Steve Hindle and Barbara Fuchs welcome participants and attendees to the "Cosmopolitanism and the Enlightenment" conference, held at the Huntington Library on December 13-14, 2013. Hindle is the W. M. Keck Foundation Director of Research at The Huntington. Fuchs is Professor at UCLA Center for 17th and 18th-Century Studies and Director of The William Andrews Clark Memorial Library.

Welcoming Remarks by Steve Hindel and Barbara Fuchs

The cosmopolitan ideal is commonly understood as one of the key legacies of the European Enlightenment. This interdisciplinary conference explores the possibilities and contradictions of the cosmopolitan ideal in the Enlightenment by considering a range of thematic perspectives, including Europe's regional and colonial peripheries. This conference is in honor of Anthony Pagden and his work.

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Welcoming Remarks by Steve Hindel and Barbara Fuchs

Welcoming Remarks by Steve Hindel and Barbara Fuchs