“Candide: A Norton Critical Edition Speakers Series Event”

Hosted by Nicholas Cronk on February 12th, 2026

Join editor and translator Nicholas Cronk (Oxford University) for a discussion on the enduring legacy of Voltaire's Candide in classrooms around the world. In the second half of the hour, audience members are invited and encouraged to ask questions in an open Q&A with Professor Cronk.

Nicholas Cronk is director of the Voltaire Foundation and professor of European Enlightenment Studies at the University of Oxford; he is also president of the Société des études voltairiennes. He is general editor of the Complete Works of Voltaire, the first scholarly edition of the entirety of Voltaire’s writings (completed in 205 volumes in 2022) and of Oxford University Voltaire, the digital edition that augments and enhances the print edition. He has published widely on French literature of the ancien régime and in particular on Voltaire, and he is the author of Voltaire: A Very Short Introduction (Oxford University Press, 2017)

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