Scientific Events

GIS Sociabilités seminar 'The Politics of the ‘Sociable Self: Theories and Practices (1650-1850)' - Tenth thematic session on 'The Gendered Self', 18 September 2026 at Université Rennes 2, with Catriona Seth (All Souls College, Oxford) & Soile Ylivuori (University of Helsinki).

Frank QIAO (McGill University, Canada): 'The “Mad Crew” tamed?: The sociability of former Ranters in Interregnum and Restoration England, 1651-c.1700'

"Dress of the Year: Marking Time, Fashion, and Life in Eighteenth-Century Britain" by Serena Dyer (De Montfort University), Musée Cognacq-Jay, 18 June 2026. CONFERENCE ANNULEE

CFP - International Conference: "Une société mobile : trajectoires, fictions, théories (XVIIIe siècle)", Université Grenoble Alpes, 5-6 Novembre 2026.

GIS Sociabilités seminar 'The Politics of the ‘Sociable Self: Theories and Practices (1650-1850)' - Ninth thematic session on 'Expressing the Self through Visual and Material Culture', 29 May 2026 at Université de Paris Cité, with Sally Holloway (Univ. of Warwick) & Peter Humfrey (Univ. of St Andrews).

"Identifier les couleurs de la mode au XVIIIe siècle", by Aurélia Gaillard (Université Bordeaux-Montaigne), Musée Cognacq-Jay, 28 May 2026

Dance and Sociability in the Long Eighteenth Century, co-edited by Hillary Burlock, Ian Newman & Mark Philp (Bloomsbury, 2026).

"Entre les mains de femmes. Les multiples trajectoires de l’éventail au XVIIIe siècle" by Catherine Lanoë (Université Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines), Musée Cognacq-Jay, 23 April 2026

In parallel with the exhibition at Musée Cognacq-Jay: "Révéler le féminin : mode et apparences au XVIIIe siècle" (25 March - 20 Sept. 2026). Dates: April 23, May 28 & June 18.