Articles — archive

November 2023 Threads — Chess

The Threads series aims to explore the rich topical connections that can be made across the items in the collection of c. 80,000 letters and to illustrate the range of diverse perspectives that can be found on topics of all kinds. Our second post, by Jack Orchard, is on Chess

Françoise de Graffigny, volume 9, 1748–1749

Olivia Russell with a research focus on 18th century French biography, takes us through the key themes, events, and relationships which Madame de Graffigny describes in her letters in 1748 and 1749, as the success of her most famous publication, the Lettres Peruviennes pushes her into a whole new social and intellectual millieu. read more…

Friday Coffee Gathering — August 2023

On 18 August 2023, Electronic Enlightenment gave a talk at the Bodleian Libraries’ Friday Coffee Gathering series at the Weston Library, talking about some of the materials from their Special Collections which we have published in EE. read more...

Beaumarchais and Electronic Enlightenment

Gregory Brown explores the significance of Beaumarchais, his correspondence, and the recently completed publication in EE of the Proschwitz edition of Beaumarchais letters. read more…

March 2022 Featured Letter

The first post in our new Featured Letter series is by Dr Kelsey Rubin-Detlev on Françoise Paule Huguet de Graffigny to François Antoine Devaux, c. Tuesday, 7 October 1738. read more…

March 2022 Threads — Chocolate

The Threads series aims to explore the rich topical connections that can be made across the items in the collection of c. 80,000 letters and to illustrate the range of diverse perspectives that can be found on topics of all kinds. Our first post, by Jack Orchard, is on Chocolate