Historian @OxfordHistory, @MagdalenOxford, @VoltaireOxford & @OxfordCIH. Hovering between the 18th century and the 21st. Tweeting in personal capacity.
Oxford, Berlin, London.
Joined March 2014
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Materialist New York? Stéphane Van Damme (@MFOxford) talks on French Enlightenment ideas in the early American republic: Wednesday 11 Nov, 5pm @magdalenoxford at the Enlightenment Workshop seminar. voltaire.ox.ac.uk/event/enli…
Corrected proofs sent to the press. Forthcoming in March 2027! press.princeton.edu/books/ha…
Many thanks to @MonicaBoluferP and all participants for the fascinating papers and discussions!
Today concludes this most productive and enjoyable workshop on "Decentring the Enlightening". Many thanks to Avi Livschitz @Diderotesque and Anita Traninger for their invitation, an opportunity for discussion and for meeting old friends and making others.
Three-year postdocs at Magdalen College, Oxford, for early-career researchers and shorter visiting fellowships for senior academics: find out all about them via the link below, and apply to become our colleagues! magd.ox.ac.uk/job-vacancies/
Why and how 18th-century prize competitions may have anticipated blind peer review: liverpooluniversitypress.blo…
Rousseau‘s Social Contract may well have had Civil Society as its title, not to mention a host of alternative subtitles… #manuscritdeGenève @BibliothquedeG1
Bring back the public prize contests? In the book, we suggest that to an extent, they were forerunners of modern peer-review procedures.
I'm judging an essay prize for 18yos based on the (now defunct) single-word element of the All Souls prize fellowship exam. I set the word 'Friendship'. The quality of the entries is fantastic.
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An excellent book indeed by the co-editor of the new collection. We refer often to the French contests.
There is also another pertinent book on the topic concerning French academies - and luckily available for download:
harrassowitz-verlag.de/title…
Why was the 18th century the heyday of prize contests on virtually everything? Many answers in this new book, now available with a discount from @LivUniPress:
mailchi.mp/e854e1290516/essa…
TODAY, 5pm @magdalenoxford. All welcome!
What linked the first partition of Poland and American independence? David Armitage (@davidrarmitage) explores the question at the George Rousseau Lecture, 13 May, 5pm @magdalenoxford. Free admission, but book your tickets here: ticketsource.com/magdalen-co…
What linked the first partition of Poland and American independence? David Armitage (@davidrarmitage) explores the question at the George Rousseau Lecture, 13 May, 5pm @magdalenoxford. Free admission, but book your tickets here: ticketsource.com/magdalen-co…
Can the common people be enlightened? How should cultural elites and political leaders embark on the task? A new article on the 18thC debate, re-assessing Gadamer's claim that the Enlightenment harboured a “prejudice against all prejudices.” doi.org/10.1017/S14792443261…
Many congrats, Ross! 👏
Delighted to have been awarded the Charles Schmitt prize for my essay on ancient Chinese history and its conflict with biblical chronology in early modern England. Many thanks to @ISIHtweets !
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📣 Calling all experts on 18th-century Britain! Apply for this fantastic job by 15 Feb. 📣
jobs.ac.uk/job/DQE665/associ…
Congrats to Ingrid Schreiber, a recent DPhil @OxfordHistory @wadhamoxford, on the publication of her fascinating article in the august @JHIdeas, re-examining recent attempts to view Kant as a social (or proto-sociological) thinker. doi.org/10.1353/jhi.2025.a96…
Carlo Ginzburg in Oxford! 'On mechanical traces: reflecting on connoisseurship, once again.' Annual Isaiah Berlin and Oxford Centre for European History Lecture, Tue 20 May, 5pm @TAYOxford. oceh.history.ox.ac.uk/event/…
The writings of a (self-styled) philosopher-king for only £11/$14! Order at the @PrincetonUPress sale by the end of May: press.princeton.edu/books/pa…
TODAY, 5pm. We look forward to seeing you @magdalenoxford!
What happens when a person who rejects all rules becomes the ruler? Barbara Stollberg-Rilinger (@wiko_berlin) discusses the logic of autocracy in the case of Frederick William I: Wednesday 30 April, 5pm @magdalenoxford. Free registration here: ticketsource.co.uk/magdalen-…
This Wednesday! All welcome.
What happens when a person who rejects all rules becomes the ruler? Barbara Stollberg-Rilinger (@wiko_berlin) discusses the logic of autocracy in the case of Frederick William I: Wednesday 30 April, 5pm @magdalenoxford. Free registration here: ticketsource.co.uk/magdalen-…
What happens when a person who rejects all rules becomes the ruler? Barbara Stollberg-Rilinger (@wiko_berlin) discusses the logic of autocracy in the case of Frederick William I: Wednesday 30 April, 5pm @magdalenoxford. Free registration here: ticketsource.co.uk/magdalen-…
Also, don't miss Barbara Stollberg-Rilinger's research discussion with graduate students and early career researchers. Wednesday 30 April, 11:00 @magdalenoxford, sponsored by @OxEuroHist: oceh.web.ox.ac.uk/event/rese…
