With the curator of the exhibition, Anne Page (Aix-Marseille University).
Discussant: Wes Williams (TORCH Director)
Introduction by Pascal Marty (MFO Director)
Please note that talks will be given in French.
"The exhibition "The origins of the MFO. 25 years of archives (1946-1970)" immerses us in the richness of a documentary collection that tells us about an MFO before the MFO. An MFO which needed extraordinary energy and resolve from those involved in its establishment and creation.
It shows us the path taken from the installation in Beaumont Street to the inauguration of the premises in Norham Road, from the hesitation surrounding the mission and hence the choice of the name of the institution to be created, to the balance found in research and research training.
It shows us an institution serving Franco-British relations and tells us about them, not through abstract analysis but within a material context, by highlighting their actors’ and champions’ every-day lives, by portraying the people who bring the institution alive.
This exhibition will help all our Oxonian, British and French friends to understand better what our institution is. We also hope that this exhibition will be a means for them to take back ownership of a history of the French presence in Oxford that is also their own."
Pascal Marty (MFO Director)
Please register to secure your place.
After registering you will receive a confirmation email with a Zoom link to join the online event.
Talks will be given in French, but the exhibition will be available from 25th February onwards in both languages (FR/EN) on the MFO website.
