Transcribe Bentham
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An award-winning crowdsourcing initiative led by the Bentham Project, Faculty of Laws, University College London, engaging people in the transcription of the manuscripts of Jeremy Bentham (1748–1832) for a new edition of his Collected Works.
Everyone at the Bentham Project is extremely saddened to learn of the recent death of Professor William Twining.
We would like to extend our sincerest condolences to his family and friends.
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We would like to extend our sincerest condolences to his family and friends.
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Professor William Twining: an appreciation
It is with great sadness that we have learnt of the death of Professor William L. Twining (aged 91) peacefully at home on 9 October 2025.
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October 13, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Everyone at the Bentham Project is extremely saddened to learn of the recent death of Professor William Twining.
We would like to extend our sincerest condolences to his family and friends.
www.ucl.ac.uk/laws/profess...
We would like to extend our sincerest condolences to his family and friends.
www.ucl.ac.uk/laws/profess...
CfP: The 18th Conference of the International Society for Utilitarian Studies will take place on 23–5 July 2026 at the Faculty of Law, the University of Macau—celebrating the publication of 'Essays on Logic, Ethics, and Universal Grammar' in The Collected Works of Jeremy Bentham.
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October 8, 2025 at 9:43 AM
CfP: The 18th Conference of the International Society for Utilitarian Studies will take place on 23–5 July 2026 at the Faculty of Law, the University of Macau—celebrating the publication of 'Essays on Logic, Ethics, and Universal Grammar' in The Collected Works of Jeremy Bentham.
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Anyone who frequented the Jeremy Bentham pub (d. 2016) on University Street may recognise Bentham House's newest art installation
September 22, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Anyone who frequented the Jeremy Bentham pub (d. 2016) on University Street may recognise Bentham House's newest art installation
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🚨 To Detain or To Punish: Magistrates and the Making of the London Prison System, 1750–1840 🚨
📅 Wednesday 3 September @ 5:30pm
📣 @kiranmehta.bsky.social discusses the diverse penal landscape of 18th century London. An incredible book using many TLA documents!
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📅 Wednesday 3 September @ 5:30pm
📣 @kiranmehta.bsky.social discusses the diverse penal landscape of 18th century London. An incredible book using many TLA documents!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/to-detain-...
To Detain or To Punish
Join us at The London Archives as Dr Kiran Mehta introduces her new book exploring the penal landscape of 18th century London.
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August 20, 2025 at 8:06 AM
🚨 To Detain or To Punish: Magistrates and the Making of the London Prison System, 1750–1840 🚨
📅 Wednesday 3 September @ 5:30pm
📣 @kiranmehta.bsky.social discusses the diverse penal landscape of 18th century London. An incredible book using many TLA documents!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/to-detain-...
📅 Wednesday 3 September @ 5:30pm
📣 @kiranmehta.bsky.social discusses the diverse penal landscape of 18th century London. An incredible book using many TLA documents!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/to-detain-...
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Scheduled for publication in 1 December, just in time to be rammed into Christmas stockings the world over, is the next volume of The Collected Works of Jeremy Bentham - 'Essays on Logic, Ethics, and Universal Grammar', ed. P. schofield
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Essays on Logic, Ethics, and Universal Grammar
This new volume of Bentham’s philosophical writings deals with his most fundamental ideas concerning logic, language, ethics and grammar. It includes four major essays written between 1814 and 1816, n...
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July 18, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Scheduled for publication in 1 December, just in time to be rammed into Christmas stockings the world over, is the next volume of The Collected Works of Jeremy Bentham - 'Essays on Logic, Ethics, and Universal Grammar', ed. P. schofield
uclpress.co.uk/book/essays-...
uclpress.co.uk/book/essays-...
