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- An open-access digital encyclopedia with a multi-modal search engine
- An international and interdisciplinary project led by the GIS Sociabilités / Sociability since 2017
- An EU-funded project (Horizon 2020-MSCA-RISE) since 2019, promoting staff exchange and intersectoral collaborations
- A digital humanities project managed by an experienced editorial team
- Encyclopedia entries written in English or French by eighteenth-century scholars in various fields (history, art history, literature, philosophy, material culture, linguistics ...) and reviewed by a dedicated committee
- A complementary anthology of texts related to various aspects of sociability and connected to the entries
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Places
Royal Academy of Arts
MARTICHOU Elisabeth
The Royal Academy of Arts, founded in 1768, was an example of restricted professional and cultural sociability. The statutes limited the number of members and imposed rules of good behavior to ensure that politeness prevailed within the institution.
Marie Du Deffand
CHARRIER-VOZEL Marianne
Dans son salon de la rue Saint-Dominique, Mme Du Deffand reçoit de nombreux Anglais amateurs d’art et de littérature. Les lettres échangées avec Horace Walpole sont révélatrices de la contribution des correspondances franco-britanniques à la mise en place de nouveaux espaces de sociabilité réels et fantasmés.
People
Places
Concepts
Practices
English theatre (and transnational sociability)
MANCO Clara
In the so-called ‘long‘ eighteenth century (starting in 1660), the theatre can be seen as sociable space more than a site for a purely aesthetic experience. The sociability of the theatre however goes far beyond the space of the physical theatre itself.
Anthology
As part of its H2020 programme (Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions – Research and Innovation Staff Exchange (MSCA-RISE-2018)), the European Commission has granted significant financial support to DIGITENS, the flagship project of the Scientific Interest Grouping (GIS) “Sociabilités/Sociability”.
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Sociabilité et libertinage au siècle des Lumières
October 15th 2021
Cycle de conférences - 15 octobre & 9 novembre - dans la continuité de l'exposition "L'Empire des sens, de Boucher à Greuze" au Musée Cognacq-Jay, Paris.
Sociability and Democratic Practices in Britain and Ireland, 1789-1832
September 15th 2021
Now available online: Journal LEAVES, n°12, July 2021, co-edited by Rémy Duthille, Magalie Fleurot & Laurence Machet
The Rules of the Game in the Early Modern Period
June 30th 2021
Appel à communications: Les règles du jeu à la période moderne
Colloque organisé par l’unité de recherche VALE (Sorbonne Université) avec le concours du GIS Sociabilités
Les règles du jeu à la période moderne
18 & 19 novembre 2021