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Programme
Michaelmas Term 2013 (13 oct.-7 dec.)
Legal History Seminar:
Codifying the Law - I
Oxford
16 octobre, 21 et 27 novembre 2013
SEMINARS
ALL SOULS COLLEGE, Hovenden Room
Legal History Seminar: Codifying the Law - I
- Wednesday 16 October, 5.00pm: “Did the Mesopotamians also invent the Codes of Laws?", Sophie Demare-Lafont, Université Paris 2-EPHE
- Thursday 21 November, 5.00pm
- “Justinian and the “Delegislation” of Roman Law. A Reappraisal of leges publicæ”, Dario Mantovani, Università Pavia
- “Magisterium vitæ: Was Theodosius’ Code really a Guidance of Life?”, Boudewijn Sirks, All Souls College
- Wednesday 27 November, 5.00pm: “The Talmud and the Codification of Biblical Law”, Norman Solomon, Institute of Oriental Studies
- Convenors: Boudewijn Sirks, All Souls College and Soazick Kerneis, Université Paris Ouest Nanterre-MFO
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FRENCH LITERATURE FROM THE MODERN TO THE POSTMODERN
Convenors: Philippe Roussin, CNRS-MFO and Michael Sheringham, All Souls College
- Friday 1 - Saturday 2 November, 9.00am-6.00pm: “Littérature, espaces publics et démocratie”
- Convenors: Philippe Roussin, CNRS-MFO, Mike Holland, St Hugh’s College, Philippe Daros, Université Sorbonne
- Nouvelle, Sebastian Veg, EHESS-CEFC, Hong Kong and Annick Louis, Université de Reims-CRAL, EHESS
- Friday 22 November, 9.00am-6.00pm: “Proust: la pensée, l’émotion, l’écriture”
- Convenors: Anne Simon, CRAL, EHESS, Philippe Roussin, CNRS-MFO and Michael Sheringham, All Souls College
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DURKHEIMIAN STUDIES
- Saturday 5 October, 10.30am-4.00pm: “Miscellany: Contributions from Bjorn Andersen, Alexander Riley and Ed Tiryakian”
- Convenor: Bill Pickering, British Centre for Durkheimian Studies-University of Oxford
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MFO IN OXFORD
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES
ALL SOULS COLLEGE, Old Library
- Saturday 12 October, 9.30am-5.00pm: “Strategies of Imperial Control in Arid and Semi-Arid Environments: The Steppe and the Sahara”
- Convenors: Alexander Morrison, University of Liverpool-
All Souls College and Berny Sèbe, University of Birmingham
FACULTY OF LAW, St Cross Building
- Monday 18 - Tuesday 19 November, from 8.30am both days: “The Theory and Philosophy of Globalisation of Law”
- Convenors: Raphaëlle Nollez-Goldbach, Université Paris Ouest-Nanterre and Pavlos Eleftheriadis, Mansfield College
NUFFIELD COLLEGE
Thursday 12 - Saturday 14 December
- From Thursday: 2.00pm to Saturday: 12.00am: “Reconceptualizing the State: Restructuring in Europe, the American State and Empirical Trends”.
- Convenors: Des King and Patrick Le Galès, Nuffield College In collaboration with the OXPO programme
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LECTURES
ST HUGH’S COLLEGE, Mordan Hall
- Wednesday 30 October, 5.00pm: “Does Fiction Enhance History? The Heydrich Case”, Laurent Binet, Writer
- Chair: Mike Holland, St Hugh’s College
- Convenor: Daniel Lee, Brasenose College
CORPUS CHRISTI COLLEGE
- Wednesday 13 November, 4.30pm: “Is there such a thing as Metaphysical Knowledge?”, Claudine Tiercelin, Collège de France
- Convenor: Anna Marmodoro, Corpus Christi College
See also: Collège de France in Oxford
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CINEMA
This term, the MFO will show four films by the award-winning director Jacques Audiard, all in French with English subtitles.
- Tuesday 22 October, 8.00pm: “Regarde les hommes tomber”, 1994, 90 min.
- Tuesday 5 November, 8.00pm: “Sur mes lèvres”, 2001, 115 min.
- Tuesday 19 November, 8.00pm: “Un Héros très discret”, 1996, 107 min.
- Tuesday 3 December, 8.00pm: “Le Prophète”, 2009, 155 min.
Maison française d'Oxford
Director:
- Anne Simonin
Coord.:
Source: http://www.mfo.ac.uk/fr/events
