Centre for Philosophical Studies of History
@cpshoulu.bsky.social
The Centre for Philosophical Studies of History, based at Uni Oulu, promotes the philosophical study of history and historiography.
https://www.oulu.fi/en/university/faculties-and-units/faculty-humanities/centre-for-philosophical-studies-history
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Recently, I reread Adorno’s “Spengler after the Demise”, published in English as “Spengler Today”, and Neurath’s “Anti-Spengler”. I intended to compare their critiques of Spengler, but in this post, I will only talk about Adorno’s critique. (I’ll focus on Neurath in a follow-up post.) (1/28)
November 13, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Recently, I reread Adorno’s “Spengler after the Demise”, published in English as “Spengler Today”, and Neurath’s “Anti-Spengler”. I intended to compare their critiques of Spengler, but in this post, I will only talk about Adorno’s critique. (I’ll focus on Neurath in a follow-up post.) (1/28)
New video on our Youtube channel! Watch the talk “Hermeneutical Philosophy of History: A Program for Research” that Robert Piercey gave last week with the Centre here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ZsD...
Happy watching!
Happy watching!
Robert Piercey "Hermeneutical Philosophy of History: A Program for Research"
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November 7, 2025 at 7:01 AM
New video on our Youtube channel! Watch the talk “Hermeneutical Philosophy of History: A Program for Research” that Robert Piercey gave last week with the Centre here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ZsD...
Happy watching!
Happy watching!
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The Bloomsbury Handbook of the Philosophy of the Historical Sciences and Big History, edited by our very own Aviezer Tucker and David Černín, has been out for a month now. Here it is in the flesh, next to books of our recent visiting scholar. Get it (for your libraries)! More info: shorturl.at/BjNLi
November 3, 2025 at 10:49 AM
The Bloomsbury Handbook of the Philosophy of the Historical Sciences and Big History, edited by our very own Aviezer Tucker and David Černín, has been out for a month now. Here it is in the flesh, next to books of our recent visiting scholar. Get it (for your libraries)! More info: shorturl.at/BjNLi
New video on our Youtube channel! Watch the talk "Archaeology as Historical Science: Centering the Human in Pre-History" that @marilynnjohnson.bsky.social gave last week in our joint research seminar here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=XTzv....
Happy watching!
Happy watching!
Marilynn Johnson "Archaeology as Historical Science: Centering the Human in Pre-History"
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October 31, 2025 at 8:09 AM
New video on our Youtube channel! Watch the talk "Archaeology as Historical Science: Centering the Human in Pre-History" that @marilynnjohnson.bsky.social gave last week in our joint research seminar here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=XTzv....
Happy watching!
Happy watching!
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A friendly reminder: Tomorrow (30.10, 16h/17h, Central European/Finnish time), @hhenriikka.bsky.social will give the talk "Existential Historicism: The Rise and Fall of a Sense-Making Framework" in our joint research seminar. More info and the Zoom-link: www.oulu.fi/en/events/ex....
All welcome!
All welcome!
Existential Historicism: The Rise and Fall of a Sense-Making Framework
Existential Historicism: The Rise and Fall of a Sense-Making Framework
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October 29, 2025 at 7:29 AM
A friendly reminder: Tomorrow (30.10, 16h/17h, Central European/Finnish time), @hhenriikka.bsky.social will give the talk "Existential Historicism: The Rise and Fall of a Sense-Making Framework" in our joint research seminar. More info and the Zoom-link: www.oulu.fi/en/events/ex....
All welcome!
All welcome!
A friendly reminder: Tomorrow (28.10, 14h, Finnish time), Robert Piercey will give the hybrid talk "Hermeneutical Philosophy of History: A Program for Research" (Tellus Brisk and Zoom). More info and the Zoom-link: www.oulu.fi/en/events/he....
All welcome!
All welcome!
Hermeneutical Philosophy of History: A Program for Research
Hermeneutical Philosophy of History: A Program for Research
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October 27, 2025 at 7:59 AM
A friendly reminder: Tomorrow (28.10, 14h, Finnish time), Robert Piercey will give the hybrid talk "Hermeneutical Philosophy of History: A Program for Research" (Tellus Brisk and Zoom). More info and the Zoom-link: www.oulu.fi/en/events/he....
All welcome!
All welcome!
