2:00 - 2:30pm
Symposium

What the despot owes to the caliph, or how the figure of the Eastern despot has been nourished by medieval references

Emmanuelle Tixier du Mesnil
Eastern despotisms, from near to far
2:00 - 2:30pm
    Amphithéâtre Guillaume Budé, Site Marcelin Berthelot
    Open to all, subject to availability
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    Speaker(s)

    Emmanuelle Tixier du Mesnil

    Université Paris Ouest

    Events

    Symposium
    9:30 - 10:15am
    Anne Cheng & Henry Laurens

    Introduction
    Symposium
    10:15 - 10:45am
    Pierre Briant

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

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

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

    Proof from India. Oriental despotism from Bernier to Anquetil-Duperron
    Symposium
    2:00 - 2:30pm
    Emmanuelle Tixier du Mesnil

    What the despot owes to the caliph, or how the figure of the Eastern despot has been nourished…
    Symposium
    2:30 - 3:00pm
    Haun Saussy

    Life and death of empires : Kang Youwei (1858-1927), a Chinese reformer in R…
    Symposium
    3:00 - 3:30pm
    Eddy Dufourmont

    The theme of despotism in early modern Japan (1868-1889) : translations and …
    Symposium
    3:45 - 4:15pm
    Sabine Dullin

    Transformative or conservative despotism ? Contrasting readings of Russian a…
    Symposium
    4:15 - 4:45pm
    Dima Alsajdeya

    The Palestinian Authority, a case of Arab authoritarianism ?
    Symposium
    4:45 - 6:00pm
    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