Class Schedule This is just to give you a sense of what readings I have planned, but given the pandemic, I must ask you to be flexible because these dates might have to change. Please always defer to the schedule on Blackboard. Weeks 1 and 2 February 8: What was the Enlightenment, and why do so many people fight about it? • Introductory lecture • In-class primary source workshop February 10: Who were the philosophes? • Andrew Curran lecture on Diderot • Dumarsais, “Philosophe” • Discuss biography paper (read prompt before class) February 15: Sensing the Enlightenment • Purnell, Sensational Past, 11-23, 46-86 • Voltaire, “Prejudice,” Philosophical Dictionary February 17: The body and society • Purnell, Sensational Past, 87-143, 236-241 • Purnell class visit – this class meets at 11:00AM Weeks 3 and 4 February 22: #BHATM • Live chat of Mademoiselle Paradis on Slack • Send me proposal, bibliography for your biography paper February 24: Making and breaking social bonds • Rousseau, Julie • Hume, Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals • On Adam Smith and inequality March 1: Human Rights • Cesare Beccaria, An Essay on Crimes and Punishments • Lynn Hunt, Inventing Human Rights, pp. 70-112 March 3: #BHATM • Live-chat of Belle on Slack • Read this review afterwards (or before, if you don’t mind spoilers) • Biography paper due Weeks 5 and 6 March 8: Science, Race, and Gender • Farren Yero, “An Eradication: Empire, Enslaved Children, and the Whitewashing of Vaccine History” • Rebecca Messbarger, The Lady Anatomist: The Life and Work of Anna Morandi Manzolini, 99-118. • Encyclopédie, “Nègre” • Summary of Andrew Curran, Anatomy of Blackness March 10: Education • Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Emile • Catherine Macaulay, Letters on Education March 15: #BHATM • Podcast on genius – heads up c. 9:30 when McMahon starts talking about eighteenth-century Europe! • Live chat of Mozart’s Sister on Slack March 17: Religion • Lecture • Treatise of the Three Impostors • John Locke, A Letter Concerning Toleration • Alison Gopnik, “Could David Hume Have Known about Buddhism?” Weeks 7 and 8 March 22: Spring Break Enjoy some time for yourself:) March 24: Podcast workshop • After your meeting send me script/outline to review • Set up a meeting with another group to perform podcasts (schedule for next week) March 29: Political philosophy • Lecture • Montesquieu, The Spirit of the Laws • Rousseau, The Social Contract • Wollstonecraft, Vindication of the Rights of Woman March 31: #BHATM • Live chat of The Great on Slack Weeks 9 and 10 April 5: Police and public health • Lecture • Lisa Jane Graham, “What Made Reading Dangerous?” April 7: Fakes, frauds, and scientific spectacle • Podcast on Mesmerism • Condorcet, Sketch for a Historical Picture of the Human Mind • Jessica Riskin, Science in the Age of Sensibility, pp. 189-225. April 12: #BHATM • Bruno Belhoste, Paris Savant • Live chat of Ridicule on Slack • Podcast due today April 14: Slavery and colonialism • Lecture • Academic essay contest entries • Diderot, “Supplement to Bougainville’s Voyage” • Olaudah Equiano, Interesting Narrative • Andrew Curran class visit Weeks 11 and 12 April 19: Salon Wars • Lecture • Dena Goodman, The Republic of Letters • Antoine Lilti, The World of the Salons April 21: Unessay meetings Short individual meetings with Prof. Roberts. Prepare and submit your proposal in advance. April 26: Reacting to the Past All RTTP readings are from the Encyclopédie RTTP game session #1 • Political Authority • Huée (Boo) April 28: Reacting to the Past RTTP game session #2 Either • Happiness • Intolerant • Enjoyment Or • Press • Publishing privilege Weeks 13 and 14 May 3: Reacting to the Past RTTP game session #3 • Natural rights • Natural equality • Encyclopedia • There are four entries for Woman – you will read one (TBD) May 5: Reacting to the Past RTTP game session #4 • Natural Freedom • The Question, or Torture May 10: Reacting to the Past RTTP game session #5 Topic to be announced May 12: Reacting to the Past RTTP game session concluding discussion (no reading) • Unessay due today Final week May 17: Why does the Enlightenment matter? • Jessica Riskin’s review of Steven Pinker, Enlightenment Now • Antoine Lilti’s blog post on celebrity • News story about David Hume building being renamed Final self-evaluation due today .