Thursday 4 June, Maison Française d'Oxford

 9.30 : Welcome address by Luc Borot, Director of the Maison Française d'Oxford

9:45 : Introduction by Sudhir Hazareesingh, Balliol College, Oxford.

Morning session: 10.00- 12.30

Chair: Sudhir Hazareesingh, Balliol College, University of Oxford

Jeroen Duindam, University of Gröningen

Ceremonies and Dynastic Power in Vienna and Istanbul

Luc Borot, MFO

Republican Virtue and Utopian Rituals in James Harrington's Oceana (1656)

Marine Roussillon, MFO

Court Feast: A way of domesticating the nobility?

Afternoon session: 14.00-17.00

Chair: Luc Borot, MFO

Marc Stears, University College, Oxford.

Festivals of Freedom: Citizenship, character and the rhythm of democratic life

Sudhir Hazareesingh: Balliol College, University of Oxford.

Gaullist rituals in France since 1945

Antoine Mandret-Degeuilh, Sciences Po, Paris.

Political Rites as an Operational Concept

Friday 5 June,

Department of Politics and International Relations, Seminar Room C,

Manor Road Building

Morning Session: 9.00-12.00

Chair: Jean-Pascal Daloz, CNRS-MFO

Harald Wydra, St Catherine's College, Cambridge.

Ritual Initiations of Democracy

François Foret, Université Libre de Bruxelles.

Symbols and Rituals of the European Union

Denis Fleurdorge, Université de Montpellier.

Les rituels du président de la République française : Sociogenèse et fonctionnalité des formes de représentation du Pouvoir