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📣BOOK LAUNCH AND RECEPTION: Linda Andersson Burnett and Bruce Buchan, Race and the Scottish Enlightenment: A Colonial History 1750 - 1820. IASH, 29 October, 4.30 - 6 pm. Limited spaces. Register (free) for in-person attendance at www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/race-and-t...
Race and the Scottish Enlightenment: Book Launch and Discussion
Join authors Bruce Buchan and Linda Andersson Burnett to celebrate "Race and the Scottish Enlightenment: A Colonial History 1750-1820".
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October 9, 2025 at 9:54 AM
📣BOOK LAUNCH AND RECEPTION: Linda Andersson Burnett and Bruce Buchan, Race and the Scottish Enlightenment: A Colonial History 1750 - 1820. IASH, 29 October, 4.30 - 6 pm. Limited spaces. Register (free) for in-person attendance at www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/race-and-t...
Conference: Celebrating the 300th Anniversary of the Publication of Francis Hutcheson’s An Inquiry into the Original of our Ideas of Beauty and Virtue. Univ. of St Andrews, Department of Philosophy, Edgecliffe, The Scores, St Andrews, 23-24 Oct. 2025: www.intellectualhistory.net/ma-stewart-w...
Dugald Stewart Workshop 2024 — Institute of Intellectual History
In honour of Knud Haakonssen. Roundtable on the Edinburgh Edition of the Works of Dugald Stewart
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October 8, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Conference: Celebrating the 300th Anniversary of the Publication of Francis Hutcheson’s An Inquiry into the Original of our Ideas of Beauty and Virtue. Univ. of St Andrews, Department of Philosophy, Edgecliffe, The Scores, St Andrews, 23-24 Oct. 2025: www.intellectualhistory.net/ma-stewart-w...
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1/6 Another highlight for our 10th anniversary. @brucealexb.bsky.social (Griffith University) who wrote "Travels in Space and Time: Progress, War, and the Historical Mobilities of Scotland’s Enlightenment" with us in 2022 (print 2023). We asked him about this work and its future. His response:
October 5, 2025 at 10:09 AM
1/6 Another highlight for our 10th anniversary. @brucealexb.bsky.social (Griffith University) who wrote "Travels in Space and Time: Progress, War, and the Historical Mobilities of Scotland’s Enlightenment" with us in 2022 (print 2023). We asked him about this work and its future. His response:
📣 PAPER: Professor Brendan Kane (University of Connecticut): 'Treason, traitors, and loyalty in early modern Ireland: political thought from the Irish-language archive', 7 October, 4:30pm, Seminar Room 2, Chrystal Macmillan Building, University of Edinburgh [Irish History Seminar].
October 1, 2025 at 2:58 PM
📣 PAPER: Professor Brendan Kane (University of Connecticut): 'Treason, traitors, and loyalty in early modern Ireland: political thought from the Irish-language archive', 7 October, 4:30pm, Seminar Room 2, Chrystal Macmillan Building, University of Edinburgh [Irish History Seminar].
📣 PAPER: Prof. Jürgen Overhoff (University of Münster), ‘Lecturing on education: Immanuel Kant's creative use of pedagogy in his philosophy’, 10 October, 5 pm, WRW G.10.
October 1, 2025 at 2:24 PM
📣 PAPER: Prof. Jürgen Overhoff (University of Münster), ‘Lecturing on education: Immanuel Kant's creative use of pedagogy in his philosophy’, 10 October, 5 pm, WRW G.10.
📣 PAPER: Prof. Georgios Varouxakis (Queen Mary, University of London) will speak on 'Greeks bearing Gifts: The Emergence of Modern Greece and the Birth of the Idea of "the West"'. Thursday, 9 October 2025, 16:30-18:00, Usha Kasera Lecture Theatre (Old College) [Modern Greek seminar].
October 1, 2025 at 2:14 PM
📣 PAPER: Prof. Georgios Varouxakis (Queen Mary, University of London) will speak on 'Greeks bearing Gifts: The Emergence of Modern Greece and the Birth of the Idea of "the West"'. Thursday, 9 October 2025, 16:30-18:00, Usha Kasera Lecture Theatre (Old College) [Modern Greek seminar].
Cambridge Graduate Conference in Political Thought and Intellectual History: Self and State: Intellectual Histories of Citizenship (Tuesday 24 June 2025).
Registration now open at ptih-graduate-conference.eventbrite.co.uk.
