Events

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Exhibition 'The MFO Turns 80: Celebrating Research, Culture, & Science Diplomacy (1946-2026)'

30 June to 29 October

Exploring the History, Legacy, and Future of the Maison Française

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Workshop 'Empire, Money and Power (France, Great-Britain during the long 18th century)'

01 October

Convened by François-Joseph Ruggiu (Sorbonne Université/CNRS) & Perry Gauci (Lincoln College, Oxford)

Conférence La voix entre corps et langages

International Conference 'La voix entre corps et langages'

05 October

Convened by Michael Abecassis (Christ Church, University College, & Wadham College, Oxford) & Maribel Peñalver Vicea (Universidad de Alicante)

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Autumn School 'Global Forests – 2026' – Forest socio-ecosystems facing the effects of climate change

06 October to 09 October

Global Forests: new multidisciplinary perspectives on forests

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

12 October to 07 December

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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"AI for Justice" Seminar / Journée d'étude « L'IA au service de la justice »

13 October

Organised by with the Liaison Judge for the United Kingdom and Ireland and the French Embassy in the United Kingdom's Higher Education, Research and Innovation Department.

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Medieval French Research Seminar

13 October

Oxford Medieval Studies (OMS) Welcome event Time and place to be confirmed

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Early Modern French Seminar

15 October

Introductory session

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Cinema: ‘De grandes espérances’/’Grand Expectations’

20 October

Sylvain Desclous, 2022, 1h45min / Registration required

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International Conference ‘Olfactory knowledge: Learning through smell from the 18th century to the present day’

21 October to 23 October

Convened by Rémi Digonnet (Université Jean Monnet Saint-Étienne), Judith Rainhorn (Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne), Marie Thébaud-Sorger (CNRS/Centre Alexandre Koyré), and Érika Wicky (Université Grenoble-Alpes)

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Modern French Research Seminar

22 October

‘Poetry is not therapy: poetic praxis in the self-help turn’ Jeff Barda (University of Manchester)

The Rediscovery of Charlotte Sohy

The Rediscovery of Charlotte Sohy. An evening of film, music & conversation

23 October

How does a composer disappear from history? And what does it take to bring her back?

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In conversation with Pierre Bayard: What is detective criticism?

26 October

Lecture and discussion convened by Henriette Korthals Altes

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Talk 'Education in Ptolemaic and Roman Egypt: new insights from the school ostraca from Hut-Repit/Athribis in Upper Egypt'

27 October

As part of the Griffith Research Seminar

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Medieval French Research Seminar

27 October

‘Quelle foi accordait-on aux fictions au Moyen Âge ? Le lecteur au miroir de la métalepse (XIIe-XVe siècles)’ Mireille Seguy (Université Sorbonne-Nouvelle)

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Talk 'The agreements of the priests of Soknopaiou Nesos: new sources for the organisation and the economy of an Egyptian provincial temple in the 1st and 2nd c. CE'

28 October

Sandra Lippert (CNRS, UMR 8546 AOROC, Paris) and Maren Schentuleit (AMES, Oxford University)

European Human Rights Justice and Privatisation, G. Cliquenois

Workshop 'Contesting Constitutionalism: The Counter-mobilizations'

29 October to 30 October

Convened by Gaëtan Cliquennois & Cristina E. Parau (CNRS / IODE–Université de Rennes)

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Early Modern French Seminar

29 October

‘Reading and Riding the Natural World: Horsemanship, Education and the Ecologies of Early Modern Learning Spaces’ Katherine Stratton (Lincoln College, Oxford)

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Talk ‘Telling/counting everyday life in a subsistence perspective. Ethnography of the household of radical ecologists’

30 October

Geneviève Pruvost (CNRS)

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Conference 'Across Anti-Imperial Metropolises

05 November to 06 November

Register by 3 November to attend the conference in-person or online

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Modern French Research Seminar

