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World leader in Enlightenment studies, based at the University of Oxford.

Our publications: Voltaire's Complete Works (OCV), Oxford University Studies in the Enlightenment (OSE) and much beyond.

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Voltaire Foundation @voltaire.ox.ac.uk · 2d
📣 Come work with us! #18C 📣

This one is for the #DH crowd!
We seek a Content Engineer to assist in maintaining and developing the digital resources of the Voltaire Foundation.

More information and application process on our website:

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Vacancy: Content Engineer
Contract type: Fixed Term Contract (2 years) Hours: Full time (37.5 hours); part time considered at minimum of 0.6 FTE We are a busy and friendly research department within the Humanities Division…
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📣 Come work with us! #18C 📣

This one is for the #DH crowd!
We seek a Content Engineer to assist in maintaining and developing the digital resources of the Voltaire Foundation.

More information and application process on our website:

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Vacancy: Content Engineer
Contract type: Fixed Term Contract (2 years) Hours: Full time (37.5 hours); part time considered at minimum of 0.6 FTE We are a busy and friendly research department within the Humanities Division…
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January 16, 2026 at 3:36 PM
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🎉 New for 2026: Oxford University Voltaire (OV) from the Voltaire Foundation.

Gain access to the leading scholarly edition of Voltaire's complete works in one digital resource, designed for researchers and built for libraries.

Find out more ➡️ bit.ly/LUP-OV

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January 7, 2026 at 2:45 PM
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Many congratulations to Nicholas Cronk and team on launch of Oxford University Voltaire. Exceptional resource for all who work on 18c @voltaire.ox.ac.uk @bsecs.bsky.social
January 10, 2026 at 1:44 PM
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New to the series | 'The emotional experience of Jewish Secularization since the Early Modern era' by Shmuel Feiner. Find out more, and purchase directly for 20% off RRP: bit.ly/Feiner-OSE #JewishStudies 📖
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A promotional graphic for the book “The emotional experience of Jewish Secularization since the Early Modern era” by Shmuel Feiner. On the left, a black-and-white illustration of a biblical scene: a muscular, bearded figure standing on a mountain raises stone tablets overhead, taken from the cover of the book. A blue transparent banner across the center contains white italic text reading, “An exploration of Jewish secularization, adding new dimension to understanding how Jewish modernity was felt and thought.” On the right is the book cover, showing the same illustration and the title on a blue background. Along the bottom are logos for Liverpool University Press, Oxford University Studies in the Enlightenment and the Voltaire Foundation.
January 13, 2026 at 3:59 PM
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#BSECS2026, of course.
voltaire.ox.ac.uk Voltaire Foundation @voltaire.ox.ac.uk · 11d
Find us at #BSECS this week!

And do come to our panel on all things OV on Friday.
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🎉 New for 2026: Oxford University Voltaire (OV) from the Voltaire Foundation.

Gain access to the leading scholarly edition of Voltaire's complete works in one digital resource, designed for researchers and built for libraries.

Find out more ➡️ bit.ly/LUP-OV

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January 7, 2026 at 3:22 PM
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Find us at #BSECS this week!

And do come to our panel on all things OV on Friday.
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🎉 New for 2026: Oxford University Voltaire (OV) from the Voltaire Foundation.

Gain access to the leading scholarly edition of Voltaire's complete works in one digital resource, designed for researchers and built for libraries.

Find out more ➡️ bit.ly/LUP-OV

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The image background is bright blue and features a thin white frame.The top left of the image is the Oxford University Voltaire logo which features the letters 'OV' in white inside a white square outline, the two letters are separated by a white vertical line. Next to this, white text reads 'Oxford University Voltaire'. Below this, white text reads 'A new digital scholarly edition of the Complete Works of Voltaire'. In the right hand corner is a detailed pencil illustration of Voltaire on a light blue background.
January 7, 2026 at 3:18 PM
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Applications welcome by 9 January!
December 19, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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New to the series | 'Voltaire and the Sirven affair (1762-1772)' by John Renwick. Find out more, and purchase directly for 20% off RRP: bit.ly/Renwick-OSE #EighteenthCentury 📖
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A promotional graphic for the book “Voltaire and the Sirven affair (1762–1772)” by John Renwick. On the left, there are two reproduced eighteenth-century French documents in grayscale. A blue transparent banner across the center contains white italic text reading, “A novel contribution to a more realistic assessment of Voltaire’s involvement with Sirven (1762–1772).” On the right is the book cover, showing the same documents and the title on a blue background. Along the bottom are logos for Liverpool University Press, Oxford University Studies in the Enlightenment and the Voltaire Foundation.
December 9, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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New on the blog | ‘Voltaire and the Sirven affair (1762-1772)’ by John Renwick. In this post, Renwick highlights the key arguments from his new book, re-evaluating Voltaire’s involvement in the Sirven affair. Read now: bit.ly/Renwick-Blog 📚 @voltaire.ox.ac.uk #c18
December 16, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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New on the blog!

In this blog post, Luis Ramos reflects on his research and explains how his book uncovers the transformative role that eighteenth-century Mexican Jesuits played in reshaping European intellectual life.

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‘Mexican Jesuits write the history of the Americas’ by Luis Ramos
Mexican Jesuits write the history of the Americas by Luis Ramos has recently been published in the Oxford University Studies in the Enlightenment series. The volume is an examination…
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November 28, 2025 at 11:44 AM
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For all postdocs and ECRs: don't miss out on this great opportunity with the Turin Humanities Programme!

