1 [PRE-PRINT - for access to final published version, see note below] * Concerning Durkheim’s 1899 Lecture ‘On Penal Sanctions’: Introduction, Translation Notes, and Comments Ronjon Paul Datta & François Pizarro Nöel Abstract: This article provides an introduction to our translation of Durkheim's 1899 lecture entitled ‘Course Outline: On Penal Sanctions’. A typescript French version of these lecture notes, handwritten by Durkheim, was prepared by François Pizarro Noël and prepared for this journal (see this volume). It lays out a variety of reasons for why Durkheimian studies in particular, and sociology in general, might find this lecture of interest. Below we provide some historical context for this lecture, discuss our translation protocols, and make some comments about the implications of the substance of Durkheim's lecture, a classic piece of Durkheimian reasoning. Keywords: Durkheim, translation, morality, ethics, sanctions, punishment, subjectivism * Final published version is available from: Durkheimian Studies/Études Durkheimiennes. https://www.berghahnjournals.com/view/journals/durkheimian-studies/24/1/ds240106.xml Or, contact Drs. Datta or Pizarro Noël: rpdatta@uwindsor.ca, pizarro-noel.francois@uqam.ca Datta, R. P. & Pizarro Noël, F. (2020). Concerning Durkheim’s 1899 Lecture ‘On Penal Sanctions’. Durkheimian Studies, 24, 76-85.