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Voltaire Foundation @voltaire.ox.ac.uk · 31/08/2026

Farewell to our brilliant Director, Prof. Nicholas Cronk, after 29 years 👋 The venue couldn’t be more fitting: Voltaire’s Genevan home, Les Délices. Thanks to our friends at the Bibliothèque de Genève for the hospitality!

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Voltaire Foundation @voltaire.ox.ac.uk · 01/05/2026

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

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Voltaire Foundation @voltaire.ox.ac.uk · 17/10/2025

New on the blog: our postdoctoral research assistant Sonya Dmitrieva on Voltaire as an owl. voltairefoundation.wordpress.com/2025/10/17/h...

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Voltaire Foundation @voltaire.ox.ac.uk · 08/10/2025

How universalist was Enlightenment thought? In our 2025 Besterman Lecture, Antoine Lilti (Collège de France) discusses 'The three languages of universalism: thinking globally in the Enlightenment’. Thursday 13 Nov, 5pm @magdalenoxford.bsky.social: voltaire.ox.ac.uk/event/bester...

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Voltaire Foundation @voltaire.ox.ac.uk · 29/09/2025

The excellent journal Lumières is looking for contributions to its 'varia' and book review sections. More info: www.pub-editions.fr/fr/868-lumie...; past issues: shs.cairn.info/revue-lumier...

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Voltaire Foundation @voltaire.ox.ac.uk · 11/09/2025

To mark the occasion, we have created a custom Telegram sticker pack featuring images from a remarkable series of engravings by Jean Huber (1721– 1786), Voltaire’s most prolific portraitist. The original prints are part of the Comte de Launoit collection at the Royal Library of Belgium (FS 332 C18).

Black and white cut outs of Voltaire in various bust portraits. Engravings by Jean Huber (1721– 1786).

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Voltaire Foundation @voltaire.ox.ac.uk · 19/08/2025

Exciting news about the recent acquisition of a 1791 edition of Voltaire’s Candide. The edition is recorded – there are copies in Geneva and Louvain – but it is certainly rare. A Voltaire Foundation (voltairefoundation.wordpress.com) and @tayoxford.bsky.social blog coming soon!

A book opened on the title page of the 1791 edition of Voltaire’s Candide. The book lies on supports and a book snake is holding the page down.

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Voltaire Foundation @voltaire.ox.ac.uk · 14/07/2025

Five funded PhD positions (4 years each) at the Politics of Enlightenment research group at IZEA @unihalle.bsky.social! Details here: polight.uni-halle.de/en/five-posi...

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Voltaire Foundation @voltaire.ox.ac.uk · 10/06/2025

📣 Calling all budding dix-huitiémistes! 📣Applications are welcome until 1 July to the annual Early Career Seminar of the International Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies (@isecs-sieds.bsky.social) in summer 2026! oraprdnt.uqtr.uquebec.ca/portail/gscw...

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Voltaire Foundation @voltaire.ox.ac.uk · 30/04/2025

Many thanks to @roydipiazza.bsky.social for a generous review of 'The Process of Enlightenment' @oxunienl.bsky.social! 'A landmark contribution to the fields of intellectual history and Enlightenment studies [...] timely, nuanced, and rich addition to current debates'. doi.org/10.1080/1749...

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Voltaire Foundation @voltaire.ox.ac.uk · 24/04/2025

📣 Come join us! 📣 A two-year postdoc in Enlightenment Studies @voltaire.ox.ac.uk and Oxford's lively community of researchers working on the long 18thC @oxhistoryfaculty.bsky.social, Modern Languages, and beyond. my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru... Applications welcome by 30 May.

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Voltaire Foundation @voltaire.ox.ac.uk · 24/04/2025

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Voltaire Foundation @voltaire.ox.ac.uk · 05/03/2025

What kind of republicanism did Kant endorse in the context of absolutist Prussia? Join us for a talk by Pauline Kleingeld (@unigroningen.bsky.social) at our Enlightenment Workshop, Wednesday 12 March, 5pm @magdalenoxford.bsky.social. Further info: www.voltaire.ox.ac.uk/home/researc...

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Voltaire Foundation @voltaire.ox.ac.uk · 03/03/2025

Cross-cultural knowledge transfer in 18thC: Jeanhyoung Soh (Seoul) discusses Montesquieu and East Asia in an online session of our Enlightenment Workshop. Wednesday 5 March, 11:00 GMT, zoom.us/j/2739110432. Looking forward to seeing you virtually on Wednesday! www.voltaire.ox.ac.uk/home/researc...

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Voltaire Foundation @voltaire.ox.ac.uk · 19/02/2025

Why were Newton's theories so controversial in 18th-century Berlin? Tinca Prunea-Bretonnet talks at our Enlightenment Workshop on the reception of Newton in the Berlin Academy: Wednesday 26 Feb, 5pm @magdalenoxford.bsky.social. All welcome! www.voltaire.ox.ac.uk/home/researc...

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Voltaire Foundation @voltaire.ox.ac.uk · 03/02/2025

The Enlightenment in history and polemics: John Robertson, Caroline Warman and Jacob Chatterjee discuss J.C.D. Clark‘s new book, with the author, at our Enlightenment Workshop on Wed. 12 February, 5pm @magdalenoxford.bsky.social. All welcome! www.voltaire.ox.ac.uk/home/researc...

