Christopher Kelly
Christopher Kelly
@chrisjkelly.bsky.social
Professor Emeritus, Political Science, Boston College
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Ahead of @chrisjkelly.bsky.social's book talk, you can learn more about Rousseau's impressive and expansive letter writing at the @cornellupress.bsky.social book page for Eve Grace and his recent volume, "Letters from Rousseau":
cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501781933/letters-from-rousseau/
October 16, 2025 at 8:37 PM
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Inspired? Find more praise and information and inspiration and your copy (of this and others in the phenomenal Agora Editions series) at the @cornellupress.bsky.social book page: cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501781933/letters-from-rousseau/

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September 5, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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ICYMI: Great praise for "Letters from Rousseau" in Law and Liberty, noting how Eve Grace and @chrisjkelly.bsky.social's @cornellupress.bsky.social detailed and expansive volume "deepen[s] our understanding of Rousseau, to whose writings we attribute permanent worth."

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Rousseau’s Republic of Letters – Jonathan Marks
A new edition of Rousseau’s letters sheds light on the personality and thought of one of the Enlightenment’s greatest and strangest figures.
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September 5, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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Team Rousseau! Great news! "Letters from Rousseau" is now available and represents perhaps the most intriguing collection of his letters, expertly compiled by Eve Grace and @chrisjkelly.bsky.social, in the @cornellupress.bsky.social Agora Editions series: www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...
June 9, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Eve Grace and I have finished work on a volume of selected correspondence of Rousseau for Cornell University Press. It will be out by the end of the summer. Here is the cover to whet your appetite.
March 24, 2025 at 9:00 PM
My wife, Judy Neiswander, just published an excellent book on what was arguably the first canal for powering mills in North America (1639-41). Great social history and wonderful pictures: "Mother Brook and the Mills of East Dedham."

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Mother Brook and the Mills of East Dedham
By: Judith A. Neiswander  As one of the first two inland towns to be settled in Massachusetts, Dedham has an ancient history. One of earliest accomplishments of the town’s first settlers was the creat...
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December 7, 2024 at 6:16 PM
I will be in London for about two weeks starting tomorrow. Happy to grab a cup of coffee with any Rousseau scholars or other friends.
November 8, 2024 at 2:46 PM