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The French Revolution and The Sacred: Global and Contemporary Perspectives (18th c. – present)

Julis Romo Rabinowitz Building - A17 Washington Road, Princeton

In the years leading up to the bicentenary commemorations of 1989, a new liberal interpretation of the French Revolution challenged a long-lived socialist one. In contrast to the Marxist view of a “bourgeois revolution” with popular support (Jaurès, 1922-1924; Soboul, 1974; Mazauric, 1988), the liberal historiography has recurrently emphasized the role of “revolutionary ideology” and […]

Jesuits and the Circulation of Objects in the Hispanic World

Luisa Elena Alcalá’s work examines the history of religious images, painting, and the Jesuits in the Spanish American viceroyalties, especially New Spain. Her lecture is drawn from her ongoing, nationally funded research project “Agents: Jesuit Procurators and Alternative Channels for Artistic Circulation in the Hispanic World.”  (this event has been rescheduled from the original February […]