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2023 István Hont Book Prize
2023 István Hont Book Prize

We are pleased to announce that the 2023 István Hont Book Prize has been awarded to Eva Piirimäe for Herder and Enlightenment Politics (CUP).

Dugald Stewart in the 21st Century
Dugald Stewart in the 21st Century

The first M. A. Stewart Workshop in Scottish Intellectual History.
In honour of Knud Haakonssen.
24-25 October 2024.

New Podcast: Zeitgeist und Geschichte
New Podcast: Zeitgeist und Geschichte

Join us on this St. Andrews podcast as we interview academics and researchers of German Intellectual History with an eye to reflecting on the integral influence German thinkers have had on our intellectual landscape.

Call for Papers for Genealogies of Corporate Morality workshop
Call for Papers for Genealogies of Corporate Morality workshop

The workshop will take place 25th - 27th June 2025 at St Andrews Business School, Scotland, UK.

Deadline for abstracts (300-500 words): 1st November 2024.

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Call for papers 

The Institute of Intellectual History is pleased to announce a call for papers dedicated to the 20th publication anniversary of Professor Eric Nelson’s book The Greek Tradition in Republican Thought (CUP, 2004), which will take place at the University of St Andrews in mid-February 2025.

George Garnett (Oxford), Winch lectures
George Garnett (Oxford), Winch lectures

“‘Normal for Norfolk’: Two Legal Antiquaries on the Norman Conquest”

13, 14 & 16 May 2024.

Old Class Library, St Andrews.

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Next semester’s events will be published in January 2025.

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Interview with Dagmar Herzog
Interview with Dagmar Herzog

The dark history of eugenic thought in Germany from the nineteenth century to today―and the courageous counter-voices.

Interview with Elad Carmel
Interview with Elad Carmel

Robin Mills speaks with Elad Carmel about his new book Anticlerical Legacies - The deistic reception of Thomas Hobbes, c. 1670–1740

Interview with Isaac Nakhimovsky
Interview with Isaac Nakhimovsky

In this episode, Seungeun Lee speaks with Isaac Nakhimovsky about his new book The Holy Alliance: Liberalism and the Politics of Federation (Princeton, 2024).

Interview with Mark Garnett
Interview with Mark Garnett

In this wide-ranging conversation, Mark Garnett discusses how so often what the Conservative Party’s ideology is taken being the same thing as conservative political thought. But for most of its history, the Conservative Party has been anything other than conservative.

The Precarious Happiness of Theodor Adorno, with Peter Gordon
The Precarious Happiness of Theodor Adorno, with Peter Gordon

In this episode of Zeitgeist und Geschichte, we interview Professor Peter Gordon about his new book A Precarious Happiness: Adorno and the Sources of Normativity (CUP, 2023).

Interview with Aurelian Craiutu
Interview with Aurelian Craiutu

Richard Whatmore speaks with Aurelian Craiutu about his new book Why Not Moderation? Letters to Young Radicals (CUP, 2023).

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Zeitgeist und Geschichte

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Socialist Ideas of Europe in the World 1871-1968
Socialist Ideas of Europe in the World 1871-1968

June 14th, 2024. LSE.
CfP: March 31.

John Pocock’s Life, Legacy, and Languages of Historical and Political Thought
John Pocock’s Life, Legacy, and Languages of Historical and Political Thought

Johns Hopkins University

Tuesday, March 5, 2024

Call for Papers 2024: Utopias and Dystopias in the History of Political Thought&nbsp;
Call for Papers 2024: Utopias and Dystopias in the History of Political Thought 

15th Annual London Graduate Conference in the History of Political Thought. CfP: 3rd February 2024

Call for papers:&nbsp;“Human rights in eighteenth-century global and colonial contexts: Scandinavia and beyond”&nbsp;
Call for papers: “Human rights in eighteenth-century global and colonial contexts: Scandinavia and beyond” 

Department of History, Lund University
11th-12th June 2024.
CfP: 7th March 2024.

The Venice World Multidisciplinary Conference on Republics and Republicanism
The Venice World Multidisciplinary Conference on Republics and Republicanism

VIU will hold the fourth edition of the Venice Word Multidisciplinary Conference on Republics and Republicanism on May 24-26, 2024.

CfP: December 15, 2023.

Intellectual Histories of the American Revolution
Intellectual Histories of the American Revolution

Kylemore Abbey, Ireland, 15-17 August 2024.
CfP: 15 November 2023.

Strangers and Foreigners: Hospitality and Hostility in Britain, France, and Germany, 1680-1850
Strangers and Foreigners: Hospitality and Hostility in Britain, France, and Germany, 1680-1850

Université Bordeaux Montaigne, Bordeaux, France, 3-5 April 2024

‘The Most Perfect School of Christ’: Intellectual Relations between Geneva and Scotland in the 16th and 17th Centuries
‘The Most Perfect School of Christ’: Intellectual Relations between Geneva and Scotland in the 16th and 17th Centuries

University of Geneva, 3−4 November 2023.
The deadline for submissions is 31 May 2023.

Hegel and the Hegelian Tradition in Political Thought
Hegel and the Hegelian Tradition in Political Thought

Fri 7 - Sat 8 Jul 2023

Hegel is among the greatest polymaths of the modern era. However, the nature of his contribution to the humanities and social sciences has been systematically obscured since the Second World War. This conference is designed to highlight his significance as a political thinker in particular.

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Intellectual History Crossword Puzzle