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SCSECS 2011
Dreaming and Becoming
The 36th Annual Conference of the South Central Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies

February 17, 18th, and 19th
King and Prince Hotel, Saint Simon's Island, Georgia
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The eighteenth century was a period of great enthusiasm for experimentation. In government, in economics, in religion, in all the sciences as they came to be established, in publication, in all the arts, in short, all were keen on implementing what were largely theoretical (and quite often utopian) notions.

When we return to Saint Simon's Island in February, our theme will be Dreaming and Becoming, and (among other things, of course) we will consider the slippage, sometimes fortunate and other times not, between what was thought to be coming and what came to be. As broad as this subject is, we welcome panels and papers on this and all subjects relevant to our period and especially to its people who dreamed and schemed, and intentionally or not, for good or ill, made us what we are.

This year's plenary address, "The Blundering Print Trade and Accidents that Befall Books: Mistakes that need watching," will be delivered by Jim May of Penn State University - DuBois. Abstract.

Proposals for panels should be submitted by October 20th to MurrayLBrown@gmail.com or

Murray Brown
Department of English
Georgia State University
Atlanta GA 30303