Registration now open at ptih-graduate-conference.eventbrite.co.uk.
Cambridge Graduate Conference in Political Thought and Intellectual History
Eventbrite - Cambridge PTIH Graduate Conference presents Cambridge Graduate Conference in Political Thought and Intellectual History - Tuesday, June 24, 2025 at Department of Politics and Internationa...
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May 28, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Cambridge Graduate Conference in Political Thought and Intellectual History: Self and State: Intellectual Histories of Citizenship (Tuesday 24 June 2025).
Registration now open at ptih-graduate-conference.eventbrite.co.uk.
Registration now open at ptih-graduate-conference.eventbrite.co.uk.
CONFERENCE: The 13th Scottish Seminar in Early Modern Philosophy will be held in St Andrews next week, on Thursday 15 and Friday 16 May. For a programme, see www.st-andrews.ac.uk/philevents/e....
Events for May 2025 – Philosophy events
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May 7, 2025 at 1:10 PM
CONFERENCE: The 13th Scottish Seminar in Early Modern Philosophy will be held in St Andrews next week, on Thursday 15 and Friday 16 May. For a programme, see www.st-andrews.ac.uk/philevents/e....
Three-year PhD scholarship to conduct research on the Marquis de la La Fayette (1757 - 1834) at the École nationale des Chartes. This grant is for non-French citizens. French language skills at equivalent of C1 level required. www.chartes.psl.eu/gazette-char...
Création de la « bourse internationale Fondation Chambrun »
Une nouvelle bourse est proposée par la Fondation Chambrun, reconnue d’utilité publique, afin de soutenir la scolarité d’un élève étranger inscrit dans le cursus d’archiviste paléographe à compter de ...
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April 7, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Three-year PhD scholarship to conduct research on the Marquis de la La Fayette (1757 - 1834) at the École nationale des Chartes. This grant is for non-French citizens. French language skills at equivalent of C1 level required. www.chartes.psl.eu/gazette-char...
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We are very excited to announce our Spring 2025 update, which adds 40 born digital letters edited by Electronic Enlightenment’s interns and visiting researchers, the results of collaborations with @bodleianlibraries.bsky.social Special Collections & beyond:
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EE News-sheet — Spring 2025
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April 7, 2025 at 12:21 PM
We are very excited to announce our Spring 2025 update, which adds 40 born digital letters edited by Electronic Enlightenment’s interns and visiting researchers, the results of collaborations with @bodleianlibraries.bsky.social Special Collections & beyond:
www.e-enlightenment.com/blog/newsshe...
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📣JOB: Postdoctoral Research Fellowship, Utrecht University: The Colonial History of Botanic Gardens. www.uu.nl/en/organisat...
Postdoctoral Researcher: Colonial History of Botanic Gardens
Interested in colonial history, botanical gardens and decolonisation? Join our international team of scholars!
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March 13, 2025 at 10:35 AM
📣JOB: Postdoctoral Research Fellowship, Utrecht University: The Colonial History of Botanic Gardens. www.uu.nl/en/organisat...
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ISIH invites submissions for the 2025 Charles Schmitt Prize, honoring Charles B. Schmitt’s (1933–1986) contribution to intellectual history. The prize is awarded to outstanding articles by early-career scholars.
📅 Deadline: September 12, 2025
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📅 Deadline: September 12, 2025
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March 12, 2025 at 7:44 AM
ISIH invites submissions for the 2025 Charles Schmitt Prize, honoring Charles B. Schmitt’s (1933–1986) contribution to intellectual history. The prize is awarded to outstanding articles by early-career scholars.
📅 Deadline: September 12, 2025
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📅 Deadline: September 12, 2025
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Ri Freer Prize Fellowships for doctoral candidates in their unfunded writing-up year researching the history of science; history of the Royal Institution; or heritage conservation science. Applications now open, deadline 31st March. See www.rigb.org/about-us/wor... .
March 5, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Ri Freer Prize Fellowships for doctoral candidates in their unfunded writing-up year researching the history of science; history of the Royal Institution; or heritage conservation science. Applications now open, deadline 31st March. See www.rigb.org/about-us/wor... .
Two doctoral scholarships (4 years), one each in the History of Ideas and the History of Science. Department of the History of Science and Ideas at Uppsala University, from 1 Sept. 2025. International applicants welcome. Deadline: 8 April 2025: www.uu.se/en/about-uu/... and www.uu.se/en/about-uu/...
