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Maison Française d'Oxford @mfoxford.bsky.social · 9d

6 & 7 October 2025, Workshop 'A Choreographic International (16th-21st centuries)' at @mfoxford.bsky.social

Find out how dance communities take shape across borders — in institutions, networks, and shared imaginations mfo.web.ox.ac.uk/event/worksh...

As part of the ANR 'En Dansant'

Maison Française d'Oxford @mfoxford.bsky.social · 13d

Thank you to all who made the 4th MFO DPhil Prize on 25 Sept a success! Congratulations to winner Adrien Causse (Medical Sciences), runner-ups Josephine Durant des Aulnois (Social Sciences) & Louise Rosset (MPLS), and to all participants for their outstanding presentations.

Maison Française d'Oxford @mfoxford.bsky.social · 13d

The Maison Française d’Oxford is excited to share its Michaelmas Term 2025 programme: seminars, workshops, conferences, film screenings, and a new exhibition.
Browse our full programme of events:
www.mfo.ac.uk/sitefiles/pr...

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Goran Gaber @goran-gaber.bsky.social · Sep 1

Why does contemporary theory of history neglect digital archival scholarship and how does this affect its understanding of the politics of history?

Read about it in my new paper for @tandfresearch.bsky.social

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

#digitalhumanities #archives #history #politics

Mind the Gap. On archival politics and historical theory in the digital age

Modern archival scholarship and practice are strikingly absent from contemporary historical theory. Given the archive’s enduring importance for history and its long-thematized political aspects, th...

www.tandfonline.com

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CNRS Sciences humaines & sociales @cnrsshs.bsky.social · Jul 22

Objets initialement difficiles à identifier, les #PEPR deviennent petit à petit des objets familiers du paysage de la recherche française.

Nous vous proposons un petit panorama des principales actions en cours ou envisagées dans le dernier numéro de la #Lettre.

www.inshs.cnrs.fr/fr/cnrsinfo/...

www.inshs.cnrs.fr

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Maison Française d'Oxford @mfoxford.bsky.social · Jul 3

2–4 July 2025: 3 days of #NashEquilibrium at @mfoxford.bsky.social featuring leading researchers presenting work inspired by, or building upon, Nash equilibrium & its wide-ranging applications
sites.google.com/view/nash75

@pse.bsky.social
@oxfordecondept.bsky.social
@nuffieldcollege.bsky.social

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Maison Française d'Oxford @mfoxford.bsky.social · Jun 26

Nash75 @Oxford – 2–4 July 2025, Maison Française d'Oxford
This major international symposium will mark the 75th anniversary of the Nash equilibrium and bring together leading researchers for a series of plenary talks.
sites.google.com/view/nash75

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Maison Française d'Oxford @mfoxford.bsky.social · Jun 12

Yesterday was a special day at the Maison Française d'Oxford!
François Hollande met with researchers, students & Oxford leaders, saluting MFO’s unique role in Franco-British academic life since 1946.
Merci et au revoir, Monsieur le Président!

#Oxford #FrancoBritish #FrançoisHollande #MFO

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Maison Française d'Oxford @mfoxford.bsky.social · Jun 5

6th June, 18:00: Make sure to attend the lecture-recital "Henri Tomasi, a committed and humanist musician"!

Explore the vivid musical creations of this French-Corsican composer who used music to free humanity from war and oppression www.ticketsource.co.uk/maison-franc...

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Maison Française d'Oxford @mfoxford.bsky.social · May 20

Great opening of 'Breathing', an exhibit exploring the political, historical, & sensory dimensions of breath, curated by @judithrainhorn.bsky.social & Charles-Antoine Wanecq, featuring Filomena Borecka’s work.

It runs until 26 June, Mo to Fr, 9am–5pm at Maison Française d’Oxford.
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Delphine Mercier @delfindelmar.bsky.social · May 16

En partenariat avec le @lest-umr-cnrs-amu.bsky.social et la @mfoxford.bsky.social International Workshop 'The Worlds of Work: Crossed Perspectives from France and England'

Maison Française d'Oxford @mfoxford.bsky.social · May 15

22–23 May: Don’t miss the Workshop 'The Worlds of Work' at MFO, led by @delfindelmar.bsky.social. Dive into key debates on work, tech, care & inequality.
🎬 Special screening of La Ferme des Bertrand (César 2025 winner) w/ dir. Gilles Perret. In French w/ EN subs
mfo.web.ox.ac.uk/event/intern...

International and Interdisciplinary Workshop: 'The Worlds of Work: Crossed Perspectives from France and England'

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Maison Française d'Oxford @mfoxford.bsky.social · May 15

22–23 May: Don’t miss the Workshop 'The Worlds of Work' at MFO, led by @delfindelmar.bsky.social. Dive into key debates on work, tech, care & inequality.
🎬 Special screening of La Ferme des Bertrand (César 2025 winner) w/ dir. Gilles Perret. In French w/ EN subs
mfo.web.ox.ac.uk/event/intern...

International and Interdisciplinary Workshop: 'The Worlds of Work: Crossed Perspectives from France and England'

mfo.web.ox.ac.uk

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Faculty of History, University of Oxford @oxhistoryfaculty.bsky.social · Feb 4

The Faculty of History and @wadhamcollege.bsky.social are excited to announce the establishment of the Koch History Centre (KHC), which will provide an institutional home in Oxford for the pursuit of world-class historical research!

Find out more:

www.history.ox.ac.uk/article/the-...