Transcribe Bentham will be inaccessible from 12 pm BST on Wednesday 16 July, until around the end of Thursday 17 July, while we migrate to a new server with much larger storage. Apologies for any inconvenience caused. 🧰
Lots and lots of new manuscript material will be uploaded soon thereafter! 🥳
Lots and lots of new manuscript material will be uploaded soon thereafter! 🥳
July 14, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Transcribe Bentham will be inaccessible from 12 pm BST on Wednesday 16 July, until around the end of Thursday 17 July, while we migrate to a new server with much larger storage. Apologies for any inconvenience caused. 🧰
Lots and lots of new manuscript material will be uploaded soon thereafter! 🥳
Lots and lots of new manuscript material will be uploaded soon thereafter! 🥳
Now published by the Navy Records Society 🚢📘:
—Samuel Bentham, Inspector General of Naval Works, 1796–1807, Letters and Papers, edited by Roger Morriss
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—Samuel Bentham, Inspector General of Naval Works, 1796–1807, Letters and Papers, edited by Roger Morriss
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Samuel Bentham, Inspector General of Naval Works, 1796–1807, Letters and Papers
Enlightened reformer or dangerous maverick? This book examines the controversies created by Samuel Bentham, Utilitarian technologist, who fought to enhance the performance of the British naval dockyar...
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July 3, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Now published by the Navy Records Society 🚢📘:
—Samuel Bentham, Inspector General of Naval Works, 1796–1807, Letters and Papers, edited by Roger Morriss
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—Samuel Bentham, Inspector General of Naval Works, 1796–1807, Letters and Papers, edited by Roger Morriss
boydellandbrewer.com/book/samuel-...
A total of 44,413 manuscript pages have now been completed by Transcribe Bentham volunteers, with a further 128 in progress, and 1 awaiting review 👏
June 27, 2025 at 3:13 PM
A total of 44,413 manuscript pages have now been completed by Transcribe Bentham volunteers, with a further 128 in progress, and 1 awaiting review 👏
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And a reminder that our final seminar for 2024-25 is on 25 June at 5:30pm (at the IHR in London and online), with David Turner speaking on 'Histories of Resistance: Disability, Agency & Embodiment in the Long 18th Century'. Like all @ihrlibrary.bsky.social seminars, it's free and open to the public.
June 24, 2025 at 12:51 PM
And a reminder that our final seminar for 2024-25 is on 25 June at 5:30pm (at the IHR in London and online), with David Turner speaking on 'Histories of Resistance: Disability, Agency & Embodiment in the Long 18th Century'. Like all @ihrlibrary.bsky.social seminars, it's free and open to the public.
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What a finish! Congrats to @jamesamilton.bsky.social, our UCL Laws Fantasy League champion earlier this month, edging out @divijualsuspect in a final-day thriller! 🏆
Both are our UCL Laws' candidates: PhD skills meet #FPL glory! ⚽️
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Both are our UCL Laws' candidates: PhD skills meet #FPL glory! ⚽️
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June 24, 2025 at 1:30 PM
What a finish! Congrats to @jamesamilton.bsky.social, our UCL Laws Fantasy League champion earlier this month, edging out @divijualsuspect in a final-day thriller! 🏆
Both are our UCL Laws' candidates: PhD skills meet #FPL glory! ⚽️
shorturl.at/7KPJn
Both are our UCL Laws' candidates: PhD skills meet #FPL glory! ⚽️
shorturl.at/7KPJn
For tickets for our forthcoming conference, ‘Jeremy Bentham, the Panopticon penitentiary scheme, and “A Picture of the Treasury”’ 📝 🖼️, which is taking place at Bentham House, Faculty of Laws, UCL, on 23–4 July, please visit our Eventbrite page: shorturl.at/SeT78
June 13, 2025 at 2:06 PM
For tickets for our forthcoming conference, ‘Jeremy Bentham, the Panopticon penitentiary scheme, and “A Picture of the Treasury”’ 📝 🖼️, which is taking place at Bentham House, Faculty of Laws, UCL, on 23–4 July, please visit our Eventbrite page: shorturl.at/SeT78
A total of 44,401 manuscript pages have now been completed by Transcribe Bentham volunteers, with a further 112 in progress, and 1 awaiting review 👏
June 13, 2025 at 1:47 PM
A total of 44,401 manuscript pages have now been completed by Transcribe Bentham volunteers, with a further 112 in progress, and 1 awaiting review 👏
'To be competent to the sacred trust of acting for the public, a man ought to have not merely a tongue to talk about the public—he ought to have a head to think for it and a heart to feel for it: a conception wide enough to take in every branch of the public interest [and] the minutest twig of it.'