PhD student in the history of ideas - Uppsala University
PhD student in the history of ideas, Department of History of Science and Ideas, Uppsala University
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March 4, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Two doctoral scholarships (4 years), one each in the History of Ideas and the History of Science. Department of the History of Science and Ideas at Uppsala University, from 1 Sept. 2025. International applicants welcome. Deadline: 8 April 2025: www.uu.se/en/about-uu/... and www.uu.se/en/about-uu/...
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Cross-cultural knowledge transfer in 18thC: Jeanhyoung Soh (Seoul) discusses Montesquieu and East Asia in an online session of our Enlightenment Workshop. Wednesday 5 March, 11:00 GMT, zoom.us/j/2739110432. Looking forward to seeing you virtually on Wednesday! www.voltaire.ox.ac.uk/home/researc...
March 3, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Cross-cultural knowledge transfer in 18thC: Jeanhyoung Soh (Seoul) discusses Montesquieu and East Asia in an online session of our Enlightenment Workshop. Wednesday 5 March, 11:00 GMT, zoom.us/j/2739110432. Looking forward to seeing you virtually on Wednesday! www.voltaire.ox.ac.uk/home/researc...
📣CFP: Cambridge Graduate Conference in Political Thought and Intellectual History 2025. Theme: "Self and State: Intellectual Histories of Citizenship”. Application Deadline: 5pm, Friday 14 March 2025. Conference Date: Tuesday 24 June 2025. Webpage: www.hist.cam.ac.uk/ptih-graduat...
Political Thought and Intellectual History Graduate Conference | Faculty of History University of Cambridge
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March 4, 2025 at 10:05 AM
📣CFP: Cambridge Graduate Conference in Political Thought and Intellectual History 2025. Theme: "Self and State: Intellectual Histories of Citizenship”. Application Deadline: 5pm, Friday 14 March 2025. Conference Date: Tuesday 24 June 2025. Webpage: www.hist.cam.ac.uk/ptih-graduat...
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Call for applications: Princeton-Bucharest-Nuremberg Seminar in Early Modern Philosophy:
"The losers of the Scientific Revolution"
Technical University Nuremberg (UTN), Department of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Nuremberg, 30 June-July 5, 2025
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"The losers of the Scientific Revolution"
Technical University Nuremberg (UTN), Department of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Nuremberg, 30 June-July 5, 2025
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March 4, 2025 at 7:43 AM
Call for applications: Princeton-Bucharest-Nuremberg Seminar in Early Modern Philosophy:
"The losers of the Scientific Revolution"
Technical University Nuremberg (UTN), Department of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Nuremberg, 30 June-July 5, 2025
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"The losers of the Scientific Revolution"
Technical University Nuremberg (UTN), Department of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Nuremberg, 30 June-July 5, 2025
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LECTURE: Professor Matt Simonton (Arizona State University), ‘Dogs, ticks, monsters, madmen: the role(s) of the demagogues in the ancient Greek class struggle’. 11 March, 5pm, Basement Theatre, Adam House, 3 Chambers Street, Edinburgh (UKRI/ERC project ‘Class Struggle in Ancient Greek Democracy’).
March 3, 2025 at 10:25 AM
LECTURE: Professor Matt Simonton (Arizona State University), ‘Dogs, ticks, monsters, madmen: the role(s) of the demagogues in the ancient Greek class struggle’. 11 March, 5pm, Basement Theatre, Adam House, 3 Chambers Street, Edinburgh (UKRI/ERC project ‘Class Struggle in Ancient Greek Democracy’).
📣PAPER: Dr Tom Pye (University College London) on ‘The endurance of entail: Feudal law, political economy, and land reform in late 18th-Century Scotland’ on Thursday, 27 February, 5.15 - 6.30 pm in LG.10, 40 George Square. This seminar is organised as part of the Scottish History Seminar series.
February 24, 2025 at 9:11 AM
📣PAPER: Dr Tom Pye (University College London) on ‘The endurance of entail: Feudal law, political economy, and land reform in late 18th-Century Scotland’ on Thursday, 27 February, 5.15 - 6.30 pm in LG.10, 40 George Square. This seminar is organised as part of the Scottish History Seminar series.
CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: Anthony Whiting Fund for the Study of Intellectual & Cultural History royalhistsoc.org/calendar/ant...
