324 2 https://www.af-oxford.org/media/website_posts/324/1d1b2308-e6d1-492f-89a9-e92e51357996.png event https://www.af-oxford.org/event-rsvp/seminar-with-kamel-daoud-regard-sur-la-litterature-algerienne-en-langue-francaise/ 2026-04-21 10:35:00 322 21 https://www.af-oxford.org/media/website_posts/322/94309-17733255114122-m.jpg event https://www.af-oxford.org/event-rsvp/conference-rachid-benzine-esperer-malgre-tout.-pour-une-esperance-a-hauteur-dhomme/ 2026-03-31 13:15:00 308 21 Cleo From 5 to 7
Sunday 15 March 2.30pm
Monday 16 March 5.15pm

The Young Girls of Rochefort
Sunday 22 March 2pm
Monday 23 March 6pm

My Night at Maud's
Sunday 29 March 2pm
Monday 30 March 6pm]]> https://www.af-oxford.org/media/website_posts/308/images.jpg event https://www.af-oxford.org/event-rsvp/classic-season-the-new-wave-upp/ 2026-03-30 19:51:00 312 21 https://www.af-oxford.org/media/website_posts/312/download-(1).png event https://www.af-oxford.org/event-rsvp/des-algues-et-du-plancton-conference-scientifique-avec-vincent-doumeizel/ 2026-03-12 15:11:00 296 21 https://www.af-oxford.org/media/website_posts/296/image-art-déco.png event https://www.af-oxford.org/event-rsvp/conference-art-deco/ 2025-12-15 11:25:16 288 21 https://www.af-oxford.org/media/website_posts/288/pierre.jpg event https://www.af-oxford.org/event-rsvp/conference-rivalite-franco-anglaise-et-hieroglyphes/ 2025-11-28 13:13:05 280 21 We are delighted that Fabienne Manele, a French speaker, author, and member of the National Federation of Interpreter-Guides, will once again give us a free conference on Cathars Castels, soon to be in the UNESCO World Heritage List under the title “Les Citadelles du Vertige”.

Fabienne Manele,  who spends much of the year abroad but returns to Occitanie as soon as she can.          ]]> https://www.af-oxford.org/media/website_posts/280/Untitled-design-(1).png event https://www.af-oxford.org/event-rsvp/conference-les-chateaux-cathares/ 2025-09-25 13:16:00 235 21 "Dresser une table", "mettre le couvert": everyday expressions that refer to lost habits, but which ones? And why do we now have Russian-style service rather than French-style service? Discover or rediscover the evolution of the arts of the table over the course of time, history and our eating habits.



The Alliances Françaises of Portugal, of Spain, of Poland, of Belgium, of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands and the Accueil de la Haye are pleased to join forces once again to bring you a new event in a series of lectures on the essentials of French culture. Let yourself be guided by Giulia FRANCESCHINI during an online conference, in French, on Les Arts de la table.



In French, intermediate and advanced levels
Open to all, free, online.

Register HERE

]]> https://www.af-oxford.org/media/website_posts/235/table-clara-peeters.jpg page https://www.af-oxford.org/cultural-events/conferences/conference-oh-les-arts-de-la-table/ 2025-02-04 16:08:00 234 21 Claire Dupont Monod will talk with Catriona Seth (All Souls College) about 'S'adapter' (Adapting), which won the Prix Femina in 2021, the Prix Landerneau, and the Goncourt des Lycéens at 5.15pm on 4 March at the Maison Française.

Register on the website of the Maison Française.








Clara Dupont-Monod is the author of several novels, including La 'Passion selon Juette' (Grasset, 2007), 'Le roi disait que j'étais diable' (Grasset, 2014) and, published by Stock, 'La Révolte' (2018) and 'S'adapter' (2021, Prix Femina, Prix Landerneau, and Prix Goncourt des Lycéens).

