11:30 to 12:00
Symposium

Montesquieu's Russia, or the impossible distancing of despotism

Hugo Toudic
Eastern despotisms, from near to far
11:30 to 12:00
    Amphithéâtre Guillaume Budé, Site Marcelin Berthelot
    Open to all, subject to availability
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    Speaker(s)

    Hugo Toudic

    University of Chicago

    Events

    Symposium
    09:30 to 10:15
    Anne Cheng & Henry Laurens

    Introduction
    Symposium
    10:15 to 10:45
    Pierre Briant

    The Persian-Achaemenid empire, paradigm of " Asian despotism 
    Symposium
    10:45 to 11:15
    Catherine Volpilhac-Auger

    The climate according to Montesquieu : strength or curse of despotism…
    Symposium
    11:30 to 12:00
    Hugo Toudic

    Montesquieu's Russia, or the impossible distancing of despotism
    Symposium
    12:00 to 12:30
    Stéphane Van Damme

    Proof from India. Oriental despotism from Bernier to Anquetil-Duperron
    Symposium
    14:00 to 14:30
    Emmanuelle Tixier du Mesnil

    What the despot owes to the caliph, or how the figure of the Eastern despot has been nourished…
    Symposium
    14:30 to 15:00
    Haun Saussy

    Life and death of empires : Kang Youwei (1858-1927), a Chinese reformer in R…
    Symposium
    15:00 to 15:30
    Eddy Dufourmont

    The theme of despotism in early modern Japan (1868-1889) : translations and …
    Symposium
    15:45 to 16:15
    Sabine Dullin

    Transformative or conservative despotism ? Contrasting readings of Russian a…
    Symposium
    16:15 to 16:45
    Dima Alsajdeya

    The Palestinian Authority, a case of Arab authoritarianism ?
    Symposium
    16:45 to 18:00
    Antoine Lilti

    Conclusion : Despotism, a product of the Enlightenment ?

    See also

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