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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

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Queen’s College Translation Exchange (QTE)

14 October 2026
Upcoming events at the Translation Exchange
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'Canicule : les villes à la reconquête de leurs fleuves pour la baignade'

21 August 2026
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'

20 July 2026
Deux chroniques de la série « Environnement profond »
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Call for Papers: The Oxford Spinoza Conference 2027

09 July 2026
The Global Spinoza

Forthcoming Events

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

30 June 2026 to 29 October 2026
Exploring the History, Legacy, and Future of the Maison Française
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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International Conference ‘Olfactory knowledge: Learning through smell from the 18th century to the present day’

21 October 2026 to 23 October 2026
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 2026
‘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 2026
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 2026
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 2026
As part of the Griffith Research Seminar
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Medieval French Research Seminar

27 October 2026
‘Quelle foi accordait-on aux fictions au Moyen Âge ? Le lecteur au miroir de la métalepse (XIIe-XVe siècles)’ Mireille Seguy (Université Sorbonne-Nouvelle)

Download our term card for Michaelmas Term 2026 here.

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

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