The Political Thought and Intellectual History Seminars are the official research seminars of the Political Thought and Intellectual History Subject Group of the Faculty of History. They are also an integral part of the History Faculty's PhD Programme in Political Thought and Intellectual History and the Inter-Faculty M.Phil. in Political Thought and Intellectual History which is co-sponsored by the Faculty of History, the Faculty of Classics and the Department of Politics. For more information see the seminar website: http://www.polthought.cam.ac.uk/seminar
For queries, including subscribing to the seminar mailing list, please contact the seminar assistants at seminar-assistant@polthought.cam.ac.uk
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Mon 19 May 17:00: Moral Philosophy and the Dissenting Academies, 1660-1860
Moral Philosophy and the Dissenting Academies, 1660-1860
Abstract not available
- Speaker: Isabel Rivers (Queen Mary University of London)
- Monday 19 May 2025, 17:00-18:30
- Venue: Long Room, Gonville and Caius College.
- Series: Political Thought and Intellectual History; organiser: Eleanor Pickford.
Mon 12 May 17:00: Experimental Democracy
Experimental Democracy
Abstract not available
- Speaker: Leah Downey (St. John's College, University of Cambridge)
- Monday 12 May 2025, 17:00-18:30
- Venue: Long Room, Gonville and Caius College.
- Series: Political Thought and Intellectual History; organiser: Eleanor Pickford.
Mon 26 May 17:00: Title to be confirmed
Title to be confirmed
Abstract not available
- Speaker: Sophie Joscelyne (University College London)
- Monday 26 May 2025, 17:00-18:30
- Venue: Long Room, Gonville and Caius College.
- Series: Political Thought and Intellectual History; organiser: Eleanor Pickford.
Mon 05 May 17:00: Enlightenment Scepticism and the Conditions for Political Stability
Enlightenment Scepticism and the Conditions for Political Stability
Abstract not available
- Speaker: Elena Yi-Jia Zeng (Princeton University)
- Monday 05 May 2025, 17:00-18:30
- Venue: Long Room, Gonville and Caius College.
- Series: Political Thought and Intellectual History; organiser: Eleanor Pickford.
Mon 11 Nov 17:00: Locke's Political Legacy
Locke's Political Legacy
Abstract not available
- Speaker: Tim Stanton (University of York)
- Monday 11 November 2024, 17:00-18:30
- Venue: Bateman Auditoriuim, Gonville and Caius College.
- Series: Political Thought and Intellectual History; organiser: Eleanor Pickford.
Mon 28 Oct 17:00: Rethinking Weber's 'Politics'
Rethinking Weber's 'Politics'
Abstract not available
- Speaker: Peter Ghosh (St. Anne's College, University of Oxford)
- Monday 28 October 2024, 17:00-18:30
- Venue: Bateman Auditoriuim, Gonville and Caius College.
- Series: Political Thought and Intellectual History; organiser: Eleanor Pickford.
Mon 26 May 17:00: Title to be confirmed
Title to be confirmed
Abstract not available
- Speaker: Sophie Joscelyne (University College London)
- Monday 26 May 2025, 17:00-18:30
- Venue: Bateman Auditoriuim, Gonville and Caius College.
- Series: Political Thought and Intellectual History; organiser: Eleanor Pickford.
Mon 19 May 17:00: Moral Philosophy and the Dissenting Academies, 1660-1860
Moral Philosophy and the Dissenting Academies, 1660-1860
Abstract not available
- Speaker: Isabel Rivers (Queen Mary University of London)
- Monday 19 May 2025, 17:00-18:30
- Venue: Bateman Auditoriuim, Gonville and Caius College.
- Series: Political Thought and Intellectual History; organiser: Eleanor Pickford.
Mon 12 May 17:00: Experimental Democracy
Experimental Democracy
Abstract not available
- Speaker: Leah Downey (St. John's College, University of Cambridge)
- Monday 12 May 2025, 17:00-18:30
- Venue: Bateman Auditoriuim, Gonville and Caius College.
- Series: Political Thought and Intellectual History; organiser: Eleanor Pickford.
Mon 05 May 17:00: Enlightenment Scepticism and the Conditions for Political Stability
Enlightenment Scepticism and the Conditions for Political Stability
Abstract not available
- Speaker: Elena Yi-Jia Zeng (Princeton University)
- Monday 05 May 2025, 17:00-18:30
- Venue: Bateman Auditoriuim, Gonville and Caius College.
