Christmas at Vaux-le-Vicomte

 This week, The Earful Tower podcast (hosted Australian expat Oliver Gee), focuses on Christmas at the Château of Vaux-le-Vicomte, home to a magnificent (and loosely period) festive extravaganza known as "Le Grand Noël". 

Madame du Châtelet - new online resource

The Center for the History of Women Philosophers and Scientists at Paderborn University, under the direction of Prof. Dr. Ruth E. Hagengrubern, launches its historical and critical digital edition of Émilie Du Châtelet’s Institutions de Physique (17th December).

Gouverneur Morris

The National Constitution Center in Philadelphia publishes a podcast devoted to The Life and Constitutional Legacy of Gouverneur Morris (12th December 2024)

A Voltaire bibliography

In a post of 6th December on the Voltaire Foundation blog, Síofra Pierse, Head of Languages at  University College Dublin, comments on her new work Voltaire: A Reference Guide to His Life and Works.

Largillière's "Monument Men" portrait

A portrait  by Nicolas de Largillière, which formerly belonged to Henri Rothschild, was sold by Christie's Paris on 21st November for a record €529,200 - ten times more than the original estimate.

Science Museum - Versailles exhibition

This season's major event at the Science Museum in South Kensington is an exhibition on Versailles!  Versailles: Science and Splendour runs from 12th December 2024 to 21st April 2025.