Events

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

To mark the panthéonisation of Marc Bloch in 2026, we are delighted to present this exhibition at the Maison Française d’Oxford this term.

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)

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

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

Lecture and discussion convened by Henriette Korthals Altes

As part of the Griffith Research Seminar

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

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

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

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

Geneviève Pruvost (CNRS)

Translations of the work of Alain Viala, edited by Jessica Goodman (St Catherine’s College, Oxford) Emma Herdman (St Andrews University), Marine Roussillon (Université Sorbonne Nouvelle), Gemma Tidman (Queen Mary University of London)

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

‘Poetry and Production Lines’ Patrick McGuinness (St Anne’s College, Oxford)

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

As part of the College de France Lecture Series

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

Convened by Gaëtan Cliquennois (CNRS, IODE, Université de Rennes), Caroline Julliot (Université de Lyon), & Laurent Rousvoal (CNRS, IODE, Université de Rennes)

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

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

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

As part of the Collège de France - Maison Française d’Oxford - Pembroke College Lecture Series

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

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

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

Emmanuel Didier (CNRS, ENS) & Luc Boltanski (EHESS)

Perig Pitrou (CNRS – Maison Française d’Oxford – University College London, Leverhulme Visiting Professor)

Cecilia D’Ercole (EHESS)

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