Valérie Capdeville

Valérie Capdeville serves as a Professor at the University of Rennes 2, specializing in British historical and cultural dynamics from 1650 to 1850 with emphasis on transnational networks and social structures.

Her research spans critical domains including:

• British History and Civilization
• Social and Cultural History (1650-1850)
• History of Sociability
• Cultural Transfers and Circulations
• British Empire Studies
• Colonial American History
• European Historical Networks

As Director of GIS Sociabilities, she leads a prominent interdisciplinary consortium dedicated to advancing scholarship on sociability through comparative historical frameworks across the Atlantic world and Europe.