The Digital Correspondence of Catherine the Great

Thursday, 18 June 2026, 2pm to 3.30pm

This paper will introduce the letters of Catherine the Great as a corpus, explain the publication history of the letters (numbering somewhere between 9-11,000) and the absence of a print edition; discuss the motivations behind the Digital Correspondence of Catherine the Great (known as CatCor); provide an overview of the history of this resource and its structure and functions; and demonstrate its functionality as a resource and scope for development. The speaker, Professor Andrew Kahn, is the original PI on the project who worked closely from its origins with Professor Kelsey Rubin-Detlev, the current co-PI.

Speaker(s): Andrew Kahn (University of Oxford)

Series: Oxford Seminar for Epistolary Research

Venue: Harris Manchester College - Mansfield Road Oxford

Department: Voltaire Foundation (Department)

Organiser: Zoe Screti