To mark the panthéonisation of Marc Bloch in 2026, we are delighted to present the exhibition Marc Bloch: Lives, Struggles, Legacies at the Maison Française d’Oxford this term.
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According to Condillac, smell is “of all the senses, the one that seems to contribute least to the knowledge of the human mind”. This widely shared conception since the 18th century will be challenged at this interdisciplinary conference.
In conversation with Pierre Bayard: What is detective criticism? To attend this event, please register here: https://www.ticketsource.com/maison-francaise-doxford/t-rzjxgdl Who killed Roger Ackroyd?
Please note that the documentary will be in French with English subtitles, and the Q&A will be in English. Free registration required. https://www.ticketsource.
Raphaëlle Guidée (Université Paris VIII-Vincennes-Saint-Denis) Raphaëlle Guidée is a Professor of Comparative Literature at Paris 8 University and a junior member of the Institut Universitaire de France (IUF).
Professor Catriona Seth's research allowed her to reidentify two portraits by celebrated 18th-century artist Liotard. As a result, we now know what Marie Antoinette looked like at the age of seven in 1762.
Oxford's Faculty of Medieval and Modern Languages will be holding an in-person Graduate for all prospective MSt and MPhil applicants on Tuesday 3rd November from 1.15-4.30pm. The event will take place in the Taylor Institution.
Languages at Oxford have just been rated top by the 2027 Guardian University Rankings.
The Faculty of Medieval and Modern Languages is pleased to be holding an online Oxford Modern Languages Admissions session for MFL teachers (as well as any university/careers advisors) on Wednesday 16th September at 4-5.15pm.
A new MSt in Histories and Cultures of Colonisation will be open for applications from autumn 2026. Colonial conquest and settlement are at the heart of global history.
The most recent episode of the BBC's much-loved history of art programme "Fake or Fortune", presented by MML graduate Fiona Bruce and gallery owner Philip Mould, centred on a picture by a Scottish painter, Katherine Read (1723-1778).
Delighted to present our new Masters in Creative Translation to the All Party Parliamentary Group for Modern Languages at Westminster with Charlotte Ryland who presented the amazing progress of the Anthea Bell Translation Prize and QTE.
Professor Catriona Seth is one of the experts who is interviewed as part of BBC Select's new series of "Queens that changed the world".
Ève Morisi, Professor of Literatures in French and Political Humanities, was recently interviewed by the BBC World Service about the National Library of France's acquisition of the complete archives of Albert Camus (1913-1960), one of most prominent write
The first full-scale production on the stage at the Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities is Headlong’s radical reimagining of Karel Čapek’s ‘robot play’, R.U.R., which was first performed in 1920 and brought Czech literature to the world.
Professor Catriona Seth was Andrew McGregor's 'expert guest' for BBC Radio 3's broadcast of "The Marriage of Figaro" from the Royal Opera House Covent Garden.
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Prof. Karen Leeder was delighted to fly the flag for UK German Studies at a special event at the Goethe Institute to mark the move of the DAAD into the Goethe Institute in London on 30th June 2026. Pleased to see so many colleagues too.
The 2027 Bukhman International Booker Prize committee has been announced. The panel includes the writer, translator and Oxford Professor of French and Comparative Literature, Patrick McGuinness.
Imagine being a school pupil charged with awarding a prize to a contemporary novelist. That is the idea behind the Schools' Laureate.