It's time to send out your applications for this year's Concepta summer schools! Deadlines: 1/ 🇲🇽 Mexico City: 'The Borders of Democracy': 27 April 2/ 🇫🇮 Helsinki: 'Introduction to Conceptual History': 30 April 3/ 🇵🇱 Warsaw, 'Asynchronous Histories': 31 May www.uni-bielefeld.de/fakultaeten/...

CONCEPTA Network - Universität Bielefeld

Concepta is an academic network that offers introductory-level summer courses as well as advanced research seminars which bring together doctoral students, early-career scholars and leading specialist...

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A great course for PhD students interested in conceptual history and method! The Helsinki Summer School on the History of Concepts was one of the best things I did as a PhD student...great memories, mentors and friends. More info below

Rieke Trimcev@trimcev.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Helsinki is calling! Join the 20th anniversary edition of the Summer School on the History of Concepts, hosted by @janimarjanen.bsky.social and @johanstrang.bsky.social for ten full days from August 17 to 28: www.helsinki.fi/en/researchg...

My fantastic colleagues Gabriel Entin and Francisco Quijano are hosting the 9th Concepta Summer School in Mexico City this year. If you’re a graduate student working in the field of intellectual or conceptual history and you speak Spanish, this could be the perfect place to spend your summer!

📣 The Figure of the Politician in Modern & Contemporary Europe from @berghahnbooks.bsky.social, edited by Pasi Ihalainen, @rosariolopez.bsky.social, Kari Palonen, & Henk te Velde, launches online on 6 February 👇 #AcademicSky #Skystorians #HistParl #BookSky

Online APH book launch - 'The Figure of the Politician in Modern and Contemporary Europe' (Berghahn Books) - BOOK LAUNCH - RHS

You are warmly invited to join the online book launch webinar celebrating the publication of The Figure of the Politician in Modern and Contemporary Europe (Berghahn Books). About the Book Although po...

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Berghahn Books@berghahnbooks.bsky.social · 8mo ago

The Figure of the Politician in Modern and Contemporary Europe, edited by Pasi Ihalainen, Rosario López @rosariolopez.bsky.social, Kari Palonen, and Henk te Velde has now been published! Find out more here: bit.ly/49BK15x Review by @pseaward.bsky.social #History #PeaceStudies #ConflictStudies

The Figure of the Politician in Modern and Contemporary Europe, edited by Pasi Ihalainen, Rosario López @rosariolopez.bsky.social, Kari Palonen, and Henk te Velde has now been published! Find out more here: bit.ly/49BK15x Review by @pseaward.bsky.social #History #PeaceStudies #ConflictStudies

1/6 Another highlight for our 10th anniversary. @brucealexb.bsky.social (Griffith University) who wrote "Travels in Space and Time: Progress, War, and the Historical Mobilities of Scotland’s Enlightenment" with us in 2022 (print 2023). We asked him about this work and its future. His response:

A few more days to apply!

Rosario López@rosariolopez.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Join us to rethink the transformations and afterlives of ideas! #CfP

Join us to rethink the transformations and afterlives of ideas! #CfP

Elad Carmel@eladcarmel.bsky.social · last yr.

✨CfP✨ Reading the Readers: Theories, Methods, and Futures in Reception Studies 12–13 February 2026, University of Málaga Please share widely and submit proposals by 22 September 2025 @rosariolopez.bsky.social

Thanks to @rosariolopez.bsky.social for organising this forum on The Problems of Genocide—and to the commentators.

Global Intellectual History@global-ih.bsky.social · 12mo ago

1/8 A look into another special issue, a book forum on "The Problems of Genocide: Permanent Security and the Language of Transgression" (@universitypress.cambridge.org, 2021) by @dirkmoses.bsky.social & his reply, guest edited by @rosariolopez.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/toc/rgih20/1...

1/8 A look into another special issue, a book forum on "The Problems of Genocide: Permanent Security and the Language of Transgression" (@universitypress.cambridge.org, 2021) by @dirkmoses.bsky.social & his reply, guest edited by @rosariolopez.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/toc/rgih20/1...

1/5 Our latest monthly highlight! Stefanie Gänger (@uniheidelberg.bsky.social) reflects on the various questions grappled with in her work since her "Towards a History of Knowledge for Spanish America", a review article of Nicola Miller's "Republics of Knowledge". Here is what she had to say:

"I have always wanted not merely to survey such battlefields but to join the battle myself": This conversation between Quentin Skinner and @tomaashby.bsky.social is full of insights, and I'm thrilled that it has been published @global-ih.bsky.social. Enjoy! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Tom Ashbyトム アシュビー@tomaashby.bsky.social · last yr.

After months of back-and-forth drafting, & over 10,000 words of dialogue, I am delighted that this discussion article co-authored with Quentin Skinner (@qmul.bsky.social) is now published @global-ih.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10....

1/2 Out now! "Independence, Globality, and the Battle of Ideas: A Dialogue on Liberty" by Quentin Skinner (@qmul.bsky.social) & @tomaashby.bsky.social (@utokyoofficial.bsky.social), a wide-ranging, scholarly, & full-length discussion article - the first at GIH! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

How have politicians been imagined, criticised or idealised across modern European history? We tackled this question in The Figure of the Politician in Modern and Contemporary Europe. Finally materialising, out December 2025! @berghahnbooks.bsky.social www.berghahnbooks.com/title/Ihalai...