Next week Tuesday, we welcome Robert Piercey (University of Regina, Canada) to Oulu! He will give the hybrid talk "Hermeneutical Philosophy of History: A Program for Research" (Tellus Brisk and Zoom, 14h, Finnish time). More info and the Zoom-link: www.oulu.fi/en/events/he....
All welcome!
All welcome!
Hermeneutical Philosophy of History: A Program for Research
Hermeneutical Philosophy of History: A Program for Research
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October 24, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Next week Tuesday, we welcome Robert Piercey (University of Regina, Canada) to Oulu! He will give the hybrid talk "Hermeneutical Philosophy of History: A Program for Research" (Tellus Brisk and Zoom, 14h, Finnish time). More info and the Zoom-link: www.oulu.fi/en/events/he....
All welcome!
All welcome!
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In a week, I’ll be referencing Dilthey, Ranke, Burckhardt, Heidegger, Troeltsch and Benjamin, all in one talk! From historical contemplation as existential consolation to history as a source of existential Angst. Do join!
After Marilynn Johnson's talk this Thursday, our research seminar will already continue next week (30.10) with @hhenriikka.bsky.social's online talk "Existential Historicism: The Rise and Fall of a Sense-Making Framework". More info and the Zoom link: www.oulu.fi/en/events/ex....
All welcome!
All welcome!
Existential Historicism: The Rise and Fall of a Sense-Making Framework
Existential Historicism: The Rise and Fall of a Sense-Making Framework
www.oulu.fi
October 23, 2025 at 10:55 AM
In a week, I’ll be referencing Dilthey, Ranke, Burckhardt, Heidegger, Troeltsch and Benjamin, all in one talk! From historical contemplation as existential consolation to history as a source of existential Angst. Do join!
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A final, friendly reminder: Tomorrow (23.10, 16/17h, Central-European/Finnish time), @marilynnjohnson.bsky.social will give the talk "Archaeology as Historical Science: Centering the Human in Pre-History". The talk will be hybrid (Ostrava & Zoom). More info & Zoom-link: www.oulu.fi/en/events/ar...
Archaeology as Historical Science: Centering the Human in Pre-History
Archaeology as Historical Science: Centering the Human in Pre-History
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October 22, 2025 at 9:39 AM
A final, friendly reminder: Tomorrow (23.10, 16/17h, Central-European/Finnish time), @marilynnjohnson.bsky.social will give the talk "Archaeology as Historical Science: Centering the Human in Pre-History". The talk will be hybrid (Ostrava & Zoom). More info & Zoom-link: www.oulu.fi/en/events/ar...
That's right! There's one talk this Thursday (23.10) and one talk next Thursday (30.10, both 17h Finnish time) in our research seminar. Come and join us for both if you can!
After Marilynn Johnson's talk this Thursday, our research seminar will already continue next week (30.10) with @hhenriikka.bsky.social's online talk "Existential Historicism: The Rise and Fall of a Sense-Making Framework". More info and the Zoom link: www.oulu.fi/en/events/ex....
All welcome!
All welcome!
Existential Historicism: The Rise and Fall of a Sense-Making Framework
Existential Historicism: The Rise and Fall of a Sense-Making Framework
www.oulu.fi
October 20, 2025 at 10:29 AM
That's right! There's one talk this Thursday (23.10) and one talk next Thursday (30.10, both 17h Finnish time) in our research seminar. Come and join us for both if you can!
Today in a week (23.10, 16/17h, Central European/Finnish time), @marilynnjohnson.bsky.social will give the talk "Archaeology as Historical Science: Centering the Human in Pre-History". The talk will be hybrid (in Ostrava & on Zoom). More info: www.oulu.fi/en/events/ar....
All welcome!
All welcome!
Archaeology as Historical Science: Centering the Human in Pre-History
Archaeology as Historical Science: Centering the Human in Pre-History
www.oulu.fi
October 16, 2025 at 7:10 AM
Today in a week (23.10, 16/17h, Central European/Finnish time), @marilynnjohnson.bsky.social will give the talk "Archaeology as Historical Science: Centering the Human in Pre-History". The talk will be hybrid (in Ostrava & on Zoom). More info: www.oulu.fi/en/events/ar....
All welcome!
All welcome!
That's right! The autumn edition of our joint research seminar begins today in two weeks with @marilynnjohnson.bsky.social' talk "Archaeology as Historical Science: Centering the Human in Pre-History"🥳. More information below and all welcome!
