Maison Française d'Oxford
Description: The MFO is a hub for research collaborations between French and British universities, first and foremost with the University of Oxford. It helps French scholars of all levels to access the wealth of resources provided by Oxford, and it also helps Oxford academics to start joint projects with French researchers.
Talks:

Wednesday 25 February 2026

‘What’s on a Vase? When French Feminism Meets Chinese Art’
Date: 25 February 2026, 17:00 - 19:00
Speaker : Manhua Li (Royal Holloway College, University of London)
Venue Details: Maison Française d'Oxford, 2-10 Norham Road OX2 6SE
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Monday 2 March 2026

Seeking Wonder in the Long Nineteenth Century: Women, Folklore and Fairy Tales from a Transnational Perspective
Date: 2 March 2026, 12:00 - 13:15
Speaker : Elena Sottilotta (University of Cambridge)
Venue: Taylor Institution Library, St Giles' OX1 3NA
Venue Details: Room 2
Organisers: Victoria White, Kate McKee
Hosts: TBA

Popular Science Writing: Literary Approaches
Date: 2 March 2026, 16:00 - 17:30
Speaker : Michael Whitworth (Oxford)
Venue: Radcliffe Observatory,
Venue Details: Room 00.063 (ground floor), Schwarzman Centre
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 3 March 2026

Book presentation ‘Cultural expertise. Theories, Laws and Practices’ (Routledge, 2025)
Date: 3 March 2026, 16:00 - 18:00
Speaker s: Livia Holden (Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne/CNRS)), Dina Hadad (Université Paris Nanterre)
Venue Details: Maison Française d'Oxford, 2-10 Norham Road OX2 6SE
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Special Film Screening 'Le dernier Canadien français'
Date: 3 March 2026, 19:00 - 22:00
Speaker
Venue Details: Maison Française d'Oxford, 2-10 Norham Road OX2 6SE
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 5 March 2026

‘Memory and oblivion of financial crisis’
Date: 5 March 2026, 17:15 - 18:45
Speaker s: Youssef Cassis (European University Institute), Pierre Chabrol (Minister Counsellor for Economic Affairs), Jean-Jacques Van Helten (European University Institute), Patrice Baubeau (Maison Française d'Oxford)
Venue Details: Maison Française d'Oxford, 2-10 Norham Road OX2 6SE
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Friday 6 March 2026

'From Utopia to Politics: Brutalist Architecture in France’s Working-Class Neighbourhoods'
Date: 6 March 2026, 17:15 - 18:45
Speaker s: Robin Wilson (Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL), Nigel Green, Ulysse Rabaté (Paris 8 University Vincennes Saint-Denis)
Venue Details: Maison Française d'Oxford, 2-10 Norham Road OX2 6SE
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Monday 9 March 2026

The quantification of famine in the British Empire, 1770-1801
Date: 9 March 2026, 16:00 - 17:30
Speaker : John Lidwell-Durnin (Exeter)
Venue: Radcliffe Observatory,
Venue Details: Room 00.063 (ground floor), Schwarzman Centre
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Children’s Week - A week exploring new frontiers, infant cognition, emotions, and care, including the history of children’s health, while rethinking classic themes such as work, children’s art and literature, and naturalist approaches to learning.
Date: 9 March 2026, 17:00 - 19:00
Speaker s: Didier Lett (Université Paris Cité), Maya Gratier (Babylab Nanterre), Helen Sunderland (Oxford), Natacha Collomb (CNRS)
Venue Details: Maison Française d'Oxford, 2-10 Norham Road OX2 6SE
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Theatre and cultural politics in the Academies of the Venetian Republic
Date: 9 March 2026, 17:15 - 18:30
Speaker : Lisa Sampson (UCL)
Venue: Taylor Institution Library, St Giles' OX1 3NA
Venue Details: Room 2
Organisers: Victoria White, Kate McKee
Hosts: TBA

Friday 20 March 2026

‘The Renaissance on Board, Really? Revisiting Jean and Raoul Parmentier’s Mythified Voyage to Sumatra in 1529’
Date: 20 March 2026, 12:30 - 14:00
Speaker : Romain Bertrand (Sciences Po/CERi)
Venue Details: Maison Française d'Oxford, 2-10 Norham Road OX2 6SE
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 9 April 2026

‘Michel Serres, historian of science despite himself’
Date: 9 April 2026, 17:00 - 19:00
Speaker : Bernadette Bensaude-Vincent (Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne)
Venue Details: Maison Française d'Oxford, 2-10 Norham Road OX2 6SE
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Friday 10 April 2026

SHAC Spring meeting - Remembering Bill Brock: Chemistry and Culture
Date: 10 April 2026, 9:30 - 17:30
Speaker Various Speakers
Venue Details: Maison Française d'Oxford, 2-10 Norham Road OX2 6SE
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 12 May 2026

Mitigating Dimensionality and Uncertainty in Systems: A Transition from Classical Control to AI
Date: 12 May 2026, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker : Christophe Prieur (CNRS)
Venue Details: Maison Française d'Oxford, 2-10 Norham Road OX2 6SE
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

This list contains talks from the following series:
Early Modern French Research Seminar
Maison Française d'Oxford Events
Medieval French Research Seminar
Modern French Research Seminar
NOTCOM Research Hub (The Common Notion: Science and Consensus in the Seventeenth Century)
Oxford Centre for the History of Science Medicine & Technology (OCHSMT) Seminars and Events