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World leader in Enlightenment studies, based at the University of Oxford. Our publications: Voltaire's Complete Works (OCV), Oxford University Studies in the Enlightenment (OSE) and much beyond. https://www.voltaire.ox.ac.uk/

Black and white cut outs of Voltaire in various bust portraits. Engravings by Jean Huber (1721– 1786).
A book opened on the title page of the 1791 edition of Voltaire’s Candide. The book lies on supports and a book snake is holding the page down.
The Jean-Baptiste Pigalle sculpture of Voltaire from 1776. Voltaire is depicted seated and naked, with only a toga-like garment barely draped around him. The statue is kept at the Louvre, Département des Sculptures du Moyen Age, de la Renaissance et des temps modernes.
Yulan Tan and Voltaire Foundation Director Nicholas Cronk stand side by side in front of a big fireplace, smiling into the camera. Both are holding the prize certificate, presenting it to the camera.
The cover of the book with the title The End of Enlightenment - Empire, Commerce, Crisis, and the author name Richard Whatmore.
A promotional graphic in grey and blue tones that shows the covers of the texts included in the Open Access offer. The text in the graphic says "Available Open Access Until 2025. To support scholars for the French agregation exam, select studies on Montesquieu from the Voltaire Foundation have now been made Open Access by Liverpool University Press until Summer 2025."
Oil portrait of Frederick the Great
Portrait photo of Richard Bourke