Rosario López
@rosariolopez.bsky.social
Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy, University of Málaga
Editor-in-Chief, Global Intellectual History (Taylor & Francis) @global-ih.bsky.social @standrewsiih.bsky.social
Publications: https://concepta-net.academia.edu/RosarioLopez
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Editor-in-Chief, Global Intellectual History (Taylor & Francis) @global-ih.bsky.social @standrewsiih.bsky.social
Publications: https://concepta-net.academia.edu/RosarioLopez
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@rosariolopez.bsky.social
· Jan 15
History is always political, and contest over it is a good thing | Aeon Essays
In his work on republicanism as a living idea, J G A Pocock showed that contesting history is part of a robust civic life
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"Pocock was paradoxically under attack for being too liberal, but also for not being liberal enough.Said differently, Pocock was criticised for being too American and for not being American enough –all the more intriguing for a New Zealander" Read my article on JGA Pocock below! tinyurl.com/xtv3maav
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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:
A few more days to apply!
Join us to rethink the transformations and afterlives of ideas! #CfP
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Reading the Readers: Theories, Methods, and Futures in Reception Studies
12–13 February 2026, University of Málaga
Please share widely and submit proposals by 22 September 2025
@rosariolopez.bsky.social
Reading the Readers: Theories, Methods, and Futures in Reception Studies
12–13 February 2026, University of Málaga
Please share widely and submit proposals by 22 September 2025
@rosariolopez.bsky.social
September 17, 2025 at 1:23 PM
A few more days to apply!
Join us to rethink the transformations and afterlives of ideas! #CfP
✨CfP✨
Reading the Readers: Theories, Methods, and Futures in Reception Studies
12–13 February 2026, University of Málaga
Please share widely and submit proposals by 22 September 2025
@rosariolopez.bsky.social
Reading the Readers: Theories, Methods, and Futures in Reception Studies
12–13 February 2026, University of Málaga
Please share widely and submit proposals by 22 September 2025
@rosariolopez.bsky.social
August 28, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Join us to rethink the transformations and afterlives of ideas! #CfP
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Thanks to @rosariolopez.bsky.social for organising this forum on The Problems of Genocide—and to the commentators.
1/8 A look into another special issue, a book forum on "The Problems of Genocide: Permanent Security and the Language of Transgression" (@universitypress.cambridge.org, 2021) by @dirkmoses.bsky.social & his reply, guest edited by @rosariolopez.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/toc/rgih20/1...
August 12, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Thanks to @rosariolopez.bsky.social for organising this forum on The Problems of Genocide—and to the commentators.
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1/8 A look into another special issue, a book forum on "The Problems of Genocide: Permanent Security and the Language of Transgression" (@universitypress.cambridge.org, 2021) by @dirkmoses.bsky.social & his reply, guest edited by @rosariolopez.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/toc/rgih20/1...
August 12, 2025 at 8:08 AM
1/8 A look into another special issue, a book forum on "The Problems of Genocide: Permanent Security and the Language of Transgression" (@universitypress.cambridge.org, 2021) by @dirkmoses.bsky.social & his reply, guest edited by @rosariolopez.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/toc/rgih20/1...