The Koch History Centre (KHC): A new Historical Research Centre at Oxford

history.web.ox.ac.uk

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Maison Française d'Oxford @mfoxford.bsky.social · May 13

On 15 May, 5:15pm, Laura Mason (Johns Hopkins) explores how Atlantic slavery shaped revolutionary violence in Nantes during the Terror. Jean-Baptiste Carrier in a Slave-Trading City, at the MFO. Register: www.ticketsource.co.uk/maison-franc...

@oxhistoryfaculty.bsky.social
#History

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Digital Byzantine Studies @digibyzantine.bsky.social · May 9

Join us on May 16 at @mfoxford.bsky.social for "Digital Byzantine Studies: Current Methods and Future Applications", a workshop on digital corpora, prosopography, TEI, 3D & more in Byzantine research. Organized by @sealygirl.bsky.social, @surmaison.bsky.social, Olivier Delouis & Claudia Sode.

Poster for the workshop "Digital Byzantine Studies: Current Methods and Future Applications", to be held at the Maison Française d'Oxford on May 16.

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Judith Rainhorn @judithrainhorn.bsky.social · Apr 27

Notre exposition "Respirer - autour de Phrenos", présentée en novembre au @campuscondorcet.bsky.social, voyage ! 🇫🇷 🚂 🇬🇧 Elle sera (en anglais) à la @mfoxford.bsky.social du 19 mai au 26 juin. L'histoire socio-politique de l'air dialogue avec l'art : urls.fr/qMwvbf
@chs-umr8058.bsky.social

Exhibition ‘Breathing' with 'Breaths–Air Bladders’

Special opening of the exhibition at 5.30pm on 19 May 2025

urls.fr

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Maison Française d'Oxford @mfoxford.bsky.social · May 9

'Breathing' opens 19 May, 5.30pm, a new exhibition with Chaire Santé-SHS (Paris 1), featuring Breaths – Air Bladders by Filomena Borecká.
Breath as physical, political & symbolic force post-COVID.

Wine & cheese to follow, registration required:
www.ticketsource.co.uk/maison-franc...

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Maison Française d'Oxford @mfoxford.bsky.social · Apr 23

Join us for the launch of 'Ce que les humains font à la vie' (What Humans Do to Life, Paris, @editions-puf.bsky.social , 2024) with author Perig Pitrou on 28 April at 4:00 PM.

Find out more and register: www.ticketsource.co.uk/maison-franc...

@oxford-anthro.bsky.social
@oupphilosophy.bsky.social

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Judith Rainhorn @judithrainhorn.bsky.social · Apr 17

📣Notre expo "Respirer", présentée au @campuscondorcet.bsky.social en 2024 va respirer à Oxford 🇬🇧 @mfoxford.bsky.social ! Un dialogue entre historiens et artistes sur les savoirs et les politiques de l'air respiré depuis le 18e s. 👏
urls.fr/ZGD_jk
@chs-umr8058.bsky.social @sorbonneparis1.bsky.social

Exhibition ‘Breathing' with 'Breaths–Air Bladders’

Special opening of the exhibition at 5.30pm on 19 May 2025

urls.fr

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Vaida Niksaite @vaidanik.bsky.social · Apr 21

On 22–23 April, the @mfoxford.bsky.social hosts an international workshop on cultural mediators between Belgium and Central Europe.
www.mfo.ac.uk/event/worksh...

Workshop 'Mediating belongings, Constructing Identities: Belgian Modernism in Transfer (1870-1940)'

Convened by Petra James (Univesité libre de Bruxelles), Quintus Immisch (UCLouvain),and Hubert Roland (UCLouvain)

www.mfo.ac.uk

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Maison Française d'Oxford @mfoxford.bsky.social · Mar 19

The NOTCOM podcast seeks to promote the research undertaken by the Notcom researchers, associated collaborators and fellows.
Bonne écoute !

Episode 6: Women in Philosophy - with Helena Taylor
notcom.hypotheses.org/4794

Women in Philosophy — with Helena Taylor

In this episode, we have the pleasure to discuss the place of women and the perceived legitimacy of their writings in early modern philosophy. Helena Taylor is an Associate Professor in French...

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Delphine Mercier @delfindelmar.bsky.social · Mar 7

Rencontre, débat et dédicace de l'ouvrage : "La logistique et ses monstres" - Librairie L'Île aux Mots à Marseille.
@EdCroquant @mfoxford.bsky.social @lest-umr-cnrs-amu.bsky.social

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Delphine Mercier @delfindelmar.bsky.social · Mar 11

Interviewée par @Jean Bordéré, Le Petit Journal (New York). @mfoxford.bsky.social @lest-umr-cnrs-amu.bsky.social
lepetitjournal.com/new-york/com...

Migration aux États-Unis : « On veut leur travail, pas leur existence »

Dans les années 2000 le durcissement des contrôles aux frontières n’a pas stoppé la migration vers les USA, mais a contraint les travailleurs à s’installer durablement, souvent dans l'illégalité.

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Delphine Mercier @delfindelmar.bsky.social · Mar 12

Séminaire International "Logistiques : Méditerranées Asiatiques Marchandises, Migration, Entrepôts " Lieu : @IMERA à Marseille @mfoxford.bsky.social @lest-umr-cnrs-amu.bsky.social lgentrepot.hypotheses.org

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Maison Française d'Oxford @mfoxford.bsky.social · Mar 5

Tomorrow, we will welcome Clara Dupont-Monod for a talk with Catriona Seth about her book 'S'adapter' (Adapting), which won the Prix Femina in 2021, the Prix Landerneau, and the Goncourt des Lycéens.

Register here: www.ticketsource.co.uk/maison-franc...

@frenchinstituteuk.bsky.social

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