09:30 to 10:15
Symposium

Introduction

Anne Cheng & Henry Laurens
Eastern despotisms, from near to far
09:30 to 10:15
    Marguerite-de-Navarre Amphitheater, Marcelin-Berthelot Site
    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
    09:30 to 10:15

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

    Symposium
    10:15 to 10:45

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

    Symposium
    10:45 to 11:15

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

    Symposium
    11:30 to 12:00

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

    Symposium
    12:00 to 12:30

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

    Symposium
    14:00 to 14:30

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

    Symposium
    14:30 to 15:00

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

    Symposium
    15:00 to 15:30

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

    Symposium
    15:45 to 16:15

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

    Symposium
    16:15 to 16:45

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

    Symposium
    16:45 to 18:00

    See also

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