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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 at Magdalen 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 3 December 2025
Robert Sharrock and the Transformation of Christian Epicureanism in England and Western Europe, 1642–1732
Date: 3 December 2025, 17:00 - 18:00
Speaker
:
Jacob Donald Chatterjee (New College, Oxford)
Venue: Magdalen College, High Street OX1 4AU
Organisers:
TBA
Hosts:
TBA
Wednesday 28 January 2025
Making the space to think about society – more than an Enlightenment story
Date: 28 January 2026, 17:00 - 18:00
Speaker
:
John Robertson (Universities of Oxford and Cambridge)
Venue: Magdalen College, High Street OX1 4AU
Organisers:
TBA
Hosts:
TBA
Wednesday 18 February 2025
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 2025
"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 2025
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 2025
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 2025
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 2025
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