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1/5 Our latest monthly highlight! Stefanie Gänger (@uniheidelberg.bsky.social) reflects on the various questions grappled with in her work since her "Towards a History of Knowledge for Spanish America", a review article of Nicola Miller's "Republics of Knowledge". Here is what she had to say:
July 16, 2025 at 9:10 AM
1/5 Our latest monthly highlight! Stefanie Gänger (@uniheidelberg.bsky.social) reflects on the various questions grappled with in her work since her "Towards a History of Knowledge for Spanish America", a review article of Nicola Miller's "Republics of Knowledge". Here is what she had to say:
"I have always wanted not merely to survey such battlefields but to join the battle myself": This conversation between Quentin Skinner and @tomaashby.bsky.social is full of insights, and I'm thrilled that it has been published @global-ih.bsky.social. Enjoy! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
July 9, 2025 at 6:22 AM
"I have always wanted not merely to survey such battlefields but to join the battle myself": This conversation between Quentin Skinner and @tomaashby.bsky.social is full of insights, and I'm thrilled that it has been published @global-ih.bsky.social. Enjoy! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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1/2 Out now! "Independence, Globality, and the Battle of Ideas: A Dialogue on Liberty" by Quentin Skinner (@qmul.bsky.social) & @tomaashby.bsky.social (@utokyoofficial.bsky.social), a wide-ranging, scholarly, & full-length discussion article - the first at GIH! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
July 8, 2025 at 6:46 PM
1/2 Out now! "Independence, Globality, and the Battle of Ideas: A Dialogue on Liberty" by Quentin Skinner (@qmul.bsky.social) & @tomaashby.bsky.social (@utokyoofficial.bsky.social), a wide-ranging, scholarly, & full-length discussion article - the first at GIH! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
How have politicians been imagined, criticised or idealised across modern European history? We tackled this question in The Figure of the Politician in Modern and Contemporary Europe. Finally materialising, out December 2025! @berghahnbooks.bsky.social
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The Figure of the Politician in Modern and Contemporary Europe | Berghahn Books
Independent Publishing since 1994
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July 4, 2025 at 9:40 AM
How have politicians been imagined, criticised or idealised across modern European history? We tackled this question in The Figure of the Politician in Modern and Contemporary Europe. Finally materialising, out December 2025! @berghahnbooks.bsky.social
www.berghahnbooks.com/title/Ihalai...
www.berghahnbooks.com/title/Ihalai...
The @standrewsiih.bsky.social has launched a fantastic new podcast! It's called Roots and Branches and the first episode with Richard Whatmore is already out! podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/1...
#1 Richard Whatmore, can Intellectual History save liberty?
Podcast Episode · Roots and Branches · 01/07/2025 · 1 sec
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July 1, 2025 at 7:08 PM
The @standrewsiih.bsky.social has launched a fantastic new podcast! It's called Roots and Branches and the first episode with Richard Whatmore is already out! podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/1...
A wonderful conversation about populism and its rhetorical dimension! Malin Grahn-Wilder in conversation with Tomás Pacheco-Bethencourt at the @univmalaga.bsky.social Botanical Garden. @ortproject.bsky.social @koneensaatio.fi
June 26, 2025 at 6:56 AM
A wonderful conversation about populism and its rhetorical dimension! Malin Grahn-Wilder in conversation with Tomás Pacheco-Bethencourt at the @univmalaga.bsky.social Botanical Garden. @ortproject.bsky.social @koneensaatio.fi
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1/6 Another highlight for our anniversary! Lena Halldenius (@lund-university.bsky.social) offers a reflection on her widely read review article examining "Not Enough: Human Rights in an Unequal World" by @samuelmoyn.bsky.social.
June 7, 2025 at 7:46 AM
1/6 Another highlight for our anniversary! Lena Halldenius (@lund-university.bsky.social) offers a reflection on her widely read review article examining "Not Enough: Human Rights in an Unequal World" by @samuelmoyn.bsky.social.
Wonderful to see @global-ih.bsky.social articles growing into full projects. Congratulations @hildedw.bsky.social !
1/6 For our next highlight we hear from @hildedw.bsky.social (KU Leuven) who wrote "Modelling Tang Emperor Taizong and Chinese Governance in the Eighteenth-Century German Speaking World" with us in 2023 (online 2022). We asked her about this research & its future. Here is her response:
May 5, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Wonderful to see @global-ih.bsky.social articles growing into full projects. Congratulations @hildedw.bsky.social !
