Eighteenth-century Worlds (ECW)
Description
The study and research of the global eighteenth century is a key focus of the interdisciplinary research centre, Eighteenth-Century Worlds (ECW). Based in Liverpool, the hub of transatlantic trade in goods and people during the eighteenth century, ECW is particularly interested in the international and global dimensions of the period, as well as material culture.
The centre promotes research in the political, social, economic, intellectual, and cultural life of the 'long' eighteenth century (1650-1850), studying not only eighteenth-century Britain and Europe, but also the wider world. A variety of disciplinary, cross- and interdisciplinary approaches are employed, including English, French and German studies, philosophy, social, cultural and business history, the history of science, music and slavery studies. Undergraduate and postgraduate teaching draws directly on the centre's research.
ECW is part of the History Department of the School of Histories, Languages and Cultures. However, its members include scholars and postgraduate students from various departments such as History, English, Modern Languages and Cultures, Classics, Philosophy, Music, and Geography, as well as curators at National Museums Liverpool.
ECW collaborates with other research centres, such as the Centre for the Study of International Slavery and the Liverpool Centre for Renaissance and Early Modern Studies. The centre also works closely with National Museums Liverpool and other cultural providers, serving as a dynamic coordinating forum for eighteenth-century studies across the University and the city. The centre is committed to developing teaching and research links with universities and centres abroad.
ECW actively participates in the work of national subject networks, such as the British Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies and the Northwest Early Modern Seminar, as well as the International Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies.
Offers funding
No, this infrastructure does not provide funding.
Contact details
PO Box 147
Liverpool
L69 3BX
United Kingdom
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University of Liverpool
Liverpool
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British Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies (BSECS)
The British Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies, a registered charity, was founded in 1971 to promote the study of the eighteenth century, not only as it was experienced in Britain but throughout t… read more about British Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies (BSECS)
Newcastle upon Tyne
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2023-09-20 15:00:19