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.
Conférence Dr. Paul Smith : Les présidentielles de 2027 - décryptage
23 September 2026
Organised in collaboration with the Alliance Française d'Oxford
2026 UK Sartre Society Conference
01 July 2026 to 02 July 2026
Keynotes: Jane Hiddleston (Oxford University), Marguerite La Caze (University of Queensland), Mark Wrathall (Oxford University)
'Une « Maison de fous » ? La MFO au sortir de la Seconde Guerre' par Anne Dunan-Page (Aix-Marseille Université)
26 June 2026
Conference in French, as part of the MFO's 80th Anniversary
Nuit de la MFO / MFO Night
25 June 2026
An evening of ideas, dialogue, and Franco-British intellectual exchange to celebrate the MFO's 80th Anniversary
Book Launch 'The Paris Commune: A Global History' (Verso Books, 2026)
24 June 2026
With author Quentin Deluermoz (British Academy Global Professor, University of Cambridge)
Workshop 'Witnessing the World Otherwise with Jacques Derrida'
17 June 2026 to 18 June 2026
Convened by Cameron Etherton (Lady Margaret Hall) and Eve Judah (Newnham College, Cambridge), with the support of the Society for French Studies, TORCH, and Lady Margaret Hall
Talk 'The medical world and public health policies in Montpellier during the Age of Enlightenment'
16 June 2026
Pierre-Yves Lacour (Université Paul Valéry, Montpellier)
Double Book Launch: Contemporary Hindu Nationalism and the Politics of Predatory Capitalism in Karachi
16 June 2026
With authors Christophe Jaffrelot (CERI-SciencesPo/ King's India Institut) & Laurent Gayer (CERI-Sciences Po)
You can download our previous term cards as .pdf files by clicking on the links below:
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