Submissions are open for the 2026 Charles Schmitt Prize, recognizing outstanding essays in intellectual history by doctoral students and recent PhDs. Deadline: 15 November 2026. is-ih.com/news/charles...

Call for candidatures: 2026 ISIH Constance Blackwell Prize (£500), for the best first monograph in intellectual history published in 2024 or 2025. Self-nominations welcome. Deadline: 31 Aug 2026. is-ih.com/news/call-fo...

Latest session of ISIH's Early Career History of Scholarship Workshop: Marcello Cattaneo on “Harmony and its discontents: Universal grammar, Hebraism, and confessional politics…” 4 pm GMT, June 18. Email Abigail Hayton at ahayton[here]http://nd.edu to join the talk!

3 postdoctoral positions open at the University of Turin within the HumanLaw ERC project — spanning Neo-Latin Philology, Digital Humanities & Legal History. 3-year contracts, starting Oct 2026. Apply by May 27! is-ih.com/news/cfa-thr...

ISIH's Early Career History of Scholarship Works in Progress Workshop 30 April | Virtual Jarrik Van Der Biest (KU Leuven) presents: “Descartes and the First Jansenist” Info + join: is-ih.com/early-career...

We’re delighted to announce the inaugural Gaukroger Lecture in Intellectual History, delivered by Prof. Sorana Corneanu. A fitting tribute to Stephen Gaukroger’s legacy and a major new moment for the field. Join us for this exciting event! 🔗 is-ih.com/the-inaugura...

Ross Moncrieff wins the 2025 Charles Schmitt Prize t.co/YRWVuggRTq

Still two weeks to apply to ISIH 2026 Conference "Order and Disorder in Global Intellectual History." The conference will take place at Sabancı University (Istanbul), 18–20 Sept 2026. Bursaries available to early career scholars! For more info, is-ih.com/isih-confere...

Bursaries and fee waivers are available for PhD candidates and early career scholars attending ISIH Conference 2026. The History of Economics Society offers additional travel grants for papers on the history of economics. Apply by 15 February 2026 with a statement of need!

📢 Call for Papers – ISIH 2026: Order and Disorder in Global Intellectual History Sabancı University, 18–20 Sept 2026 🗓️ Submit your abstract by 15 Feb 2026! 👉 is-ih.com/isih-confere...

We are deeply saddened by the passing of Letizia Panizza (†20 June), founding member of ISIH and renowned scholar of Italian Renaissance thought. Her legacy—on Stoicism, libertinism, and women’s intellectual culture—lives on in the 2025 Festschrift in her honour.

I had a great time presenting and discussing my paper on Marx's early conceptualizations of the human being alongside brilliant colleagues at ISIH 2025: "Women, Men, and other Animals" last week in Århus. @isih-blueskye.bsky.social

@madslang.bsky.social presenting on "Proverbs, palavers and protests: political thought on the pre- colonial Gold Coast" at ISIH 2025: “Women, Men, and other Animals” in Aarhus @isih-blueskye.bsky.social

Had a wonderful time at the @isih-blueskye.bsky.social annual conference @au.dk! Thanks to all who attended my panel for the stimulating questions and to the organizers for your hospitality!

Brilliant presentation about women writing histories of women in the Age of Revolutions by @nicolaivoneggers.bsky.social at ISIH 2025: Women, Men, and other Animals in Aarhus @isih-blueskye.bsky.social

Fascinating presentation about “Bee-keeping, plant breeding, and early 18th C flower ecology” by @cberiksen.bsky.social at ISIH 2025: “Women, Men, and other Animals” in Aarhus. @isih-blueskye.bsky.social

Opening up the session 1 of the @isih-blueskye.bsky.social conference 2025 in sunny Aarhus ☀️ 🇩🇰 with Kaarlo Havu (@helsinki.fi) moderated by Casper Andersen (@au.dk)

Just 11 days to go until ISIH 2025 in Aarhus: “Women, Men, and Other Animals”! 🐾 Explore the program and register by June 1! Info on registration & fees here: 👉 is-ih.com/isih-2025-wo...