June 5, 2025 at 3:12 PM
'To be competent to the sacred trust of acting for the public, a man ought to have not merely a tongue to talk about the public—he ought to have a head to think for it and a heart to feel for it: a conception wide enough to take in every branch of the public interest [and] the minutest twig of it.'
A total of 44,386 manuscript pages have now been completed by Transcribe Bentham volunteers, with a further 120 in progress, and 0 awaiting review 👏
May 23, 2025 at 3:32 PM
A total of 44,386 manuscript pages have now been completed by Transcribe Bentham volunteers, with a further 120 in progress, and 0 awaiting review 👏
Now available: Xiaobo Zhai's article, 'Bentham on Laws in principem, Judicial Review, and the Public Opinion Tribunal: A Critique of Hart’s and Postema’s Criticisms', in Law and Philosophy. 🎉📝
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For the other part of his study, please visit doi.org/10.1017/S095....
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
For the other part of his study, please visit doi.org/10.1017/S095....
Bentham on Laws in principem, Judicial Review, and the Public Opinion Tribunal: A Critique of Hart’s and Postema’s Criticisms - Law and Philosophy
Hart thinks that Bentham believes that judicial review achieves legally limited sovereignty, but he argues that Bentham fails to account for it. He criticises that Bentham’s discussion of laws in prin...
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May 19, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Now available: Xiaobo Zhai's article, 'Bentham on Laws in principem, Judicial Review, and the Public Opinion Tribunal: A Critique of Hart’s and Postema’s Criticisms', in Law and Philosophy. 🎉📝
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
For the other part of his study, please visit doi.org/10.1017/S095....
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
For the other part of his study, please visit doi.org/10.1017/S095....
Registration is now open for our conference ‘Jeremy Bentham, the Panopticon penitentiary scheme, and “A Picture of the Treasury”’, which is taking place at Bentham House, Faculty of Laws, University College London, on 23–4 July
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May 16, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Registration is now open for our conference ‘Jeremy Bentham, the Panopticon penitentiary scheme, and “A Picture of the Treasury”’, which is taking place at Bentham House, Faculty of Laws, University College London, on 23–4 July
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/a-picture-...
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A total of 44,202 manuscript pages have now been completed by Transcribe Bentham volunteers, with a further 303 in progress, and 0 awaiting review 👏
May 16, 2025 at 1:40 PM
A total of 44,202 manuscript pages have now been completed by Transcribe Bentham volunteers, with a further 303 in progress, and 0 awaiting review 👏
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New as Online First in Theory, Culture & Society: Tom McDowell, 'Jeremy Bentham and the Neoclassical and Neoliberal Traditions: Architect or Adversary?'. (Open Access) journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Jeremy Bentham and the Neoclassical and Neoliberal Traditions: Architect or Adversary? - Tom McDowell, 2025
This article reclaims Jeremy Bentham from the trend of characterizing him as an intellectual inspiration for neoclassicism and neoliberalism. It demonstrates th...
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May 8, 2025 at 9:31 PM
New as Online First in Theory, Culture & Society: Tom McDowell, 'Jeremy Bentham and the Neoclassical and Neoliberal Traditions: Architect or Adversary?'. (Open Access) journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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My latest in @TheoryCulture argues that although Bentham is often seen as a forerunner of the neoliberal tradition, this overlooks how his mature theory of ‘psychological dynamics’ renders him its antithesis.
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@timcauser.bsky.social, @transcribe-bentham.bsky.social
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@timcauser.bsky.social, @transcribe-bentham.bsky.social
New as Online First in Theory, Culture & Society: Tom McDowell, 'Jeremy Bentham and the Neoclassical and Neoliberal Traditions: Architect or Adversary?'. (Open Access) journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Jeremy Bentham and the Neoclassical and Neoliberal Traditions: Architect or Adversary? - Tom McDowell, 2025
This article reclaims Jeremy Bentham from the trend of characterizing him as an intellectual inspiration for neoclassicism and neoliberalism. It demonstrates th...
journals.sagepub.com
May 13, 2025 at 2:54 PM
My latest in @TheoryCulture argues that although Bentham is often seen as a forerunner of the neoliberal tradition, this overlooks how his mature theory of ‘psychological dynamics’ renders him its antithesis.
