A Word About EC/ASECS
The East-Central/American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies held its first meeting in 1970, a few months after the inaugural meeting of the American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies (ASECS), of which it is an affiliate. EC/ASECS's region includes most of the Mid-Atlantic area: Delaware, Pennsylvania, southern New Jersey, Maryland, Washington DC, Virginia, and West Virginia.
The Society meets every fall, usually in October or November. Members represent virtually every discipline related to eighteenth-century studies. Our members come from Canada to Mexico and from coast to coast, as well as from various points in Europe.
One of our members, Kevin J. Berland, is the founder, owner, factotum, etc., of the Eighteenth-Century Interdisciplinary Discussion Bulletin Board (C18-L).
The Society's newsletter, the Eighteenth-Century Intelligencer, formerly called the East-Central Intelligencer, is the most outstanding of all affiliate society newsletters, averaging over 60 pages for each of its three annual issues. The editor is James E. May; he can be contacted at: jem4@psu.edu
For information on membership or on the annual meeting, contact the Executive Secretary, Linda E. Merians at: LEmeria@aol.com
Executive Committee 2008-2009
President: Geoff Sill (term ends 12/2009)
Vice President: Linda Troost (term ends 12/2009)
1st. Past President: Doreen Saar (term ends 12/2010)
2nd. Past President: Kevin Berland (term ends 12/2009)
Web Wizard: Ted Braun
ECI editor: Jim May
Past and Future Conference Chairs: Monica Najar, Scott Gordon, Kathy Temple, Beth
Lambert, Mary Margaret Stewart, Temma Berg
Exec. Sec't: Linda Merians (term ends 12/2010)
Elected Board Members: Lisa Berglund (terms ends 12/2009); Jean-Marc Kehres (term
ends 12/2010); Christine Clark-Evans (terms ends 12/2011) [Lisa Berglund serves as the
chair of the Molin Prize, with Jean-Marc Kehres and Christine Clark-Evans also participating).
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