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Early medievalists! Come join us at Magdalen College, Oxford: apply for this permanent job by 27 March. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQP650/t...
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...
Looking forward to David d'Avray's public lecture next week. All welcome!
17:00, Wed 4th Mar
Room 00.063 Schwarzman Centre
The lecture will be followed by a drinks reception.
Details and registration: www.history.ox.ac.uk/event/church...
Indeed. We are all in denial - the art collection too!
Early medievalists! Come join us at Magdalen College, Oxford: apply for this permanent job by 27 March. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQP650/t...
📢 APPLY NOW!: DPIR seeks to appoint two full-time fixed-term Departmental Lecturers in International Relations - one with expertise in international political economy and one in historical and interpretive approaches and methods.
🗓️ CLOSES: Noon, 18 March 2026: www.politics.ox.ac.u...
Promotional image for ‘The Life of Philippe Fermin: Nature, Medicine and Law in Suriname and the Netherlands’ by Peter J. Koehler. The background features black-and-white historical illustrations taken from the book’s cover. On the right, the book cover appears. Across the center, a blue strip displays the text: “An exploration of the Enlightenment period through study of biographical material by surgeon Philippe Fermin.” Along the bottom are logos for University of Liverpool, the Voltaire Foundation, and the series logo for “Oxford University Studies in the Enlightenment.”
New to the series | 'The life of Philippe Fermin: Nature, medicine and law in Suriname and the Netherlands' by Peter J Koehler. Find out more, and purchase directly for 20% off RRP: bit.ly/PhilippeFermin #c18 #academicsky📖
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Another one for the calendar! 📅
📅 4 March
⏰ 5:30pm (GMT)
📍Pushkin House/Zoom
Join us for a lecture in cooperation with the Modern History Research Seminar, University of Oxford (@oxhistoryfaculty.bsky.social) given by Tatjana Tönsmeyer (@uni-wuppertal.bsky.social).
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This Wednesday: our annual online session with the Global Intellectual History Unit, Sungkyunkwan University (Seoul)!
Hangyul Kim (Chonnam National University) speaks on 'Museums in revolutionary France as sites of encouragement and emulation’.
The join link:
www.voltaire.ox.ac.uk/event/enligh...
What did “Terror is the order of the day” mean during the French Revolution?
A new AoR piece breaks down the political pressures, popular demands, & revolutionary logic behind this infamous 1793 declaration—and why it mattered far beyond the guillotine.
👉 ageofrevolutions.com/2026/02/09/w...
Book here your free tickets for David Armitage's lecture on Poland's partition and US independence (13 May): www.ticketsource.co.uk/magdalen-col...
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...
Félicitations, chère Gillian!
Tomorrow!
🚨 Applications are now open for the 2026–27 Koch History Centre Fellowships at Oxford!
We are seeking 12 historians (9 junior, 3 senior) for a one-year fellowship at Wadham College & the Faculty of History.
This year’s theme: “Scarcity and Abundance”
Deadline: 17 Dec 2025
Please share widely!
📣 Calling all experts on 18th-century Britain! Apply for this fantastic job by 15 Feb. 📣
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQE665/a...
New on the blog | ‘Voltaire and the Sirven affair (1762-1772)’ by John Renwick. In this post, Renwick highlights the key arguments from his new book, re-evaluating Voltaire’s involvement in the Sirven affair. Read now: bit.ly/Renwick-Blog 📚 @voltaire.ox.ac.uk #c18
A promotional graphic for the book “The emotional experience of Jewish Secularization since the Early Modern era” by Shmuel Feiner. On the left, a black-and-white illustration of a biblical scene: a muscular, bearded figure standing on a mountain raises stone tablets overhead, taken from the cover of the book. A blue transparent banner across the center contains white italic text reading, “An exploration of Jewish secularization, adding new dimension to understanding how Jewish modernity was felt and thought.” On the right is the book cover, showing the same illustration and the title on a blue background. Along the bottom are logos for Liverpool University Press, Oxford University Studies in the Enlightenment and the Voltaire Foundation.
New to the series | 'The emotional experience of Jewish Secularization since the Early Modern era' by Shmuel Feiner. Find out more, and purchase directly for 20% off RRP: bit.ly/Feiner-OSE #JewishStudies 📖
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📣 Come work with us! #18C 📣
This one is for the #DH crowd!
We seek a Content Engineer to assist in maintaining and developing the digital resources of the Voltaire Foundation.
More information and application process on our website:
voltaire.ox.ac.uk/news-item/va...
Find us at #BSECS this week!
And do come to our panel on all things OV on Friday.
Applications welcome by 9 January!
Pls share/re-post! New Onora O'Neill Prize! Here's a brand new @ecpr.bsky.social book prize in pol-theory, regardless of whether it's your 1st/10th book! Had honour of asking Onora myself if she would lend us her good name: ecpr.eu/news/news/de... @biapt.bsky.social @psapolthought.bsky.social
Four postdoc fellowships at the Turin Humanities Programme on legacies and interpretations of the Enlightenment; applications welcome by 16 Feb 2026.
Professorship of Bibliography and Modern Book History- University of Oxford - Faculty of English Language and Literature in association with Jesus College #skystorians 🗃️www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPP968/p...
New on the blog!
In this blog post, Luis Ramos reflects on his research and explains how his book uncovers the transformative role that eighteenth-century Mexican Jesuits played in reshaping European intellectual life.
voltairefoundation.wordpress.com/2025/11/28/m...
Happy to announce the Enlightenment Workshop Programme 2025-26!
This year convened by Nicholas Cronk and Jacob Chatterjee (New College).
Come for a packed November!
www.voltaire.ox.ac.uk/home/researc...
Come and apply to be the Professor of Bibliography & Modern Book History @engfacoutreach.bsky.social & @jesusoxford.bsky.social (and work closely with us @bodleian.ox.ac.uk). Following a long line of great scholars: Don McKenzie, Kathryn Sutherland, & Dirk van Hulle ... my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...
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...
Promotional graphic for the book Mexican Jesuits Write the History of the Americas: Reason, Rights and Revolution (1767–1824) by Luis Ramos. The book cover is shown on the right with a blue background and an illustration of a domed building and a large public gathering. On the left, a blue text box reads: ‘An examination of how three exiled Jesuits shaped the discourse of continental emancipation from Spain.’ Logos of Liverpool University Press, Oxford University Studies in the Enlightenment, and the Voltaire Foundation appear at the bottom.
New to the series | Mexican Jesuits write the history of the Americas by Luis Ramos. Find out more, and purchase directly for 20% off RRP: bit.ly/MexicanJesuits #EighteenthCentury 📖 @voltaire.ox.ac.uk