ISIH invites submissions for the 2025 Charles Schmitt Prize, honoring Charles B. Schmitt’s (1933–1986) contribution to intellectual history. The prize is awarded to outstanding articles by early-career scholars. 📅 Deadline: September 12, 2025 More info: is-ih.com/news/charles...

Call for applications: Princeton-Bucharest-Nuremberg Seminar in Early Modern Philosophy: "The losers of the Scientific Revolution" Technical University Nuremberg (UTN), Department of Liberal Arts and Sciences Nuremberg, 30 June-July 5, 2025 is-ih.com/news/call-fo...

Call for Papers: How Women Shaped the Nordic Enlightenment 📍 University of Copenhagen 📅 June 18–20, 2025 The organizers invite papers on women’s contributions to the Nordic Enlightenment. Travel & accommodation covered! More info: is-ih.com/news/call-fo...

📢 Call for Papers 📢 States and Spaces in the History of Political Thought 📍16th London Graduate Conference in the History of Political Thought 📅 June 19-20, 2025 | LSE, London 📝 Submission deadline: March 2025 Infos: historyofpoliticalthoughtblog.wordpress.com/call-for-pap...

⏳ Last chance to apply! ⏳ The ISIH Annual Conference 2025, "Women, Men, and Other Animals", will be held at Aarhus University from June 11-13, 2025. More information here: is-ih.com/isih-2025-wo...

ISIH is offering up to 3 bursaries for Early Career Researchers to assist them with the expenses involved in attending the 52nd Annual Meeting of the History of Economics Society (Richmond, VA, June 28-30 2025) 👉 For more information, click on this link: is-ih.com/news/isih-bu...

🚨 Two days to the deadline!🚨 The Call for Papers and Symposia for the ISIH 2025 Conference has been postponed to February 1! 🗓️ Theme: Women, Men, and Other Animals 📍 Where: Aarhus University 📆 When: 11–13 June 2025 👉 More info & submissions: is-ih.com/isih-2025-wo...

📖 Tomorrow I'll be speaking about the inclusion of women philosophers and artists in the canon of political thought at the online seminar series "Women in Intellectual History" organised by the @isih-blueskye.bsky.social ⌛2-4pm BST/GMT 📌Sign up here: forms.office.com/e/c1vecwHxjS

🚨 Deadline Extended! 🚨 The Call for Papers and Symposia for the ISIH 2025 Conference has been postponed to February 1! 🗓️ Theme: Women, Men, and Other Animals 📍 Where: Aarhus University 📆 When: 11–13 June 2025 👉 More info & submissions: is-ih.com/isih-2025-wo...

🚨 Deadline Extended! 🚨 The Call for Papers and Symposia for the ISIH 2025 Conference has been postponed to February 1! 🗓️ Theme: Women, Men, and Other Animals 📍 Where: Aarhus University 📆 When: 11–13 June 2025 👉 More info & submissions: is-ih.com/isih-2025-wo...

I was the runner-up of this year's Charles Schmitt Prize by @isih-blueskye.bsky.social Now that the paper is online; it really makes sense to share it! Free speech, the making of libertarianism, books, tender intergenerational friendships and more. Please share👇 www.tandfonline.com/eprint/BYEDM...

“You are a bad boy to keep sending me pretty books”: Harold Laski, Justice Holmes, and the origins of free speech as a “marketplace of ideas”

In his dissent in the Abrams case (November 1919), U.S. Supreme Court Justice Oliver W. Holmes coined the metaphor of a “free trade in ideas” to justify stronger free speech guarantees. This episte...

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Sign up for the International Society for Intellectual History conference in June, "Men, Women, and Other Animals". 👇 Honoured to give one of the keynotes alongside @shrutikapila.bsky.social and Gianna Pomata... @isih-blueskye.bsky.social