The Complete works of Voltaire (OCV) concluded in 205 print volumes in 2022, and in January 2026 was reborn in digital form, as Oxford University Voltaire (OV). As a living edition, OV can continue…

In this article OCC’s Sean Curtis explores a subject close to his heart: game design, and poses a question that is rarely considered: what can eLearning still learn from video games? 🎮   From guiding...

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…

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…

The Voltaire Foundation, in collaboration with the ModERN project, Digital Scholarship at Oxford (DiSc) and the Maison Française d’Oxford, is pleased to host its third annual workshop dedicated to…

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…

Saturday, 21 March 2026 12:00pm 1 hour New College: New Space £10 – £18 To purchase tickets, please follow this link. Expert in medieval literature and cultural history Dr Elizabeth Drayson explains…

The purpose of any abstract is to summarise your article’s content in a way that will help potential readers decide if they want to read your work. An abstract usually runs between 150 and 300 words a...

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…

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…

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…

We are delighted to introduce ‘L’Écriture est la peinture de la voix: essays in honour of Nicholas Cronk‘, the latest special collection from Modern Languages Open which is available…