Scientific Events

'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 2026 at Université de Paris Cité, with Helen Berry (Univ. of Exeter) & Charline Granger (Univ. de Montpellier Paul-Valéry).

GIS Sociabilités BOOK LAUNCH 2025, Bibliothèque de l’Arsenal (Paris), Friday 12 December.

"Les femmes artistes au siècle des Lumières et l’art du portrait" by Catherine Voiriot (Musée du Louvre), Musée Cognacq-Jay, 11 December 2025.

Deadline extended to December 10, 2025!

GIS Sociabilités seminar 'The Politics of the ‘Sociable Self: Theories and Practices (1650-1850)' - Seventh thematic session on 'Gossip, Scandal and Sociabilities', 7 November 2025 at Université de Paris Cité, with Rebecca Anne Barr (University of Cambridge) & Matthew Kinservik (University of Delaware).

"L’art de faire réseau, le salon comme espace de savoir et de reconnaissance pour les académiciennes" by Perrine Vigroux (Université Paul-Valéry Montpellier 3), Musée Cognacq-Jay, 15 October 2025.