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Tom Arnold-Foster (Oxford) replies to Anton Jäger (also Oxford) on the political theory of the American Populists at the #MondaySeminar #Neo-RomanCounter-Revisionism
November 17, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Tom Arnold-Foster (Oxford) replies to Anton Jäger (also Oxford) on the political theory of the American Populists at the #MondaySeminar #Neo-RomanCounter-Revisionism
Deme Kasimis responds to Paul Sagar's paper, "The Macedonianism of Fear: Aristotle vs Rawls" here at the #MondaySeminar.
November 10, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Deme Kasimis responds to Paul Sagar's paper, "The Macedonianism of Fear: Aristotle vs Rawls" here at the #MondaySeminar.
Nathaniel Boyd (York) introduces his paper on "Hegel & German public law" as his commentator, Chris Meckstroth, makes notes. #MondaySeminar
November 3, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Nathaniel Boyd (York) introduces his paper on "Hegel & German public law" as his commentator, Chris Meckstroth, makes notes. #MondaySeminar
Neapolitans!
October 28, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Neapolitans!
A characteristic hand gesture from Hugo Drochon, as he starts to explain what it is that he is up to.
October 27, 2025 at 5:11 PM
A characteristic hand gesture from Hugo Drochon, as he starts to explain what it is that he is up to.
A great start to our Michaelmas programme for the Monday seminar in Political Thought and Intellectual History.
Duncan Kelly provided a synopsis of his current work in progress, followed by commentary from Fernanda Gallo
For details of our term card, see: www.polthought.cam.ac.uk/seminar/mich...
Duncan Kelly provided a synopsis of his current work in progress, followed by commentary from Fernanda Gallo
For details of our term card, see: www.polthought.cam.ac.uk/seminar/mich...
October 15, 2025 at 11:37 AM
A great start to our Michaelmas programme for the Monday seminar in Political Thought and Intellectual History.
Duncan Kelly provided a synopsis of his current work in progress, followed by commentary from Fernanda Gallo
For details of our term card, see: www.polthought.cam.ac.uk/seminar/mich...
Duncan Kelly provided a synopsis of his current work in progress, followed by commentary from Fernanda Gallo
For details of our term card, see: www.polthought.cam.ac.uk/seminar/mich...
Concluding today's lecture with the second panel
June 6, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Concluding today's lecture with the second panel
The first panel presenting at the Skinner Lecture
June 6, 2025 at 2:10 PM
The first panel presenting at the Skinner Lecture
Max Skjönsberg delivering the keynote 'The Spirit of the Constitution' at the Quentin Skinner Lecture
June 6, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Max Skjönsberg delivering the keynote 'The Spirit of the Constitution' at the Quentin Skinner Lecture
For the final Monday Seminar of the 24-25 academic year, we welcome Sophie Joscelyne (UCL) who will be presenting her paper on Jeane Kirkpatrick, totalitarianism, and neoconservative human rights, followed by comments by David Milne (UEA).
May 26, 2025 at 4:10 PM
For the final Monday Seminar of the 24-25 academic year, we welcome Sophie Joscelyne (UCL) who will be presenting her paper on Jeane Kirkpatrick, totalitarianism, and neoconservative human rights, followed by comments by David Milne (UEA).
We welcome Isabel Rivers (QMUL) today at the Monday Seminar who will be presenting her paper on Moral Philosophy and the Dissenting Academies, followed by comments by Niall O’Flaherty (KCL).
May 19, 2025 at 4:09 PM
We welcome Isabel Rivers (QMUL) today at the Monday Seminar who will be presenting her paper on Moral Philosophy and the Dissenting Academies, followed by comments by Niall O’Flaherty (KCL).
Today at the Monday Seminar with Leah Downey (Cambridge) presenting her paper on Democracy without Rationality, followed by comments by Steven Klein (KCL)
May 12, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Today at the Monday Seminar with Leah Downey (Cambridge) presenting her paper on Democracy without Rationality, followed by comments by Steven Klein (KCL)
This year's Quentin Skinner Lecture will be delivered by Dr Max Skjönsberg.
Date: 6 June 2025
Time: 11:00 – 18:30
Location: Room SG1, Alison Richard Building, 7 West Road, Cambridge, CB3 9DP
To register, please visit the following website:
onlinesales.admin.cam.ac.uk/conferences-...
Date: 6 June 2025
Time: 11:00 – 18:30
Location: Room SG1, Alison Richard Building, 7 West Road, Cambridge, CB3 9DP
To register, please visit the following website:
onlinesales.admin.cam.ac.uk/conferences-...
May 7, 2025 at 9:46 PM
This year's Quentin Skinner Lecture will be delivered by Dr Max Skjönsberg.
Date: 6 June 2025
Time: 11:00 – 18:30
Location: Room SG1, Alison Richard Building, 7 West Road, Cambridge, CB3 9DP
To register, please visit the following website:
onlinesales.admin.cam.ac.uk/conferences-...
Date: 6 June 2025
Time: 11:00 – 18:30
Location: Room SG1, Alison Richard Building, 7 West Road, Cambridge, CB3 9DP
To register, please visit the following website:
onlinesales.admin.cam.ac.uk/conferences-...
