If you're interested in early modern #philosophy and/or the history of #slavery and #abolition, you should consider attending this fabulous hybrid conference, organized by Aminah Hasan-Birdwell and Carrie Shanafelt! Schedule and registration links in first comment. #philsky #academicsky

Huaping Lu-Adler and I are organizing another Zoom talk series on Slavery in Early Modern Philosophy this semester! It's open to the public; please spread the word / consider attending. The schedule, registration info, and recordings of (most) past talks are linked below. #philsky #academicsky

Oxford University Press is currently offering a 30% discount on my anthology (and the other titles in the excellent Oxford New Histories of Philosophy series)! Quite a good deal. Just use the discount code AUFLY30 when ordering through the OUP website. #philsky #academicsky

Important update about the JHP Summer Seminar: advanced graduate students are also eligible to apply, as are recent PhDs working in early modern philosophy! Please spread the word. Application deadline: February 1st; more information: jhp.wisc.edu/summersemina... #philsky #earlymodern #academicsky

Recent philosophy PhDs: consider applying to the JHP Summer Seminar "Early Modern Debates about Slavery" (June 14–19 in Amherst, MA). Travel & housing will be paid up to $2,000. Applications due by Feb. 1. To apply, visit jhp.wisc.edu/summersemina... #philsky #academicsky #earlymodernphilosophy

My 2-volume anthology (Slavery in Early Modern Philosophy) is now available on Oxford Academic! Please ask your universities to purchase access. Vol. 1: academic.oup.com/book/61633; Vol. 2: academic.oup.com/book/61775. It should be available in print very soon as well. #philsky #slavery #earlymodern

Both volumes are now available for pre-order! If you're in North America, you should get the first volume in December, early enough to incorporate some texts into your Spring semester classes. The second should be available about a month later. global.oup.com/academic/pro... #philsky #slavery

Call for applications for the JHP Summer Seminar 2026 (for recent PhDs working on early modern philosophy). Please share widely! jhp.wisc.edu/summersemina... #philsky #slavery #earlymodern #philosophy

For students interested in Émilie du Châtelet and/or early modern philosophy and science: please consider participating in the 2025 Libori Summer School (a hybrid event)! historyofwomenphilosophers.org/libori-summe... #philsky #earlymodern #academicsky

The first volume of my anthology of early modern texts about slavery should come out later this year (paperback, hardcover, and e-book)! The cover image is by the amazing NYC artist Ivan Forde. Here's the table of contents: global.oup.com/academic/pro... #philsky #academicsky #slavery

Only a few days left to apply for the NEH Summer Institute "Slavery and Early Modern Philosophy" 😲 The deadline is March 5. If you're a faculty member or graduate student in the US, please consider applying, and please tell others who might be interested! #philsky #academicsky @nehgov.bsky.social

- Slavery and Early Modern Philosophy

Slavery and Early Modern Philosophy: An NEH Institute for Higher-Education Faculty June 16 – July 4, 2025 Georgetown University, Washington, DC This 3-week Institute explores philosophical debates abo...

slaveryandearlymodernphilosophy.georgetown.domains

Just signed contracts with OUP for a 2-volume anthology of early modern primary texts about #slavery! They will be titled “Slavery in Early Modern Philosophy 1500–1765: Essential Readings” and “Slavery in Early Modern Philosophy 1765–1800: Essential Readings.” #philsky #academicsky #earlymodern

I wrote an essay about 18th-century arguments for slavery-reparations, which is now available in Philosophers' Magazine. It focuses on arguments by Black antislavery activists in Massachusetts, so I'm glad it came out during Black History Month! #philsky #academicsky #blackhistory

Reparations for Slavery in the Eighteenth Century - The Philosophers' Magazine

Julia Jorati draws attention to arguments for reparations for slavery in the era of the American Revolution.

philosophersmag.com

Reminder for faculty and advanced grad students in the US: the deadline for the NEH Summer Institute #Slavery and Early Modern #Philosophy is March 5th! It’s a 3-week seminar at Georgetown University in DC; participants will get a stipend. Please share! #academicsky #philsky @nehgov.bsky.social

About the Institute - Slavery and Early Modern Philosophy

Information about the NEH Institute "Slavery and Early Modern Philosophy," held in summer 2025.

slaveryandearlymodernphilosophy.georgetown.domains

UMass Amherst is hiring an Associate Professor of public #history who works on #slavery! Please share, since this was posted a bit later than the typical job cycle. Fellowships for academics & artists are also available through the Slavery North Initiative. slaverynorth.com/news-events/ #academicsky

If you're a researcher or artist who engages with northern #slavery in your work, please consider applying for a fellowship at Slavery North, a new research initiative at UMass Amherst! They are also looking for an associate prof of public history and a director of outreach/curriculum #academicsky

For grad students in the history of #philosophy: I'm organizing a virtual reading group on #slavery in early modern philosophy. We'll meet once a week on Zoom for an hour to discuss about 20 pages of primary source material. Grad students only. Email jjorati@umass.edu for info. #philsky #academicsky