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Voltaire Foundation @voltaire.ox.ac.uk · 28/01/2025

Robespierre speaks: Colin Jones (QM London/U Chicago) on the revolutionary’s writings and political theory — Wednesday (29 Jan), 5pm, Magdalen College. All welcome! www.voltaire.ox.ac.uk/home/researc...

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Voltaire Foundation @voltaire.ox.ac.uk · 28/11/2024

Many thanks to Lea Ypi for a fascinating paper on Kant’s approach to colonialism and to the large, interdisciplinary audience at this term’s Enlightenment Workshop! Next session: Colin Jones on Robespierre, 29 Jan, 5pm. www.voltaire.ox.ac.uk/home/researc...

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Voltaire Foundation @voltaire.ox.ac.uk · 21/11/2024

Kant, colonialism and cosmopolitanism: don't miss the next session of our #EnlightenmentWorkshop with Lea Ypi (LSE, @Leaypi.bsky.social)! Wednesday 27 Nov, 5pm @magdalenoxford.bsky.social (Summer Common Room). t.co/Tv2vdnHv9E

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Voltaire Foundation @voltaire.ox.ac.uk · 15/11/2024

😳 (From: collections.louvre.fr/en/ark:/5335... )

The Jean-Baptiste Pigalle sculpture of Voltaire from 1776. Voltaire is depicted seated and naked, with only a toga-like garment barely draped around him. The statue is kept at the Louvre, Département des Sculptures du Moyen Age, de la Renaissance et des temps modernes.

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Voltaire Foundation @voltaire.ox.ac.uk · 15/11/2024

On Wednesday, we were thrilled to present Yulan Tan with the inaugural Voltaire Foundation Prize for best Performance in the MSc in Digital Scholarship 2023-24. www.humanities.ox.ac.uk/mscdigsch We had a lovely afternoon at Campion Hall hearing about her work since completing the course!

Yulan Tan and Voltaire Foundation Director Nicholas Cronk stand side by side in front of a big fireplace, smiling into the camera. Both are holding the prize certificate, presenting it to the camera.

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Voltaire Foundation @voltaire.ox.ac.uk · 12/11/2024

How did 18th-century authors envisage 'the end of Enlightenment'? Roundtable on Richard Whatmore's book at our #EnlightenmentWorkshop TOMORROW Wednesday, 13 Nov, 5pm, Magdalen College, with the author and Oxford-based discussants: voltaire.ox.ac.uk/home/researc... All welcome!

The cover of the book with the title The End of Enlightenment - Empire, Commerce, Crisis, and the author name Richard Whatmore.

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Voltaire Foundation @voltaire.ox.ac.uk · 23/09/2024

📢 Applications are now open for next year’s MSc in Digital Scholarship, for entry in October 2025. 📢 More information on the course and how to apply can be found here: humanities.ox.ac.uk/mscdigsch The application deadline is 7 January 2025.

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Voltaire Foundation @voltaire.ox.ac.uk · 16/05/2024

❗❗❗ Hackathon! ❗❗❗ Come join us in Paris for our next Hackathon on Voltaire and the Press! Organised by the ERC ModERN project, the VF, and in collaboration with the DataLab of the French National Library (BnF). More info and how to register here: www.voltaire.ox.ac.uk/news-item/ca...

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Voltaire Foundation @voltaire.ox.ac.uk · 10/05/2024

The prestigious French agrégation for philosophy has chosen Montesquieu as its focal point for 2024-25. To support scholars, select studies on Montesquieu from the Voltaire Foundation have now been made #OpenAccess by Liverpool University Press until Summer 2025. Find out more: bit.ly/Montesquieu-OA

A promotional graphic in grey and blue tones that shows the covers of the texts included in the Open Access offer. The text in the graphic says "Available Open Access Until 2025. To support scholars for the French agregation exam, select studies on Montesquieu from the Voltaire Foundation have now been made Open Access by Liverpool University Press until Summer 2025."

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Voltaire Foundation @voltaire.ox.ac.uk · 20/10/2023

How was the long reign of Frederick the Great perceived after his death? Come listen to Kevin Hilliard (St Peter's) at our Enlightenment Workshop on Wednesday 25 October, 5pm @magdalenoxford.bsky.social. All welcome! www.voltaire.ox.ac.uk/event/enligh...

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Voltaire Foundation @voltaire.ox.ac.uk · 11/10/2023

Animals, poetry, religion, commerce, historicism and much more: the #EnlightenmentWorkshop returns over all three terms, joint venture of @voltaireoxford.bsky.social, History Faculty and Modern Languages Faculty. Wednesdays, 5pm @magdalenoxford.bsky.social Full programme here: tinyurl.com/yh2pxexd

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Voltaire Foundation @voltaire.ox.ac.uk · 11/10/2023

Everything you wanted to know about Hegel’s influential image of the Enlightenment: Richard Bourke (Cambridge) delivers our 2023 Besterman Lecture on 9 Nov.,5pm at Magdalen College (@magdalenoxford.bsky.social). All welcome! More on our website: tinyurl.com/22tkxanw @thecambridgeschool.bsky.social

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