Cosmos-Politanism: Transhumanist Visions of Global Order from the First World War to the Digital Age By Duncan Bell, University of Cambridge and Apolline Taillandier, Newnham College Inspired by developments in artificial intelligence, space engineering, and genetics, discussion of post-human visions of the future is now widespread, especially in the tech world. This reflective essay analyses various ideological configurations of “transhumanism,” a body of thought centred on the pursuit of radical human improvement through technoscientific intervention.

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Applications are invited for the position of Assistant Professor in History of Knowledge Pre-1400, in the Department of History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Cambridge. Please note

Cosmos-Politanism: Transhumanist Visions of Global Order from the First World War to the Digital Age

Fitzwilliam Museum has uncovered student’s work from 1977 that revealed Cambridgeshire location of child’s burial place An A-level pupil found the lost grave of the Black abolitionist Olaudah Equiano’s daughter, revealing a story of love and solidarity in 18th-century rural England. Olaudah Equiano (1745-1797), also known as Gustavus Vassa, escaped enslavement to become a celebrated author and campaigner in Georgian England. His memoir, The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African, was a bestseller. Continue reading...

Applications are invited for the position of Assistant Professor in History of Knowledge Pre-1400, in the Department of History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Cambridge. Please note

Du Bois’s Eugenic Democracy

Today’s post brings together two recurring themes in my digressions: first, my denial that John Locke should be conceptualized as a liberal (now a joint project with John Trasher at OSU); second, my g...

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The Board of Electors to the Childers Professorship of Irish History invite applications for this Professorship from persons whose work falls within the general field of the Professorship to take up

The Board of Electors to the Childers Professorship of Irish History invite applications for this Professorship from persons whose work falls within the general field of the Professorship to take up