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Venice seminar series in Intellectual History – Crisis and Change in Early Modernity: Knowledge, Practice, Governance
Ca’Foscari University of Venice and the International Society for Intellectual History are pleased to present a seminar series on Crisis and Change in Early Modernity: Knowledge, Practice, Governance. The next seminar will take place on 10 November, when Sophie Roux will speak on The Life and Circumstances of Jacques du Roure (1621-1683?), or: How to…
Fully-funded PhD programme at the European University Institute (EUI)
Students of intellectual history may be interested in the following call: The call for applications for the fully-funded PhD programme at the European University Institute (EUI) will open on 1 November 2022. The Department of History at the EUI offers exceptional opportunities to study the history of Europe in the World from the 15th century to the…
ISIH President wins 2022 Elisabeth of Bohemia Prize
The Elisabeth of Bohemia Prize was created in honor of the 400th birthday of Elisabeth of Bohemia (1618-1680). The Prize is intended to acknowledge an internationally known scholar whose work best preserves the memory of women in philosophy. The prize is awarded by the Center for the History of Women Philosophers and by its director, Prof. Ruth…
Constance Blackwell Prize Shortlist
We are thrilled to announce the shortlist for our inaugural Constance Blackwell Prize, named in honour of our founder. The prize is awarded biennially to the best first monograph in intellectual history (broadly construed) published in the previous two years. The titles on the shortlist are, in alphabetical order by authors’ surnames: Jessica Patterson, Religion, Enlightenment…
CFP: Dutch Seminar in Early Modern Philosophy VIII
Faculty of Philosophy, University of Groningen (NL), 23–24 June 2022 The Dutch Seminar in Early Modern Philosophy brings together advanced graduate students and established scholars from all over the world to discuss the latest work in early modern philosophy, broadly conceived. Building on the success of the previous 2014–2021 editions, the seminar offers workshop-style collaborations in order to stimulate…
PhD and postdoctoral positions: Responses to Newton’s Mathematical-Experimental Paradigm in 18th-Century Philosophy
Applications are now open for three four-year PhD positions, three four-year postdoctoral positions, and one two-year postdoctoral position in the history of modern philosophy and/or history and philosophy of science. The selected applicants will carry out part of the recently awarded project ‘Responses to Newton’s Mathematical-Experimental Paradigm in 18th-Century Philosophy’ (RENEW18). The project is funded by the Belgian research…
CFP: Special Issue of the Journal for the History of Knowledge, 2024
The Journal for the History of Knowledge features an annual special issue, compiled by guest editors, which explores a theme central to the journal’s scope. The special issues of previous years have been Histories of Bureaucratic Knowledge (2020) and Histories of Ignorance (2021). We are currently accepting proposals for the 2024 Special Issue. Proposals should contain the following: A description of…
Call for Expressions of Interest – 2022 ISIH Online Events for Early Career Researchers
The International Society for Intellectual History is inviting expressions of interest from early career researchers who would like to organise an online event for ECRs with ISIH in 2022. Possible formats include but are not limited to workshops and seminar series, with a topic that would engage intellectual historians from a broad range of backgrounds.…
ISIH appoints new Executive Committee member: Elias Buchetmann as Early Career Representative
The ISIH is delighted to announce a new position on our Executive Committee: Early Career Representative. The inaugural holder of this position is Elias Buchetmann (University of Rostock). The Early Career Representative will be responsible for arranging events each year primarily geared towards early career researchers in intellectual history. Last year these events included Coerced Labour in the…
CFP: Classes and Masses in the History of Political Thought
London Graduate Conference in the History of Political Thought, 30 June-1 July 2022 Keynote: Prof. Adom Getachew (University of Chicago) Location: University College London (Gustave Tuck Lecture Theatre) Roundtable Speakers: Tejas Parasher (Cambridge), Sarah Dunstan (Glasgow), Nicola Miller (UCL), Adam Sutcliffe (KCL) Social divisions and social collectives have always been at the heart of political…
CFP: Beyond Anti-Liberalism? Lessons from Experience
13–14 June 2022 Submissions Due: 30 April 2022 A workshop of the Civic Constellation III project co-organised with the Department of Philosophy of the University of Milan Over the past decades the rise in constitutional democracies across the world, and significantly throughout Europe, of anti-liberal politics has changed the terms of academic and public debates…
CFP: Power and Knowledge from the 18th Century to Today
University of Lorraine (Nancy, France), 24-25 November 2022 Dating back to the beginnings of Greek democracy and the Platonic conception of the philosopher king, the relations between power and knowledge have recently come back to the fore with the rise of populism or the sanitary crisis. Whether an obstacle to democracy, a means for citizens…
CFP Enlightenment legacy: the rights of man in a global perspective
Graduate Summer School, 1-3 September 2022, Luigi Einaudi Foundation, Turin The Turin Humanities Programme and Fondazione1563 are pleased to invite postgraduate students and early career researchers to submit their applications to the summer school “Enlightenment legacy: the rights of man in a global perspective”. The summer school intends to elucidate, from a global perspective, a…
Women and Religion in 18th Century France: Ideas, Controversies, Representations
Virtual Symposium, Queen Mary, University of London We are delighted to announce that registration for our online symposium on ‘Women and Religion in 18th Century France: Ideas, Controversies, Representations’, taking place on Friday 24 June, is now open. Prof. Mita Choudhury (Vassar College) will deliver the keynote address, entitled ‘Reflecting on Gender, Religion, and the Historian’s Craft’. She’ll speak about the approach…
2022 Charles Schmitt Prize Winner
We are delighted to announce that the winner of the Charles Schmitt prize for 2022 is Felix Schlichter of the University of Cambridge, for his essay ‘Flavius Josephus and Early Modern Biblical Chronology’. The winning essay will be published in Intellectual History Review. The quality of top submissions was particularly high this year. So the…