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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

22 October 2026
by Arjun Sabharwal (Year 11, Cherwell School)
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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 »

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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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)
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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 2026
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 2026 to 30 October 2026
Convened by Gaëtan Cliquennois & Cristina E. Parau (CNRS / IODE–Université de Rennes)
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Early Modern French Seminar

29 October 2026
‘Reading and Riding the Natural World: Horsemanship, Education and the Ecologies of Early Modern Learning Spaces’ Katherine Stratton (Lincoln College, Oxford)

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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