ELENA YI-JIA ZENG

EUROPEAN INTELLECTUAL HISTORY & POLITICAL THEORY.

CURRENT PROJECT

The Politics of Belief in Enlightenment Scepticism

My first monograph investigates scepticism's role in modern moral and political thought from Pierre Bayle to the Kant-Jacobi debate.

OTHER
PROJECTS

The Political Economy of the Stationary State

My postdoctoral project examines a series of debates on economic stagnation in Enlightenment and post-Enlightenment thought.

Music and Politics in Modern European History

I explore the relationship between absolute music and the history of political thought through three cases: Brahms & Viennese liberalism; Mendelssohn & Hegelianism; Elgar, Britten & the ideas of liberty in post-war Britain.

Upcoming Events

May 2025 | Conference Presentation, New York University

May 2025 | Manuscript Workshop, Princeton University Center for Human Values

May 2025 | Cambridge Political Thought Seminar

University of Cambridge