- Series: Political Thought and Intellectual History; organiser: Eleanor Pickford.
Mon 17 Mar 17:00: The American Progressives on Leaderless Government and the Rule of Law
The American Progressives on Leaderless Government and the Rule of Law
Abstract not available
- Speaker: Dimitrios Halikias (Princeton University)
- Monday 17 March 2025, 17:00-18:30
- Venue: Bateman Auditoriuim, Gonville and Caius College.
- Series: Political Thought and Intellectual History; organiser: Eleanor Pickford.
Mon 10 Mar 17:00: Title to be confirmed
Title to be confirmed
Abstract not available
- Speaker: John Coffey (University of Leicester)
- Monday 10 March 2025, 17:00-18:30
- Venue: Bateman Auditoriuim, Gonville and Caius College.
- Series: Political Thought and Intellectual History; organiser: Eleanor Pickford.
Mon 03 Mar 17:00: Title to be confirmed
Title to be confirmed
Abstract not available
- Speaker: Vikram Visana (University of Leicester)
- Monday 03 March 2025, 17:00-18:30
- Venue: Bateman Auditoriuim, Gonville and Caius College.
- Series: Political Thought and Intellectual History; organiser: Eleanor Pickford.
Mon 17 Feb 17:00: Apartheid Science and American Capitalism from Black-Scholes to the DotCom Boom
Apartheid Science and American Capitalism from Black-Scholes to the DotCom Boom
Abstract not available
- Speaker: Efthimios Karayiannides (Emmanuel College, University of Cambridge)
- Monday 17 February 2025, 17:00-18:30
- Venue: Bateman Auditoriuim, Gonville and Caius College.
- Series: Political Thought and Intellectual History; organiser: Eleanor Pickford.
Mon 24 Feb 17:00: Post-Kantian Perfectionism
Post-Kantian Perfectionism
Abstract not available
- Speaker: Douglas Moggach (University of Ottawa)
- Monday 24 February 2025, 17:00-18:30
- Venue: Bateman Auditoriuim, Gonville and Caius College.
- Series: Political Thought and Intellectual History; organiser: Eleanor Pickford.
Mon 10 Feb 17:00: Title to be confirmed
Title to be confirmed
Abstract not available
- Speaker: Serena Ferente (University of Amsterdam)
- Monday 10 February 2025, 17:00-18:30
- Venue: Bateman Auditoriuim, Gonville and Caius College.
- Series: Political Thought and Intellectual History; organiser: Eleanor Pickford.
Mon 03 Feb 17:00: On the Reception of Christian Thomasius's Political Thought in Protestant Northern Germany
On the Reception of Christian Thomasius's Political Thought in Protestant Northern Germany
Abstract not available
- Speaker: Mikkel Jensen (University of Erfurt)
- Monday 03 February 2025, 17:00-18:30
- Venue: Bateman Auditoriuim, Gonville and Caius College.
- Series: Political Thought and Intellectual History; organiser: Eleanor Pickford.
Mon 27 Jan 17:00: Roundtable on 'Hegel and Italian Political Thought: The Practice of Ideas, 1832-1900'
Roundtable on 'Hegel and Italian Political Thought: The Practice of Ideas, 1832-1900'
Abstract not available
- Speaker: Fernanda Gallo (Homerton College, University of Cambridge)
- Monday 27 January 2025, 17:00-18:30
- Venue: Bateman Auditoriuim, Gonville and Caius College.
- Series: Political Thought and Intellectual History; organiser: Eleanor Pickford.
Mon 02 Dec 17:00: Arabization and the Social Sciences in Algeria: Language, Pan-Arabism, and Nation-Building
Arabization and the Social Sciences in Algeria: Language, Pan-Arabism, and Nation-Building
Abstract not available
- Speaker: Muriam Haleh Davis (University of California, Santa Cruz)
- Monday 02 December 2024, 17:00-18:30
- Venue: Bateman Auditoriuim, Gonville and Caius College.
- Series: Political Thought and Intellectual History; organiser: Eleanor Pickford.
Mon 25 Nov 17:00: Reading Hegel in the Twenty-First Century
Reading Hegel in the Twenty-First Century
Abstract not available
- Speaker: Kimberly Hutchings (Queen Mary University of London)
- Monday 25 November 2024, 17:00-18:30
- Venue: Bateman Auditoriuim, Gonville and Caius College.
- Series: Political Thought and Intellectual History; organiser: Eleanor Pickford.
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