Call for Papers! Especially welcome are proposals (in French) from doctoral students and Early Career Researchers working on Voltaire or Diderot. voltaire.ox.ac.uk/news-item/ca...

Call for Papers: Journées internationales jeunes chercheuses et chercheurs Diderot-Voltaire 2027

Doctoral students and Early Career Researchers working on Voltaire or Diderot are warmly encouraged to submit proposals in French (by 30 September 2026) for the next Journées internationales jeunes…

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Our colleagues at IZEA, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle, are recruiting for five doctoral research positions in the research group 'Politik der Aufklärung'/'Politics of Enlightenment'! voltaire.ox.ac.uk/news-item/op...

Opportunities: Five positions as doctoral research associates (m-f-d), Research Training Group “Politics of Enlightenment” (Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Germany)

The Interdisciplinary Centre for European Enlightenment Studies (IZEA) at Martin-Luther-University HalleWittenberg is offering 5 part time (65%) positions as part of the “Politics of the…

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Open Creative Communications@opencreative.bsky.social · last mo.

We're pleased to share the animation we presented during the French Ambassador's visit last weekend to celebrate the launch of Oxford University Voltaire. 🇫🇷 The animation showcases the platform, including a newly discovered letter from Voltaire to the ambassador of his time. www.ov-vf.com

I am very glad to see how widely covered the insanity at Exeter is, but please I beg everyone, understand this is happening EVERYWHERE in UK universities. If people care about anything valuable that this sector does or contributes too, they need to get loud, now.

George Monbiot@georgemonbiot.bsky.social · last mo.

Something deeply troubling & shocking is happening at Exeter University*, where a mass cull of staff is planned, even though it's in surplus. No good justifications given. @jamesgdyke.info provides the details: www.technosphere.earth/the-bonfire-... *Disclosure: I have a Visiting Fellowship here. +🧵

Here's another great photo from last weekend's celebrations at the Maison Française d'Oxford 🇫🇷 Congratulations again to Professor Nicholas Cronk and the @voltaire.ox.ac.uk team on the successful launch of the digital scholarly edition of The Complete Works of Voltaire!

Thank you, ‪@opencreative.bsky.social‬ , for your continued excellent and expert work in this collaboration!

Open Creative Communications@opencreative.bsky.social · last mo.

This animation shows how Oxford University Voltaire brings The Complete Works of Voltaire – a 205-volume scholarly edition – into a flexible digital resource for research and teaching. 💻 Thank you to @voltaire.ox.ac.uk and @livunipress.bsky.social for their continued collaboration.

The 2027 ISECS Congress in Zaragoza now has an Instagram account: www.instagram.com/isecs.zarago... Suivez le nouveau compte Instagram du Congrès 2027 de la SIEDS à Saragosse: www.instagram.com/isecs.zarago...

Forthcoming this month | 'Essay competitions in the long eighteenth century' edited by Avi S. Lifschitz and Martin Urmann. Find out more, and purchase directly for 20% off RRP: bit.ly/C18-Essay-Competitions #c18 #academicsky📖 @voltaire.ox.ac.uk

Call for papers | Women in Long Eighteenth-Century Scotland and Beyond 41st Annual Conference of the Eighteenth-Century Scottish Studies Society, 6–9 July 2027, Sorbonne Université, Paris oraprdnt.uqtr.uquebec.ca/portail/gscw...

Séminaire de la SIEDS des jeunes dix-huitiémistes 2026 Réformer la religion, la morale et la société en Afro-Eurasie : Traditions intellectuelles et culturelles en mouvement au XVIIIe siècle mondial Universität Trier, Allemagne 17-19 juin 2026 Programme: oraprdnt.uqtr.uquebec.ca/portail/docs...

The 2027 Annual Meeting of the American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies (ASECS) will take place April 1-3, 2027, in Portland, Oregon, at the Portland Downtown Hilton. Further information, including the Call for papers, is now available here: asecs.org/2027-annual-...

Appel à propositions | Le monde des révolutions. Jacques-Pierre Brissot: Circulations, réseaux et mobilisations politiques des années 1780 à nos jours Colloque international et interdisciplinaire, Université de Caen-Normandie (France), mars 2027. oraprdnt.uqtr.uquebec.ca/portail/gscw...

All Souls College, Oxford, is seeking 5 Postdoctoral Research Fellows in - Asian and Middle Eastern Studies - History of Art/History of Music - Law - Life Science - Theoretical Computer Science These are 5-year appointments starting autumn 2027. Deadline: 4 Sep 2026 www.asc.ox.ac.uk/post-doctora...

Why was the 18th century the heyday of prize contests on virtually everything? Many answers in this new book, now available with a discount from @livunipress.bsky.social: mailchi.mp/e854e1290516...

With our very own Cameron Bowman and Ross Moncrieff!

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ISECS Early Career Scholars Seminar 2026 Reforming Religion, Morality and Society in Afro-Eurasia: Intellectual and Cultural Traditions in Motion in the Global Eighteenth Century Universität Trier, Germany 17-19 June 2026 The programme is now available: oraprdnt.uqtr.uquebec.ca/portail/docs...

Don’t miss this term‘s programme of our Enlightenment Workshop! Info here: www.voltaire.ox.ac.uk/home/researc...

ISECS Conference / Colloque de la SIEDS Reframing the Enlightenment. Intellectual and political disputes today / Le défi des Lumières. Enjeux intellectuels et politiques Deutsches Historisches Institut Paris 10–12 June / juin 2026 oraprdnt.uqtr.uquebec.ca/portail/gscw...

