Forwarded from the H-Net system by Ross B. Emmett ********************************************************************** CALL FOR PAPERS Twentieth Annual Conference NORTHEAST AMERICAN SOCIETY for EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY STUDIES College of the Holy Cross Worcester, Massachusetts September 26-29, 1996 The Program Committee for the Twentieth Annual Conference of the Northeast American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies seeks panels and papers from all disciplines addressing the theme, "READING THE LANGUAGES OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY," including vocabulary, para- digmatic structures, private/public discourse, concepts of commonwealth, and cultural connections. Scholars from the fields of history, literature, music, philosophy, politics, the sciences, and the visual arts are invited to submit proposals for complete panels or individual papers. Since individual papers are sometimes difficult to fit into panels, potential panelists are encouraged to use the H-Net to identify others who might join in sponsoring a complete panel. Panel proposals and abstracts (up to 500 words) should be sent to one of the conference chairs no later than December 1, 1995: Professor Maurice A. Geracht ([log in to unmask]) or Professor B. Eugene McCarthy ([log in to unmask]) Department of English College of the Holy Cross 1 College Street Worcester, Massachusetts 01610-2395 Telephone: (508) 793-3442/3437 FAX: (508) 793-3676 Program Committee: Bland Addison, History, Worcester Polytechnic Institute Ross W. Beales, Jr., History, College of the Holy Cross John B. Hench, Director of Research and Publication, American Antiquarian Society Carol Lieberman, Music, College of the Holy Cross Joanna Ziegler, Visual Arts, College of the Holy Cross