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Writing Rights in 1789 |
Keith M Baker, professor of Early Modern European History at Stanford University, explains a Digital Humanities project mapping the debates on the constituent articles of the 1789 Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen. |
Keith M Baker |
23 Nov 2018 |
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Creative Commons |
Methusela and the unity of mankind: late Renaissance and early Enlightenment conceptions of time |
Martin van Gelderen delivers a talk for the Besterman Lecture 2018 |
Martin van Gelderen |
25 Jul 2018 |
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The Lure of Paris: The Republic of Letters and Eighteenth-Century Speed-Dating |
Final talk of the Besterman Enlightenment Workshop 2017, Laurence Brockliss explains the popularity of Paris as a place to visit in the 18th century and explores the opportunities for and obstacles to making contacts in the European Republic of Letters. |
Laurence Brockliss |
22 Mar 2017 |
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Writing the Enlightenment: Reflections on Work in Progress |
Professor Ritchie Robertson FBA, Taylor Professor of German at the University of Oxford, will speak on ‘Writing the Enlightenment: Reflections on Work in Progress’. |
Ritchie Robertson |
18 Nov 2016 |
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The Pragmatic Enlightenment and Other Enlightenments |
Dennis Rasmussen (Tufts University, Boston) discusses his book 'The Pragmatic Enlightenment' |
Dennis Rasmussen |
14 Oct 2015 |
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Light in Germany: Scenes from an Unknown Enlightenment |
A discussion of Jim Reed's book |
Jim Reed, Joachim Whaley, Kevin Hilliard, Ritchie Robertson |
12 May 2015 |
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‘True Enlightenment can be both achieved and beneficial.’ The German Enlightenment and its Interpretation |
Professor Joachim Whaley, Professor of German History and Thought, Cambridge, gives the 2014 Besterman Lecture, hosted by The Besterman Centre for the Enlightenment and the TORCH Enlightenment Programme. |
Joachim Whaley, Richie Robertson |
20 Nov 2014 |
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Rousseau's copy of La Lettre à d'Alembert |
Short podcast looking at Enlightenment philosopher Rousseau's copy of La Lettre à d'Alembert, housed in the Bodleian Library. |
Nathalie Ferrand |
23 Nov 2012 |
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Rousseau: Archive et Invention. |
Professor Nathalie Ferrand (École Normale Supérieure Paris) gives the 2012 Besterman Lecture for the Voltaire Foundation. This lecture is in French. |
Nathalie Ferrand |
23 Nov 2012 |