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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

Taxation, Democracy and State Formation in France, 1870-1940

Nation and Globalization

Tuesday 07 Feb 2012 - 17:15

“Mon Oncle d’Amérique” by Alain Resnais

Cinéma

Tuesday 07 Feb 2012 - 20:00

'La maison et le monde’: La romanisation et ses variations juridiques

Classics

Wednesday 08 Feb 2012 - 09:30

Quelle poétique pour l’écriture de la nature? Perspectives contemporaines

Modern French Seminar

Thursday 09 Feb 2012 - 17:15

Sciences et Lettres au XVIIe siècle

Key Words in Early Modern France Seminar

Friday 10 Feb 2012 - 11:30

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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, techniques 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...