About
Historian and professor emeritus at Harvard University, he recently published La Condition d'écrivain. Culture et Révolution dans la France du xviiie siècle (Gallimard, 2025).
Latest publication
The power of emotion
- Interview with Robert Darnton,
- conducted by Jonathan Chalier
In Esprit (2025/12 Décembre)
Most viewed articles
The power of emotion
- Interview with Robert Darnton,
- conducted by Jonathan Chalier
In Esprit (2025/12 Décembre)
La fin des Lumières, fifty years later. Interview with Robert Darnton
- By Bruno Belhoste,
- Robert Darnton,
- Translation by Joan Johnson
In Annales hist. de la Rév française (2018/1 No 391)
Daniel Roche's multicolored palette
In Revue d’histoire moderne et contemporaine (2024/3 n° 71-3)
Private Lives and Public Affairs under the Ancien Regime
In Actes de la recherche en sciences sociales (2004/4 No 154)
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Chapters and articles
The power of emotion
- Interview with Robert Darnton,
- conducted by Jonathan Chalier
In Esprit (2025/12 Décembre)
Daniel Roche's multicolored palette
In Revue d’histoire moderne et contemporaine (2024/3 n° 71-3)
La fin des Lumières, fifty years later. Interview with Robert Darnton
- By Bruno Belhoste,
- Robert Darnton,
- Translation by Joan Johnson
In Annales hist. de la Rév française (2018/1 No 391)
For an International Solution
In Le Débat (2012/3 No 170)
Jefferson's Candle
A National Digital Library
In Le Débat (2012/3 No 170)
Digitalization, Google, and the Future of Libraries
In Revue de la BNF (2010/2 No 35)
Private Lives and Public Affairs under the Ancien Regime
In Actes de la recherche en sciences sociales (2004/4 No 154)
The New Age of the Book
In Le Débat (1999/3 No 105)
