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IAS Fellows’ Public Lecture – The Invention of the Public: globality and contemporaneity in the late 18th century, by Dr Urs Büttner (Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf)

Stephenson College, Platform 3 (Main Building) Howlands Farm, South Road, Durham

Image courtesy of Blaz (Unsplash) IAS Fellows' Public Lecture by Dr Urs Büttner (Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf) Abstract In the German language, the term "Das Publikum" (the public) came into use in the late 18th century. Immediately, a debate arose between Johann Gottfried Herder and Friedrich Just Riedel about the issue of reference. The question […]