A propos du livre :
C’est l’histoire d’un enfant aux yeux noirs qui flottent, et s’échappent dans le vague, un enfant toujours allongé, aux joues douces et rebondies, aux jambes translucides et veinées de bleu, au filet de voix haut, aux pieds recourbés et au palais creux, un bébé éternel, un enfant inadapté qui trace une frontière invisible entre sa famille et les autres. C’est l’histoire de sa place dans la maison cévenole où il naît, au milieu de la nature puissante et des montagnes protectrices ; de sa place dans la fratrie et dans les enfances bouleversées. Celle de l’aîné qui fusionne avec l’enfant, qui, joue contre joue, attentionné et presque siamois, s’y attache, s’y abandonne et s’y perd. Celle de la cadette, en qui s’implante le dégoût et la colère, le rejet de l’enfant qui aspire la joie de ses parents et l’énergie de l’aîné. Celle du petit dernier qui vit dans l’ombre des fantômes familiaux tout en portant la renaissance d’un présent hors de la mémoire.
Comme dans un conte, les pierres de la cour témoignent. Comme dans les contes, la force vient des enfants, de l’amour fou de l’aîné qui protège, de la cadette révoltée qui rejettera le chagrin pour sauver la famille à la dérive. Du dernier qui saura réconcilier les histoires.
La naissance d'un enfant handicapé racontée par sa fratrie.




Free, in French, On site 
6 March 2025
5:15pm
Maison Française d'Oxford
2-10 Norham Rd
Oxford OX2 6SE

Register HERE ]]> https://www.af-oxford.org/media/website_posts/234/thumbnail_sadapter.jpg page https://www.af-oxford.org/cultural-events/conferences/in-conversation-with-clara-dupont-monod/ 2025-01-29 12:25:27 233 21 https://www.af-oxford.org/media/website_posts/233/beata_umubyeyi_mairesse_official_flammarion_cropped99.jpg event https://www.af-oxford.org/event-rsvp/in-conversation-with-beata-umubyeyi-mairesse/ 2025-01-28 15:21:39 227 21 https://www.af-oxford.org/media/website_posts/227/Concert_spirituel-2.width-800.jpg event https://www.af-oxford.org/event-rsvp/conference-le-concert-spirituel-a-paris-au-xviiie-siecle/ 2025-01-24 11:09:20 220 2 Did you know fin-de-siècle French erotic literature often explored themes of decadence, gender ambiguity, and psychological complexity? Mark la St. Valentin by attending this online conference by Dr. Helen Craske, Cambridge, who will chose a few readings and put them in context for us.]]> https://www.af-oxford.org/media/website_posts/220/ONCORD-POST-Litterature-erotique-(Instagram-Post).jpg event https://www.af-oxford.org/event-rsvp/les-plumes-sensuelles-voyage-au-coeur-de-la-litterature-erotique-francaise-du-xviiie-et-xixe-siecle/ 2024-12-19 15:51:00 219 2
We will send you the Zoom link shortly before the event. ]]> https://www.af-oxford.org/media/website_posts/219/Paris-Londres-Conference-POST-ONCORD.jpg event https://www.af-oxford.org/event-rsvp/paris-londres-londres-paris-les-allers-retours-de-lurbanisme/ 2024-12-18 11:00:00 190 21 https://www.af-oxford.org/media/website_posts/190/K.-Lyamlahy-newsletter.jpg event https://www.af-oxford.org/event-rsvp/rencontre-avec-lauteur-khalid-lyamlahy/ 2024-06-19 10:17:35 180 2 We are marking the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris with a special conference!

Through an overview of the history of the Olympic Games, from their origins to the status they hold today, Cyrille Rollet paints a picture of their evolution and the values they convey. He describes the cultural significance of iconic symbols such as the Olympic torch, the mascots, the Olympic rings and the architecture of the stadiums and the role they play in showcasing host cities with identifiable logos and posters.



In collaboration with the Alliances Françaises UK network and Lancaster University

Online with Teams, FREE

The conference will be in English ]]> https://www.af-oxford.org/media/website_posts/180/photos-paris-2024.jpg event https://www.af-oxford.org/event-rsvp/the-olympic-games-history-and-symbolism/ 2024-04-18 11:31:00 176 2 Have you ever dreamed of owning a property in France?
Join us for this free informative online talk about what to consider when deciding to purchase a second home or to settle in France.

Tuesday, 11th of June, 7-8pm
This event is free and will be in English
Online with Zoom, you will receive a link via email.

This conference will be presented by the Alliance Française d'Oxford, in partnership with Blevins Franks, the leading advisory firm for UK nationals living in Europe.
Emilie Bensmihen, from Buckles Solicitors LLP and the Franco-British Network will also intervene to share their expertise with you.

This event is organised in collaboration with the Alliance Française network in the UK.]]> https://www.af-oxford.org/media/website_posts/176/Photo-visuel.jpg event https://www.af-oxford.org/event-rsvp/conference-owning-a-property-in-france/ 2024-03-19 14:39:00 161 21


Marie NDiaye will be in conversation with Ève Morisi (St Hugh’s College), as part of the ‘Contemporains’ series

Organised in collaboration with the Alliance Française d'Oxford.


