About the GSUC18

The 18th-Century Group of the Graduate Center of the City University of New York, otherwise known as the Graducate School and Uiversity Center, was founded by Nora Nachumi (Dr. Nachumi is now Assistant Professor of English at Stern College of the Yeshiva University) and Chris Fanning (Dr. Fanning is Assistant Professor of English at the Queen's College in Canada). The Group is primarily a casual seminar or salon, at which established scholars like Jonathan Lamb and Michael McKeon, junior scholars, and graduate students present works-in-progress and discuss the art, drama, literature, history, and philosophy of the long eighteenth century. We meet on the second Friday of every month during the school semesters.

In 1998, the 18th-Century Group sponsored an interdisciplinary conference at the CUNY Graduate School entitled "Eighteenth-Century Revolutions." Participants included Derek Hughes, Judith Milhous, Blanford Parker, Betty Rizzo, Janet Todd, Michael Warner, and Randy Trumbach.

For more information, contact Andrea Fabrizio or Matthew Williams at gsuc18@hotmail.com

CUNY Graduate Center
Eighteenth-Century Interdisciplinary Group

2005-2006 Schedule

November 11
"Satire's Perversions: Queer Modes, Queer Content, and the Case of Mademoiselle de Richelieu's Travels and Adventures"
Professor Susan Lamb, Division of Humanities
University of Toronto at Scarborough

December 9
"Geographies of Liberty: Law, Location and Freedom in the
Anglo-American World"
T. K. Hunter, Assistant Professor
Department of History & NWC
WesternConnecticutStateUniversity

February 11
Member Works-in-Progress

March 10
"In Search of Colin Firth's Buns: Translating Sexuality in Austen to Film"
Nora Nachumi, Assistant Professor
Department of English
Stern College/Yeshiva University

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"Locke's Views
on Freedom and Necessity, and Their Radicalization in the 18th Century"
Charles Wolfe,
PhD candidate, Boston University

April 14
"Domestic, Political, and Moral Economies in Swift's Irish Writings"
Jill Bradbury,
Assistant Professor, English, GallaudetUniversity

All meetings will be held at 2:00 in the Eighteenth-Century Reading Room on the concourse level of the Mina Rees library at the Graduate Center, 365 5th Ave.  Port and snacks will be served.

Contact Andrea Fabrizio or Matthew Williams at gsuc18@hotmail.com

To suggest other links, please e-mail us at gsuc18@hotmail.com