To mark the panthéonisation of Marc Bloch in 2026, we are delighted to present this exhibition at the Maison Française d’Oxford this term.
Book Launch ‘Huguenot Memory, 1689-1757: Narratives of Imprisonment, Enslavement, and Exile’
09 November 2026
Nora Baker (Wiener-Anspach Foundation & Université Libre de Bruxelles)
Lecture 'Strings and Knots: Enlightened Quipus' by Roger Chartier
10 November 2026
As part of the College de France Lecture Series
Medieval French Research Seminar
10 November 2026
‘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 to 13 November 2026
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
‘Chasse et Lettres dans la Première modernité’
Olivier Guerrier (Toulouse II — Jean-Jaurès)
Documentary Film: ‘Docteur David, médecin roi’
17 November 2026
Sophie Jaubert & Guillaume Lachenal, 2026, 52min / Registration required
Modern French Research Seminar
19 November 2026
‘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 to 21 November 2026
Lecture 'Thinking Law through Metaphor: Reason and Imagination in the Language of Roman Jurists' by Dario Mantovani
20 November 2026
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
Organised in collaboration with the Embassy of the Kingdom
of Morocco in the UK
Medieval French Research Seminar
24 November 2026
‘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
‘Rabelais σχολιαστής : la folie des mots’
Olivier Séguin-Brault (Magdalen College, Oxford)
Talk ‘Eléments pour une sociologie de l’éthique. Du progressisme au prudentialisme’
Leverhulme Lecture 'The Life of Rocks: An Anthropological Approach to Research in Astrobiology'
27 November 2026
Perig Pitrou (CNRS – Maison Française d’Oxford – University College London, Leverhulme Visiting Professor)
Workshop 'Before and Beyond Political Economy: Economic Ideas and Political Culture in Early Modern Europe'
30 November 2026
Before and Beyond Political Economy: Economic Ideas and Political Culture in Early Modern Europe
Talk ‘Fraudsters. The schemes and tricks of merchants in the Greek city-state’
01 December 2026
Cecilia D’Ercole (EHESS)
Book launch ‘Mosquito Work: Vectors of Global Health’
03 December 2026
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 2026here.
Early Modern French Seminar
15 October 2026
Introductory session
Medieval French Research Seminar
13 October 2026
Oxford Medieval Studies (OMS) Welcome event
Time and place to be confirmed
"AI for Justice" Seminar / Journée d'étude « L'IA au service de la justice »
13 October 2026
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.
Autumn School 'Global Forests – 2026' – Forest socio-ecosystems facing the effects of climate change
06 October 2026 to 09 October 2026
Global Forests: new multidisciplinary perspectives on forests
International Conference 'La voix entre corps et langages'
05 October 2026
Convened by Michael Abecassis (Christ Church, University College, & Wadham College, Oxford) & Maribel Peñalver Vicea (Universidad de Alicante)
Workshop 'Empire, Money and Power (France, Great-Britain during the long 18th century)'
01 October 2026
Convened by François-Joseph Ruggiu (Sorbonne Université/CNRS)
& Perry Gauci (Lincoln College, Oxford)
2026 MFO Phil Prize
25 September 2026
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!
Workshop 'Cultural Expertise and the State'
24 September 2026 to 25 September 2026
Authors workshop convened by Livia Holden (K-Peritia CA 22101)
You can download our previous term cards as .pdf files by clicking on the links below:
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