Today in two weeks, the autumn edition of our joint research seminar PHO2 will begin with @marilynnjohnson.bsky.social's talk "Archaeology as Historical Science: Centering the Human in Pre-History". The talk will be hybrid (in Ostrava & on Zoom). More info: www.oulu.fi/en/events/ar....
All welcome!
All welcome!
Archaeology as Historical Science: Centering the Human in Pre-History
Archaeology as Historical Science: Centering the Human in Pre-History
www.oulu.fi
October 9, 2025 at 7:58 AM
That's right! The autumn edition of our joint research seminar begins today in two weeks with @marilynnjohnson.bsky.social' talk "Archaeology as Historical Science: Centering the Human in Pre-History"🥳. More information below and all welcome!
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This summer, I travelled to two places that brought the question of the meaning of history to the fore: Oradour-sur-Glane and Guernica. Both towns were the place of war crimes, and at least Guernica is etched into modern consciousness thanks to Picasso’s painting on the topic.
In Oradour...(1/12)
In Oradour...(1/12)
October 2, 2025 at 7:30 AM
This summer, I travelled to two places that brought the question of the meaning of history to the fore: Oradour-sur-Glane and Guernica. Both towns were the place of war crimes, and at least Guernica is etched into modern consciousness thanks to Picasso’s painting on the topic.
In Oradour...(1/12)
In Oradour...(1/12)
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Today in a week (30.09), there will be the book lauch event for the Bloomsbury Handbook of the Philosophy of the Historical Sciences and Big History, edited by our very own Aviezer Tucker and @david-cernin.bsky.social. The event will be hybrid (in person and on Zoom). All welcome and more info below
September 23, 2025 at 5:25 AM
Today in a week (30.09), there will be the book lauch event for the Bloomsbury Handbook of the Philosophy of the Historical Sciences and Big History, edited by our very own Aviezer Tucker and @david-cernin.bsky.social. The event will be hybrid (in person and on Zoom). All welcome and more info below
That's right, our joint autumn seminar will go into its next round in October and in total there will be 5 talks until January. Check out the programme below. More information will be published closer to the individual talks. All welcome!
We proudly present the autumn edition of PHO2, the research seminar on the philosophy of history that we run together with @cpshoulu.bsky.social. From October to January, we will have 5 talks. More information below and then also closer to the individual dates. All welcome and save the dates!
September 15, 2025 at 9:23 AM
That's right, our joint autumn seminar will go into its next round in October and in total there will be 5 talks until January. Check out the programme below. More information will be published closer to the individual talks. All welcome!
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Come and join us for the book launch event for The Bloomsbury Handbook of the Philosophy of the Historical Sciences Big History, edited by our very own Aviezer Tucker and @david-cernin.bsky.social! We'll celebrate the publication on September 30, in Ostrava and over Zoom. More info below!
September 8, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Come and join us for the book launch event for The Bloomsbury Handbook of the Philosophy of the Historical Sciences Big History, edited by our very own Aviezer Tucker and @david-cernin.bsky.social! We'll celebrate the publication on September 30, in Ostrava and over Zoom. More info below!
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I am really saddened by the sudden passing of Wulf Kansteiner: www.memorystudiesassociation.org/wulf-kanstei.... Wulf was not only a world-leading memory scholar, he was also one of the foremost postnarrativist philosophers of history, and above all, a really kind and generous person. R.I.P.
WULF KANSTEINER (1964-2025): IN MEMORIAM - Memory Studies Association
The MSA has been deeply saddened to learn of the sudden death of Wulf Kansteiner, less than a month after he stepped down from the presidency of our organization. We offer our heartfelt condolences to...
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August 21, 2025 at 7:26 AM
I am really saddened by the sudden passing of Wulf Kansteiner: www.memorystudiesassociation.org/wulf-kanstei.... Wulf was not only a world-leading memory scholar, he was also one of the foremost postnarrativist philosophers of history, and above all, a really kind and generous person. R.I.P.
