Greuze and childhood exhibition @petitpalaismusee.bsky.social An artist I find hard to love, but this generous show gives us lots to appreciate and think about.

Are you a student who has read all the books on the 2025 Booker and/or international Booker longlists? If so I want to hear from you for a fun reading project. Please DM me.

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...

📣📣📣 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...

🍁 Durham alumna Mia Ainsley (Italian & Spanish) shares her favourite autumnal things to do in Durham. Read more: durham-student.org/autumnal-thi...

Call for Papers! A social question before the Social Question – Addressing poverty in the long eighteenth century Deadline 31 December 2025 voltaire.ox.ac.uk/news-item/ca...

New on the blog! 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 to read Open Access. #18C #DH voltairefoundation.wordpress.com/2024/12/12/i...

Read the new article by @catrionaseth.bsky.social ‘Des nouvelles de mon infortunée sœur’: Marie-Antoinette dans les lettres de l’archiduchesse Marie-Christine à l’empereur François’ in the Nicholas Cronk festschrift #OpenAccess on MLO: bit.ly/MLO-Seth. @voltaire.ox.ac.uk @tomofwynnland.bsky.social

Chuffed to see this wonderful collection out. To name just a few of the stellar contributors: Catriona Seth, Michel Delon, Alexis Tadié, Caroline Warman, Glenn Roe. All articles freely available. Discover more 👇