From Enlightenment Ideas to the Age of Revolutions
Schedule
Tue, 02 Jun, 2026 at 06:00 pm
UTC-04:00Location
53 Marlborough St, Boston, MA, United States, Massachusetts 02116 | Boston, MA
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Join us for a thought-provoking conversation marking the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution, as renowned historian of the French Enlightenment and Harvard Emeritus Professor Robert Darnton explores how ideas circulating in eighteenth-century France helped shape political imagination on both sides of the Atlantic.In dialogue with scholar Flora Amann, Darnton will draw on his groundbreaking work—including The Writer’s Lot and The Revolutionary Temper—to examine how writers, readers, and the circulation of ideas helped transform public opinion and lay the foundations for political change.
From underground literature in eighteenth-century Paris to transatlantic networks of exchange, this conversation offers a fresh perspective on the origins of modern democracy.
Our author's talk will be followed by a Q&A session, with book signing and a reception.
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