12 October 2026, 9:00am to 7 December 2026, 5:00pm
To mark the panthéonisation of Marc Bloch in 2026, we are delighted to present this exhibition at the Maison Française d’Oxford this term.
Lecture 'Strings and Knots: Enlightened Quipus' by Roger Chartier
10 November 2026, 5:00pm to 5:00pm
As part of the College de France Lecture Series
Medieval French Research Seminar
10 November 2026, 5:15pm to 6:45pm
‘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 2026, 9:00am to 13 November 2026, 5:00pm
Convened by Gaëtan Cliquennois (CNRS, IODE, Université de Rennes), Caroline Julliot (Université de Lyon), & Laurent Rousvoal (CNRS, IODE, Université de Rennes)
Early Modern French Seminar
12 November 2026, 12:30pm to 2:00pm
‘Chasse et Lettres dans la Première modernité’
Olivier Guerrier (Toulouse II — Jean-Jaurès)
Documentary Film: ‘Docteur David, médecin roi’
17 November 2026, 8:00pm to 9:30pm
Sophie Jaubert & Guillaume Lachenal, 2026, 52min / Registration required
Modern French Research Seminar
19 November 2026, 5:15pm to 6:45pm
‘Making an Impression: Nineteenth-Century French Audio Description’
Hannah Thompson (Royal Holloway, University of London)
Workshop 'Lalande’s Legacy: from Fame to Posterity'/'Présence de Lalande : de la gloire à la postérité'
20 November 2026, 9:00am to 21 November 2026, 7:00pm
Lecture 'Thinking Law through Metaphor: Reason and Imagination in the Language of Roman Jurists' by Dario Mantovani
20 November 2026, 5:00pm to 7:00pm
As part of the Collège de France - Maison Française d’Oxford - Pembroke College Lecture Series
In conversation with Rachid Benzine 'Espérer malgré tout. Pour une espérance à Hauteur d’Homme'
23 November 2026, 5:15pm to 6:45pm
Organised in collaboration with the Embassy of the Kingdom
of Morocco in the UK
Medieval French Research Seminar
24 November 2026, 5:15pm to 6:45pm
‘The Nature and Culture of Wood:
Toward an Ecocritical Reflection on the Bible historiale’
Jake Abell (Baylor University)
Early Modern French Seminar
26 November 2026, 12:30am to 2:00pm
‘Rabelais σχολιαστής : la folie des mots’
Olivier Séguin-Brault (Magdalen College, Oxford)
Talk ‘Eléments pour une sociologie de l’éthique. Du progressisme au prudentialisme’
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