On 28 November 2025, the first research workshop titled “What is the Enlightenment?” was held in the Multimedia Hall of the Ivo Pilar Institute in Zagreb.
Alongside invited lectures by two distinguished international scholars—Professor Emeritus John Robertson (University of Cambridge) and Professor László Kontler (Central European University)—members of the LIGHT research team also presented the outcomes of the project’s first year.
The workshop was conducted in English, and attendees included history students from the Catholic University of Croatia.
A recording of the event is available on the YouTube channel of the Croatian Institute of History, and photographs taken by Matea Marušić (research assistant) can be viewed here.
The programme, brochure, and book of abstracts are available below.
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