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1946-2026 - MFO's 80th Anniversary Heritage Fund.

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ERC Project 'NOTCOM'

The Common Notion. Science and Consensus in the Seventeenth Century
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ANR Project 'SOCIOMA'

write a history of sociological knowledge in Latin Europe from the 12th to the 15th centuries
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ANR EnDansant-InterChor

A Choreographic International? Circulations, Networks and Dance Communities (17th–21st Centuries)
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K-Peritia: Building Capacity in Cultural Expertise

K-Peritia is an international, interdisciplinary research network advancing the use of cultural expertise in legal and institutional decision-making.
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CIFAR Future Flourishing

A research programme which explores the boundaries between humans and non-humans

News

Arjun Sabharwal and historian Antoine Destemberg in front of the new exhibition on Marc Bloch displayed at the MFO.

Work Experience at the Maison Française

by Arjun Sabharwal (Year 11, Cherwell School)
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Queen’s College Translation Exchange (QTE)

Upcoming events at the Translation Exchange
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'Canicule : les villes à la reconquête de leurs fleuves pour la baignade'

Une intervention de Martine Drozdz dans Le Nouvel Obs
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Les humanités environnementales à la Maison Française d'Oxford : Stéphane Van Damme dans 'Les Temps qui restent'

Deux chroniques de la série « Environnement profond »

Forthcoming Events

Family archives, Marc Bloch, 1919

Exhibition 'Marc Bloch: Lives, Struggles, Legacies' / 'Marc Bloch : vies, combats, héritages'

12 October 2026 to 07 December 2026
To mark the panthéonisation of Marc Bloch in 2026, we are delighted to present this exhibition at the Maison Française d’Oxford this term.
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Conference 'Across Anti-Imperial Metropolises

05 November 2026 to 06 November 2026
Register by 3 November to attend the conference in-person or online
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Modern French Research Seminar

05 November 2026
‘Poetry and Production Lines’ Patrick McGuinness (St Anne’s College, Oxford)
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Book Launch ‘Huguenot Memory, 1689-1757: Narratives of Imprisonment, Enslavement, and Exile’

09 November 2026
Nora Baker (Wiener-Anspach Foundation & Université Libre de Bruxelles)
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Lecture 'Strings and Knots: Enlightened Quipus' by Roger Chartier

10 November 2026
As part of the College de France Lecture Series
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Medieval French Research Seminar

10 November 2026
‘Scribal abbreviation in French manuscripts and its role as a source of data for quantitative palaeography’ Sebastian Dows-Miller (University College London)
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Workshop 'Balzac: Les Illusions Perdues & Splendeurs et Misères des Courtisanes'

12 November 2026 to 13 November 2026
Convened by Gaëtan Cliquennois (CNRS, IODE, Université de Rennes), Caroline Julliot (Université de Lyon), & Laurent Rousvoal (CNRS, IODE, Université de Rennes)
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Early Modern French Seminar

12 November 2026
‘Chasse et Lettres dans la Première modernité’ Olivier Guerrier (Toulouse II — Jean-Jaurès)

Download our term card for Michaelmas Term 2026 here.