The Winthrop English Department will host the next Southeastern American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies (SEASECS) Conference, March 5-7, 2009. Held in the middle of the second largest banking center in the United States, next year’s conference will naturally explore all subjects related to the interrelationship between artistic, cultural, economic, and commercial progressions (and regressions) during the long eighteenth century. Dr. Jack DeRochi is the conference organizer.

The conference will also welcome topics that seek to unveil the various alterations or “tricks” within specific literary genres or modes of entertainment during the same period. Of course, this theme is only a suggestion, and we cordially invite papers and panels that address all types of subject areas, including art, drama, printing, music, history, religion, race, and gender, etc. The submission deadline for all session proposals is September 1, 2008. The submission deadline for all paper proposals is November 1, 2008. Please send your brief abstract to program chair Dr. Dan Ennis at dennis@coastal.edu. Snail mail submissions may be sent to Dr. Dan Ennis, Department of English, Coastal Carolina University, Conway, SC, 29528. Be sure to include your contact information.

Plenaries will include a presentation by Pat Rogers as well as a Baroque music and dance performance by Barry Bauguess, John O’Brien, and Paige Whitley-Bauguess (for more information on this performance, please visit www.baroquedance.com). Conference accommodations will be at The Renaissance Southpark Hotel, only ten minutes from the airport, and right in the heart of the Southpark area of Charlotte.

The youngest “Queen City” brags a vibrant city life, with wonderful museums like The Mint Museum of Art, The Mint Museum of Craft and Design, and the Museum of the New South. SEASECS attendees may also enjoy nearby Historic Brattonsville, the James K. Polk Historical Site, or the Latta Plantation. They may also like to visit the Blumenthal Performing Arts Center, the Afro American Cultural Center, or the newest thriving arts and cultural district of NoDa  for great music, great food, and independent galleries. Finally, for those inclined, The Renaissance Hotel places you right next to great shopping: Neiman Marcus and Nordstrom’s are just a couple of the new additions to South Park Mall, but one mustn’t miss Phillip’s Place or The Specialty Shops, literally a couple of blocks away. For more information on SEASECS or the conference, see the SEASECS home page.

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