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:

Monday 19 January 2025

The History of Civilization in the Race Science of Man, from Carl Linnaeus to Frederick Douglass
Date: 19 January 2026, 16:00 - 17:30
Speaker : Jacob Brandler (RAI, Oxford)
Venue: Radcliffe Observatory,
Venue Details: Room 00.018 (ground floor), Schwarzman Centre
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Monday 26 January 2025

Debunking three myths concerning Albert Einstein
Date: 26 January 2026, 16:00 - 17:30
Speaker : Dennis Lehmkuhl (Bonn)
Venue: Radcliffe Observatory,
Venue Details: Room 00.063 (ground floor), Schwarzman Centre
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Monday 2 February 2025

Lithic New York: Scientific Groundings of the Metropolis in the Age of Revolutions (Soils, Surfaces, Depths)
Date: 2 February 2026, 16:00 - 17:30
Speaker : Stéphane van Damme (MFO)
Venue: Radcliffe Observatory,
Venue Details: Room 00.063 (ground floor), Schwarzman Centre
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Monday 9 February 2025

Disease and the Dead Body in Britain in the Long-Eighteenth Century
Date: 9 February 2026, 16:00 - 17:30
Speaker : Eleanor Kerfoot (Oxford)
Venue: Radcliffe Observatory,
Venue Details: Room 00.063 (ground floor), Schwarzman Centre
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Monday 16 February 2025

Chronic Constitutions: Experts, Disease Risks and Remaking Indian Bodies in Post Colonial India (1940-70s)
Date: 16 February 2026, 16:00 - 17:30
Speaker : Kavita Sivaramakrishnan (Columbia)
Venue: Radcliffe Observatory,
Venue Details: Room 00.063 (ground floor), Schwarzman Centre
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Monday 23 February 2025

The Mental After-Care Association, Recovery and Psychotherapy
Date: 23 February 2026, 16:00 - 17:30
Speaker : Hannah Blythe (Leeds)
Venue: Radcliffe Observatory,
Venue Details: Room 00.063 (ground floor), Schwarzman Centre
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Monday 2 March 2025

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

Monday 9 March 2025

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

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