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Our special issue "Biography and Secularism" is now out with Secular Studies! It is edited by Jeffrey Tyssens and me, departs from a workshop I hosted last year on biography and the history of atheism, secularism, and humanism, and includes 1+7 articles. Summary 👇
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April 15, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Our special issue "Biography and Secularism" is now out with Secular Studies! It is edited by Jeffrey Tyssens and me, departs from a workshop I hosted last year on biography and the history of atheism, secularism, and humanism, and includes 1+7 articles. Summary 👇
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Just returned from an inspiring and productive conference. So many rich conversations about the future of the global! Thank you @nsultan.bsky.social @shoufuyin.bsky.social. And here's a glimpse of beautiful Vancouver in the spring
April 17, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Just returned from an inspiring and productive conference. So many rich conversations about the future of the global! Thank you @nsultan.bsky.social @shoufuyin.bsky.social. And here's a glimpse of beautiful Vancouver in the spring
Excited to be heading to UBC for the Symposium "Ideas of the Global in the Anticolonial Age"! globalhistoryanticolonialthought.ubc.ca/events/ideas...
Ideas of the Global in the Anticolonial Age Symposium
Over two days, this symposium will bring together scholars from different institutions and disciplines to refle
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April 8, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Excited to be heading to UBC for the Symposium "Ideas of the Global in the Anticolonial Age"! globalhistoryanticolonialthought.ubc.ca/events/ideas...
We keep celebrating our 10th anniversary by asking our authors to reflect on their research and the field. Thank you, Dag Herbjørnsrud for your insights! @global-ih.bsky.social
1/6 For our March highlight we hear from Dag Herbjørnsrud (SGOKI, Oslo) who wrote "Beyond decolonizing: global intellectual history and reconstruction of a comparative method" with us in 2021 (online 2019). We asked him about this work & the future. Here, his response:
March 25, 2025 at 12:02 PM
We keep celebrating our 10th anniversary by asking our authors to reflect on their research and the field. Thank you, Dag Herbjørnsrud for your insights! @global-ih.bsky.social
How do colonial pasts shape racism today? Check out Marta Araujo's interview @martaraujo.bsky.social from our seminar "Acting Democratically: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives on the Politics of Exclusion" hosted in Málaga last Feb @ortproject.bsky.social @koneensaatio.fi shorturl.at/mVLIM
Colonial Histories and Contemporary Racism: An Interview with Marta Araújo - Koneen Säätiö
Prof. Malin Grahn-Wilder interviewed Prof. Marta Araújo about addressing colonialism and enslavement in history education, ethno-racial discrimination, and Islamophobia.
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March 11, 2025 at 10:55 AM
How do colonial pasts shape racism today? Check out Marta Araujo's interview @martaraujo.bsky.social from our seminar "Acting Democratically: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives on the Politics of Exclusion" hosted in Málaga last Feb @ortproject.bsky.social @koneensaatio.fi shorturl.at/mVLIM
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1-2-3-DEMOCRACY! The seminar 'Acting Democratically: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives on the Politics of the Exclusion' included two days of insightful presentations and inspiring discussions. Thank you again for all participants! Let the good work continue!
Photo: @houmanauriell.bsky.social
Photo: @houmanauriell.bsky.social
February 28, 2025 at 11:10 AM
1-2-3-DEMOCRACY! The seminar 'Acting Democratically: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives on the Politics of the Exclusion' included two days of insightful presentations and inspiring discussions. Thank you again for all participants! Let the good work continue!
Photo: @houmanauriell.bsky.social
Photo: @houmanauriell.bsky.social
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Johannes Sartou's (Aarhus University @au.dk) paper “Our Common Mother: Socialists, Anarchists, and ‘the People of the Revolution’” advocated for a more democratic understanding
of history that recognizes the complexities of class, race, and gender.
Photo: @houmanauriell.bsky.social
of history that recognizes the complexities of class, race, and gender.
Photo: @houmanauriell.bsky.social
February 24, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Johannes Sartou's (Aarhus University @au.dk) paper “Our Common Mother: Socialists, Anarchists, and ‘the People of the Revolution’” advocated for a more democratic understanding
of history that recognizes the complexities of class, race, and gender.
Photo: @houmanauriell.bsky.social
of history that recognizes the complexities of class, race, and gender.
