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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
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People
Richard Brinsley Sheridan
ROCHE-TIENGO Virginie
Richard Brinsley Butler Sheridan (1751 – 1816) was an Irish-born British playwright, poet, politician, 'clubbable' orator and owner of the London Theatre Royal, Drury Lane.
Vestries
KÜMIN Beat
This entry focuses on the more or less institutionalized bodies running parish affairs in the long eighteenth century. With roots stretching back to the Middle Ages, vestries typically elected a range of officials, organized church building / maintenance and dealt with various ad-hoc tasks.
Practices
Practices
Places
Political Clubs during the French Revolution
WALTON Charles
This entry examines the political clubs of the French Revolution, focusing especially on the Jacobin Club. It explores the reasons why the clubs strayed from their initial ideals of civil debate and succumbed to lethal factionalism.
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”.
Latest News
CFP - Sociability in Politics, Food and Travel in the Early Modern Era
January 31st 2023
'Sociability in Politics, Food and Travel in the Early Modern Era': call for papers for international conference organized by and hosted at the University of Warwik.
8-10 June 2023, in-person.
GIS SOCIABILITY MASTER'S THESIS PRIZE 2022
January 31st 2023
3rd edition of the GIS Sociabilités MA Thesis Prize - Deadline for submission: 31 January 2023
Launch of the DIGIT.EN.S encyclopedia
December 8th 2022
Official launch of the DIGIT.EN.S encyclopedia, with keynote lecture by Prof. Tim Hitchcock
Brest, Marina du Château, Thursday 8 December