Cosmopolitanism and the Enlightenment brings together leading scholars in cultural history, the history of ideas and global politics in order to reassess the complexity of cosmopolitanism during the ...

History is a funny thing, and we are living in truly historic times. There are several adages about history that most of us are familiar with, such as “those who fail to learn from the past are doomed ...

Irish actors and playwrights, operating both as individuals and within networks, were remarkably popular and potent during this period, especially in London. As ideas of Enlightenment percolated ...

On the International Day of Democracy, which is observed every year on September 15, let’s revisit the ideals of democracy and find out if it’s about a competitive struggle for people’s votes or a ...