Anthony Whiting Fund for the Study of Intellectual & Cultural History – CALL FOR APPLICATIONS | RHS
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February 20, 2025 at 10:55 AM
CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: Anthony Whiting Fund for the Study of Intellectual & Cultural History royalhistsoc.org/calendar/ant...
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Why were Newton's theories so controversial in 18th-century Berlin? Tinca Prunea-Bretonnet talks at our Enlightenment Workshop on the reception of Newton in the Berlin Academy: Wednesday 26 Feb, 5pm @magdalenoxford.bsky.social. All welcome! www.voltaire.ox.ac.uk/home/researc...
February 19, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Why were Newton's theories so controversial in 18th-century Berlin? Tinca Prunea-Bretonnet talks at our Enlightenment Workshop on the reception of Newton in the Berlin Academy: Wednesday 26 Feb, 5pm @magdalenoxford.bsky.social. All welcome! www.voltaire.ox.ac.uk/home/researc...
📣PAPER: David McNaughton (Edinburgh/Florida State): "Clarke and Price on the Eternal Fitnesses of Things." Friday 21 February, 3 - 5 pm, room 7.18, 40 George Square. This event is organised by the Early Modern Philosophy Seminar.
February 18, 2025 at 10:18 AM
📣PAPER: David McNaughton (Edinburgh/Florida State): "Clarke and Price on the Eternal Fitnesses of Things." Friday 21 February, 3 - 5 pm, room 7.18, 40 George Square. This event is organised by the Early Modern Philosophy Seminar.
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1/5 For our monthly 10th anniversary highlight in February we hear from Ann Thomson (@eui-history.bsky.social) who wrote "Colonialism, race and slavery in Raynal’s Histoire des deux Indes" with us in 2017 @global-ih.bsky.social. We asked her about this work & the future. Here is her response:
February 12, 2025 at 5:46 PM
1/5 For our monthly 10th anniversary highlight in February we hear from Ann Thomson (@eui-history.bsky.social) who wrote "Colonialism, race and slavery in Raynal’s Histoire des deux Indes" with us in 2017 @global-ih.bsky.social. We asked her about this work & the future. Here is her response:
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📢 Call for Papers 📢
States and Spaces in the History of Political Thought
📍16th London Graduate Conference in the History of Political Thought
📅 June 19-20, 2025 | LSE, London
📝 Submission deadline: March 2025
Infos: historyofpoliticalthoughtblog.wordpress.com/call-for-pap...
States and Spaces in the History of Political Thought
📍16th London Graduate Conference in the History of Political Thought
📅 June 19-20, 2025 | LSE, London
📝 Submission deadline: March 2025
Infos: historyofpoliticalthoughtblog.wordpress.com/call-for-pap...
February 4, 2025 at 8:45 AM
📢 Call for Papers 📢
States and Spaces in the History of Political Thought
📍16th London Graduate Conference in the History of Political Thought
📅 June 19-20, 2025 | LSE, London
📝 Submission deadline: March 2025
Infos: historyofpoliticalthoughtblog.wordpress.com/call-for-pap...
States and Spaces in the History of Political Thought
📍16th London Graduate Conference in the History of Political Thought
📅 June 19-20, 2025 | LSE, London
📝 Submission deadline: March 2025
Infos: historyofpoliticalthoughtblog.wordpress.com/call-for-pap...
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Call for Papers: How Women Shaped the Nordic Enlightenment
📍 University of Copenhagen
📅 June 18–20, 2025
The organizers invite papers on women’s contributions to the Nordic Enlightenment. Travel & accommodation covered!
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📍 University of Copenhagen
📅 June 18–20, 2025
The organizers invite papers on women’s contributions to the Nordic Enlightenment. Travel & accommodation covered!
More info: is-ih.com/news/call-fo...
Call for papers: How Women Shaped the Nordic Enlightenment - ISIH
Intellectual Equality, Women’s Education, and Moral Philosophy International Conference at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark, June 18-20, 2025 Due to increased scholarly attention to women’s writi...
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February 5, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Call for Papers: How Women Shaped the Nordic Enlightenment
📍 University of Copenhagen
📅 June 18–20, 2025
The organizers invite papers on women’s contributions to the Nordic Enlightenment. Travel & accommodation covered!
More info: is-ih.com/news/call-fo...
📍 University of Copenhagen
📅 June 18–20, 2025
The organizers invite papers on women’s contributions to the Nordic Enlightenment. Travel & accommodation covered!
More info: is-ih.com/news/call-fo...