October 14-16, 1983 / Octobre 14-16 1983
University of New Brunswick, Saint John

Friday, 14 October / Vendredi 14 octobre

A.

9:00 - 12:30

Saint John Regional Hospital / Hôpital régional de Saint-John

Welcome to the Hospital / Discours de bienvenue

Science de la médecine au XVIII^e siècle

Chair / Présidente : Elizabeth Haig, Saint Mary's University

John P. Wright, University of Windsor
"Matter, Mind and Active Principles in 18th-Century British Physiology"

Othmar Keele, Université de Montréal
"La pratique et la formation cliniques en Europe à la fin du XVIII^e siècle : médecine facultaire ou médecine hospitalière ?"

Elizabeth Haig, Saint Mary's University
"Vital Forces and Vital Laws in the 18th-Century French Physiology"

Part II / 2e partie

Harvey Mitchell, University of British Columbia
"Guides to an Undestanding of Philippe Pinel"

Gay Webber, Halifax
"Theories of Anthropology in the 18th Century"

Dr. John Mackay, Saint John Regional Hospital
"The Art of Medecine in Pre-Loyalist New Brunswick"

B.

9:00 - 12:30

Walking Tour of Old Saint John / Visite guidée à pied du vieux Saint-John

or / ou

Boat trip up the Kennebecasis River / Excursion en bateau sur la rivière Kennebecasis

13:30 - 14:30

Saint John Regional Hospital / Hôpital régional de Saint John

Plenary Address / Séance plénière

Introduction by / Présentation : Roger L. Emerson, University of Western Ontario

Knud Haakonssen, Australian National University
"Natural Law and the Scottish Enlightenment"

14:45 - 16:45

Session A

Issues in 18th-Century Jurisprudence / Problèmes de la jurisprudence au XVIII^e siècle

Chair / Président : Mr Justice J. Paul, Supreme Court of New Brunswick / Cour du Banc de la Reine, N.-B.

James Moore, Concordia University
"Natural Sociability and Natural Rights in the Early Scottish Enlightenment"

Melvin Dalgarno, University of Aberdeen
"Reid and the Rights of Man Ideology"

Magdy Badir, University of Alberta
"Définition de la prostitution au XVIIIe siècle"

Session B

Canadian Colonial Culture / Culture coloniale du Canada

Chair / Président : Ann Gorman Condon, University of New Brunswick

Laurent Lavoie, Collège du Cap Breton
"L'activité culturelle et littéraire à la forteresse de Louisbourg"

David McNeil, University of Alberta
"The Search for Alexander Henry"

Willis Noble, Mount Allison University
"Two Canadian Musicians"

19:30 - 20:30

Twilight Discourse / Discours crépusculaire

Introduction by / Présentation : Thomas J. Condon, University of New Brunswick

Alan McNairn, New Brunswick Museum
"The Marketable Wolfe"

20:45

Venus Upserv'd : Love Scenes from 18th-Century Stage, directed by / mise en scène par : Mark Blagrave

Saturday, 15 October / Samedi 15 octobre

9:00 - 11:00

Session C

Sterne Hobby Horses

Chair / Président : Valerie Grosvenor Myer, Robinson College, Cambridge

David Oakleaf, University of Calgary
"Meditations on Sterne's Hobby Horses"

Bruce Stovel, Dalhousie University
"Tristram Shandy and the Art of Gossip"

Winnifred Bogaards, University of New Brunswick
"Why Tristram Shandy Should Be Considered the First Historical Novel"

Session D

German Literature : Fortunate and Unfortunate Encounters / Littérature allemande : rencontres heureuses et malheureuses

Chair / Président : Hans-Günther Schwarz, Dalhousie University

Hans-Günther Schwarz, Dalhousie University
"Shakespeare and 18th-Century German Poetics"

Christa Fell, Queen's University
"Ulrich Bräker Encounters Shakespeare"

John Whiton, University of Waterloo
"Faith and the Devil in H.L. Wagner's Die Kindermörderin"

11:15 - 13:15

Session E

Morality, Myth and Letters / Moralité, mythe, lettres

Chair / Président : Kenneth Graham, University of Guelph

Robert Merrett, University of Alberta
"Implication and Myth in Pope's Dunciad"

