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[This announcement comes from Stephen E. Soud of Maryville College, a
non-subscriber. Please contact him as soon as possible if you are
interested -- my email problems have pushed this announcement just past
his deadline. -- RBE]
I am seeking papers for the following two sessions at regional and
national meetings of the American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies
(ASECS). ASECS is an interdisciplinary organization dedicated to the
advancement of scholarship in all aspects of the period from the later
seventeenth through the early nineteenth century. Deadlines and addresses
follow each announcement. (Please forgive the late notice, but computer
problems at work have delayed this posting by nearly a month.)
ADAM SMITH IN HIS WORLD AND OURS
Southeast American Society for 18th-c. Studies (SEASECS) Conference
Knoxville, TN
March 4-6, 1999
15-20 minute papers on any aspect of Smith's work. Topics might
include any of the following: contextual studies of the _Wealth of
Nations_, approaches to teaching his work, the relations between Smith's
moral theory and his economic thought, Smith's impact on recent economic
or social thought. Other approaches are also welcome.
Please send proposals by September 15 to:
Stephen E. Soud
Maryville College
Maryville, TN 37804
e-mail: [log in to unmask]
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POUND FOR POUND: MONEY AND EXCHANGE IN 18TH-C. ENGLAND AND IRELAND
ASECS Annual Convention
Milwaukee, WI
March 24-28, 1999
15-20 minute papers offering new approaches to or revisions of recent
work on money and exchange in England and/or Ireland during the "long"
eighteenth century (1660-1821). In the interdisciplinary spirit of ASECS,
contributions from a variety of fields of inquiry--the history of economic
thought, philosophy, literature, postcolonial studies, military history,
etc.--are encouraged. Topics might include (but are by no means limited
to): the capitalization of money; the impact of the Paoer Pound of
1797-1821; money and Irish nationalism; exchange rates and the problem of
supplying England's overseas military campaigns.
Please send proposals by September 15 to:
Stephen E. Soud
Maryville College
Maryville, TN 37804
e-mail: [log in to unmask]
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