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Symposium: Celebrating Voltaire/ C茅l茅brer Voltaire

Wednesday, March 9, 2016 10:00to19:45
Faculty Club 3450 rue McTavish, Montreal, QC, H3A 0E5, CA
Price: 
Free

La version fran莽aise suit

Voltaire was a celebrity and a figure of controversy in the 18th century.听Famous for his wit and his advocacy of civil liberties, he remains the subject of much debate and discussion in the 21st century.听Join 成人VR视频 Library听and Archives and a group of local and international scholars for a one-day symposium 鈥淐elebrating Voltaire鈥.

The symposium will include听sessions in both English and French. View the day's Agenda below.

Space is limited. No admission charge but RSVP听is required at:听rsvp.libraries [at] mcgill.ca or (514) 398-5711.听

*Please indicate if you will be attending听the morning, afternoon or full day and whether you will be joining us for lunch.

Please RSVP by March 2, 2016

The video recordings of the symposium听are now available at:听.


Intellectuel phare des Lumi猫res fran莽aises, Voltaire polarisait les opinions au XVIIIe 蝉颈猫肠濒别.听

C茅l猫bre par son esprit et sa lutte pour les libert茅s civiles, il reste l鈥檕bjet de multiples d茅bats et discussions au XIXe 蝉颈猫肠濒别.

Venez vous joindre 脿 un groupe de savants canadiens et internationaux 脿 la Biblioth猫que听et Archives de l鈥橴niversit茅 成人VR视频 pour un symposium d鈥檜ne journ茅e en l鈥檋onneur de Voltaire.

Le symposium comprendra des sessions en anglais et en fran莽ais. Le programme est ci-dessous.

Entr茅e libre.听Les places 茅tant limit茅es, il est indispensable de r茅pondre 脿听:听rsvp.libraries [at] mcgill.ca ou (514) 398-5711.听

*Veuillez indiquer si vous venez pour le matin, l'apr猫s midi ou toute la journ茅e听et si vous d卯nez听avec nous.

Date limite pour r茅pondre: le 2 mars, 2016

Les enregistrements de la journ茅e sont maintenant听disponibles:听.


Agenda

Animator: Christopher Lyons, Osler Librarian (成人VR视频)

9:30-10:00

Registration

10:00-10:15

Welcome / Opening remarks: Dean C. Colleen Cook, Trenholme Dean of Libraries

10:15-11:00

Richard Virr (成人VR视频): 鈥淰isiting Voltaire 鈥 Gibbon, Boswell, Burney, and Hume鈥

11:00-11:15

Break

11:15-12:30

Josiane Boulad-Ayoub (Universit茅 du Qu茅bec 脿 Montr茅al): 鈥淰oltaire et sa lutte contre le fanatisme religieux 脿 partir de sa pi猫ce Mohammed et le fanatisme鈥

Simon Davies (Queen鈥檚 University, Belfast): 鈥淰oltaire and leadership, 1760-1778鈥

12:30-14:00

Lunch (provided)

14:00-15:30

Hans-J眉rgen L眉sebrink (University of Saarbr眉cken): 鈥淐茅l茅brer Voltaire en 1791 - Questionnement et relecture de la panth茅onisation d'un 'P猫re de la R茅volution Fran莽aise"

Ann Marie Holland (成人VR视频): 鈥淭he Dictionnaire philosophique: the role of the production agents in shaping the content and the material forms of a 鈥榳ork in progress鈥欌

Edward Langille (St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish): 鈥淭wo Solitudes or Entente Cordiale鈥

15:30-15:45

Break

15:45-17:15

Panel: 鈥淲hy does Voltaire matter in the 21st Century?鈥澨 Ethel Groffier (成人VR视频), Ugo Dionne (U de Montr茅al), Beno卯t Melan莽on (U de Montr茅al), Mitia Rioux-Beaulne (U de Ottawa); Moderator, Marie-Claude Felton (成人VR视频)

17:15-17:30

Break

17:30-18:30

Keynote Address: Robert Darnton (Harvard) 鈥淰oltaire and the Pirates鈥, introduced by Dean Cook

18:30-18:40

Closing remarks: Richard Virr

18:45-19:45

Reception

The accompanying exhibition, Celebrating Voltaire, will be听on view in the McLennan Library lobby from February 15 to May 15, 2016.

Une exposition, illustrant le symposium, C茅l茅brer Voltaire : La Collection Voltaire des Livres Rares et Collections Sp茅ciales de l鈥橴niversit茅 成人VR视频听aura lieu dans le hall de la Biblioth猫que McLennan, du 15 f茅vrier au 15 mai 2016.

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