Gary Kelly, University of Alberta
"This Pestiferous Reading: The Moral Revolution and the Debate on the Novel in Late 18th-Century England"

John Stephen Martin, University of Calgary
"The Rhetoric of Grace in Jonathan Edwards' Personal Narrative"

Session F

Scottish Thought : Aspects and Developments / La pensée écossaise : aspects et développements

Chair / Président : Charles Stewart-Robertson, University of New Brunswick

Merle Harton, The Historic New Orleans Collection
"Reid's Religous Naturalism"

Paul Wood, Leeds-Kingston
"Thomas Reid's Critique of Joseph Priestley: Context and Chronology"

Kathleen Holcomb, Angelo State University
"The Condition of Knwledge in the Provinces"

Session G

Maritime and Canadian Native History / Histoire maritime et histoire des autochtones au Canada

Chair / Président : Thomas J. Condon, University of New Brunswick

Keith Matthews, Memorial University
"Scottish merchants and the Newfoundland Trade in the Last Quarter of the 18th Century"

David R. Farrell, University of Guelph
"To Keep Them in Proper Subjection: Jeffery Amherst and the Indians"

Lewis Fischer, Memorial University
"Shipping and Trade in Mid-18th-Century Halifax"

14:30 - 15:30

Plenary Address / Séance plénière

Introduction by / Présentation : Raoul Dionne, Université de Moncton

Gillian Thompson, University of New Brunswick
"The 18th-Century Persecution of the Jesuits by the Parlement of Paris"

15:45 - 17:45

Session H

French Literature : Novel Characters / Littérature française : des originaux

Chair / Président : Peter Allan, Mount Allison University

David Highnam, University of British Columbia
"Le projet métaphysique de la marquise de Merteuil"

Roseann Runte, Université Sainte-Anne
"Une parodie picaresque : les Aventures de... Beauchêne"

Denise Ringuette, Université de Montréal
"Savoir et fiction dans le Neveu de Rameau : le modèle sémiotique"

Marie Laure Girou Swiderski, Université d'Ottawa
"De Lahontan à Challe : l'Iroquois "Philosophe""

Session J

Philosophy, Psychology and the Armed Figure of Liberty / Philosophie, psychologie et Liberté armée

Chair / Président : Merle Harton, The Historic New Orleans Collection

James Crombie, Université Sainte-Anne
"Reid versus Locke and Berkeley on Primary and Secondary Qualities"

Gary P. Brooks, St. Francis Xavier University
"Francis Hutcheson and 18th-Century Psychological Thought"

Vivian Cameron, Nova Scotia College of Art and Design
"Women, Allegory and the French Revolution"

19:30

From Mandeville's Punch to the Annual General Meeting of the CSECS/ Du punch de Mandeville à l'assemblée générale de la SCEDHS

20:30

Banquet

Followed by / Suivi de: Cora Greenway, Halifax, The painted walls of Halifax

Sunday, 16 October / Dimanche 16 octobre

9:00 - 10:00

Plenary Address / Séance plénière

Introduction by / Présentation : Serge Morin, Université de Moncton

Walter Moser, Université de Montréal
"Le portrait négatif de la littérature par les auteurs scientifiques"

10:15 - 12:15

Session K

Teaching Restoration and 18th-Century Drama / Enseigner le théâtre de la Restauration et du XVIII^e siècle anglais

Chair / Président : Terry Pratt, University of Prince Edward Island

Terry Pratt, University of Prince Edward Island

James Gray, Dalhousie University

Mark Blagrave, University of New Brunswick

Session L

Witches and Sorcerers in the Age of Reason / Sorcières et enchanteurs à l'âge de la raison

Chair / Président : Jacques Bartomeuf, Mount St. Vincent University

Richard Illgner, Memorial University
"Witches and Sorcerers: Metaphor and Reality -- The Development in Germany"

J. M. Konczacki, Mount St. Vincent University
"Witch Trials in 18th-Century Poland: An Aspect of Socio-Economic Realities"

Catherine Rubinger, Mount St. Vincent University
"Metaphors of Withcraft in 18th-Century French Novels"

12:15 - 13:00

Annual General Meeting of the ASECS / Assemblée générale de la SAEDHS

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