The Cambridge Graduate Conference in Political Thought and Intellectual History will take place on 24 June 2025 at 9am.
To register, please click this link: ptih-graduate-conference.eventbrite.co.uk
Visit our website for more details: www.polthought.cam.ac.uk/future-event...
To register, please click this link: ptih-graduate-conference.eventbrite.co.uk
Visit our website for more details: www.polthought.cam.ac.uk/future-event...
May 6, 2025 at 10:26 AM
The Cambridge Graduate Conference in Political Thought and Intellectual History will take place on 24 June 2025 at 9am.
To register, please click this link: ptih-graduate-conference.eventbrite.co.uk
Visit our website for more details: www.polthought.cam.ac.uk/future-event...
To register, please click this link: ptih-graduate-conference.eventbrite.co.uk
Visit our website for more details: www.polthought.cam.ac.uk/future-event...
The first Monday Seminar of Easter Term 2025 is starting now
May 5, 2025 at 4:08 PM
The first Monday Seminar of Easter Term 2025 is starting now
Sylvana Tomaselli concluding yesterday's colloquium celebrating the 40th anniversary of her article ‘The Enlightenment Debate on Women’
April 29, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Sylvana Tomaselli concluding yesterday's colloquium celebrating the 40th anniversary of her article ‘The Enlightenment Debate on Women’
Join us for the colloquium celebrating the 40th anniversary of Sylvana Tomaselli’s article ‘The Enlightenment Debate on Women’.
Date: 28 April (Monday)
Venue: Palmerston Room (Fisher Building), St John's College.
See our website for further details:
www.polthought.cam.ac.uk/future-event...
Date: 28 April (Monday)
Venue: Palmerston Room (Fisher Building), St John's College.
See our website for further details:
www.polthought.cam.ac.uk/future-event...
April 22, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Join us for the colloquium celebrating the 40th anniversary of Sylvana Tomaselli’s article ‘The Enlightenment Debate on Women’.
Date: 28 April (Monday)
Venue: Palmerston Room (Fisher Building), St John's College.
See our website for further details:
www.polthought.cam.ac.uk/future-event...
Date: 28 April (Monday)
Venue: Palmerston Room (Fisher Building), St John's College.
See our website for further details:
www.polthought.cam.ac.uk/future-event...
Ongoing now is the colloquium on Quentin Skinner’s
Liberty as Independence (2025)
Liberty as Independence (2025)
March 20, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Ongoing now is the colloquium on Quentin Skinner’s
Liberty as Independence (2025)
Liberty as Independence (2025)
Joining us for the last seminar of this term is Dimitrios Halikias (Princeton) who is talking about the progressive critique of leaderless government and the rule of law, followed by comments by Charlotte Johann (QMUL)
March 17, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Joining us for the last seminar of this term is Dimitrios Halikias (Princeton) who is talking about the progressive critique of leaderless government and the rule of law, followed by comments by Charlotte Johann (QMUL)
Joining us today is John Coffey (Leicester) who is presenting about progress and eschatology in British abolitionist thought, followed by a commentary by Rachel Hammersley (Newcastle).
March 10, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Joining us today is John Coffey (Leicester) who is presenting about progress and eschatology in British abolitionist thought, followed by a commentary by Rachel Hammersley (Newcastle).
Joining us today at the Monday Seminar is Fara Dabhoiwala (Princeton) who will be presenting about J.S. Mill, imperial rule, and free speech, followed by a commentary by Duncan Bell (Cambridge)
March 3, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Joining us today at the Monday Seminar is Fara Dabhoiwala (Princeton) who will be presenting about J.S. Mill, imperial rule, and free speech, followed by a commentary by Duncan Bell (Cambridge)
"We must learn to do our own thinking for ourselves."
February 28, 2025 at 10:41 AM
"We must learn to do our own thinking for ourselves."
Joining us today is Douglas Moggach (Ottawa/Sydney) who will be talking about Post-Kantian Perfectionism, followed by a commentary by Howard Williams (Cardiff)
February 24, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Joining us today is Douglas Moggach (Ottawa/Sydney) who will be talking about Post-Kantian Perfectionism, followed by a commentary by Howard Williams (Cardiff)
At the Monday Seminar today with Efthimios Karayiannides (Cambridge) who is presenting about Apartheid Science and American Capitalism from Black-Scholes to the DotCom Boom, followed by comments by Saul Dubow (Cambridge).
February 17, 2025 at 5:13 PM
At the Monday Seminar today with Efthimios Karayiannides (Cambridge) who is presenting about Apartheid Science and American Capitalism from Black-Scholes to the DotCom Boom, followed by comments by Saul Dubow (Cambridge).
Joining us today at the Monday Seminar is Serena Ferente (Amsterdam) who is presenting on the Body Metaphor and Cross-Cultural Political Theory in Medieval Afro-Eurasia
February 10, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Joining us today at the Monday Seminar is Serena Ferente (Amsterdam) who is presenting on the Body Metaphor and Cross-Cultural Political Theory in Medieval Afro-Eurasia