Polish-British sociologist Zygmunt Bauman was born 100 years ago today.
He is best known as the theorist of “liquid modernity,” in which social bonds decline in favor of an atomized individualism.
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• PhD Researcher in Intellectual History, European University Institute • 20th century, Cold War, Marxism, Liberalism, Eastern Europe • Convenor @inthiseui.bsky.social • Graduate Associate @gpolthought.bsky.social • Formerly @jhideas.bsky.social
Polish-British sociologist Zygmunt Bauman was born 100 years ago today.
He is best known as the theorist of “liquid modernity,” in which social bonds decline in favor of an atomized individualism.
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Newcomer! Georgios Varouxakis is now on here – historian of John Stuart Mill, liberalism, & recently "The West". Do share! @georgiosvarouxakis.bsky.social
06.09.2025 15:44 — 👍 8 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0The focus shifts to Poland next, with @arturbanaszewski.bsky.social's article on Leszek Kolakowski and the impact that 1956 had upon his philosophical outlook.
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The latest issue of Twentieth Century Communism journal has been published. It is a special issue on globalising 1956, a year that shook the communist world. Edited by Madeleine Davis and Kevin Morgan, it looks at 1956 in Poland, Italy, Greece and China.
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We are pleased to share the programme of our 8th annual workshop, "Past Ideas, Present Insights: The Futures of Intellectual History"
Keynote: @orrosenboim.bsky.social, "Speaking Cantonese: the pasts and futures of federalist idea in Israel/Palestine"
We look forward to January 29!
As another successful year comes to a close, we reflect on some of the most popular pieces we have published over the course of 2024. We thank all our authors, editors, and readers for their continued support and engagement!
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Are starter packs still a thing?
With all the European University Institute newcomers today I made a list of institutional and personal accounts I found so far. (Happy to update with new suggestions)
Reply, share, and like to facilitate connections! 🙏
go.bsky.app/KGSw4gL
Hi there, this is the blue sky over Florence, seen from the European University Institute!
We’ve just landed here and can’t wait to connect with all of you. Follow us to get the latest on research, opportunities, events and initiatives of the EUI Department of History!
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❗Internal call
Are you an EUI researcher interested in intellectual history?
If so, consider applying to our 8th annual workshop, "Past Ideas, Present Insights: The Futures of Intellectual History!"
Keynote: @orrosenboim.bsky.social
When: 29 January 2025
Deadline: 8 January 2025
See the CfP!
The AGPT is now on Bluesky! We are an intercollegiate network for scholarship on political ideas within international society and global contexts, based at Harvard University & partner institutions. For more about us and our seminars and conferences see: globalpoliticalthought.hsites.harvard.edu
23.11.2024 18:29 — 👍 59 🔁 20 💬 1 📌 6My peer-reviewed article on Catholic philosopher Jacques Maritain's decisive role during WWII as co-founder and president of the Free French University, a hub for intellectuals in exile including Claude Lévi-Strauss, Alexandre Koyré, Jean Wahl, and others!
crossworks.holycross.edu/jgc/vol9/iss...
Hello, Bluesky! Thank you for the new followers. We have created a Starter Pack for Editors and Guest Contributors of the JHI Blog, both past and present. Please share!
go.bsky.app/3yLfcMr
So I've had a go at a starter pack, if you want to be added, just let me know! go.bsky.app/JVTTJQd
14.11.2024 10:47 — 👍 48 🔁 24 💬 18 📌 7Wondering where else to find and follow the JHI Blog?
13.11.2024 14:23 — 👍 11 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0Ci-dessous, un kit de démarrage consacré aux historiennes et historiens de l’Europe médiane. La liste est limitée à 150 noms, mais il reste quelques places. Signalez-vous 😉 ! Partages appréciés ! go.bsky.app/KVHqxgC
12.11.2024 20:28 — 👍 18 🔁 13 💬 1 📌 1Thank you!
11.11.2024 18:30 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Cold War Historians...not at all thorough or complete so pleae make suggestions or ask to be added!
go.bsky.app/NAWTQUp
Thank you!
11.11.2024 16:39 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0It's fantastic to see this! Could you add me as well?
11.11.2024 16:30 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Room for one more starter pack?
Here's the (very) beginning of a list of people, journals, institutions etc, working in or adjacent to contemporary European History.
Comment if you'd like to be added!
go.bsky.app/SU3jCJb
I have created a "starter pack" for intellectual history, broadly construed, composed of historians, philosophers, political theorists, literary scholars, & more! Sorry for those I missed & cannot add (limit 150), but do reply, like, & share this post so that people can find you!
go.bsky.app/77uSk3m
In today’s think-piece, primary editors Artur Banaszewski and Jacob Saliba discuss the influence of Leszek Kołakowski on Tony Judt’s interpretation of the Cold War.
www.jhiblog.org/2024/08/05/l...
We welcome proposals for the JHI's sixth annual Graduate Student Symposium, "The Uses and Abuses of History." Submit your proposal by June 1.
www.jhiblog.org/2024/04/29/t...
In this third and final installment of the Virtual Issue on East European Intellectual History, Isabel Jacobs and Artur Banaszewski discuss the complex and controversial legacies of Russian nationalistic thought.
www.jhiblog.org/2024/02/07/e...
We are excited to share the programme of our 7th annual workshop "Writing Intellectual History: Between Text and Context!"
Please join us this Wednesday, 10 am CET at the EUI & Zoom. Register here: www.eui.eu/events?id=56...
Hello, Bluesky! We are happy to be here. Please follow our profile to stay up to date with the latest publications on the Journal of the History of Ideas Blog.
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