'Mexican Jesuits write the history of the Americas' by Luis Ramos has recently been published in the Oxford University Studies in the Enlightenment series. In this blog post, Ramos reflects on his research and explains how the book uncovers the transformative role that eighteenth-century Mexican Jesuits played in reshaping European intellectual life.
The making and remaking of the Enlightenment
This blog post revisits 'Cultural Transmission and the French Enlightenment', recently published in the Oxford University Studies in the Enlightenment series. The editors offer fresh reflections on the essays in the volume and consider their relevance to the current political and cultural climate.
Oxford University Studies in the Enlightenment at 70: Celebrating the legacy and future of the series
This blog post celebrates a major milestone: the 70th anniversary of the Oxford University Studies in the Enlightenment series. In this commemorative post, series editor Gregory Brown reflects on the enduring legacy of the series.
‘The Scottish picaresque as environmental justice’ by Denys Van Renen
The Scottish picaresque as environmental justice, written by Denys Van Renen, has recently been published in the Oxford University Studies in the Enlightenment series. This blog post highlights its intervention as the first book-length study to analyze the genre of the picaresque as drawing attention to how the eighteenth- and nineteenth-century iterations of it respond to environmental disasters. Ultimately, the economic precarity of the genre’s low-born characters renders them more attuned to environmental precarity.
‘The Black Legend of Spain and its Atlantic Empire in the Eighteenth Century’ by Catherine M. Jaffe and Karen Stolley
The Black Legend of Spain and its Atlantic Empire in the Eighteenth Century: Constructing National Identities, edited by Catherine M. Jaffe and Karen Stolley, has recently been published in the Oxford University Studies in the Enlightenment series. This blog post explores the enduring impact of the "Black Legend," a narrative portraying Spain and its empire as cruel and intolerant, examining its historical roots, global dissemination, and influence on national identities, cultural stereotypes, and modern debates about colonialism and memory.