I’m excited that my article “The Effects of Slavery on Enslaved People and Eighteenth-Century Antislavery Arguments” is now available, open access, in an excellent JMPhil special issue: Imperialism, Racism, and #Slavery in the Modern Period (ed. John Harfouch and Julie Walsh). #philsky #academicsky

Another review of my book on slavery in eighteenth-century philosophy just came out (as far as I know, the third one). So far the reception has been encouraging, which is such a relief. It's always nerve-wracking to read reviews of one's work. #philsky #earlymodernphilosophy #slavery #academicsky

Slavery and Race: Philosophical Debates in the Eighteenth Century

Thanks to Julia Jorati, it is now harder to be a researcher or teacher of early modern philosophy and not know what early modern European philosophers t...

ndpr.nd.edu

Call for applications: NEH Summer Institute for US academics & advanced grad students. Topic: slavery & early modern philosophy. Location: Georgetown University, DC. Goal: equip participants to incorporate texts about slavery into their research & teaching. #academicsky #philsky @nehgov.bsky.social

About the Institute - Slavery and Early Modern Philosophy

Information about the NEH Institute "Slavery and Early Modern Philosophy," held in summer 2025.

slaveryandearlymodernphilosophy.georgetown.domains

For faculty and advanced grad students in the US: if you’re curious about philosophical discussions of slavery in early modern Europe & America, consider applying for this NEH Summer Institute, which I'm co-directing! #philosophy #philsky #earlymodernphilosophy #slavery #NEHgrant @nehgov.bsky.social

Slavery and Early Modern Philosophy

This 3-week Institute for higher education faculty, titled “Slavery and Early Modern Philosophy,” focuses on philosophical debates about slavery in Europe and North America in the seventeenth and eigh...

neh.gov

I was on the program committee and, if I may say so myself, there are lots of fantastic sessions (not just the ones that I organized). Register this week to get the early-bird rate!

American Philosophical Association@apaphilosophy.bsky.social · 2y ago

There is less than one week left to register for #APAEastern25 at the early bird rates! The early bird deadline is December 15. Don’t wait—register now! www.apaonline.org/mpage/2025ea...

What a tremendous loss for the field of history of philosophy! I only met Martha a few times but have learned a lot from her work.

Martha Bolton (1943-2024) - Daily Nous

Martha Bolton, professor emerita of philosophy at Rutgers University, died this past October. (The following memorial notice was provided by Dean Zimmerman.) Martha Bolton (1943-2024) Professor Martha...

dailynous.com

Here's another fellowship opportunity at Slavery North--this time for an artist in residence! #art #slavery #academicsky

Fellowship Opportunity: Artist-in-Residence 2025-26 - Slavery North

Applications are now open for the Artist-in-Residence Fellowship at Slavery North for 2025-26 academic year. Artist-In-Residence/Research Fellow Apply now Job no: 525785 Work type: Senior/Research Fel...

slaverynorth.com

If you're a professor working on slavery in Canada or the US North, please consider applying for this fellowship at UMass Amherst! I'm currently a fellow at this initiative and it's been wonderful. #slavery #academicsky

Fellowship Opportunity: Visiting Research Professor 2025-26 - Slavery North

Applications are now open for the Visiting (Open Rank) Research Professor Fellowship at Slavery North for 2025-26 academic year. Visiting (Open Rank) Research Professor APPLY NOW Job no: 525795 Work t...

slaverynorth.com

Hey #philsky, I'm organizing an APA Live event on how to chair inclusive and constructive conference sessions. It will be held virtually on January 31, 1pm ET. You have to be an APA member to attend (but if you're in philosophy, you should be a member anyway!) @apaphilosophy.bsky.social #philosophy

American Philosophical Association

The panelists for this event are as follows:

apaonline.org

The Sanders Prize in Early Modern Philosophy goes to…

Lavender Wins Sanders Early Modern Prize - Daily Nous

The Marc Sanders Foundation has awarded its Prize in the History of Early Modern Philosophy to Jordan Lavender (Purdue; soon to be Texas A&M). – The Sanders Prize in the History of Early Modern Philos...

dailynous.com

The winner of the Journal of the History of Philosophy's Book Prize is...

Lane Wins JHP Book Prize - Daily Nous

The Journal of the History of Philosophy (JHP) has awarded its 2024 book prize to Melissa Lane (Princeton) for her book, Of Rule and Office: Plato’s Ideas of the Political (Princeton University Press,...

dailynous.com

This is a very good idea...

Improving Philosophy’s Future Prospects with a Model for Bringing it to High Schools - Daily Nous

If more people were exposed to philosophy in high school, that would likely be good for those students and good for their schools—and good for academic philosophy, too, as one risk to philosophy at th...

dailynous.com

For scholars of early modern philosophy: the Leibniz Society of North America just posted its call for abstracts for the next LSNA conference, which will be held in California in October 2025! Please share widely. #philosophy #Leibniz #earlymodernphilosophy #philsky

Conferences

2025/26: The Nineteenth Annual Conference of the Leibniz Society of North America will be held at the University of California, Riverside, October 17–October 19, 2025. Papers on any aspect of Leibn…

leibnizsociety.org