Marie Ndiaye published her first novel, Quant au riche avenir, when she was 17. She won the Prix Goncourt in 2009 with Trois femmes puissantes. Her play Papa doit manger is the sole play by a living female writer to be part of the repertoire of the Comédie française. She co-wrote the screenplay for the 2022 legal drama Saint Omer alongside its director Alice Diop, and Amrita David. In September 2022 the film was selected as France's official selection for Best International Film at the 95th Academy Awards.
]]> https://www.af-oxford.org/media/website_posts/161/1280px-france-culture_marie-ndiaye_d-chaume_10.jpg url https://mfo.web.ox.ac.uk/event/conversation-marie-ndiaye 2024-01-12 17:08:22 160 21
French novelist David Diop will discuss his approach to literature and writing with Catriona Seth. He is the acclaimed author of At Night All Blood is Black, a stunning account on a young Senegalese soldier’s descent into madness during the First World War, which won the International Booker Prize in 2021. His most recent book, Beyond the Door of No Return, is a gripping semi-historical imagining of the memories of a French naturalist in 18th-century Africa.]]> https://www.af-oxford.org/media/website_posts/160/diop.png url https://mfo.web.ox.ac.uk/event/conversation-david-diop-0 2024-01-12 17:06:10 159 21 https://www.af-oxford.org/media/website_posts/159/Untitled-design-(14).png event https://www.af-oxford.org/event-rsvp/brigitte-giraud-en-conversation/ 2023-12-18 13:55:48 147 2 https://www.af-oxford.org/media/website_posts/147/kathleen-woods-1942.jpg event https://www.af-oxford.org/event-rsvp/conference-les-femmes-de-la-resistance-lhistoire-dune-famille-franco-britannique/ 2023-12-01 15:39:00 132 2
After a successful online visit of Versailles for the AF network in the UK, Eléonore Nicolas is back and will bring the Louvre Museum to your home through numerous witty anecdotes.

Join us on Mon. 2 October to view the Mona Lisa, the Venus of Milo and other must-see works of the Louvre from the comfort of your living room!

Free - Open to all - In French (level Intermediate/B1 recommended).
Event organised by the network of the Alliances Françaises in the UK.

About our guest:
Eléonore Nicolas is not your average guide! She has degrees in Fine Arts, Anthropology, and as a Guide/Lecturer and has many creative skills: visual arts, drama, playwriting, humour, photography and more.
Mixing education with wit and a sense for the details that people want to know, on her guided tours she uses all her creative talents to bring the past to life.]]> https://www.af-oxford.org/media/website_posts/132/Image1.jpg event https://www.af-oxford.org/event-rsvp/le-musee-du-louvre-online-guided-tour/ 2023-06-15 13:15:00 121 21 Paris of 1883, with its intellectual effervescence and technological advances which enables this great idea which was the Alliance Francaise network. This conference marks the 140th Anniversary of the Alliance network. With  Dr. Michael Drolet (Worcester) & Dr. Helen Craske (Merton)  
 In French.
Refreshements will be served. 
 ]]> https://www.af-oxford.org/media/website_posts/121/The_Opera_House-_Paris-_France_ca._1890-1900.jpg event https://www.af-oxford.org/event-rsvp/conference-le-paris-de-1883/ 2023-05-25 09:55:00 116 2 https://www.af-oxford.org/media/website_posts/116/olivier_guez.jpg none 2023-04-18 15:06:00 115 2 https://www.af-oxford.org/media/website_posts/115/Eric-Vuillard-edit.jpg none 2023-04-18 14:32:00 114 21 Following last February's cancellation, we are happy to reschedule this event on Tuesday 2 May at 5pm.

This event is free and open to everyone and will be followed by a small drinks reception.
Please note that registration is required: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/595964053527 

Constance Debré was born in 1972. She is the author of 3 novels, including the highly acclaimed Play Boy (Stock, 2016), Love Me Tender (Flammarion, 2020, Prix Les Inrockuptibles), Nom (Flammarion, 2022), and 'Offenses' (Flammarion, 2023).. She will be in conversation with Ève Morisi.

Ève Morisi is Associate Professor of French at the University of Oxford and works on the intersections of poetics, politics and ethics in modern and contemporary literature.
This event is organised in collaboration with the Maison Française d'Oxford.]]> https://www.af-oxford.org/media/website_posts/114/debre_constance_1_3.jpg none 2023-04-18 14:19:00