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all for papersInternational Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies26.07.2015-31.07.2015, RotterdamThe Congress of the International Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies(ISECS) is the world's largest meeting of specialists on all aspects ofthe eighteenth century, and takes place every four years. Recent ISECSconferences have been held in Dublin (1999), Los Angeles (2003),Montpellier (2007) and Graz (2011). The 14th ISECS Congress will beorganized in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, from 26 to 31 July 2015. It isorganized by the Dutch-Belgian Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies(DBSECS - Werkgroep 18e Eeuw) and is hosted by the Erasmus UniversityRotterdam on Campus Woudestein. We can welcome more than one thousandparticipants.The theme of the 14th ISECS Congress is Opening Markets: Trade andCommerce in the 18th Century. The program will include theme-relatedkeynote lectures and sessions, as well as panels and round tables on alltopics related to the long eighteenth century. The conference will alsofacilitate poster presentations. We are looking forward to inspiringlectures, debates and presentations on the conference theme and on allissues 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 September1st, 2014. Submit a proposal throughhttps://www.etouches.com/eselect/80715- Submission of proposals for individual papers or poster presentations.The online Call for individual Papers &#38; Posters is open from June 2014until January 12th, 2015. Submit a proposal throughhttps://www.etouches.com/eselect/92827- Pre-registration: You can e-mail the organizers( info@isecs2015.com)arequest for pre-registration. By pre-registering, you subscribe to anewsletter that will keep you regularly informed about the organizationof the ISECS 2015 Congress, including planned sessions, round tables andother meetings. The online Registration for the ISECS 2015 Congress willopen from 1 September, 2014 until April 30th, 2015.ISECS 2015 is open to all persons interested in topics and issues havingto do with the long eighteenth century and the Age of Enlightenment.Membership of an ISECS constituent or affiliated organization is notnecessary for registration. The online Registration for the Early CareerEighteenth-Century Scholar Seminar will open in September, 2014.Instructions for Panel Session SubmissionsThe ISECS 2015 Committee invites those interested in organizing thematicmeetings to submit proposals for panel sessions and round tables. Thesubmission of proposals for panels will be open until 1 September, 2014.Panel organizers are requested to complete the online form athttps://www.etouches.com/eselect/80715. Organizers are asked to supplyinformation about the theme of the proposed panel and the panel membersalong with an abstract of their contribution to the panel meeting.Panels will last one and a half hours, and should consist of 3 to 4speakers (depending on the amount of discussion time the panel organizerwants to provide). It is also possible to submit a panel suggestionwithout concrete panelists or partly filled with panelists. In thecoming months, we will present a list with panels accepting proposals onour website. Open panels will also be promoted through our newsletter.Instructions for Individual Paper ProposalsThe submission of proposals for papers is open until January 12th, 2015.Participants in the ISECS 2015 Congress can submit one proposal for anindividual paper. In the menu (https://www.etouches.com/eselect/92827),you will find a dropdown box with submitted panels that are open forpaper submissions. Here, you can indicate which panel your paper couldbe part of. Paper proposals are reviewed by the scientific committee andby the panel organizers. The ISECS 2015 Scientific Committee isresponsible for organizing the panels in which the papers and posterswill be presented. Only registered participants can present individualpapers and posters. Participants who intend to submit more than onepaper proposal are requested to contact the organizers of the ISECS 2015Conference( info@isecs2015.com).Call for PostersAre you involved in an interesting project or in an area of work thatyou would like to discuss with or show to other Conference attendees?Why not present your work in the ISECS Poster Sessions?Format &#38; PresentationYour 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 &#38;Thursday, July 29th and 30th, in order to explain their poster and tohand out any leaflets or other materials they have available for viewersof their poster. Each presenter can therefore only present one poster.Any organization that submits more than one application should indicatea priority in their submissions.Conference participants interested in presenting a poster shouldcomplete the application form available athttps://www.etouches.com/eselect/92827It is important that applicants describe how they intend to illustratethe project in the poster format. The poster has to be an experience initself for viewers and should show awareness of the poster format.Special consideration will be given to ensure that a variety of topicsand geographical/cultural range will be represented.The deadline is January 12th, 2015. After the deadline, applicationswill no longer be accepted.A jury representing the ISECS Organizing Committee will review allsubmissions and at the Conference they will select the winner of theISECS 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 anotherposter(a presenter must be present during the poster session to explain theposter 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 isyet to start.For useful tips &#38; tricks on how to design a poster, see:http://www.uhd.edu/academic/colleges/sciences/scholars/files/workshop-poster.pdf------------------------------------------------------------------------Lina WeberGeschiedenis, Universiteit van Amsterdam, Spuistraat 134, 1012 VBAmsterdaminfo@isecs2015.comHomepage &#60;http://www.isecs2015.com&#62;URL zur Zitation dieses Beitrages&#60; http://hsozkult.geschichte.hu-berlin.de/termine/id=25340&#62;------------------------------------------------------------------------H-Soz-u-Kult übernimmt keine Gewähr für die Richtigkeit, Vollständigkeitoder Aktualität der von unseren Nutzern beigetragenen Inhalte. 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