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Eli Bernstein

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Lecturer in Early Modern History | The Queen's College, Oxford | c16 literary and intellectual culture | Erasmus to Montaigne

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Cambridge Graduate Conference in Political Thought and Intellectual History Bringing together emerging scholars to conduct a critical genealogy of modern citizenship.

Cambridge Graduate Conference in Political Thought and Intellectual History
Self and State: Intellectual Histories of Citizenship
Registration is now open for this year’s graduate conference taking place on Tuesday 24 June 2025
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/cambridge-...

28.05.2025 11:32 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

oh this is great! I will be sharing this with my students

06.05.2025 07:17 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Stopped off at Hardwick Hall on the way down from north Yorkshire today. Unfortunately the excellent portrait of Hobbes has been put into storage but the bust remains in place, staring at Francis Bacon

28.12.2024 19:57 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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And it’s out! My book is now available online:

www.cambridge.org/core/books/l...

From the history of knowledge to the practice of censorship, the Republic of Letters, textual criticism, and much else(!), it tells a new story about the Old Testament in #EarlyModern Europe.

#Skystorians

05.12.2024 15:20 β€” πŸ‘ 98    πŸ” 27    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 3

thank you!

23.11.2024 20:46 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

would be grateful to be included

23.11.2024 18:19 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸ“£ Carlyle Lectures in the History of Political Thought 2025

Eric Nelson (Harvard): For the Way Things Are: In Search of a Defensible Conservatism | Hilary Term, 5pm, Tuesdays Weeks 3-8 | more details coming soon...

22.11.2024 09:32 β€” πŸ‘ 34    πŸ” 15    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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21.11.2024 18:16 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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The James Ford Lectures in British History are coming to Examination Schools in January 2025!

Jocelyn Wogan-Browne (Fordham University) will be speaking on French in Medieval Britain: Cultural Politics and Social History, c. 1100-c. 1500 starting Thursday 23rd January.

See you there!

21.11.2024 15:59 β€” πŸ‘ 29    πŸ” 18    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 4

ho ho ho... this is coming up for disciplines this week. Won't be the same without you!

20.11.2024 10:16 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I've begun a starter pack of scholars of the early modern Low Countries. Let me know if you want me to add you. #earlymodern πŸ—ƒοΈ
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15.11.2024 14:17 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Is working on late c16 and early c17 education enough to get me in the club?

09.11.2024 13:38 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Oxford Centre for Intellectual History

Welcome to our many new followers! On here we post news about new blogs, events, publications and much more from the community of intellectual historians at the University of Oxford. To discover more visit our constantly updated website: intellectualhistory.web.ox.ac.uk

08.11.2024 18:32 β€” πŸ‘ 23    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Sophie Smith Β· A Comet that Bodes Mischief: Women in Philosophy Whenever I read claims about β€˜forgotten women’, I want to ask: β€˜By whom?’ Feminists? Society? The β€˜culture...

Our very own Sophie Smith (University College, Oxford) asks about the role of intellectual history in perpetuating the prejudices faced by women in philosophy for the LRB
@londonreview.bsky.social

www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

26.04.2024 16:10 β€” πŸ‘ 20    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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The EncyclopΓ©die Nouvelle: The 19th Century’s Magnificent Achievement and Glorious Failure

πŸ“£NEW BLOG | The EncyclopΓ©die Nouvelle: The 19th Century’s Magnificent Achievement and Glorious Failure - Michael Drolet

intellectualhistory.web.ox.ac.uk/article/the-...

04.03.2024 09:30 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ“£JOB | 6-year fixed-term The Clive Holmes Fellowship in History at Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford | US History Post-1776 with core interests in political, religious, or intellectual history | application deadline: March 14

▢️ lmh.pinpointhq.com/en/postings/...

14.02.2024 16:32 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 21    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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J. G. A. Pocock (1924-2023)

πŸ“£NEW BLOG | β€˜Farewell to Treebeard’ - Brian Young (Christ Church, Oxford) reflects upon the life and legacy of J.G.A. Pocock on the Oxford Centre for Intellectual History Blog:

intellectualhistory.web.ox.ac.uk/article/j.-g...

