[Athena] Programme "Positivism in the Victorian Era" Conference, 4-5 March at the Maison Française d'Oxford

[Maison Française <reception AT mfo.ac.uk>]

MAISON AUGUSTE COMTE, PARIS & MAISON FRANÇAISE D’OXFORD

are pleased to announce the following conference at the Maison Française d'Oxford:

 

POSITIVISM ON BOTH SIDES OF THE CHANNEL

OXFORD AND THE EXCHANGES BETWEEN ENGLISH POSITIVISTS AND FRENCH POSITIVISTS DURING THE VICTORIAN ERA

 

Friday 4 March afternoon

 

1.45pm  Tea/coffee

 

2pm Welcome by Luc Borot (MFO Director, Oxford) and Michel Duchein (Vice-Président de la Maison Auguste Comte, Paris)

 

Session I

 Chair : Caroline Warman (Jesus College, Oxford)

 

2.20pm  Annie Petit (Université de Montpellier)

L'Angleterre vue par Auguste Comte.

 

3.10pm     Daniel Becquemont (Université de Lille III)

From Protestantism to Positivism.

 

4pm     Tea/coffee

 

Session II

 Chair : Muriel Le Roux (CNRS-MFO, Oxford)

   

4.30pm      Vincent Guillin (UQAM)

Psychology and Positivism : the Comte-Mill Controversy and its Aftermath.

 

5.20pm      Laurent Clauzade (Université de Caen)

Comte et Whewell.

 

6.30pm Conference Dinner

 

Saturday 5 March morning

 

9.15am Tea/Coffee

 

Session III

Chair : Georgios Varouxakis (Queen Mary, University of London)

 

9.30am    Stuart Jones (University of Manchester)

Comte in Oxford. Richard Congreve and Mark Pattison Compared.

 

10.20am   David Taylor (University of Roehampton)

Vernon Lushington: A Practising Positivist.

 

11.10am Tea/coffee

 

Session IV

Chair : Michel Bourdeau (CNRS-EHESS, Paris)

 

11.30am   Mary Pickering (San Jose State University)

The Curious Nature of Auguste Comte's Appeal to British Women.

 

Keynote lecture

Chair : Martine Pécharman (CNRS-MFO, Oxford)

 

12.20pm Robert Fox (University of Oxford) 

Auguste Comte's Unfinished Business. An Anglo-French Reflexion on the Religion of Humanity.

 

1.20pm Lunch

 

Convenors:

Michel Bourdeau (EHESS) and Martine Pécharman (CNRS-MFO)

With the collaboration of Robert Fox (Faculty of History) and Muriel Le Roux (CNRS-MFO)

ALL WELCOME

For any further information:

Maison Française d’Oxford, 2-10 Norham Road, Oxford OX2 6SE,

Tel: 01865 274 220, reception AT mfo.ac.uk