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Interdisciplinary Research Centre associated with the University of Oxford. We support the special link between the French & British academic worlds. #CNRS #lab UAR 3129 Picture: Maison Française by Bing Ye, 2023

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2–4 July 2025: 3 days of #NashEquilibrium at @mfoxford.bsky.social featuring leading researchers presenting work inspired by, or building upon, Nash equilibrium & its wide-ranging applications
sites.google.com/view/nash75

@pse.bsky.social
@oxfordecondept.bsky.social
@nuffieldcollege.bsky.social

03.07.2025 11:01 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Nash75 @Oxford – 2–4 July 2025, Maison Française d'Oxford
This major international symposium will mark the 75th anniversary of the Nash equilibrium and bring together leading researchers for a series of plenary talks.
sites.google.com/view/nash75

26.06.2025 11:26 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Yesterday was a special day at the Maison Française d'Oxford!
François Hollande met with researchers, students & Oxford leaders, saluting MFO’s unique role in Franco-British academic life since 1946.
Merci et au revoir, Monsieur le Président!

#Oxford #FrancoBritish #FrançoisHollande #MFO

12.06.2025 09:48 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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6th June, 18:00: Make sure to attend the lecture-recital "Henri Tomasi, a committed and humanist musician"!

Explore the vivid musical creations of this French-Corsican composer who used music to free humanity from war and oppression www.ticketsource.co.uk/maison-franc...

05.06.2025 09:17 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Great opening of 'Breathing', an exhibit exploring the political, historical, & sensory dimensions of breath, curated by @judithrainhorn.bsky.social & Charles-Antoine Wanecq, featuring Filomena Borecka’s work.

It runs until 26 June, Mo to Fr, 9am–5pm at Maison Française d’Oxford.
lnkd.in/eRATAJBe

20.05.2025 11:52 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 1

En partenariat avec le @lest-umr-cnrs-amu.bsky.social et la @mfoxford.bsky.social International Workshop 'The Worlds of Work: Crossed Perspectives from France and England'

16.05.2025 15:36 — 👍 3    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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International and Interdisciplinary Workshop: 'The Worlds of Work: Crossed Perspectives from France and England'

22–23 May: Don’t miss the Workshop 'The Worlds of Work' at MFO, led by @delfindelmar.bsky.social. Dive into key debates on work, tech, care & inequality.
🎬 Special screening of La Ferme des Bertrand (César 2025 winner) w/ dir. Gilles Perret. In French w/ EN subs
mfo.web.ox.ac.uk/event/intern...

15.05.2025 09:29 — 👍 0    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 1
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The Koch History Centre (KHC): A new Historical Research Centre at Oxford

The Faculty of History and @wadhamcollege.bsky.social are excited to announce the establishment of the Koch History Centre (KHC), which will provide an institutional home in Oxford for the pursuit of world-class historical research!

Find out more:

www.history.ox.ac.uk/article/the-...

04.02.2025 10:09 — 👍 7    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 1
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On 15 May, 5:15pm, Laura Mason (Johns Hopkins) explores how Atlantic slavery shaped revolutionary violence in Nantes during the Terror. Jean-Baptiste Carrier in a Slave-Trading City, at the MFO. Register: www.ticketsource.co.uk/maison-franc...

@oxhistoryfaculty.bsky.social
#History

13.05.2025 11:56 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Poster for the workshop "Digital Byzantine Studies: Current Methods and Future Applications", to be held at the Maison Française d'Oxford on May 16.

Poster for the workshop "Digital Byzantine Studies: Current Methods and Future Applications", to be held at the Maison Française d'Oxford on May 16.

Poster for the workshop "Digital Byzantine Studies: Current Methods and Future Applications", to be held at the Maison Française d'Oxford on May 16.

Poster for the workshop "Digital Byzantine Studies: Current Methods and Future Applications", to be held at the Maison Française d'Oxford on May 16.

Join us on May 16 at @mfoxford.bsky.social for "Digital Byzantine Studies: Current Methods and Future Applications", a workshop on digital corpora, prosopography, TEI, 3D & more in Byzantine research. Organized by @sealygirl.bsky.social, @surmaison.bsky.social, Olivier Delouis & Claudia Sode.