Photo: @houmanauriell.bsky.social
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Susanna Jussila (Univ. of Jyväskylä) explored the relationship between democracy and somatic knowledge / practices in her presentation “From Embodying Social Justice to Embodying Democracy – Lessons Learnt from Social Movements”.
@uniofjyvaskyla.bsky.social
Photo: @houmanauriell.bsky.social
@uniofjyvaskyla.bsky.social
Photo: @houmanauriell.bsky.social
February 21, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Susanna Jussila (Univ. of Jyväskylä) explored the relationship between democracy and somatic knowledge / practices in her presentation “From Embodying Social Justice to Embodying Democracy – Lessons Learnt from Social Movements”.
@uniofjyvaskyla.bsky.social
Photo: @houmanauriell.bsky.social
@uniofjyvaskyla.bsky.social
Photo: @houmanauriell.bsky.social
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Arthur Ghins' (Université Libre de Bruxelles) presentation "‘Liberal Democracy’ versus ‘Colonial Caesarism’" explored how the invention of “liberal democracy” in France was closely linked to an advocacy for settler colonialism.
@arthurghins.bsky.social
Photo: @houmanauriell.bsky.social
@arthurghins.bsky.social
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February 21, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Arthur Ghins' (Université Libre de Bruxelles) presentation "‘Liberal Democracy’ versus ‘Colonial Caesarism’" explored how the invention of “liberal democracy” in France was closely linked to an advocacy for settler colonialism.
@arthurghins.bsky.social
Photo: @houmanauriell.bsky.social
@arthurghins.bsky.social
Photo: @houmanauriell.bsky.social
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Joel-Anthoney Bossous' (Duke University) presentation “In the Power of the Tongue: Necropower, Knowledge & Liberty” explored power and the extremely topical concept of epistemic injustice.
With @koneensaatio.fi @uniofjyvaskyla.bsky.social @rosariolopez.bsky.social
Photo: @houmanauriell.bsky.social
With @koneensaatio.fi @uniofjyvaskyla.bsky.social @rosariolopez.bsky.social
Photo: @houmanauriell.bsky.social
February 19, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Joel-Anthoney Bossous' (Duke University) presentation “In the Power of the Tongue: Necropower, Knowledge & Liberty” explored power and the extremely topical concept of epistemic injustice.
With @koneensaatio.fi @uniofjyvaskyla.bsky.social @rosariolopez.bsky.social
Photo: @houmanauriell.bsky.social
With @koneensaatio.fi @uniofjyvaskyla.bsky.social @rosariolopez.bsky.social
Photo: @houmanauriell.bsky.social
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What today could be more topical than analysing democracy against Caesarism? Alexander Jordan (Metropolitan University of Prague) provided a historical perspective in his talk “Exclusion of Elites or Exclusion of the Masses? Or, was Thomas Carlyle a Caesarist?”.
Photo: @houmanauriell.bsky.social
Photo: @houmanauriell.bsky.social
February 19, 2025 at 11:17 AM
What today could be more topical than analysing democracy against Caesarism? Alexander Jordan (Metropolitan University of Prague) provided a historical perspective in his talk “Exclusion of Elites or Exclusion of the Masses? Or, was Thomas Carlyle a Caesarist?”.
Photo: @houmanauriell.bsky.social
Photo: @houmanauriell.bsky.social
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Senior lecturer Martina Reuter's (Origins of Racializing Thought -project, @koneensaatio.fi @uniofjyvaskyla.bsky.social) presentation scrutinized debates over the citizenship of Jews in Finland, focusing on newspaper articles from 1872 and 1882.
Photo: @houmanauriell.bsky.social
Photo: @houmanauriell.bsky.social
February 19, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Senior lecturer Martina Reuter's (Origins of Racializing Thought -project, @koneensaatio.fi @uniofjyvaskyla.bsky.social) presentation scrutinized debates over the citizenship of Jews in Finland, focusing on newspaper articles from 1872 and 1882.
Photo: @houmanauriell.bsky.social
Photo: @houmanauriell.bsky.social