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GIS Sociabilités Seminar: 'The Politics of the ‘Sociable Self: Theories and Practices (1650-1850)'. Tenth thematic session on 'The Gendered Self', 18 September 2026 (16:00 - 18:00) at Université Rennes 2, Room L 201. With Catriona Seth (All Souls College, Oxford): “L'identité au féminin, entre sphère publique et vie privée” and Soile Ylivuori (University of Helsinki): “Coloniality and Gentlemanly Self-Fashioning”. Session chaired by Valérie Capdeville (Univ. Rennes 2) and Aurélie Chatenet-Calyste (Univ. Rennes 2)

Laureate of the 2025 GIS MA Prize - 6th edition: Frank QIAO

CFP - GIS Sociabilités International Conference 2026: 'Sociability, Progress and Innovation (1650-1850)', Université Rennes 2, Thursday 10 & Friday 11 December 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 (17:00 - 19:00) at Université Paris Cité, bâtiment Olympe de Gouges (room 830)

Dance and Sociability in the Long Eighteenth Century, Hillary Burlock, Ian Newman, Mark Philp (eds.)

Cycle de conférences du GIS Sociabilités "Tisser du lien : femmes à la mode au siècle des Lumières" En parallèle de l’exposition « Révéler le féminin : mode et apparences au XVIIIe siècle » (25 mars au 20 septembre 2026)

Of the travellers’ sociability in The National Archives’ collections – 20 March 2026, TNA (Kew). The aim of this seminar is to study the sociability practices of travellers during the long eighteenth century and their perceptions of these practices in a foreign context by drawing on any types of written testimonies or material culture relating to travel.

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