The question of the relationship between enlightenment and revolution in the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries is a very old one. Since 2000, the study of both the age of enlightenment and the age of revolution have been renewed by simultaneous turns towards more transnational perspectives—often described as “Atlantic.” Yet relatively little attention has been paid to connecting these Atlantic visions of the enlightenment with new understandings of the Atlantic age of revolution, or to the related problem of integrating these Atlantic approaches with revolutionary historiographies that remain stubbornly national in orientation.

Journée d'étude organisée par Nathan Perl-Rosenthal (résident 2017-2018 de l'IEA de Paris) et Antoine Lilti (EHESS)

Présentation

The question of the relationship between enlightenment and revolution in the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries is a very old one. Since 2000, the study of both the age of enlightenment and the age of revolution have been renewed by simultaneous turns towards more transnational perspectives—often described as “Atlantic.” Yet relatively little attention has been paid to connecting these Atlantic visions of the enlightenment with new understandings of the Atlantic age of revolution, or to the related problem of integrating these Atlantic approaches with revolutionary historiographies that remain stubbornly national in orientation. This journée offers reflections on these challenges from multiple angles, including analyses of the history of the field, presentations of case studies, and discussions of historical method. 

Programme

10h00 - 12h00   Table ronde "historiographies"Antoine Lilti (EHESS);

• William Max Nelson (U. Toronto);
• Pierre Serna (IHRF/Paris I);
• Thomas Stammers (Durham)

13h30 - 15h30   Table ronde "histoires"

• Francisco Ortega (U. Nacional de Colombia);
• Clyde Plumauzille (IHMC);
• Anne Simonin (EHESS);
• Charles Walton (Warwick)

16h00 - 18h00   Débat autour de David Bell, "The Atlantic Revolutions" (texte précirculé: pour avoir accès contacter Nathan Perl-Rosenthal)