Contemporary Political Theory

Protective Falsehoods

Maxime Lepoutre (University of Reading).

Webb Library, West Court, Jesus College.

Friday 06 October 2023, 13:00-14:30

Political Thought and Intellectual History

Roundtable on Capitalism: The Story Behind the Word

Michael Sonenscher (King’s College, University of Cambridge).

Main Lecture Theatre, Old Divinity School, St John’s College.

Monday 09 October 2023, 17:00-18:30

History of Modern Medicine and Biology

The campaign against leprosy in contemporary China

Dong Guoqiang (Fudan University).

Seminar Room 1, Department of History and Philosophy of Science.

Tuesday 10 October 2023, 17:00-18:30

Centre of Governance and Human Rights Events

CGHR Student Group 2023-24: Pilot Meeting

CGHR Co-Director Dr Sharath Srinivasan.

Atrium, Alison Richard Building .

Wednesday 11 October 2023, 12:30-13:30

Political Thought and Intellectual History

What did Simón Bolívar Owe to Charles V?

Edward Jones Corredera (Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law, Heidelberg).

Main Lecture Theatre, Old Divinity School, St John’s College.

Monday 16 October 2023, 17:00-18:30

Departmental Seminars in History and Philosophy of Science

Photography and the art of science in nineteenth-century India

David Arnold (University of Warwick).

Arts School Lecture Theatre A.

Thursday 19 October 2023, 15:30-17:00

Contemporary Political Theory

Futures of Critique in International Political Theory

Kimberley Hutchings (Queen Mary University of London).

Webb Library, Jesus College.

Friday 20 October 2023, 13:00-14:30

Political Thought and Intellectual History

John Locke and Slavery

Mark Goldie (Churchill College, University of Cambridge).

Main Lecture Theatre, Old Divinity School, St John’s College.

Monday 23 October 2023, 17:00-18:30

Generation to Reproduction Seminars

Baby Blues and BBC Television: Postpartum psychosis narratives, stigma and support in 1970s Britain

Fabiola Creed (University of Warwick).

Seminar Room 1, Department of History and Philosophy of Science.

Tuesday 24 October 2023, 17:00-18:30

Departmental Seminars in History and Philosophy of Science

Lineages as evolving processes

John Dupré (University of Exeter).

Arts School Lecture Theatre A.

Thursday 26 October 2023, 15:30-17:00

Political Thought and Intellectual History

Technology, Environment, and Crisis: “Catastrophic Technology” and the Environmental Movement

Caroline Ashcroft (Queen Mary University of London).

Main Lecture Theatre, Old Divinity School, St John’s College.

Monday 30 October 2023, 17:00-18:30

Departmental Seminars in History and Philosophy of Science

If technology was the answer, what was the question? Digitisation and digital engagement with scientific collections

McConnell Lecture

Catherine Eagleton (University of St Andrews).

Arts School Lecture Theatre A.

Thursday 02 November 2023, 15:30-17:00

Contemporary Political Theory

Freedom, Spontaneity, and the Value of our Encounters

Emily McTernan (UCL).

Webb Library, Jesus College.

Friday 03 November 2023, 13:00-14:30

Political Thought and Intellectual History

Hobbes on People and Multitude: Context and Argument

James Harris (University of St Andrews).

Main Lecture Theatre, Old Divinity School, St John’s College.

Monday 06 November 2023, 17:00-18:30

History of Modern Medicine and Biology

Towards a social(ist) model of disability? Exploring the Soviet roots of twentieth-century disability politics

Claire Shaw (University of Warwick).

Seminar Room 1, Department of History and Philosophy of Science.

Tuesday 07 November 2023, 17:00-18:30

Departmental Seminars in History and Philosophy of Science

Where inattention pays

Jingyi Wu (London School of Economics).

Arts School Lecture Theatre A.

Thursday 09 November 2023, 15:30-17:00

Political Thought and Intellectual History

An Angry Warning: Pareto and Elite Circulation

Natasha Piano (University of California, Los Angeles).

Main Lecture Theatre, Old Divinity School, St John’s College.

Monday 13 November 2023, 17:00-18:30

Departmental Seminars in History and Philosophy of Science

Lifecycle of a constant: e

Alistair Isaac (University of Edinburgh).

