Enlightenment in Europe Course
Dive into Europe's Enlightenment era, studying key thinkers, debates, and historiography. Develop practical skills in research question design, digital archive searches, close reading of primary sources, and creating well-cited dossiers for museum exhibits. Transform complex intellectual history into clear, persuasive narratives that engage with themes like tolerance, authority, and the public sphere.

flexible workload of 4 to 360h
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What will I learn?
This course provides a practical guide to Enlightenment studies in Europe, teaching you to work with primary sources, key philosophers, and modern scholarship. You'll learn to create targeted research questions, navigate digital archives, perform detailed text analysis, and produce precise, cited reports suited for museums, all while exploring debates on tolerance, power, and public discourse.
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Develop skills
- Master close reading of key 18th-century Enlightenment texts.
- Craft clear, concise dossiers on Enlightenment for museum exhibits.
- Design sharp, focused research questions on Enlightenment topics.
- Map and synthesise major scholarly debates in Enlightenment historiography.
- Locate reliable Enlightenment sources using top digital archives.
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