09.05.2025 16:59 — 👍 8    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 1
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Exhibition ‘Breathing' with 'Breaths–Air Bladders’ Special opening of the exhibition at 5.30pm on 19 May 2025

Notre exposition "Respirer - autour de Phrenos", présentée en novembre au @campuscondorcet.bsky.social, voyage ! 🇫🇷 🚂 🇬🇧 Elle sera (en anglais) à la @mfoxford.bsky.social du 19 mai au 26 juin. L'histoire socio-politique de l'air dialogue avec l'art : urls.fr/qMwvbf
@chs-umr8058.bsky.social

27.04.2025 20:52 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

'Breathing' opens 19 May, 5.30pm, a new exhibition with Chaire Santé-SHS (Paris 1), featuring Breaths – Air Bladders by Filomena Borecká.
Breath as physical, political & symbolic force post-COVID.

Wine & cheese to follow, registration required:
www.ticketsource.co.uk/maison-franc...

09.05.2025 14:21 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Join us for the launch of 'Ce que les humains font à la vie' (What Humans Do to Life, Paris, @editions-puf.bsky.social , 2024) with author Perig Pitrou on 28 April at 4:00 PM.

Find out more and register: www.ticketsource.co.uk/maison-franc...

@oxford-anthro.bsky.social
@oupphilosophy.bsky.social

23.04.2025 09:05 — 👍 3    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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Exhibition ‘Breathing' with 'Breaths–Air Bladders’ Special opening of the exhibition at 5.30pm on 19 May 2025

📣Notre expo "Respirer", présentée au @campuscondorcet.bsky.social en 2024 va respirer à Oxford 🇬🇧 @mfoxford.bsky.social ! Un dialogue entre historiens et artistes sur les savoirs et les politiques de l'air respiré depuis le 18e s. 👏
urls.fr/ZGD_jk
@chs-umr8058.bsky.social @sorbonneparis1.bsky.social

17.04.2025 09:45 — 👍 12    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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Workshop 'Mediating belongings, Constructing Identities: Belgian Modernism in Transfer (1870-1940)' Convened by Petra James (Univesité libre de Bruxelles), Quintus Immisch (UCLouvain),and Hubert Roland (UCLouvain)

On 22–23 April, the @mfoxford.bsky.social hosts an international workshop on cultural mediators between Belgium and Central Europe.
www.mfo.ac.uk/event/worksh...

21.04.2025 13:22 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Women in Philosophy — with Helena Taylor In this episode, we have the pleasure to discuss the place of women and the perceived legitimacy of their writings in early modern philosophy. Helena Taylor is an Associate Professor in French...

The NOTCOM podcast seeks to promote the research undertaken by the Notcom researchers, associated collaborators and fellows.
Bonne écoute !

Episode 6: Women in Philosophy - with Helena Taylor
notcom.hypotheses.org/4794

19.03.2025 09:05 — 👍 0    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Rencontre, débat et dédicace de l'ouvrage : "La logistique et ses monstres" - Librairie L'Île aux Mots à Marseille.
@EdCroquant @mfoxford.bsky.social @lest-umr-cnrs-amu.bsky.social

07.03.2025 14:38 — 👍 2    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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Migration aux États-Unis : « On veut leur travail, pas leur existence » Dans les années 2000 le durcissement des contrôles aux frontières n’a pas stoppé la migration vers les USA, mais a contraint les travailleurs à s’installer durablement, souvent dans l'illégalité.

Interviewée par @Jean Bordéré, Le Petit Journal (New York). @mfoxford.bsky.social @lest-umr-cnrs-amu.bsky.social
lepetitjournal.com/new-york/com...

11.03.2025 11:28 — 👍 2    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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Séminaire International "Logistiques : Méditerranées Asiatiques Marchandises, Migration, Entrepôts " Lieu : @IMERA à Marseille @mfoxford.bsky.social @lest-umr-cnrs-amu.bsky.social lgentrepot.hypotheses.org

12.03.2025 12:39 — 👍 1    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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Tomorrow, we will welcome Clara Dupont-Monod for a talk with Catriona Seth about her book 'S'adapter' (Adapting), which won the Prix Femina in 2021, the Prix Landerneau, and the Goncourt des Lycéens.

Register here: www.ticketsource.co.uk/maison-franc...