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TURIN HUMANITIES PROGRAMME: 6th CALL FOR APPLICATIONS - 2025
TURIN HUMANITIES PROGRAMME 6th CALL FOR APPLICATIONS – 2025 2026-2028 RESEARCH CYCLE The full call can be found here as pdf file. Terms and Conditions (pdf) Project Description (pdf) Flyer (pdf)…
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November 26, 2025 at 11:15 AM
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Two of my favorite people :)
November 25, 2025 at 9:13 AM
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New on the blog | 'Mexican Jesuits write the history of the Americas' by Luis Ramos. In ths post, Ramos reflects on his research and the transformative role eighteenth-century Mexican Jesuits played in reshaping European intellectual life. Read now: bit.ly/ramos-blog 📚 @voltaire.ox.ac.uk #c18
November 21, 2025 at 11:01 AM
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Happy to announce the Enlightenment Workshop Programme 2025-26!

This year convened by Nicholas Cronk and Jacob Chatterjee (New College).

Come for a packed November!

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Enlightenment Workshop
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October 9, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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📞AAC ❗
📍A social question before the Social Question: Addressing poverty in the long eighteenth century📍
👤org. par Damiano Bardelli @ehess.fr @crh.ehess.fr @ox.ac.uk @voltaire.ox.ac.uk, visiting fellow
📅 Deadline : 31/12/2025
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November 16, 2025 at 7:42 AM
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New to the series | 'Diderot's humanoid objects: The "Paradoxe sur le comédien" and the human body in material culture' by Marie-Irène Igelmann. Find out more, and purchase directly for 20% off RRP: bit.ly/Diderot-OSE #EighteenthCentury 📖 @voltaire.ox.ac.uk
Promotional image for Diderot’s Humanoid Objects: The 'Paradoxe sur le comédien' and the Human Body in Material Culture by Marie-Irène Igelmann. The book cover features an eighteenth-century illustration of three figures in period dress. The background includes a larger sketch of a similar figure and promotional text reading: "'Diderot's humanoid objects' contextualises the philosopher's acting theory in 18th-century material culture". Logos for Liverpool University Press, Oxford University Studies in the Enlightenment and the Voltaire Foundation appear along the bottom.
November 12, 2025 at 12:33 PM
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TOMORROW (Thursday 13 Nov), 5pm @magdalenoxford.bsky.social. All welcome!
voltaire.ox.ac.uk Voltaire Foundation @voltaire.ox.ac.uk · Oct 8
How universalist was Enlightenment thought? In our 2025 Besterman Lecture, Antoine Lilti (Collège de France) discusses 'The three languages of universalism: thinking globally in the Enlightenment’. Thursday 13 Nov, 5pm @magdalenoxford.bsky.social:
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November 12, 2025 at 7:03 AM
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APPEL À COMMUNICATIONS: Voltaire et les passions, Société des études voltairiennes

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APPEL À COMMUNICATIONS: Voltaire et les passions, Société des études voltairiennes
Colloque international organisé par la Société des études voltairiennes, Paris, 18-19 juin 2026 Sorbonne Université, Maison de la recherche, salle D040 PDF L’enquête sur le traitement, par Voltaire…
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November 3, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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#Docélec #EnTest jusqu'au 20/11
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Version numérique des 205 vol. des Œuvres complètes de Voltaire.
Elle sera enrichie en 2026 de la correspondance de Voltaire et de ses notes marginales.
► tinyurl.com/ycya9zxx
#Littérature #Philosophie #Lumières #18esiecle
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October 27, 2025 at 10:28 AM
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📣📣📣 Opportunity: Director of the Voltaire Foundation 📣📣📣

We are seeking a Director to lead the Voltaire Foundation, to succeed Professor Nicholas Cronk, and warmly invite applications.

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Opportunity: Director of the Voltaire Foundation
We are seeking a Director to lead the Voltaire Foundation, to succeed Professor Nicholas Cronk, and warmly invite applications. The Voltaire Foundation, originally established thanks to the…
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October 24, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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New on the blog:
Dr Zoe Screti and Dr Gillian Pink investigate a curious coincidence surrounding three near-identical letters by French philosopher Voltaire.

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Three Near-Identical Voltaire Letters
Dr Zoe Screti and Dr Gillian Pink investigate a curious coincidence surrounding three near-identical letters by French philosopher Voltaire. The Voltaire Foundation, University of Oxford …
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October 23, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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We’re happy to say that @voltaire.ox.ac.uk has signed up to receive IP address updates with details of verified changes via theipregistry.org. The Voltaire Foundation will soon be implementing our APIs to automate the process.
#Library #libraries #publisher #publishers #publishing
October 21, 2025 at 11:04 AM
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New to the series | Sports and sociability in Britain in the long eighteenth century edited by Alexis Tadié and Caroline Bertonèche. Find out more, and purchase directly for 20% off RRP: bit.ly/SportsandSociability #EighteenthCentury 📖
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Promotional image for the book Sports and Sociability in Britain in the Long Eighteenth Century, edited by Caroline Bertonèche and Alexis Tadié. The book cover features an 18th-century illustration of two people playing hockey. The background includes decorative line art and text reading: “An original perspective on sporting practices in Britain and transformations of sociability in the Enlightenment.” Logos at the bottom include Liverpool University Press, Oxford University Studies in the Enlightenment & the Voltaire Foundation.
October 15, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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New on the blog: our postdoctoral research assistant Sonya Dmitrieva on Voltaire as an owl.

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October 17, 2025 at 11:57 AM
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Dr Zoe Screti and Dr Gillian Pink from the Voltaire Foundation have unearthed an intriguing mystery relating to three Voltaire letters - one that requires analysing the handwriting, folding techniques, and seals of several letters to investigate.

Blog: https://ow.ly/2uVq50XaTRA
October 14, 2025 at 9:10 AM