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Women in Intellectual History programme, winter 2023/24
The International Society for Intellectual History is pleased to announce the programme for papers of the third instalment our seminar series, Women in Intellectual History, which will take place online in winter 2023/24. To register and to receive the link to the Teams meeting, please complete this form.
Stephen Gaukroger (1950–2023)
It is with great sadness that we share the news of the death of Stephen Gaukroger, who passed away on 3 September 2023. Stephen was an eminent intellectual historian and historian of science who was an active member of the Society since its early years. Stephen was amongst those who, in 1994, encouraged our founder,…
ISIH Annual General Meeting, 2023
The ISIH will hold their Annual General Meeting at the 2023 Conference in Edinburgh. The meeting will be hybrid, and will take place from 15:15-16:30 (BST) on Tuesday 5 September. Members of the ISIH who are unable to attend the conference, but would like to join the meeting online, should contact the Communications Director to…
ISIH Annual General Meeting, 2023
The 2023 Annual Meeting of the International Society for Intellectual History will take place during the ISIH Conference, ‘Crisis and Change in Intellectual History‘, which will be held at the University of Edinburgh 4 to 6 September . Members not attending the the conference in person can join the AGM online. Details of the date, time…
Constance Blackwell Prize 2022
The ISIH is delighted to announce that the winner of the inaugural Constance Blackwell Prize is Jessica Patterson, for her book Religion, Enlightenment and Empire: British Interpretations of Hinduism in the Eighteenth Century (Cambridge University Press, 2021). The judges were deeply impressed by the originality, breadth, and rigour of Jessica Patterson’s book. Patterson shows, with…
Charles Schmitt Prize 2023
As the result of generous donations from an anonymous donor and our publisher (Taylor & Francis), the International Society for Intellectual History is offering, on an annual basis, a prize to honour the contribution of Charles B. Schmitt (1933-1986) to intellectual history. The prize is £250, plus £100 worth of Routledge books, and a year’s free membership of the ISIH with a subscription 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…
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…