It’s hooked, loosely, around her 2014 discovery of the ideas of the polymath and society doctor George Cheyne; ironically, given he was “the most obese man in 18th-century England”, he’s ...

To speed the reviewing process, essays sent for consideration should be e-mailed, in either Word or WordPerfect. All refereeing is done "in blind." Eighteenth-Century Life follows The Chicago Manual ...

On December 26th and 27th, from 5 PM to 11 PM, the picturesque village of Casale di Posillipo is set to host the 15th edition ...

These remarkable and intricate illustrations are the work of Mark Catesby, an English naturalist and artist who made numerous visits to North America in the early 18th century, recording the flora ...

While we received a high volume of truly exciting submissions for the conference Irresistible Decay: Discourses of Death in Life from the 18th Century to Today, we are extending the deadline to ...