enlightenment

Enlightenment or enlighten may refer to:

Age of Enlightenment

Age of Enlightenment, period in Western intellectual history from the late 17th to late 18th century, centered in France but also encompassing (alphabetically by country or culture):
Arab Enlightenment or Nahda, late 19th to early 20th century
England: Midlands Enlightenment, period in 18th-century England
Greece: Modern Greek Enlightenment, an 18th-century national revival and educational movement in Greece
Italy: Italian Enlightenment, period in 18th-century Italy
Jewish: Haskalah, Jewish Enlightenment, movement among European Jews in the late 18th century
Poland: Enlightenment in Poland, ideas of the Age of Enlightenment in Poland
Russia: Russian Enlightenment, 18th-century period of active government encouragement of proliferation of arts and sciences in Russia
Scotland: Scottish Enlightenment, period in 18th-century Scotland
Spain: Enlightenment in Spain, came to Spain with a new dynasty, the Bourbons, subsequent reform and 'enlightened despotism'
United States: American Enlightenment, intellectual culture of the British North American colonies and the early United States

Enlightenment (window manager), an X Window System window manager
Enlighten (radiosity engine), code to do real-time calculation of indirect lighting ("radiosity") in video
Enlightenment Foundation Libraries, a set of graphics libraries

Enlighten Canberra, an annual arts and cultural festival in Canberra, Australia
"Enlightenment", the main artistic performance in the 2012 Summer Paralympics opening ceremony

Ionian Enlightenment, the origin of ancient Greek advances in philosophy and science
Dark Enlightenment, an anti-democratic and reactionary movement that broadly rejects egalitarianism and Whig historiography
Enlightenment Intensive, a group retreat designed to enable a spiritual enlightenment
Enlightenment Movement (Afghanistan), a Hazara grassroots civil disobedience group created in Afghanistan in 2016
Project Enlightenment, an educational program