Intellectual History Seminars
Candlemas Semester 2024
John Marshall (Johns Hopkins) - "Art, Artists, Aesthetics, Antiracism, Antislavery and AfroBritish Arguments 1787-1792"
Quobna Ottobah Cugoano's Thoughts and Sentiments on the Evil of Slavery (1787-1791) in context
Jesse Norman - "Ambition, revenge, truth, fiction: The Winding Stair”
The barely known story of the 30-year rivalry between Francis Bacon and Edward Coke is a fascinating case study in late-Elizabethan-Jacobean court politics. But it can also be a means by which to explore the limits of historical truth, and the uses of fiction.
The Perils of Biography - Adam Sisman in conversation with Richard Whatmore
Adam Sisman talks about the perils of biography and his new book The Secret Life of John Le Carré in conversation with Richard Whatmore
Béla Kapossy - “The Republican Restoration” (Lecture 3)
The Donald Winch Lectures in Intellectual History 2023
Béla Kapossy - “The Republican Restoration” (Lecture 2)
The Donald Winch Lectures in Intellectual History 2023
Alan Kahan - "Three Pillars and Four Fears: A History of Liberalisms"
St Katharine’s Lodge
Béla Kapossy - “The Republican Restoration” (Lecture 1)
The Donald Winch Lectures in Intellectual History 2023
To Begin the World Over Again: The Life of Thomas Paine
With discussion by Richard Whatmore after the live performance.
Elad Carmel - "Anticlerical legacies: what happened to English deism?"
St Katharine’s Lodge