IT'S TIME! The #CFP for #BSECS2027 has been released! This year's theme is 'Artifice and Authenticity'. The deadline for submissions is the 15 September 2026. The conference will by the 6-8 January 2027 @pembrokeoxford.bsky.social #18thC #skystorians 🗃️ www.bsecs.org.uk/conferences/...

BSECS Annual Conference

BSECS Annual Conference: the annual meeting of the British Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies is Europe's largest and most prestigious annual conference

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Enlightenment and (In)equality 17th International Congress for Eighteenth-Century Studies Zaragoza, Spain 12-16 July 2027 The submission period for for thematic sessions and roundtables is now open! All the information is available on the Congress website: www.isecs-zaragoza2027.net/en/

Change of venue! This Saturday! The opera will now take place at the Royal Academy of Music. The time remains the same. voltaire.ox.ac.uk/event/opera-...

Opera: Catherine, ou La belle fermière

Immensely popular in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, Catherine, ou La belle fermière is a comic French opera that tells a tale of mistaken identity. The beautiful farmer, Catherine…

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I’m honoured and thrilled to be the next Director of the Voltaire Foundation. Wonderful team and great projects! I couldn’t be happier.

Voltaire Foundation@voltaire.ox.ac.uk · 2mo ago

On our own behalf, some exciting news! Professor Thomas Wynn appointed as next Director of the Voltaire Foundation voltaire.ox.ac.uk/news-item/pr...

On our own behalf, some exciting news! Professor Thomas Wynn appointed as next Director of the Voltaire Foundation voltaire.ox.ac.uk/news-item/pr...

Professor Thomas Wynn appointed as new Director of the Voltaire Foundation

The Voltaire Foundation is delighted to announce the appointment of Professor Thomas Wynn as Director, from 1 October 2026. Professor Wynn is currently Professor of French in the School of Modern…

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CANCELLED Unfortunately, we have to cancel this session of the Enlightenment Workshop, tomorrow, 20 May. But to come to Patrick Spero's talk on 28 May! www.voltaire.ox.ac.uk/event/patric...

Voltaire Foundation@voltaire.ox.ac.uk · 3mo ago

We have several exciting events this month! In order: This week Wednesday, 20 May, 5pm, our Enlightenment Workshop welcomes Jessica Patterson (Trinity College, Cambridge), who speaks on Empire and the Idea of the Constitution in Enlightenment Political Thought www.voltaire.ox.ac.uk/event/enligh...

We have several exciting events this month! In order: This week Wednesday, 20 May, 5pm, our Enlightenment Workshop welcomes Jessica Patterson (Trinity College, Cambridge), who speaks on Empire and the Idea of the Constitution in Enlightenment Political Thought www.voltaire.ox.ac.uk/event/enligh...

Enlightenment Workshop: Empire and the Idea of the Constitution in Enlightenment Political Thought

20 May Jessica Patterson (Trinity College, Cambridge) Empire and the Idea of the Constitution in Enlightenment Political Thought New College…

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TODAY, 5pm @magdalenoxford.bsky.social. All welcome!

Avi Lifschitz @diderotesque.bsky.social · 6mo ago

What linked the first partition of Poland and American independence? David Armitage (@davidrarmitage.bsky.social) explores the question in the George Rousseau Lecture, 13 May, 5pm @magdalenoxford.bsky.social: www.history.ox.ac.uk/event/2026-a...

What was the actual dynamic of discussions between Enlightenment thinkers? For those who wonder, the manuscript collection of the Lausanne Literary Society offers us a glimpse of the Enlightenment in action. More at the @voltaire.ox.ac.uk blog 👇 voltairefoundation.wordpress.com/2026/05/07/w...

Witnessing Enlightenment in Action

Lausanne Grand Hôpital. Photo Wikimedia Commons, 2011. In January 1782 the Lausanne Literary Society (Société littéraire de Lausanne) convened a meeting to discuss its purpose and organisation. The…

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TODAY, 5pm, New College: Keith Michael Baker (Stanford) discusses his magisterial biography of Marat (press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...). Commentators: Charles Walton (Warwick) and Sofía Sanabria de Felipe (Oxford). All welcome!

Jean-Paul Marat

A landmark biography of one of the most notorious and controversial protagonists of the French Revolution—Jean-Paul Marat.   Who better to pen an authoritative biography of Jean-Paul Marat (1743–93) t...

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Voltaire Foundation@voltaire.ox.ac.uk · 3mo ago

Don’t miss this term‘s programme of our Enlightenment Workshop! Info here: www.voltaire.ox.ac.uk/home/researc...

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From OCV to OV: Announcing the publication of Digital Scholarly Editing in Practice: Making Oxford University Voltaire

Scholarly editions have long been central to humanist study, and print editions continue to be produced according to well-established methodologies. In recent decades, digital scholarly editions ha…

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Terrific piece by Gillian Pink on her wonderful new study of Voltaire's writing practices. I read her book yesterday, and loved it. @voltaire.ox.ac.uk voltairefoundation.wordpress.com/2026/04/23/r...

Reconstruire l’atelier de Voltaire

Il m’arrive parfois d’oublier que Voltaire est mort. C’est le résultat de la fréquentation quasi-quotidienne, depuis une vingtaine d’années, de ses papiers, de ses brouillons, et de sa correspondan…

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Just published with @universitypress.cambridge.org ‘Digital Scholarly Editing in Practice: Making Oxford University Voltaire’ - free to read and download for the next few weeks! cup.org/3Qw6YQp @voltaire.ox.ac.uk

Digital Scholarly Editing in Practice

Cambridge Core - Printing and Publishing History - Digital Scholarly Editing in Practice

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