Societies, Networks and Organisations
- Chrysopoeia: site of the Société d’Étude de l’Histoire de l’Alchimie
- CMR17: Centre Méridional de Rencontres sur le XVIIe siècle
- http://cornucopia16.com/: Site de recherche universitaire consacré au XVIe siècle
- H-France: devoted to promoting the discussion, study and teaching of French history and culture
- Modern Humanities Research Association.
- SATOR: the site of the Société d’Analyse de la Topique Romanesque.
- Société d’Étude du XVIIe Siècle
- SE17: the Society for Interdisciplinary French Seventeenth-Century Studies
- SIEFAR: la Société Internationale pour l’Étude des Femmes de l’Ancien Régime
- Société des Amis de Port-Royal
- The Society for French Studies
- The Society for Seventeenth-Century Music
- Web17: un site pour la littérature française du XVIIe siècle.
Research Centres
- CELLF: Centre d’Etude de la Langue et de la Littérature Françaises des XVIIe et XVIIIe Siècles.
- Centre d’Études Cartésiennes at Paris IV.
- Centre d’Études des Théâtres de la Foire at the University of Nantes.
- Centre de Musique Baroque de Versailles: gives full details of the activities of the Centre.
- Centre de Recherche sur l’Histoire du Théâtre (Paris IV). Contains a substantial Bibliothèque dramatique.
- Centre de Recherche sur la Littérature des Voyages (Paris IV).
- Descartes e il seicento : research centre of the University of Lecce.
- GRIHL: Groupe de Recherches Interdisciplinaires sur l’Histoire du Littéraire
- Institut d’histoire des Représentations et des Idées dans les Modernités
- Institut d’Histoire de la Réformation, at the University of Geneva.
- The Danish National Research Foundation Centre for Privacy Studies (PRIVACY, University of Copenhagen): interdisciplinary notions of privacy and the private (1500-1800), directed by SEMFS member Mette Birkedal Bruun.
Libraries, Catalogues and Databases
- ABES: Système universitaire de documentation: an extensive searchable database of research materials.
- Archives Nationales
- Bibliothèque de l’Arsenal
- Bibliothèque de la Société de Port-Royal
- Bibliothèque Mazarine
- Bibliothèque Nationale de France
- The British Library
- Catalogue collectif de France: gives details of the holdings of 3900 public libraries.
- CESAR (Calendrier électronique des spectacles sous l’Ancien Régime): a comprehensive database on the theatre of the 17th and 18th centuries.
- The CESAR Imagebank contains over 3500 images covering all aspects of the French theatre 1600-1800.
- Chronologie critique et analytique des représentations d’opéra à Paris et à la cour de 1655 à 1687, created by Buford Norman and William Brooks.
- Dictionnaire des Femmes de l’Ancienne France provides biographical and other data on over 1000 women (5th to 18th centuries)
- Theses.fr: database of doctoral theses in French universities.
- Francophone Public Libraries and Archives provides links to a large number of municipal libraries and archives in France, Belgium, Switzerland and Quebec.
- Index to Theses accepted for higher degrees in UK and Irish universities (subscription).
- New Historians of Early Modern France gives details of doctoral research projects in the USA.
- OLIS: the Oxford Libraries automated catalogue
- SATORBASE: an invaluable database of topoi in prose fiction 1200-1800.
- Base de données viatique du Centre de Recherche sur la Littérature des Voyages.
Sites of particular interest to postgraduate students
As recommended by Emma Gilby.
- The Arts and Humanities Research Council: UK-wide programmes supporting the highest quality research and postgraduate training in the arts and humanities.
- Guardian Higher Education Links: links to all the universities in the UK.
- jobs.ac.uk: the best website advertising academic posts in UK universities.
- Key Skills at UCL: “Academic skills, self-management skills, communication skills and interpersonal skills” for postgraduates.
- Modern Humanities Research Association Postgraduate Membership: up to three years’ free membership including free subscription to online issues of the MHRA’s online journals, as well as discounts on print copies of the journal and Legenda books.
- Postgraduatesearch.com: contains a freely searchable database of undergraduate scholarships offered by academic institutions, commercial organisations and charitable trusts.
- Society for French Studies Postgraduate Page.
Textual Resources
- ABU: La Bibliothèque Universelle contains texts by a dozen 17th-century authors.
- Bibliotheca Augustana: selected works of Descartes, Fénelon, Pascal, Perrault; also 17th-century works in Italian, Latin and other languages.
- Catalogue critique des ressources textuelles sur Internet
- Dictionnaires d’autrefois: includes the 1694 edition of the Dictionnaire de l’Académie and Jean Nicot’s Thresor de la Langue Françoyse (1606), with limited search facility
- The Early Modern English Dictionaries Database provides a facility to search Cotgrave’s French-English dictionary of 1611.
- Early Modern French Women Writers: contains texts by Madeleine de Scudéry, Marie de Gournay, Mlle de Montpensier.
- École Nationale Vétérinaire de Lyon : the site contains a large selection of early modern texts on horsemanship and veterinary topics.
- Exeter Texts: the out-of-print editions of the Textes Littéraires are being put progressively on line.
- Gallica : the BNF’s online series of classic texts.
- Seventeenth-Century Parisian Soundscapes: early-modern street songs, curated by SEMFS member Nicholas Hammond.