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Theresa Banks (Harvard University; Cambridge, MA, United States): Members New Brief Editor

Before coming to Harvard, I completed a B.A. in French and English at Cornell University. Now a Ph.D. candidate in the French section of...

On This Day -- 11 Mar 1661

Arrivé à Valenciennes, Retz apprend qu'une ordonnance royale, datée du 3 mars, ordonne de l'arrêter dès qu'il paraîtra en France. Il retourne à Bruxelles.

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Calls for Papers and Contributions

Early Modern Ecologies (MLA LLC 17th-Century French Forum)
Posted: Friday, February 27, 2026 - 03:26

Grants

Prix XVIIe siècle : appel à candidatures (ouvrages parus en 2024)

Jobs

Departmental Lecturer at the University of Oxford

Scholarships Available

XVIIe siècle - Aide au financement d'événements scientifiques

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Conferences and Colloquia

Colloque : Jeter les textes ? Textes périmés, textes éphémères sous l’Ancien Régime

Date et lieu du colloque : 15 et 16 janvier 2027, Université Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, Campus de Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, 47 boulevard Vauban, 78280 Guyancourt. Format hybride (zoom) possible.

Organisé par : Mathilde Bouilland (CELLF, Sorbonne Université), Lucile Martin (DYPAC, UVSQ), Samuel Poulain (ALITHILA, Université de Lille)

 

Argument :

Que devient le texte lorsque sa valeur n’est plus indexée à la durée, à la conservation ou à la canonisation, mais à des usages situés, éphémères ou de nature à le rendre périssable ? En proposant le néologisme de jetabilité sous l’Ancien Régime, ce colloque se propose d’analyser les conditions sociales, matérielles et symboliques selon lesquelles les écrits sont conservés,...

New Publications

Richard Goodkin – The Magnificent Lies of Madeleine Béjart

Member News Briefs

Mellon Fellowship at Stanford University for Ainan Liu
Ph.D. Candidate at Princeton University

Mellon Fellowship at Stanford University for Ainan Liu

Ainan Liu is elected to the Mellon Fellowship of Scholars in the Humanities at Stanford University (Stanford Humanities Center) from 2026 to 2028 for his project entitled Barbaric Acts in French Classical Theater.

Congratulations, Ainan!

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