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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…

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…

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...

De la Révolution, on croit tout connaître, ses grands noms, ses grands textes et ses symboles. Mais que sait-on de la littérature à laquelle elle a donné lieu ? Peu de chose, en général, coincée qu’el...

Conférence de Damiano Bardelli, Voltaire Foundation, Université d'Oxford

AUDIO • Qu'est-ce que les Lumières ? , épisode : Que dit Kant dans son texte "Qu'est-ce que les Lumières" ? . Une série inédite proposée par France Culture. Écoutez Avec philosophie, et découvrez nos...

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)…

Radio and Newspapers: What Intersections for Media History?

The willingness to put an end to poverty is usually considered a novelty of the 19th century, but it was actually a major Enlightenment theme. This new project aims to investigate the continuities and...

Join us for a deep dive into the impact of poverty on Southern history at Poverty and the Parish - Southern History Society!

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University of Oxford 22-23 October 2026 A pdf file of this call can be found here. Precariousness and hardships were inescapable features of the life of the lower orders in early modern European…

Le Château de Prangins donne carte blanche à Dominique Dirlewanger pour une visite inédite de nos expositions décryptant l'économie suisse et son image du 18e siècle à nos jours. Dominique Dirlewange...

As Donald Trump takes back the reins of power in the US, we look at how economic inequality is unsettling the ideological boundaries of recent decades

Online Enlightenment Club is an interdisciplinary online reading group for anyone interested in the ideas, culture, and history of eighteenth-century Europe. We discuss cutting-edge work across the fi...