LANGUAGES OF REFORM IN THE 18th CENTURY DECEMBER 2014 Organisation

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1 LANGUAGES OF REFORM IN THE 188 th CENTURY DECEMBER 2014 Organisation Manuela Albertone (Università di Torino) Thomas Maissen (DHIP) Susan Richter (Universität Heidelber rg) Deutsches Historischess Institut Paris Institut historique allemand, 8 rue du Parc-Royal, Paris,

2 Wednesday, December 10 th Welcome Manuela Albertone, Thomas Maissen, Susan Richter Introduction: Conference Outline Organization Publication Section I Challenges for Reform Languages Céline Spector, L esprit de l Europe au XVIII e siècle: commerce, civilisation, Empire Wyger Velema, The Transformation of Republicanism Manuela Albertone,»Federalism«between Reform and Revolution Dinner at the DHIP Thursday, December 11 th 9.00 Section II Reform and Economy I Text: Cecilia Carnino, The Eighteenth-Century Political Language of Luxury between Italy and France

3 10.30 Coffee break Susan Richter, Languages of Reform in Economic Essays in the 18 th Century Lina Weber, Languages of Economic Reform in the Dutch Republic Section III Reform and Economy II Lunch break Lothar Schilling, Le langage de la réforme agraire dans les pays germaniques (Deuxième moitié du XVIII e siècle) Antoine Lilti, Les Lumières et la réforme coloniale Text: Richard Whatmore, Republican Reform. Britain and the Scottish Solution to the Problem of the Mercantile System Section IV Reform and Religion Avi Lifschitz, From Civic Improvement to Confessional Union: Languages of Religious Toleration in Prussia, Gabriella Silvestrini, Languages of Toleration and Persecution between Utopia and Reform Edoardo Tortarolo, Pre-Secular Society vs. Secular State? Politics of Religion in the late 18 th Century Gisela Schlüter, Tolérance - tolérance universelle - tolérantisme

4 15.30 Coffee break Section V Reform and the Notion of Time Urte Weeber, Framing the Future. Ideas of Reform and their Corresponding Notions of the Present and the Future Text: Christine Zabel, Present Futures and Future Present: Temporality, Trust and Speculation in Early Modern Europe Isabelle Deflers, La»discipline«dans les programmes de réformes militaires Discussion and planning of the conferences at the Villa Vigoni and in Heidelberg Public Lecture Daniel Roche, Vieux débats, jeunes réflexions. L histoire sociale et l histoire des idées Commentary: Manuela Albertone Dinner at the DHIP

5 Friday, December 12 th 9.00 Section VI Reform and the Sciences Coffee break Text: Merio Scattola, The Language of Natural Law and the Reform of Catholic Moral Theology in the 18 th Century Simona Boscani-Leoni,»Languages of Reform«dans les sciences. La Confédération helvétique et l Angleterre au XVIII e siècle Lisa Regazzoni, Matière brute de la rhétorique. Les monuments des»anciens gaulois«comme arguments dans les discours gallicans et du patriotisme local au XVIII e siècle Section VII Reform and State Institutions Lunch break Sebastian Meurer,»Staatswissenschaft«and the British Enlightenment. Rethinking Theory and Practice of Governance in the British Isles ( ) Johan Lange, Languages of University Reform in Germany, France and the United Kingdom in the 18 th Century Pascal Firges, Late Eighteenth-Century Languages of Reform Regarding the Ottoman Empire

6 13.30 Section VIII Reform and Foreign Policy First Conclusions Farewell Thomas Maissen, Le refuge de la neutralité: les puissances moyennes en déclin et leur adaptation aux exigences du droit international Béla Kapossy, The Law of Nations and the Language of Reform in Mid-Eighteenth-Century Europe Johannes Süßmann, Just Like a Sovereign State? Legitimation of Freedom of Contract in the 18 th Century

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