Enlightenment Workshop

An interdisciplinary research seminar supported by the Faculty of History, the Faculty of Modern Languages, and the Voltaire Foundation.

Wednesdays at 17:00 in Lecture Room 6, New College, unless otherwise stated
Type: Seminar Series
Series organisers: Nicholas Cronk (St Edmund Hall), Avi Lifschitz (Magdalen College)
Timing: Wednesdays 17:00, unless otherwise stated
Web Address: https://www.voltaire.ox.ac.uk/

Talks:

Wednesday 18 February 2026

Museums in Revolutionary France as Sites of Encouragement and Emulation
Date: 18 February 2026, 11:00 - 12:00
Speaker : Hangyul Kim (Chonnam National University)
Venue Details: Online
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Wednesday 25 February 2026

"The Kingdom of Liberty": the Dutch Remonstrants on Christianity and Natural Law
Date: 25 February 2026, 17:00 - 18:00
Speaker : Sarah Mortimer (Christ Church, Oxford)
Venue: Magdalen College, High Street OX1 4AU
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Wednesday 11 March 2026

לְ†רבּי†: John Locke, Christ Church, and the Herbarium Exercises, 1660-1665
Date: 11 March 2026, 17:00 - 18:00
Speaker : Felix Waldmann (Cambridge)
Venue: Magdalen College, High Street OX1 4AU
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Wednesday 13 May 2026

Book Talk: Jean-Paul Marat: Prophet of Terror (2025)
Date: 13 May 2026, 17:00 - 18:00
Speaker : Keith Michael Baker (Stanford University)
Venue Details: TBC
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Wednesday 20 May 2026

Empire and the Idea of the Constitution in Enlightenment Political Thought
Date: 20 May 2026, 17:00 - 18:00
Speaker : Jessica Patterson (Cambridge)
Venue Details: TBC
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Wednesday 3 June 2026

Dancing with the Stars: Adam Smith and Lucian on Philosophical, Moral, and Pantomime Spectatorship
Date: 3 June 2026, 17:00 - 18:00
Speaker : Maksymilian Del Mar (Queen Mary University of London)
Venue Details: TBC
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Editors: Laura Spence, Belinda Clark