{"id":8393,"date":"2026-03-27T16:00:12","date_gmt":"2026-03-27T15:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sgeaj.ch\/?p=8393"},"modified":"2026-03-27T16:06:26","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T15:06:26","slug":"refraiming-the-enlightenment-le-defi-des-lumieres","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sgeaj.ch\/fr\/actualite\/refraiming-the-enlightenment-le-defi-des-lumieres\/","title":{"rendered":"Refraiming the Enlightenment &#8211; Le d\u00e9fi des Lumi\u00e8res"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Between 10 and 12 June 2026, the conference \u00abReframing the Enlightenment. Intellectual and Political Disputes Today \/ Le d\u00e9fi des Lumi\u00e8res. Enjeux intellectuels et politiques\u00bb will take place at the German Historical Institute in Paris (GHIP), organized by Daniel Fulda (Universit\u00e4t Halle-Wittenberg) and Christine Zabel (GHIP). Registration is now open!<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The winds of scholars\u2019 and society\u2019s favour toward the Enlightenment have shifted. The uplifting narrative of progress attributed to the Enlightenment has long underpinned liberal societies, particularly in the West, but in recent years it has come under fierce criticism from postcolonial perspectives, political fringes, and some eighteenth\u2011century specialists. The conference will reflect the contemporary context in which Enlightenment research is conducted. Its aim is to move beyond a simplistic for\u2011or\u2011against positioning on the Enlightenment and to emphasise the complexity of both the Enlightenment as a historical phenomenon and its legacy for the present and the future. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To participate in person, please register at <a href=\"mailto:event@dhi-paris.fr\">event@dhi-paris.fr<\/a>. If you would like to participate online, you can register for the Wednesday and Friday sessions via the links provided in the programme below. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Le vent a tourn\u00e9 dans l\u2019opinion des sp\u00e9cialistes et de la soci\u00e9t\u00e9 \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e9gard des Lumi\u00e8res. Le r\u00e9cit optimiste des progr\u00e8s attribu\u00e9s aux Lumi\u00e8res a longtemps sous-tendu les soci\u00e9t\u00e9s lib\u00e9rales, particuli\u00e8rement en Occident, mais ces derni\u00e8res ann\u00e9es il a vivement \u00e9t\u00e9 critiqu\u00e9 \u2013 tant par les approches postcoloniales et les marges politiques que par certains sp\u00e9cialistes du xviiie si\u00e8cle. Le colloque refl\u00e9tera le contexte contemporain de la recherche sur les Lumi\u00e8res. Il vise \u00e0 d\u00e9passer le clivage simpliste \u00ab pour ou contre \u00bb les Lumi\u00e8res et \u00e0 mettre en \u00e9vidence la complexit\u00e9 du ph\u00e9nom\u00e8ne historique qu\u2019elles repr\u00e9sentent ainsi que de son h\u00e9ritage pour le pr\u00e9sent et l\u2019avenir.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pour participer en pr\u00e9sentiel, veuillez vous inscrire sur <a href=\"mailto:event@dhi-paris.fr\">event@dhi-paris.fr<\/a>. Si vous souhaitez participer en ligne, vous pouvez vous inscrire aux sessions du mercredi et du vendredi via les liens fournis dans le programme ci-dessous. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Image credits: Hubert Robert (1733\u20131808), The Grotto of Posillipo, ca. 1769 (Cleveland Museum of Art, 1976.97.2, <a href=\"https:\/\/artsandculture.google.com\/asset\/the-grotto-of-posillipo\/cAFxXZc-T5YJOQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Google Arts &amp; Culture<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/www.sgeaj.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/programme-reframing-the-enlightenment-le-defi-des-lumieres-paris-2026.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Contenu embarqu\u00e9 Programme Reframing the Enlightenment - Le d\u00e9fi des Lumi\u00e8res Paris 2026.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-61760cfb-77af-4f25-bb95-4342c7998157\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sgeaj.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/programme-reframing-the-enlightenment-le-defi-des-lumieres-paris-2026.pdf\">Programme Reframing the Enlightenment &#8211; Le d\u00e9fi des Lumi\u00e8res Paris 2026<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sgeaj.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/programme-reframing-the-enlightenment-le-defi-des-lumieres-paris-2026.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-61760cfb-77af-4f25-bb95-4342c7998157\">Herunterladen<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Between 10 and 12 June 2026, the conference \u00abReframing the Enlightenment. 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