@malrog.bsky.social,
@timcauser.bsky.social, @transcribe-bentham.bsky.social
@malrog.bsky.social,
@timcauser.bsky.social, @transcribe-bentham.bsky.social
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Places are still available for Multidisciplinary Mill(s), a conference on Tuesday May 20, dedicated to the ideas and influence of all the Mills: John Stuart Mill, James Mill, Harriet Taylor Mill and Helen Taylor.
Register below ⬇️
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Register below ⬇️
intellectualhistory.web.ox.ac.uk/event/multid...
Multidisciplinary Mill(s)
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April 26, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Places are still available for Multidisciplinary Mill(s), a conference on Tuesday May 20, dedicated to the ideas and influence of all the Mills: John Stuart Mill, James Mill, Harriet Taylor Mill and Helen Taylor.
Register below ⬇️
intellectualhistory.web.ox.ac.uk/event/multid...
Register below ⬇️
intellectualhistory.web.ox.ac.uk/event/multid...
A total of 44,131 manuscript pages have now been completed by Transcribe Bentham volunteers, with a further 364 in progress, and 0 awaiting review 👏
May 2, 2025 at 10:38 AM
A total of 44,131 manuscript pages have now been completed by Transcribe Bentham volunteers, with a further 364 in progress, and 0 awaiting review 👏
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Doing transcription work on this project remains one of the most fun information history things I've ever done. I'm so excited to hear how close it is to completion!
April 28, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Doing transcription work on this project remains one of the most fun information history things I've ever done. I'm so excited to hear how close it is to completion!
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Currently sitting in the Bentham Committee, hearing about Transcribe Bentham's ongoing progress. In total, 90.3% of the material on the Transcription Desk has now been transcribed! TB keeps trucking on... entering final stages to get the whole collection transcribed, maybe finished in 18 months...?
A total of 44,091 manuscript pages have now been completed by Transcribe Bentham volunteers, with a further 361 in progress, and 10 awaiting review 👏
April 28, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Currently sitting in the Bentham Committee, hearing about Transcribe Bentham's ongoing progress. In total, 90.3% of the material on the Transcription Desk has now been transcribed! TB keeps trucking on... entering final stages to get the whole collection transcribed, maybe finished in 18 months...?
Now available in Utilitas: 📝👇
Xiaobo Zhai, 'Bentham’s Laws in Principem and his Command Theory: a Critique of Hart’s Criticisms'.
shorturl.at/YDrX1 (doi:10.1017/S0953820825000081)
Xiaobo Zhai, 'Bentham’s Laws in Principem and his Command Theory: a Critique of Hart’s Criticisms'.
shorturl.at/YDrX1 (doi:10.1017/S0953820825000081)
April 18, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Now available in Utilitas: 📝👇
Xiaobo Zhai, 'Bentham’s Laws in Principem and his Command Theory: a Critique of Hart’s Criticisms'.
shorturl.at/YDrX1 (doi:10.1017/S0953820825000081)
Xiaobo Zhai, 'Bentham’s Laws in Principem and his Command Theory: a Critique of Hart’s Criticisms'.
shorturl.at/YDrX1 (doi:10.1017/S0953820825000081)
Registration is now open for our conference ‘Jeremy Bentham, the Panopticon penitentiary scheme, and “A Picture of the Treasury”’, which will take place at Bentham House, Faculty of Laws, UCL, on 23–4 July: shorturl.at/1qGBy
An updated version of 'Picture' can be downloaded here: shorturl.at/8Y5rD.
An updated version of 'Picture' can be downloaded here: shorturl.at/8Y5rD.
April 16, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Registration is now open for our conference ‘Jeremy Bentham, the Panopticon penitentiary scheme, and “A Picture of the Treasury”’, which will take place at Bentham House, Faculty of Laws, UCL, on 23–4 July: shorturl.at/1qGBy
An updated version of 'Picture' can be downloaded here: shorturl.at/8Y5rD.
An updated version of 'Picture' can be downloaded here: shorturl.at/8Y5rD.