The South Central Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies and the University of New Mexico cordially invite you to participate in the annual meeting of the Society in Santa Fe, New Mexico from February 26 to February 29, 2004. The general theme of the meeting will be "The Worlds of the Eighteenth Century."

The meeting will be held in the highly-regarded Eldorado Hotel in Santa Fe, only steps from the Santa Fe Plaza and convenient to the Georgia O'Keefe and other world-class museums. Santa Fe is also famed for its fine dining, its excellent shops and galleries, and especially its beauty and ambiance. It lives up to its Chamber of Commerce's boast that it is "the city different." The end of the Santa Fe Trail has an unmatched cultural mix of Native American, Hispanic, and "Anglo" which is ready to be enjoyed by the visitor, and the meeting promises to be a rich cultural mix in and of itself.

We further invite you to browse the preliminary list of sessions currently planned for the meeting. If you are interested in presenting a paper, please contact one of the session conveners whose name and address (usually including email) appears in the list. If you have an idea for a paper which does not seem to fit into any of the sessions on the list, please send a brief abstract to one of the co-presidents, Connie C. Thorson (email thorson@unm.edu) or James L. (Jim) Thorson (email jthorson@unm.edu). We will find an appropriate group to welcome your paper.

There may well be room on the program for some additional panels. The conveners will be glad to consider submissions of full panels, roundtables or other sessions. Please contact one of them with your ideas.

The SCSECS has a history of some thirty years of providing stimulating intellectual meetings in a relaxed atmosphere. In addition to the panels there will be plenary presentations by Professor Louise K. Barnett of Rutgers University and Professor Clement Hawes of Pennsylvania State University, receptions, the annual luncheon, and many other events. There will also be ample time to enjoy the many pleasures of The Eldorado and of Santa Fe.