Athenaeum Salon — Enlightenment, Humanism, Diderot

(4.10) “Cultivating Collaboration: Live from the Archive,” part 5 – Gamm Theatre Artistic Director Tony Estrella on his research-in-progress into radical 18th century secular humanism; Enlightenment era salons; atheism, agnosticism, and the revolutionary publication of Denis Diderot’s Encyclopedie.

The “Cultivating Collaboration: Live from the Archive” project invites cultural practitioners to engage in research on self-selected topics within the Athenaeum’s collections, meet collaboratively with one another throughout the course of their research, and then share their experiences and findings at a series of works-in-progress presentations as part of the Athenaeum Salon.

5pm to 7pm, Friday, April 10, Providence Athenaeum, 251 Benefit Street

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