Intellectual History Seminars

Candlemas Semester 2025

Melissa Lane (Princeton) - Masterclass
May
14

Melissa Lane (Princeton) - Masterclass

Professor Melissa Lane will give a masterclass on the subjects of the Winch Lectures at the Old Class Library, South Street.

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Symposium
Oct
4

Symposium

Richard Bourke (University of Cambridge) and the following commentators from St Andrews: Colin Kidd, James Harris, Ariane Fichtl, and Caroline Humfress – Donal Winch Memorial Symposium

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Events
Poppy Kershaw (St Andrews): "Seeing Like a State in F. W. Maitland"
Mar 25
Poppy Kershaw (St Andrews): "Seeing Like a State in F. W. Maitland"
Georgios Varouxakis (Queen Mary): "Five Myths About ‘the West’ and Why Intellectual History Matters"
Mar 11
Georgios Varouxakis (Queen Mary): "Five Myths About ‘the West’ and Why Intellectual History Matters"
Sarah Naramore (Edinburgh): "Can Medicine have a National Context?: Benjamin Rush’s Biological Revolution and its Legacy"
Mar 4
Sarah Naramore (Edinburgh): "Can Medicine have a National Context?: Benjamin Rush’s Biological Revolution and its Legacy"
Carl Wennerlind (Barnard/Columbia): "Capitalism: For and Against"
Feb 18
Carl Wennerlind (Barnard/Columbia): "Capitalism: For and Against"
Lasse Anderson (St Andrews): "Systematic Colonisation and Diminishing Returns: E. G. Wakefield in Context"
Feb 4
Lasse Anderson (St Andrews): "Systematic Colonisation and Diminishing Returns: E. G. Wakefield in Context"
Michael Frazer (Glasgow): "Max Weber's Defence of Scholarly Activism"
Jan 28
Michael Frazer (Glasgow): "Max Weber's Defence of Scholarly Activism"
Alison Bashford (Sydney) - “Depopulation and Repopulation: Settler Colonialism and Political Economy in the Early 19th Century” 
Nov 26
Alison Bashford (Sydney) - “Depopulation and Repopulation: Settler Colonialism and Political Economy in the Early 19th Century” 
Niall O’Flaherty (King’s College London) - “Malthus and the Global Turn”
Nov 19
Niall O’Flaherty (King’s College London) - “Malthus and the Global Turn”
Avi Lifschitz (Oxford) - “Holding the Monarch to Account: Frederick the Great’s Writings in the Public Sphere”
Oct 15
Avi Lifschitz (Oxford) - “Holding the Monarch to Account: Frederick the Great’s Writings in the Public Sphere”
Ramin Jahanbegloo (Toronto) - In discussion with Ali Ansari and Richard Whatmore
Oct 7
Ramin Jahanbegloo (Toronto) - In discussion with Ali Ansari and Richard Whatmore
Jesse Norman MP - A Discussion of ‘Hayek’s Bastards: The Neoliberal Roots of the Populist Right’ (by Quinn Slobodian), with James Harris and Richard Whatmore
Oct 1
Jesse Norman MP - A Discussion of ‘Hayek’s Bastards: The Neoliberal Roots of the Populist Right’ (by Quinn Slobodian), with James Harris and Richard Whatmore
Robert Frost (Aberdeen) - "Drawing in the Reins of Government: Justus Lipsius and Republican Monarchy in Poland-Lithuania"
Sep 17
Robert Frost (Aberdeen) - "Drawing in the Reins of Government: Justus Lipsius and Republican Monarchy in Poland-Lithuania"
Melissa Lane (Princeton) - Masterclass
May 14
Melissa Lane (Princeton) - Masterclass
Authors of the Laws: Rethinking Rousseau's Legislator through Ancient Lawgivers - Lecture 2
May 13
Authors of the Laws: Rethinking Rousseau's Legislator through Ancient Lawgivers - Lecture 2
Authors of the Laws: Rethinking Rousseau's Legislator through Ancient Lawgivers - Lecture 1
May 12
Authors of the Laws: Rethinking Rousseau's Legislator through Ancient Lawgivers - Lecture 1
‘Captive Knowledge. How Enemy Aliens Transformed the Western Canon in the Second World War’
Apr 23
‘Captive Knowledge. How Enemy Aliens Transformed the Western Canon in the Second World War’
‘Women’s International Thought in U.S. Public Culture: A Divided History’
Apr 9
‘Women’s International Thought in U.S. Public Culture: A Divided History’
‘Centrism from the French Revolution to Today’
Apr 2
‘Centrism from the French Revolution to Today’
Global Commons and the Law of the Sea: Towards an Archipelagic Nomos of the Earth
Mar 26
Global Commons and the Law of the Sea: Towards an Archipelagic Nomos of the Earth
‘The People and Constituent Power’
Mar 12
‘The People and Constituent Power’
‘Debating Enlightenment’
Feb 26
‘Debating Enlightenment’
‘Reconstructing early modern selfhood: the case of feminism’
Feb 19
‘Reconstructing early modern selfhood: the case of feminism’
‘What is a Classic in Historiography? Some Ideas in Historical and Global Perspective’
Jan 29
‘What is a Classic in Historiography? Some Ideas in Historical and Global Perspective’
Natural Law Theory in Cicero
Nov 20
Natural Law Theory in Cicero
Was there a Scottish National Style of Physical Science in the Nineteenth Century?
Nov 6
Was there a Scottish National Style of Physical Science in the Nineteenth Century?
Dugald Stewart in the 21st Century
Oct 25
Dugald Stewart in the 21st Century
Dugald Stewart in the 21st Century
Oct 24
Dugald Stewart in the 21st Century
The Holy Alliance: Liberalism and the Politics of Federation
Oct 18
The Holy Alliance: Liberalism and the Politics of Federation
Symposium
Oct 4
Symposium
“The Right Side of History” – Donald Winch Memorial Lecture 2024
Oct 3
“The Right Side of History” – Donald Winch Memorial Lecture 2024

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