@frenchinstituteuk.bsky.social

05.03.2025 12:33 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Choix Goncourt UK: Kamel Daoud for 'Houris' (Gallimard), 2024)
YouTube video by Maison Française d'Oxford Choix Goncourt UK: Kamel Daoud for 'Houris' (Gallimard), 2024)

Et voici la dernière vidéo que vous attendiez pour le #ChoixGoncourtUK: Kamel Daoud (Gallimard) pour #Houris. @mfoxford.bsky.social @heleneduchene.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qV-...

02.03.2025 07:15 — 👍 5    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
Choix Goncourt UK: Hélène Gaudy for 'Archipels' (L’Olivier, 2024)
YouTube video by Maison Française d'Oxford Choix Goncourt UK: Hélène Gaudy for 'Archipels' (L’Olivier, 2024)

Vidéo n°3 de l'année: www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4DJ... En lice pour le Choix Goncourt du Royaume-Uni: Hélène Gaudy pour Archipels cc @mfoxford.bsky.social @heleneduchene.bsky.social

28.02.2025 20:17 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Tenir jusqu’au bout de la journée - En attendant Nadeau Quelle est la situation du travail salarié dans la France d'aujourd'hui et dans celle d'hier ? Trois ouvrages envisagent cette question.

www.en-attendant-nadeau.fr/2025/03/04/t...
@Le Travail et la société française @cnrseditions.bsky.social @lest-umr-cnrs-amu.bsky.social @mfoxford.bsky.social

05.03.2025 12:14 — 👍 5    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0
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The MFO and @catrionaseth.bsky.social reunited the four finalists of the Choix Goncourt UK for a series of interviews, enriched by Anne de Peufeilhoux’s readings. Watch the series on our YouTube channel with Sandrine Colette, Gaël Faye, Hélène Gaudy, & Kamel Daoud!
www.youtube.com/@maisonfranc...

27.02.2025 15:52 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Hate Speeches Online

Join us for the next Channels of Digital Scholarship on Zoom, organised with @mfoxford.bsky.social , where researchers will be discussing hate speech online. Find out more and sign up: digitalscholarship.web.ox.ac.uk/event/hate-s...

20.02.2025 12:02 — 👍 3    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
Choix Goncourt UK: Gaël Faye for 'Jacaranda' (Grasset, 2024)
YouTube video by Maison Française d'Oxford Choix Goncourt UK: Gaël Faye for 'Jacaranda' (Grasset, 2024)

Numéro 2 dans nos lectures du #ChoixGoncourtUK: Gaël Faye pour Jacaranda @editionsgrasset.bsky.social cc @mfoxford.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_UC...

26.02.2025 13:36 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
Choix Goncourt UK: Sandrine Colette for 'Madelaine avant l'aube' (J.-C. Lattès, 2024)
YouTube video by Maison Française d'Oxford Choix Goncourt UK: Sandrine Colette for 'Madelaine avant l'aube' (J.-C. Lattès, 2024)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=wcRw... Et c'est parti... pour le 6e choix Goncourt du Royaume-Uni. Entretien avec Sandrine Collette @mfoxford.bsky.social @heleneduchene.bsky.social

25.02.2025 15:56 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Seconde main : l'envers des fripes Outlet, solderie, friperie, vintage, de quoi la fripe est-elle le nom ? La fripe est-elle vraiment une alternative vertueuse à l’industrie textile ?

Avec @Emmanuelle Durand, @lest-umr-cnrs-amu.bsky.social @mfoxford.bsky.social @ehess.fr
www.radiofrance.fr/franceinter/...

26.02.2025 11:01 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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EXHIBITION 'Pain and the Physician.16th-18th centuries' Private view of the exhibition at 6pm on 18 November 2024

There's still time to visit the exhibition 'Pain and the Physician' at the Maison Française d'Oxford, which is running until 14 March

@mfoxford.bsky.social

mfo.web.ox.ac.uk/event/exhibi...

27.02.2025 10:58 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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This month, we're teaming up w/ the Faculty of Medieval & Modern Languages @ox.ac.uk, for a series of literary events

Kamel Daoud on 20.02

Beata Umubyeyi Mairesse on 04.03 (photograph by C. Nieszawer © Flammarion)

Clara Dupont-Monod on 06.03

👉https://mfo.web.ox.ac.uk/

19.02.2025 10:07 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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