Julia Jorati

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- 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...

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

I actually prefer indexing my books myself, sorry

... and I'm thrilled that they will be in the excellent series Oxford New Histories of Philosophy, edited by Christia Mercer and Melvin Rogers

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

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.

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

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

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

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Here's the listing for a job as director of curriculum and outreach at the UMass Amherst Slavery North Initiative: slaverynorth.com/job/curricul...

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...

Here's the listing for the Artist-in-Residence fellowship at the UMass Amherst Slavery North Initiative: slaverynorth.com/job/fellowsh...

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...

Here's the listing for the visiting research professor fellowship at UMass Amherst's Slavery North Initiative: slaverynorth.com/job/fellowsh...

Job Opportunity: Associate Professor (tenured) Public History / Associate Director of Slavery North Initiative - Slavery North Slavery North is pleased to announce the search an Associate Director of Slavery Initiative. This position will be appointed as an Associate Professor (tenured) of Public History in the Department of ...

Here's the listing for the UMass Amherst associate professor position in public history: slaverynorth.com/job/job-asso...

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

and here's the entire special issue, with lots of fabulous papers: jmphil.org/issue/318/in...

here's the abstract:

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

Yes, unfortunately I had to omit several important authors; Smith ended up being less central to my project than many others, for various reasons, mainly because I focus on the role of race in debates about slavery (and chose not to discuss debates over the profitability of slavery)

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...

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

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

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.

Participants of the NEH Institute "Slavery and Early Modern Philosophy" will receive a stipend of $2,850 to defray housing and transportation costs. More information is here:

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...

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

Does that mean they might transfer the manuscript to another journal along with the referee reports? Interesting. Not sure what to think about that possibility—might be good in some cases but not in others

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!

Does anyone else find it weirdly painful to format their paper in a style that they strongly dislike? Some styles are so annoying and ugly!

I haven't tried Scrivener, but Zotero does some of this work for me, which has made my life a lot easier.

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...

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.

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...

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

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

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