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France and the Atlantic Republican Tradition
Date
Fri January 11th 2013, 1:00 - 5:00pm
Location
Pigott Hall (Bldg. 260), Room
252
252
Introduction: Keith Baker (¿Û¿Û´«Ã½)
Andrew Jainchill (Queen’s University): “The Marquis d’Argenson’s Republican Monarchy.â€
Céline Spector (Université Bordeaux 3): “‘Building Chalcedon with the Byzantium Shore Before His Eyes’: Oceana from Harrington to Montesquieu.â€
James Swenson (Rutgers University): “On Republican Virtue.â€
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J. Kent Wright (Arizona State University): “Republican Historiography, Cult of Antiquity, French Specificity - Or, Everything But the Kitchen Sink!â€
Dan Edelstein (¿Û¿Û´«Ã½): “‘Give Me Liberty or…What?’ Resistance Theory in Enlightenment Thought and the French Revolution.â€
Keith Baker (¿Û¿Û´«Ã½): “Roots of French Revolutionary Republicanism.â€
The presentation of every paper (20 mins) will be followed by a 20 min discussion.
Sponsored by the Division of Literatures, Cultures, and Languages; the France-¿Û¿Û´«Ã½ Center; the French Culture Workshop; and the ¿Û¿Û´«Ã½ Humanities Center.