The Study on the 18th Century Group, of the University of Cadiz, integrated by academics of national and international research centres, pursues an interdisciplinary study of the 18th and 19th centuries, with special attention to the transit between one century and another, although it also addresses some of the issues that are projected into the 20th and 21st centuries. Furthermore, this group is integrated in the Institute of Research in Hispanic World Studies (In-EMHis), of the University of Cadiz, approved by the Governing Council in July 2018 and in the process of evaluation and approval by the Andalusian Government.
- Literary myths and national imaginaries of the 18th and 19th centuries, with special attention to the construction of the Andalusian imaginary (banditry, Flemishism, costumbrism).
- Andalusian printing during the time of the Cortes de Cádiz and the "Trienio Liberal".
- Spanish literature and visual culture in the 18th and 19th centuries.
- Spanish Literature, women and power.
- Meta-criticism of the Enlightenment and Romanticism.
- Press, almanacs and literature in the 18th and 19th centuries, with special attention to the Cádiz de las Cortes period
- Modernity and Spanish theatre from the 18th to the 20th century.
- Narrative genres of the 18th and 19th centuries: almanac, short story, novel, autobiography.
- Publishing and political propaganda the war of independence and the Cortes de Cádiz
- Literature and politics in Spain from the Enlightenment to Romanticism.
- Memorialism and travel literature from the 18th to the 20th century.
- Spanish cultural exile (1814-1936).
- Study, cataloguing and publication of the bibliographical heritage of the Enlightenment and Romanticism.
- Andalusian authors from the 18th to the 20th century.
- Inventory and cataloguing of literary and newspaper heritage.
- Critical edition of Spanish literary texts.
- Detailed study (descriptive, historical and interpretative) of the periodical press of the 18th and 19th centuries.
- Studies on the 18th and 19th centuries printing press.
- Bio-bibliographical studies.
- Scientific design of databases based on textual sources.
- Text processing for the creation of databases.
- Elaboration of writers' dictionaries.
- Creation of contents of high scientific popularization on literary, journalistic heritage and.
- Scientific design of exhibitions about writers and periodical press.