Oxford University Studies in the Enlightenment

Oxford University Studies in the Enlightenment is a monographic series which has been published since 1955. Originally edited by Theodore Besterman,[1][2] the series now comprises more than 550 books - edited volumes and monographs, in either English or French - on diverse topics related to the Enlightenment or the eighteenth century.

Name

Previously the series was called Studies on Voltaire and the Eighteenth Century, and was more commonly known as SVEC. In 2013, the name was changed to reflect the global and interdisciplinary nature of its publications, which study both the Age of Enlightenment in the long Eighteenth Century and growing scholarly move to see the Enlightenment as a movement with worldwide impact and implications.[3] Currently it is published by the Voltaire Foundation, with some volumes also attributed to Institut et Musée Voltaire.[1]

Topics

The series has published leading research relating not only to France, but also to the UK, Germany and Spain, Russia and Greece, Africa and America, and it has encouraged work across a broad range of disciplines as well as promoting new areas of research such as environmental studies. Topics include history, literature and comparative studies, cultural studies, philosophy, the history of the book, theatre, arts and visual studies, and gender studies. The series publishes twelve books a year, one per month, and several of its books have won prestigious awards, such as the Society for the History of Natural History's Thackray Medal for Jean-Jacques Rousseau and botany: the salutary science (Alexandra Cook),[4] and the Prix Marianne Roland Michel for The Profession of sculpture in the Paris 'Académie' (Tomas Macsotay).[5]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Worldcat record". Worldcat.org. Retrieved 2014-04-27.
  2. ↑ Barber, Giles (2004). Besterman, Theodore Deodatus Nathaniel (1904–1976). Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 2014-04-27.
  3. ↑ "Oxford University Studies in the Enlightenment – what’s in a name? |". Voltaire Foundation. 2014-01-13. Retrieved 2014-04-27.
  4. ↑ "Australian and international collaborators - SIHN - The University of Sydney". Sydney.edu.au. 2014-02-27. Retrieved 2014-04-27.
  5. ↑ "Fondation Marianne & Roland Michel". Mariannerolandmichel.fr. Retrieved 2014-04-27.

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