Maison Française d'Oxford - French research centre in the humanities and social sciences in Oxford

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The Maison Française d’Oxford is a French research centre in the humanities and social sciences.

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Forthcoming Events

Social Policy and Territorial Restructuring: Taking Stock After 30 Years

Nation and Globalization

Thursday 17 May 2012 - 10:00

Zaharoff Lecture 2012: "Flaubert, l’art moderne de la prose"

Modern French Seminar

Thursday 17 May 2012 - 17:00

Writing the History of the Special Operations Executive. In Remembrance of M.R.D. Foot (1919-2012)

Nation and Globalization

Saturday 19 May 2012 - 10:00

Environmental History Seminar: The Climate Question (18th-19th centuries)

History of Science

Monday 21 May 2012 - 16:00

Postures poétiques au seuil du recueil: Charles d’Orléans et Jean de Garencières

Medieval French Seminar

Tuesday 22 May 2012 - 17:15

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Research Programmes

Digital Humanities

A research programme dedicated to Digital Humanities was created in January 2010 by Paolo D’Iorio as a result of a series of exploratory initiatives during 2008 and 2009 that fostered collaboration between the Oxford Internet Institute, the...

History of Science

The History of Science programme of the Maison Française is directed by a Franco-British committee bringing together specialists and representatives of French and British research in the history of science, technology and innovation. In Oxford, the...

Modernities

The research programme "Modernities" sets out to examine the construction of European modernisms in their varied cultural guises. Different branches of research examine the evolution of what has been called the “first modernity...

Nation and Globalization

This programme blends historical research with the social sciences to promote a cross-disciplinary approach to the contemporary world. Its main focuses are on WW II and the resistance movements to fascist occupations, the study of politics and...