9:30 - 10:15am
Symposium

Introduction

Anne Cheng & Henry Laurens
Eastern despotisms, from near to far
9:30 - 10:15am
    Amphithéâtre Guillaume Budé, Site Marcelin Berthelot
    Open to all, subject to availability
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    Speaker(s)

    Anne Cheng

    Professor at the Collège de France

    Henry Laurens

    Professor at the Collège de France

    Events

    Introduction
    Anne Cheng & Henry Laurens

    Symposium
    9:30 - 10:15am

    The Persian-Achaemenid empire, paradigm of " Asian despotism 
    Pierre Briant

    Symposium
    10:15 - 10:45am

    The climate according to Montesquieu : strength or curse of despotism…
    Catherine Volpilhac-Auger

    Symposium
    10:45 - 11:15am

    Montesquieu's Russia, or the impossible distancing of despotism
    Hugo Toudic

    Symposium
    11:30am - 12:00pm

    Proof from India. Oriental despotism from Bernier to Anquetil-Duperron
    Stéphane Van Damme

    Symposium
    12:00 - 12:30pm

    What the despot owes to the caliph, or how the figure of the Eastern despot has been nourished…
    Emmanuelle Tixier du Mesnil

    Symposium
    2:00 - 2:30pm

    Life and death of empires : Kang Youwei (1858-1927), a Chinese reformer in R…
    Haun Saussy

    Symposium
    2:30 - 3:00pm

    The theme of despotism in early modern Japan (1868-1889) : translations and …
    Eddy Dufourmont

    Symposium
    3:00 - 3:30pm

    Transformative or conservative despotism ? Contrasting readings of Russian a…
    Sabine Dullin

    Symposium
    3:45 - 4:15pm

    The Palestinian Authority, a case of Arab authoritarianism ?
    Dima Alsajdeya

    Symposium
    4:15 - 4:45pm

    Conclusion : Despotism, a product of the Enlightenment ?
    Antoine Lilti

    Symposium
    4:45 - 6:00pm

    See also

    Anne Cheng, chair Chinese Intellectual History
    Henry Laurens, chair Contemporary History of the Arab World
    Eastern despotisms, from near to far