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Marnie Binder Marnie Binder On a Pragmatist Philosophy of History, Online Seminar, Thursday 26 Jun 17:30-19:00 UK www.history.ac.uk/events/a-pra... #philosophyofhistory #historicaltheory @ggangl.bsky.social @jmkuukkanen.bsky.social @centrephilohistory.bsky.social @ihrphilosophyhist.bsky.social
On a Pragmatist Philosophy of History
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June 23, 2025 at 5:35 AM
Marnie Binder Marnie Binder On a Pragmatist Philosophy of History, Online Seminar, Thursday 26 Jun 17:30-19:00 UK www.history.ac.uk/events/a-pra... #philosophyofhistory #historicaltheory @ggangl.bsky.social @jmkuukkanen.bsky.social @centrephilohistory.bsky.social @ihrphilosophyhist.bsky.social
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We had a great workshop yesterday on "Historical Contingency" with Gregory Radick and Robert Northcott.Now our seminar will go on summer break. But stay tuned, we'll be back in autumn, by necessity, with more events on contingency and else!
June 18, 2025 at 9:02 AM
We had a great workshop yesterday on "Historical Contingency" with Gregory Radick and Robert Northcott.Now our seminar will go on summer break. But stay tuned, we'll be back in autumn, by necessity, with more events on contingency and else!
Tomorrow, the last event of our joint spring seminar will take place. Join us in a workshop on "Historical Contigency". More infor below, and please note that the event will take place 15-18h, Finnish time (and 14-17h Central European time).
A final, friendly reminder: Tomorrow (17.06), we'll hold the hybrid workshop "Historical Contingency" with Gregory Radick (University of Leeds) and Robert Northcott (Birkbeck College) as last event in our joint spring seminar. More information below, and all welcome!
June 16, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Tomorrow, the last event of our joint spring seminar will take place. Join us in a workshop on "Historical Contigency". More infor below, and please note that the event will take place 15-18h, Finnish time (and 14-17h Central European time).
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New paper alert! Our very own @david-cernin.bsky.social just published the paper"Hypothesis Testing and Knowledge of the Human Past" in "Organon F. International Journal of Analytical Philosopy", and it's open-access. Get it here: www.organonf.com/journal/orgf....
orgf.2025.32203
Organon F
Volume 32, May 2025, Issue 2, Pages 168–192
ISSN 2585-7150 (online)
Research Article
Hypothesis Testing and Knowledge of the Human...
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June 12, 2025 at 7:01 AM
New paper alert! Our very own @david-cernin.bsky.social just published the paper"Hypothesis Testing and Knowledge of the Human Past" in "Organon F. International Journal of Analytical Philosopy", and it's open-access. Get it here: www.organonf.com/journal/orgf....
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A friendly reminder: Today in a week (17.06), we'll hold the hybrid workshop "Historical Contingency" as last event in our joint spring seminar. More information below, and all welcome!
June 10, 2025 at 6:57 AM
A friendly reminder: Today in a week (17.06), we'll hold the hybrid workshop "Historical Contingency" as last event in our joint spring seminar. More information below, and all welcome!
The workshop below on "Historical Contigency" will be the conclusion of the spring circle our joint research seminar PHO2.
All welcome!
All welcome!
Today in two weeks (17.06), we'll hold the workshop "Historical Contingency" with Gregory Radick and Robert Northcott as speakers. The event will be hybrid, taking place in person in Ostrava and on Zoom. For more information, see below or here: philevents.org/event/show/1....
All welcome!
All welcome!
June 3, 2025 at 7:28 AM
The workshop below on "Historical Contigency" will be the conclusion of the spring circle our joint research seminar PHO2.
All welcome!
All welcome!
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In the received view, Anglophone philosophy of history begins with Hempel’s famous paper from 1942. However, already 4 years before that, in 1938, a book came out that had substantial things to say about history and historiography, and that from a non-Hempelian standpoint: John Dewey’s...(1/23)
June 2, 2025 at 10:19 AM
In the received view, Anglophone philosophy of history begins with Hempel’s famous paper from 1942. However, already 4 years before that, in 1938, a book came out that had substantial things to say about history and historiography, and that from a non-Hempelian standpoint: John Dewey’s...(1/23)
New video on our Youtube channel! Watch the talk "Koselleck and the Concept of History" that @arthuralfaixassis.bsky.social gave in our research seminar PHO2 here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNPY....
Happy watching!
Happy watching!
Arthur Alfaix Assis " Koselleck and the Concept of History"
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June 2, 2025 at 7:08 AM
New video on our Youtube channel! Watch the talk "Koselleck and the Concept of History" that @arthuralfaixassis.bsky.social gave in our research seminar PHO2 here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNPY....
Happy watching!
Happy watching!