Institute of History and Philology, Academia Sinica

Speaker: Dr. Stephen Sawyer (Ballantine-Leavitt Professor of History and Director of the Center for Critical Democracy Studies, The American University of Paris)

Topic: Toward a Genealogy of the Modern Demos: Democratic Society and the Problem of Public Authority in the Nineteenth Century

Time: March 2, 2026 (Monday) 15:00–17:00

Location: Room 703, IHP Research Building, Academia Sinica

Organizers: Thematic Research Project, “Religion and the Anthropocene in Taiwan: Towards a Global Environmental History,” Academia Sinica; World History Research Group, IHP, Academia Sinica

Remarks:

1. Please do not video, record, or share any images or content from the lecture without prior consent.
2. The lecture will be conducted in person and in English.

Contact email: Mr. Guan, jonnyguan8805@gmail.com

Further Reading: Stephen Sawyer, Demos Rising: Democracy and the Popular Construction of Public Power in France, 1800–1850 (Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 2025).