Arts School Lecture Theatre A.

Thursday 16 November 2023, 15:30-17:00

Contemporary Political Theory

A Taxonomy of Injustice

Duncan Ivison (University of Sydney).

Bawden Room, Jesus College.

Friday 17 November 2023, 13:00-14:30

Political Thought and Intellectual History

Loving and Killing Children: Jeremy Bentham on Adult-Child Sex, Infanticide, and Abortion

Philip Schofield (University College London).

Main Lecture Theatre, Old Divinity School, St John’s College.

Monday 20 November 2023, 17:00-18:30

History of Modern Medicine and Biology

Plague and plantations: science, extraction, and global connections in Mauritius, 1899–1933

Jules Skotnes-Brown (University of St Andrews).

Seminar Room 1, Department of History and Philosophy of Science.

Tuesday 21 November 2023, 17:00-18:30

Departmental Seminars in History and Philosophy of Science

The dream of orderly development: selling the importance of science in Arctic North America after 1945

Peder Roberts (University of Stavanger).

Arts School Lecture Theatre A.

Thursday 23 November 2023, 15:30-17:00

Political Thought and Intellectual History

Luis de Molina (1535–1600) and Atlantic Slavery

Daniel Allemann (University of Lucerne).

Main Lecture Theatre, Old Divinity School, St John’s College.

Monday 27 November 2023, 17:00-18:30

Political Thought and Intellectual History

Roundtable on Hegel's World Revolutions

Richard Bourke (King’s College, University of Cambridge).

Main Lecture Theatre, Old Divinity School, St John’s College.

Monday 22 January 2024, 17:00-18:30

Political Thought and Intellectual History

The Pre-History of British Gramscianism. A Transnational Perspective

Marzia Maccaferri (Queen Mary University of London).

Main Lecture Theatre, Old Divinity School, St John’s College.

Monday 29 January 2024, 17:00-18:30

Political Thought and Intellectual History

Title to be confirmed

Teresa Bejan (Oriel College, University of Oxford).

Main Lecture Theatre, Old Divinity School, St John’s College.

Monday 05 February 2024, 17:00-18:30

Political Thought and Intellectual History

Title to be confirmed

Nicola Miller (University College London).

Main Lecture Theatre, Old Divinity School, St John’s College.

Monday 12 February 2024, 17:00-18:30

Political Thought and Intellectual History

Title to be confirmed

Magnus Ryan (Peterhouse, University of Cambridge).

Main Lecture Theatre, Old Divinity School, St John’s College.

Monday 19 February 2024, 17:00-18:30

Political Thought and Intellectual History

Title to be confirmed

Lucia Rubinelli (Yale University).

Main Lecture Theatre, Old Divinity School, St John’s College.

Monday 26 February 2024, 17:00-18:30

Political Thought and Intellectual History

Title to be confirmed

Avi Lifschitz (Magdalene College, University of Oxford).

Main Lecture Theatre, Old Divinity School, St John’s College.

Monday 04 March 2024, 17:00-18:30

Political Thought and Intellectual History

Title to be confirmed

Zsófia Lóránd (University of Vienna).

Main Lecture Theatre, Old Divinity School, St John’s College.

Monday 11 March 2024, 17:00-18:30

Political Thought and Intellectual History

Title to be confirmed

Valentina Arena (University College London).

Main Lecture Theatre, Old Divinity School, St John’s College.

Monday 29 April 2024, 17:00-18:30

Political Thought and Intellectual History

Title to be confirmed

Patchen Markell (Cornell University).

Main Lecture Theatre, Old Divinity School, St John’s College.

Monday 06 May 2024, 17:00-18:30

Political Thought and Intellectual History

Title to be confirmed

Daniela Cammack (University of California, Berkeley).

Main Lecture Theatre, Old Divinity School, St John’s College.

Monday 13 May 2024, 17:00-18:30

Political Thought and Intellectual History

Title to be confirmed

Céline Spector (Sorbonne Université).

Main Lecture Theatre, Old Divinity School, St John’s College.

Monday 20 May 2024, 17:00-18:30