Scientific Events

"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.

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.

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).