Centre for the Philosophy of Historiography
@centrephilohistory.bsky.social
The Centre for the Philosophy of Historiography is dedicated to the philosophical meta-disciplinary study of historiography, the representation of the past, and the historical sciences that generate knowledge of the past. More: https://ff.osu.eu/phil-hist/
On December 2, Efraim Wallach (Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel) will give the talk "Is This Real? Two Remarks on the Realism of the Past" in our joint research seminar. There will be more information soon. All welcome and save the date!
November 21, 2025 at 12:44 PM
On December 2, Efraim Wallach (Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel) will give the talk "Is This Real? Two Remarks on the Realism of the Past" in our joint research seminar. There will be more information soon. All welcome and save the date!
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
This week, we welcomed @marilynnjohnson.bsky.social as a visitor. Next to the talk she gave, which will be uploaded to our Youtube Channel soon, the week was filled with discussions on the philosophy of archaeology, historical reenactment, and Taylor Swift, among other things. Good days!
October 24, 2025 at 10:47 AM
This week, we welcomed @marilynnjohnson.bsky.social as a visitor. Next to the talk she gave, which will be uploaded to our Youtube Channel soon, the week was filled with discussions on the philosophy of archaeology, historical reenactment, and Taylor Swift, among other things. Good days!
Last week, we had Leonidas Tsilipakos (University of Bristol) with us as visiting scholar. Leonidas gave a talk and we discussed a manuscript of his in our internal seminar, next to all kinds of social events. Our webpage is currently under reconstruction, but contact us if you also want to visit!
October 13, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Last week, we had Leonidas Tsilipakos (University of Bristol) with us as visiting scholar. Leonidas gave a talk and we discussed a manuscript of his in our internal seminar, next to all kinds of social events. Our webpage is currently under reconstruction, but contact us if you also want to visit!
Yesterday, visiting scholar Leonidas Tsilipakos (University of Bristol, UK) gave the talk "Max Weber: philosopher of historiography" with the Centre. It was a great talk with a very interesting discussion. One thing is sure, Weber deserves more attention in the philosophy of history.
October 8, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Yesterday, visiting scholar Leonidas Tsilipakos (University of Bristol, UK) gave the talk "Max Weber: philosopher of historiography" with the Centre. It was a great talk with a very interesting discussion. One thing is sure, Weber deserves more attention in the philosophy of history.
A friendly reminder: Tomorrow (7.10, 10h), visiting scholar Leonidas Tsilipakos (University of Bristol, UK) will give the talk "Max Weber: philosopher of historiography" with the Centre. More information below. All welcome!
October 6, 2025 at 7:18 AM
A friendly reminder: Tomorrow (7.10, 10h), visiting scholar Leonidas Tsilipakos (University of Bristol, UK) will give the talk "Max Weber: philosopher of historiography" with the Centre. More information below. All welcome!
Yesterday, we had the book launch 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. Check the handbook out here: www.bloomsbury.com/uk/bloomsbur.... And get it for your libraries!
October 1, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Yesterday, we had the book launch 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. Check the handbook out here: www.bloomsbury.com/uk/bloomsbur.... And get it for your libraries!
Next week, we'll welcome Leonidas Tsilipakos (University of Bristol, UK) as a visiting scholar! During his stay, Leonidas will give the talk "Max Weber: philosopher of historiography" (7.10, 10h). For more information, please see below. All welcome!
September 29, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Next week, we'll welcome Leonidas Tsilipakos (University of Bristol, UK) as a visiting scholar! During his stay, Leonidas will give the talk "Max Weber: philosopher of historiography" (7.10, 10h). For more information, please see below. All welcome!
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
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 9:20 AM
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!
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!
Last week was a busy week for the Centre on the international stage! The Centre’s director gave a keynote at a conference in Chile and our very own @ggangl.bsky.social, @david-cernin.bsky.social, Adam Timmins, and Eugen Zeleňák spoke at EPSA25 in the Netherlands.
September 1, 2025 at 7:06 AM
Last week was a busy week for the Centre on the international stage! The Centre’s director gave a keynote at a conference in Chile and our very own @ggangl.bsky.social, @david-cernin.bsky.social, Adam Timmins, and Eugen Zeleňák spoke at EPSA25 in the Netherlands.
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!
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 7:44 AM
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!
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!
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 7:25 AM
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!
And there is also a poster for the event!
May 21, 2025 at 8:54 AM
And there is also a poster for the event!
Also, Kuukkanen will give the talk "Pragmatism today" today with the department of philosophy.
April 15, 2025 at 6:24 AM
Also, Kuukkanen will give the talk "Pragmatism today" today with the department of philosophy.
Yesterday, we held the workshop "Pragmatist Philosophy of History" with Jouni-Matti Kuukkanen. It was a lively discussion of the main issues of his forthcoming book "Doing, Knowing and Getting it Right". Look out for the book and a planned publication based on the workshop.
April 15, 2025 at 6:24 AM
Yesterday, we held the workshop "Pragmatist Philosophy of History" with Jouni-Matti Kuukkanen. It was a lively discussion of the main issues of his forthcoming book "Doing, Knowing and Getting it Right". Look out for the book and a planned publication based on the workshop.
Also, the day after (15.05) Kuukkanen will give the talk "Pragmatism Today" at 12.30 for the philosophy department. More information below, and all welcome for this event too!
April 7, 2025 at 6:43 AM
Also, the day after (15.05) Kuukkanen will give the talk "Pragmatism Today" at 12.30 for the philosophy department. More information below, and all welcome for this event too!
A sneak peak: Later this year, The Bloomsbury Handbook of Philosophy of the Historical Sciences and Big History will come out, edited by our very own Aviezer Tucker and @david-cernin.bsky.social, and with other contributions of other Centre members too. Stay tuned&do you recognize the cover image?
April 4, 2025 at 9:47 AM
A sneak peak: Later this year, The Bloomsbury Handbook of Philosophy of the Historical Sciences and Big History will come out, edited by our very own Aviezer Tucker and @david-cernin.bsky.social, and with other contributions of other Centre members too. Stay tuned&do you recognize the cover image?
For the last two days, our very own @david-cernin.bsky.social and @ggangl.bsky.social taught in the international course "Pluralism in History" at the University of Ružomberok, Slovakia. There were students from 3 countries, and it was a very engaging event with lots of discussion.
April 2, 2025 at 6:54 AM
For the last two days, our very own @david-cernin.bsky.social and @ggangl.bsky.social taught in the international course "Pluralism in History" at the University of Ružomberok, Slovakia. There were students from 3 countries, and it was a very engaging event with lots of discussion.
Yesterday, our very own David Černín gave the talk "From Vodka to the Big Bang and Beyond – the Big History Project and the Philosophy of the Historical Sciences" in Hradec Králové. Below some pics of the talk and a strategy meeting over beer between different centres for the philosophy of history.
March 6, 2025 at 7:14 AM
Yesterday, our very own David Černín gave the talk "From Vodka to the Big Bang and Beyond – the Big History Project and the Philosophy of the Historical Sciences" in Hradec Králové. Below some pics of the talk and a strategy meeting over beer between different centres for the philosophy of history.
On March 5, @david-cernin.bsky.social will give the talk "From Vodka to the Big Bang and Beyond – the Big History Project and the Philosophy of the Historical Sciences" at the Language, Mind, and Society Centre at the University of Hradec Kralove.
February 26, 2025 at 10:33 AM
On March 5, @david-cernin.bsky.social will give the talk "From Vodka to the Big Bang and Beyond – the Big History Project and the Philosophy of the Historical Sciences" at the Language, Mind, and Society Centre at the University of Hradec Kralove.