'The Birth of the Black Death: New Approaches in World History' with Patrick Boucheron
UPCOMING EVENT | 29 May 2025 17:00 - 29 May 2025 18:30
We are delighted to welcome Professor Patrick Boucheron for the 2025 Collège de France - Maison Française d'Oxford - Pembroke College lecture.
Professor Patrick Boucheron will speak on 'The Birth of the Black Death : New Approaches in World History'.
Thursday 29th May | 5.00pm | Pichette Auditorium, Pembroke College
Registration mandatory
Members of the public and the University: please click here to register.
Members of Pembroke: please click here to register.
Patrick Boucheron has been a Professor at the Collège de France since 2015, holding the chair of History of Powers in Western Europe, 13th–16th centuries.
His early research focused on urban history in medieval Italy (The Power of Images: Siena, 1338, Polity, 2018), before expanding to broader explorations of fiction, experience, and political identity (Trace & Aura: The Recurring Lives of St. Ambrose of Milan, Other Press, 2022). His 2025 lecture, The Sex of Power, builds upon and refines the themes of the previous year’s Politics of Love, continuing his examination of political subjectivity through the lenses of gender, emotion, and sexuality—this time engaging more directly with the concepts of violence, domination, and pleasure.
Beyond academia, Professor Boucheron is actively engaged in editorial, artistic, and audiovisual projects that advocate for a scholarship both deeply engaged and accessible to the public. He oversees Entre-Temps, a digital journal linked to his chair, and has been a key figure in the acclaimed television series Dates That Made History (Arte, 2017–). His recent book, Le Temps qui reste (Seuil, 2023), further reflects his commitment to the public use of history. Since September 2024, he has hosted Allons y voir, a radio program on France Culture. He also serves as President of the Théâtre de la Concorde, a Parisian institution dedicated to the intersection of art and democracy.
P. Imbert/Collège de France
'The Birth of the Black Death: New Approaches in World History' with Patrick Boucheron
UPCOMING EVENT | 29 May 2025 17:00 - 29 May 2025 18:30
We are delighted to welcome Professor Patrick Boucheron for the 2025 Collège de France - Maison Française d'Oxford - Pembroke College lecture.
Professor Patrick Boucheron will speak on 'The Birth of the Black Death : New Approaches in World History'.
Thursday 29th May | 5.00pm | Pichette Auditorium, Pembroke College
Registration mandatory
Members of the public and the University: please click here to register.
Members of Pembroke: please click here to register.
Patrick Boucheron has been a Professor at the Collège de France since 2015, holding the chair of History of Powers in Western Europe, 13th–16th centuries.
His early research focused on urban history in medieval Italy (The Power of Images: Siena, 1338, Polity, 2018), before expanding to broader explorations of fiction, experience, and political identity (Trace & Aura: The Recurring Lives of St. Ambrose of Milan, Other Press, 2022). His 2025 lecture, The Sex of Power, builds upon and refines the themes of the previous year’s Politics of Love, continuing his examination of political subjectivity through the lenses of gender, emotion, and sexuality—this time engaging more directly with the concepts of violence, domination, and pleasure.
Beyond academia, Professor Boucheron is actively engaged in editorial, artistic, and audiovisual projects that advocate for a scholarship both deeply engaged and accessible to the public. He oversees Entre-Temps, a digital journal linked to his chair, and has been a key figure in the acclaimed television series Dates That Made History (Arte, 2017–). His recent book, Le Temps qui reste (Seuil, 2023), further reflects his commitment to the public use of history. Since September 2024, he has hosted Allons y voir, a radio program on France Culture. He also serves as President of the Théâtre de la Concorde, a Parisian institution dedicated to the intersection of art and democracy.