02.02.2024 17:44 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸ“£Excited to share this term's programme for the seminar in Early Modern Intellectual History. The sessions will be held in All Souls College, Oxford, on Thursday afternoons. All welcome!

07.01.2024 11:49 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The End of Enlightenment: A Conversation with Richard Whatmore

πŸ“£NEW BLOG - Richard Whatmore’s The End of EnlightenmentΒ (2023) is based on his 2019 Oxford Carlyle Lectures in the History of Political Thought. To mark the publication of his book, Whatmore spoke to Richard Bourke @thecambridgeschool.bsky.social

intellectualhistory.web.ox.ac.uk/article/rich...

19.12.2023 19:41 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸ“£Dr Paul Seaward to deliver the 2024 Carlyle Lectures in the History of Political Thought:

'Clarendon and the Practice of Politics'

First lecture on 23 Jan 17.00 - Exam Schools

▢️ intellectualhistory.web.ox.ac.uk/event/paul-s...

23.11.2023 08:37 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Mark Goldie (Cambridge): 'Intertextual Whiggism: Political Aphorisms, Textual Appropriation, and Pol...

Early Modern Britain Seminar | THURS 23 NOV - 17.00 Mark Goldie (@thecambridgeschool.bsky.social @camhistory.bsky.social ):
'Intertextual Whiggism: Political Aphorisms, Textual Appropriation, and Political Thought, 1570-1800'

intellectualhistory.web.ox.ac.uk/event/mark-g...

21.11.2023 12:19 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Political Thought and the Welfare State: Jose Harris's History of Social Policy

πŸ“£New BLOG

Ben Jackson (Oxford): 'Political Thought and the Welfare State: Jose Harris's History of Social Policy'

intellectualhistory.web.ox.ac.uk/article/poli...

01.11.2023 20:52 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2
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"It is a truth universally acknowledged that we would all like someone else to come along and write our conclusions."

We talked with Catherine Phipps about writing her OA article on 'bordels militaires de campagne' in the BRAND NEW issue out now!
frenchhistorysociety.co.uk/6080/
πŸ—ƒοΈ#FRHistory

25.10.2023 07:08 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

It's #french #earlymodern seminar no. 2 tomorrow, 12.15 at St John's College - bring your lunch! Jeffrey Peters will discuss 'The Matter of Poetic Air in Early Modern France'

25.10.2023 08:36 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

eduroam Wifi went down in the library and I think this was probably the most productive 40mins I've had in a long time

17.10.2023 15:12 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
The Brock Lecture | Corpus Christi College Oxford All are invited to join us for the Brock Lecture 2023 on Wednesday 25 October. The lecture, titled β€˜Oxbridge and the Invention of Male Homosexuality, 1850-1939’, will be given by Dr Emily Rutherfo...

By the way, I am giving a public lecture about my research at Corpus next Wednesday, and you can come if you would like; it will also be livestreamed. Find out more and register here: www.ccc.ox.ac.uk/alumni/event...

17.10.2023 14:50 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

This is really sad news indeed. Peter's work has been enormously inspirational for my own research. A great loss to the community of Renaissance scholars. Thoughts go out to his family and friends.

09.10.2023 15:32 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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David Armitage (Harvard): β€˜Gulliver’s Travails: Treaties in the Makingβ€”and the Breakingβ€”of t...

πŸ“£ A B Emden Lecture | 12 Oct - 17:30 | David Armitage (Harvard): β€˜Gulliver’s Travails: Treaties in the Makingβ€”and the Breakingβ€”of the Modern World’ | Click link below for registration details πŸ”½
intellectualhistory.web.ox.ac.uk/event/david-...

08.10.2023 18:40 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Book Launch: The Muslim Secular by Dr Amar Sohal

Oxford South Asian Intellectual History Seminar | TOMORROW - 16.00 Book Launch: The Muslim Secular (Oxford, 2023) by Dr Amar Sohal (Cambridge)

intellectualhistory.web.ox.ac.uk/event/book-l...

08.10.2023 18:30 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

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