The International Conference
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN AND RUSSIA
to the Tercentenary of His Birth (1706-1790)
22-24 June 2006, St. Petersburg, Russia.
Organizers:
Herzen State Pedagogical University of Russia
Institute of International Connections
St. Petersburg State University
Resource Center for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences and Humanities
St. Petersburg Center for the History of Ideas
Topics proposed to discuss:
B. Franklin in Search of Civil Society
"The Art of virtue". B. Franklin's Thirteen Commandments
"Way to wealth". B. Franklin as an Enlightener and Educator
The Envoy of the New World. B. Franklin as a Diplomat and Politician
Virtue as a Way of Life. B. Franklin's "Autobiography"
B. Franklin's "Simple Rules"
Taming Electricity: B. Franklin as a Scientist
The American Philosophical Society and the Petersburg Academy of Sciences
B. Franklin and E.R. Dashkova
B. Franklin and D.I. Fonvizin
Works of American Enlighteners in Russian Translations
The Epoch of Enlightenment in Russia and in America: Differences and
Similarities
American Researches of the Russian Enlightenment
Russia through the Eyes of Americans and America through the Eyes of
Russians from the Epoch of Enlightenment to the Post-Industrial Society
The list of topics is open for intellectual contributions.
Papers up to 3 000 words (10 pages) accompanied by short CVs are accepted
not later than 15 March 2006 by e-mail: [log in to unmask]
Phone/fax: +7 (812) 444 1233
Prof. Dr. Tatiana V. ARTEMIEVA & Dr. Mikhail I. MIKESHIN
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