Colloquium programme
17 April 2015, 9.30 – 5 pm.
Venue: G.16, School of History, Classics and Archaeology, University of Edinburgh.
9.30 – 10.15 am: Coffee and Tea
10.15 – 10.30 am: Introduction (Thomas Ahnert)
10.30 – 11.30 am: Margot Finn, ‘Books and their Readers in British India c.1780-1840: A Long Enlightenment?’
11.30 am – 12.30 pm: Barbara Taylor, ‘Enlightenment and the Perils of Solitude’
12.30 – 1.30 pm: Lunch
1.30 – 2.30 pm: John Henry, ‘The Newtonian Moment: How Action at a Distance became Part of Mainstream Physics (uniquely) throughout the long Eighteenth Century.’
2.30 – 3.30 pm: John Robertson: ‘The Enlightenment in History and Philosophy’
3.30 – 4.00 pm: Coffee and Tea
4.00 – 5.00 pm: Discussion on Opportunities for Collaboration in Enlightenment and Eighteenth-Century Studies
7.00 pm: Dinner
Participants must register. If you are interested in attending, please email Thomas.Ahnert@ed.ac.uk.