Anicet-Charles-Gabriel Lemonnier

Première Lecture chez Madame Geoffrin de l’Orphelin de la Chine en 1755 (1812)

Canaletto

Capriccio con motivi di Padova (1756)

Jean-Antoine Watteau

L’embarquement pour Cythère (1717)

Benjamin West

The Treaty of Penn with the Indians (1771-72)

Jacob Philipp Hackert

Die großen Wasserfälle in Tivoli (1783)

     

The International Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies, founded at the initiative of Theodore Besterman, promotes the growth, development and coordination of studies and research relating to the eighteenth century in all aspects of its cultural heritage (historical, philosophical, ideological, religious, linguistic, literary, scientific, artistic, juridical) in all countries, without exception; the Society is non-profit and non-political.

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PRESIDENCY

Professor Daniel Fulda (Germany) was elected president of ISECS in 2023.

ISECS INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS

International congresses take place every 4 years attracting between 600 and 1,200 participants. The next congress will be held in Zaragoza in 2027.

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