@diderotesque.bsky.social
Historian of ideas and culture, hovering between the 18th century and the 21st - and between Oxford, Berlin and London. https://www.history.ox.ac.uk/people/associate-professor-avi-lifschitz
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...
11.02.2026 17:29 — 👍 8 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 1
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...
12.02.2026 10:48 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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...
11.02.2026 17:29 — 👍 8 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 1Félicitations, chère Gillian!
11.02.2026 14:23 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Tomorrow!
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🚨 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
16.12.2025 14:15 — 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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!
19.12.2025 14:00 — 👍 6 🔁 7 💬 0 📌 0
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
05.12.2025 13:06 — 👍 33 🔁 22 💬 1 📌 1Four postdoc fellowships at the Turin Humanities Programme on legacies and interpretations of the Enlightenment; applications welcome by 16 Feb 2026.
02.12.2025 10:30 — 👍 10 🔁 6 💬 0 📌 0
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...
02.12.2025 07:08 — 👍 2 🔁 9 💬 0 📌 0
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...
23.11.2025 19:37 — 👍 55 🔁 47 💬 3 📌 1
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
11.09.2025 13:03 — 👍 6 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0
APPEL À COMMUNICATIONS: Voltaire et les passions, Société des études voltairiennes
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Promotional image for the book Sports and Sociability in Britain in the Long Eighteenth Century, edited by Caroline Bertonèche and Alexis Tadié. The book cover features an 18th-century illustration of two people playing hockey. The background includes decorative line art and text reading: “An original perspective on sporting practices in Britain and transformations of sociability in the Enlightenment.” Logos at the bottom include Liverpool University Press, Oxford University Studies in the Enlightenment & the Voltaire Foundation.
New to the series | Sports and sociability in Britain in the long eighteenth century edited by Alexis Tadié and Caroline Bertonèche. Find out more, and purchase directly for 20% off RRP: bit.ly/SportsandSociability #EighteenthCentury 📖
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📣📣📣 Opportunity: Director of the Voltaire Foundation 📣📣📣
We are seeking a Director to lead the Voltaire Foundation, to succeed Professor Nicholas Cronk, and warmly invite applications.
www.voltaire.ox.ac.uk/news-item/op...
New on the blog:
Dr Zoe Screti and Dr Gillian Pink investigate a curious coincidence surrounding three near-identical letters by French philosopher Voltaire.
voltairefoundation.wordpress.com/2025/10/23/t...
Thanks for the hospitality! Looking forward to working together.
22.10.2025 14:43 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
New on the blog: our postdoctoral research assistant Sonya Dmitrieva on Voltaire as an owl.
voltairefoundation.wordpress.com/2025/10/17/h...
Extended deadline!
Call for Papers now open until 20 October.
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...
29.09.2025 10:19 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0This week's 'Last Word', BBC Radio 4, includes the medieval historian Barbara Harvey (1928-2025) bit.ly/3KmCQ6M (9 mins 32).
Among her many contributions to the profession, Barbara was Vice President of the Society, 1986-90. With contributions from former colleagues Joanna Innes and John Blair.
