Scientific Events

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

CFP - GIS Sociabilités International Conference 2026: 'Sociability, Progress and Innovation (1650-1850)', Université Rennes 2, Thursday 10 & Friday 11 December 2026.

Workshop: Of the travellers’ sociability in The National Archives’ collections – 19 & 20 March 2026, TNA (Kew). 19 & 20 MARCH 2026, THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES (KEW) - Keynote: Richard Ansell (Birkbeck Univ. of London) - Organisers: Marion Amblard (ILCEA4 & Pléiade, Univ. Grenoble Alpes), Jessica Nelson (TNA) & Sabrina Juillet Garzon (Pléiade & ILCEA4, Univ. Sorbonne Paris Nord).

'Sociability and the Travelling Letter: Message, Medium, Mobility in Europe and the Colonies in the Long Eighteenth Century (1650-1850)' - Study Day for PhD Students and Early-Career Researchers, University of Brest, Friday 13 March 2026 (room B001).

6th edition of the GIS Sociabilités MA Thesis Prize - Deadline for submission: 15 February 2026

"Des étoiles éclipsées ? Femmes de sciences et femmes artistes à la conquête des Lumières" by Mélanie Traversier (Univ. de Lille), Musée Cognacq-Jay, 22 January 2026.

GIS Sociabilités seminar 'The Politics of the ‘Sociable Self: Theories and Practices (1650-1850)' - Eight thematic session on 'Disturbed and Deviant Sociability', 9 January 2025 at Université de Paris Cité, with Helen Berry (Univ. of Exeter) & Charline Granger (Univ. de Montpellier Paul-Valéry).