Avi Lifschitz
@diderotesque.bsky.social
Historian of ideas and culture, hovering between the 18th century and the 21st - and between Oxford, Berlin and London. https://www.history.ox.ac.uk/people/associate-professor-avi-lifschitz
Congrats to Ingrid Schreiber, a recent DPhil @oxhistoryfaculty.bsky.social @wadhamcollege.bsky.social, on the publication of her fascinating article in the august @jhideas.bsky.social, re-examining recent attempts to view Kant as a social (or proto-sociological) thinker. doi.org/10.1353/jhi....
August 2, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Congrats to Ingrid Schreiber, a recent DPhil @oxhistoryfaculty.bsky.social @wadhamcollege.bsky.social, on the publication of her fascinating article in the august @jhideas.bsky.social, re-examining recent attempts to view Kant as a social (or proto-sociological) thinker. doi.org/10.1353/jhi....
What happens when someone who rejects all rules becomes the ruler? Barbara Stollberg-Rilinger (@wiko-berlin.bsky.social) discusses the logic of autocracy in the case of Frederick William I: Wed. 30 Apr, 5pm
@magdalenoxford.bsky.social. Free registration here: www.ticketsource.co.uk/magdalen-col...
@magdalenoxford.bsky.social. Free registration here: www.ticketsource.co.uk/magdalen-col...
April 22, 2025 at 12:38 PM
What happens when someone who rejects all rules becomes the ruler? Barbara Stollberg-Rilinger (@wiko-berlin.bsky.social) discusses the logic of autocracy in the case of Frederick William I: Wed. 30 Apr, 5pm
@magdalenoxford.bsky.social. Free registration here: www.ticketsource.co.uk/magdalen-col...
@magdalenoxford.bsky.social. Free registration here: www.ticketsource.co.uk/magdalen-col...
Save the date! Barbara Stollberg-Rilinger (@wiko-berlin.bsky.social) delivers the 2025 George Rousseau Lecture @magdalenoxford.bsky.social on 30 April, 5pm, 'On the logic of autocracy and the plasticity of history: the case of Frederick William I'. Tickets here: ticketsource.co.uk/magdalen-col...
January 30, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Save the date! Barbara Stollberg-Rilinger (@wiko-berlin.bsky.social) delivers the 2025 George Rousseau Lecture @magdalenoxford.bsky.social on 30 April, 5pm, 'On the logic of autocracy and the plasticity of history: the case of Frederick William I'. Tickets here: ticketsource.co.uk/magdalen-col...
Animals, poetry, religion, commerce, historicism and much more: the Enlightenment Workshop returns over all three terms. Wednesdays, 5pm @magdalenoxford.bsky.social: talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/series...
September 23, 2023 at 12:55 PM
Animals, poetry, religion, commerce, historicism and much more: the Enlightenment Workshop returns over all three terms. Wednesdays, 5pm @magdalenoxford.bsky.social: talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/series...