The Figure of the Politician in Modern and Contemporary Europe | Berghahn Books

Independent Publishing since 1994

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The @standrewsiih.bsky.social has launched a fantastic new podcast! It's called Roots and Branches and the first episode with Richard Whatmore is already out! podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/1...

#1 Richard Whatmore, can Intellectual History save liberty?

Podcast Episode · Roots and Branches · 01/07/2025 · 1 sec

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A wonderful conversation about populism and its rhetorical dimension! Malin Grahn-Wilder in conversation with Tomás Pacheco-Bethencourt at the @univmalaga.bsky.social Botanical Garden. @ortproject.bsky.social @koneensaatio.fi

Origins of Racializing Thought@ortproject.bsky.social · last yr.

Who are 'the people' in populist rhetoric? Dr. Tomás Pacheco-Bethencourt (Univ. of Málaga) provides a topical analysis of populism in history and today in the latest episode of our critical conversation series 'Race and Gender through History'. @koneensaatio.fi www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJYq...

1/6 Another highlight for our anniversary! Lena Halldenius (@lund-university.bsky.social) offers a reflection on her widely read review article examining "Not Enough: Human Rights in an Unequal World" by @samuelmoyn.bsky.social.

Wonderful to see @global-ih.bsky.social articles growing into full projects. Congratulations @hildedw.bsky.social !

Global Intellectual History@global-ih.bsky.social · last yr.

1/6 For our next highlight we hear from @hildedw.bsky.social (KU Leuven) who wrote "Modelling Tang Emperor Taizong and Chinese Governance in the Eighteenth-Century German Speaking World" with us in 2023 (online 2022). We asked her about this research & its future. Here is her response:

Our special issue "Biography and Secularism" is now out with Secular Studies! It is edited by Jeffrey Tyssens and me, departs from a workshop I hosted last year on biography and the history of atheism, secularism, and humanism, and includes 1+7 articles. Summary 👇 brill.com/view/journal... 1/9

Just returned from an inspiring and productive conference. So many rich conversations about the future of the global! Thank you @nsultan.bsky.social @shoufuyin.bsky.social. And here's a glimpse of beautiful Vancouver in the spring

Rosario López@rosariolopez.bsky.social · last yr.

Excited to be heading to UBC for the Symposium "Ideas of the Global in the Anticolonial Age"! globalhistoryanticolonialthought.ubc.ca/events/ideas...

Excited to be heading to UBC for the Symposium "Ideas of the Global in the Anticolonial Age"! globalhistoryanticolonialthought.ubc.ca/events/ideas...

We keep celebrating our 10th anniversary by asking our authors to reflect on their research and the field. Thank you, Dag Herbjørnsrud for your insights! @global-ih.bsky.social

Global Intellectual History@global-ih.bsky.social · last yr.

1/6 For our March highlight we hear from Dag Herbjørnsrud (SGOKI, Oslo) who wrote "Beyond decolonizing: global intellectual history and reconstruction of a comparative method" with us in 2021 (online 2019). We asked him about this work & the future. Here, his response:

How do colonial pasts shape racism today? Check out Marta Araujo's interview @martaraujo.bsky.social from our seminar "Acting Democratically: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives on the Politics of Exclusion" hosted in Málaga last Feb @ortproject.bsky.social @koneensaatio.fi shorturl.at/mVLIM

Colonial Histories and Contemporary Racism: An Interview with Marta Araújo - Koneen Säätiö

Prof. Malin Grahn-Wilder interviewed Prof. Marta Araújo about addressing colonialism and enslavement in history education, ethno-racial discrimination, and Islamophobia.

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1-2-3-DEMOCRACY! The seminar 'Acting Democratically: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives on the Politics of the Exclusion' included two days of insightful presentations and inspiring discussions. Thank you again for all participants! Let the good work continue! Photo: @houmanauriell.bsky.social

Johannes Sartou's (Aarhus University @au.dk) paper “Our Common Mother: Socialists, Anarchists, and ‘the People of the Revolution’” advocated for a more democratic understanding of history that recognizes the complexities of class, race, and gender. Photo: @houmanauriell.bsky.social

Susanna Jussila (Univ. of Jyväskylä) explored the relationship between democracy and somatic knowledge / practices in her presentation “From Embodying Social Justice to Embodying Democracy – Lessons Learnt from Social Movements”. @uniofjyvaskyla.bsky.social Photo: @houmanauriell.bsky.social

Arthur Ghins' (Université Libre de Bruxelles) presentation "‘Liberal Democracy’ versus ‘Colonial Caesarism’" explored how the invention of “liberal democracy” in France was closely linked to an advocacy for settler colonialism. @arthurghins.bsky.social Photo: @houmanauriell.bsky.social

Joel-Anthoney Bossous' (Duke University) presentation “In the Power of the Tongue: Necropower, Knowledge & Liberty” explored power and the extremely topical concept of epistemic injustice. With @koneensaatio.fi @uniofjyvaskyla.bsky.social @rosariolopez.bsky.social Photo: @houmanauriell.bsky.social

What today could be more topical than analysing democracy against Caesarism? Alexander Jordan (Metropolitan University of Prague) provided a historical perspective in his talk “Exclusion of Elites or Exclusion of the Masses? Or, was Thomas Carlyle a Caesarist?”. Photo: @houmanauriell.bsky.social

Senior lecturer Martina Reuter's (Origins of Racializing Thought -project, @koneensaatio.fi @uniofjyvaskyla.bsky.social) presentation scrutinized debates over the citizenship of Jews in Finland, focusing on newspaper articles from 1872 and 1882. Photo: @houmanauriell.bsky.social