, Kevin J. Berland, is the founder, owner, factotum, etc., of the Eighteenth-Century Interdisciplinary Discussion Bulletin Board (C18-L).
Membership Information
For information on membership or on the annual meeting, contact Executive Secretary Peter Staffel at staffelp@westliberty.edu
The Eighteenth-Century Intelligencer
The Society's newsletter, the Eighteenth-Century Intelligencer, formerly the East-Central Intelligencer, is the most substantial of the ASECS-affiliate societies' newsletters, averaging over 70 pages for each of its two annual issues. The editor is James E. May; he can be contacted at jem4@psu.edu.
The Eighteenth-Century Intelligencer
N.S. Volume 34, Number 1: March 2020
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