05 November

‘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

Nora Baker (Wiener-Anspach Foundation & Université Libre de Bruxelles)

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Lecture 'Strings and Knots: Enlightened Quipus' by Roger Chartier

10 November

As part of the College de France Lecture Series

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Medieval French Research Seminar

10 November

‘Scribal abbreviation in French manuscripts and its role as a source of data for quantitative palaeography’ Sebastian Dows-Miller (University College London)

Workshop 'Balzac: Les Illusions Perdues & Splendeurs et Misères des Courtisanes'

12 November to 13 November

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

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

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Documentary Film: ‘Docteur David, médecin roi’

17 November

Sophie Jaubert & Guillaume Lachenal, 2026, 52min / Registration required

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Modern French Research Seminar

19 November

‘Making an Impression: Nineteenth-Century French Audio Description’ Hannah Thompson (Royal Holloway, University of London)

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Workshop 'Lalande’s Legacy: from Fame to Posterity'/'Présence de Lalande : de la gloire à la postérité'

20 November to 21 November

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In conversation with Rachid Benzine 'Espérer malgré tout. Pour une espérance à Hauteur d’Homme'

23 November

Organised in collaboration with the Embassy of the Kingdom of Morocco in the UK

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Medieval French Research Seminar

24 November

‘The Nature and Culture of Wood: Toward an Ecocritical Reflection on the Bible historiale’ Jake Abell (Baylor University)

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Early Modern French Seminar

26 November

‘Rabelais σχολιαστής : la folie des mots’ Olivier Séguin-Brault (Magdalen College, Oxford)

Talk ‘Fraudsters. The schemes and tricks of merchants in the Greek city-state’

01 December

Cecilia D’Ercole (EHESS)

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Book launch ‘Mosquito Work: Vectors of Global Health’

03 December

With authors Ann Kelly & Javier Lezaun (School of Anthropology and Museum Ethnography, Oxford) Discussant: Guillaume Lachenal (SciencesPo Paris)

Download our term card for Michaelmas Term 2026 here.

2026 MFO Phil Prize

25 September

Each participant will give a 15-minute presentation of their research in English, designed to be accessible and engaging to an audience beyond their own academic field. All welcome!

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Workshop 'Cultural Expertise and the State'

24 September to 25 September

Authors workshop convened by Livia Holden (K-Peritia CA 22101)

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Conférence Dr. Paul Smith : Les présidentielles de 2027 - décryptage

23 September

Organised in collaboration with the Alliance Française d'Oxford

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2026 UK Sartre Society Conference

01 July to 02 July

Keynotes: Jane Hiddleston (Oxford University), Marguerite La Caze (University of Queensland), Mark Wrathall (Oxford University)

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'Une « Maison de fous » ? La MFO au sortir de la Seconde Guerre' par Anne Dunan-Page (Aix-Marseille Université)

26 June

Conference in French, as part of the MFO's 80th Anniversary

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Nuit de la MFO / MFO Night

25 June

An evening of ideas, dialogue, and Franco-British intellectual exchange to celebrate the MFO's 80th Anniversary

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Book Launch 'The Paris Commune: A Global History' (Verso Books, 2026)

24 June

With author Quentin Deluermoz (British Academy Global Professor, University of Cambridge)

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Workshop 'Witnessing the World Otherwise with Jacques Derrida'

17 June to 18 June

Convened by Cameron Etherton (Lady Margaret Hall) and Eve Judah (Newnham College, Cambridge), with the support of the Society for French Studies, TORCH, and Lady Margaret Hall

You can download our previous term cards as .pdf files by clicking on the links below:

Michaelmas Term 2026

Trinity Term 2026.

Hilary Term 2026

Michaelmas 2025

Michaelmas 2024

Michaelmas 2023

Michaelmas 2022

Michaelmas 2021

Michaelmas 2020

Michaelmas 2019

Michaelmas 2018

Michaelmas 2017