Saturday, 20 January 2024

Digital Enlightenment studies

The Voltaire Foundation announces the launch of its new open-access  peer-reviewed online journal Digital Enlightenment Studies. 

Tuesday, 16 January 2024

On Colin Jones

The journal French History publishes a special issue, "Revolution, Art, and Medicine in French History: Essays in Honour of Colin Jones".   

Wednesday, 10 January 2024

Sunday, 7 January 2024

Boullée - Revolutionary architect

 The American magazine Jacobin publishes an article by Dutch journalist Tim Brinkhof on the architecture of Boullée.

Thursday, 4 January 2024

Versailles and China - Beijing exhibition

The Sino-French exhibition  The Palace of Versailles and the Forbidden City: French-Chinese Relations in the 18th Century, which was postponed because of Covid,  is now re-scheduled to run at the Palace Museum, Forbidden City, Beijing, from 1st April to 30th June 2024.

Tuesday, 2 January 2024

Fabric of Democracy (exhibition)

The exhibition Fabric of Democracy: Propaganda Textiles from the French Revolution to Brexit, curated by design historian Amber Butchart, runs at the Fashion and Textile Museum, London, from 29th September 2023 to 3rd March 2024. 

Monday, 1 January 2024

A Voltaire timeline

The Voltaire Foundation has published an attractive online timeline of the "Life and Works of Voltaire".