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Tom Wynn
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Professor of French, Durham University. 18c French. Writing book about “Madame Lescombat, the first femme fatale”.
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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.

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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. The Voltaire Foundation, originally established thanks to the…
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October 24, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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🍁 Durham alumna Mia Ainsley (Italian & Spanish) shares her favourite autumnal things to do in Durham. Read more: durham-student.org/autumnal-thi...
October 20, 2025 at 12:24 PM
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Call for Papers!

A social question before the Social Question – Addressing poverty in the long eighteenth century

Deadline 31 December 2025

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Call for Papers: A social question before the Social Question - Addressing poverty in the long eighteenth century
University of Oxford 22-23 October 2026 A pdf file of this call can be found here. Precariousness and hardships were inescapable features of the life of the lower orders in early modern European…
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September 9, 2025 at 1:36 PM
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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

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Introducing ‘L’Écriture est la peinture de la voix: essays in honour of Nicholas Cronk’: The Latest Special Collection from MLO
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…
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December 12, 2024 at 10:50 AM
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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
"L’Écriture est la peinture de la voix: Essays in honour of Nicholas Cronk," published on MLO. The left side of the image has a blue background with the title in white text and the subtitle, "A Special Collection from Modern Languages Open," below. The right side of the image features a collage of handwritten manuscript excerpts and sketches of Voltaire, alongside a circular icon of his silhouette.
December 4, 2024 at 10:29 AM
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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 👇
modlangopen.bsky.social Modern Languages Open @modlangopen.bsky.social · Nov 28
We are delighted to launch 'L’Écriture est la peinture de la voix: essays in honour of Nicholas Cronk', a special festschrift introduced by Gillian Pink and Thomas Wynn. Read it
#OpenAccess via MLO: bit.ly/Festschrift-N-C @voltaire.ox.ac.uk @languagesdurham.bsky.social @wolfsonoxford.bsky.social
"L’Écriture est la peinture de la voix: Essays in honour of Nicholas Cronk," published on MLO. The left side of the image has a blue background with the title in white text and the subtitle, "A Special Collection from Modern Languages Open," below. The right side of the image features a collage of handwritten manuscript excerpts and sketches of Voltaire, alongside a circular icon of his silhouette.
November 29, 2024 at 9:14 AM