IHR Philosophy of History

That's right! Join us today in week (23.10, 16h, Central European time) either in Ostrava or on Zoom for @marilynnjohnson.bsky.social's talk "Archaeology as Historical Science: Centering the Human in Pre-History". More info below!

What happens when “nothing happens”? Rethinking continuity as a dynamic process Claire Holliss was kind enough to offer her thoughts and critique on an earlier draft of this and the subsequent post, which were signific...

Does continuity in #history really mean "nothing happens"?

Exploratory blog post makes case for a dynamic understanding of continuity as a disciplinary concept

Thanks @citoyenneclaire.bsky.social for thoughts on earlier draft!

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#historyteacher #EduSky

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Women at the Dawn of Analytic Philosophy Call for Papers: Women at the Dawn of Analytic Philosophy   Dates: May 28-29th 2026 Location: Northeastern University London (Devon House, 58 St Katherine’s Way, London) Organiser: Pe...

Call for papers for a conference I'm hosting in London in May 2026 - Women at the Dawn of Analytic Philosophy:

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#philosophy #philsky

Image reads IHR Creigton Lecture 2025. Doing History with Poetry. A conversations with Catherine Clarke and Hannah Lowe. 9 September 18:00 - 19:30, Chancellor's Hall, Senate House. There is an image of a book entitled A History of England in 25 Poems which shows illustrations in bird silhouettes with the title ribboning in between. There are black and white photographs of Catherine Clarke and of Hannah Lowe. There is also some text which can be found by clicking the link to the web page.

What happens if we do #history through #poetry? What new stories come into focus? Whose voices do we hear? Join us for the 2025 Creighton Lecture: historian Catherine Clarke & poet Hannah Lowe in conversation with IHR Director Claire Langhamer. All welcome. Book: www.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...

That's right! Next week, we'll be having a symposium on "The Philosophy of the Historical Sciences" at EPSA25 in Groningen. Next to us, @adrian-currie.bsky.social will also be part of it. My own contribution will be about hindsight and its epistemic valence. Let's link up if you're also at EPSA25!

We are back from our summer break! Next week our very own Adam Timmins, @david-cernin.bsky.social, and @ggangl.bsky.social will be speaking at EPSA25 in Groningen on a panel on the "Philosophy of the Historical Sciences". For more info, see here: philsci.eu/EPSA25/Progr.... All welcome!

1. History isn’t there to be liked or disliked.
2. History is there to be learned from.
3. History offends you? Even better. Then you’re less likely to repeat it.

It’s that simple.

Vindolanda…

YouTube video by Institute of Historical Research INTERVIEWS WITH HISTORIANS - GEOFFREY ELTON

I've never seen a video fo Geoffrey Elton before. Amazing that this footage survives and has been made available.

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Google develops AI tool that fills missing words in Roman inscriptions Program Aeneas, which predicts where and when Latin texts were made, called ‘transformative’ by historians

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Media theorist and cultural critic Walter Benjamin was born on this date in 1892. In 2020 Josh and Ray explored his life and thought with Margaret Cohen, author of "Profane Illumination: Walter Benjamin and the Paris of Surrealist Revolution."

More at philosophytalk.org/shows/walter... #PhilSky

U.S. Dept. Of Retro Warns: 'We May Be Running Out Of Past'

U.S. Dept. Of Retro Warns: 'We May Be Running Out Of Past'
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On a Pragmatist Philosophy of History

Tonight! Marnie Binder "On a Pragmatist Philosophy of History," Online Seminar, Thursday 26 Jun, 17:30-19:00 UK. Please register here: www.history.ac.uk/events/a-pra.... Any problems, please contact j.connelly@hull.ac.uk

great paper and subsequent discussion just wrapped up at the @ihrphilosophyhist.bsky.social seminar by @marnieh-w.bsky.social on her current work on AI and History. Looking forward to her new book "Artificial Historians" coming out in a couple of months from @routledgehistory.bsky.social.

On a Pragmatist Philosophy of History

Marnie Binder Marnie Binder On a Pragmatist Philosophy of History, Online Seminar, Thursday 26 Jun 17:30-19:00 UK www.history.ac.uk/events/a-pra... #philosophyofhistory #historicaltheory @ggangl.bsky.social @jmkuukkanen.bsky.social @centrephilohistory.bsky.social @ihrphilosophyhist.bsky.social

National park rangers at sites devoted to moral atrocities cannot speak “negatively” about American history Here is Owen Clarke at Outside: New messaging posted at U.S. national parks and historic sites is requesting that park visitors report “any signs or other information that are negative about either past or living Americans.” According to The Colorado Sun, signs with the directive were posted on Friday, June 13, at the Amache National Historic Site in eastern Colorado.

National park rangers at sites devoted to moral atrocities cannot speak “negatively” about American history

Here is Owen Clarke at Outside: New messaging posted at U.S. national parks and historic sites is requesting that park visitors report “any signs or other information that are negative about…

Machine Historians and the Historical Imagination

Really looking forward to @marnieh-w.bsky.social’s @ihrphilosophyhist.bsky.social seminar this evening - hybrid at 5.30pm UK. Machine Historians and The Historical Imagination. www.history.ac.uk/events/machi... #historyeducation @1972shp.bsky.social

Great to see such a positive review of History Education and Historical Inquiry (2024) in the Teachers College Record. The book was a labour of love by many hand. Great to see the results so positively appreciated in a leading journal in the international educational community, therefore. 1/2

Our next seminar is on Tuesday 17th June at 17.30 by Marnie Hughes-Warrington on “Machine Historians and the Historical Imagination”. This is a hybrid session in person and online. We will be in the Pollard Room, N301. To attend online, please register here: www.history.ac.uk/seminars/phi...

Machine Historians and the Historical Imagination

Looking 4ward 2 @marnieh-w.bsky.social seminar, actual & virtual, @ihrphilosophyhist.bsky.social on the 17 June. No 1 better 2 think with about historiography, ethics, AI /machine histories, & history education! www.history.ac.uk/events/machine-historians-and-historical-imagination #historyeducation

The next event in our summer events series will take place 11.06.25, 5.30-7pm (BST), online only. Tre Ventour-Griffiths will explore female absentee enslavers in #JaneAusten ‘s novels. Everyone is welcome. Use the link below to sign up 👇

@lisapine.bsky.social

Very much looking forward for this to come out! I have written the entry on Universal History. For more information, see here: philpapers.org/rec/GANUHS.

The Bloomsbury Handbook of the Philosophy of the Historical Sciences and Big History This handbook examines the philosophy of the historical sciences and their synthesis in concepts like Big or Deep History. Written by interdisciplinary philosop…

With August 21, there is now a publication date for the The Bloomsbury Handbook of the Philosophy of the Historical Sciences and Big History, edited by our very own Aviezer Tucker and @david-cernin.bsky.social. For more information and pre-orders, check here: www.bloomsbury.com/uk/bloomsbur....

Mary Midgley and The Necessity of Philosophy Mary Midgley has become an increasingly prominent name in recent years. This could be attributed to her passing in 2018, which, along with the rise in Midgley and “Wartime Quartet” scholarship, has dr...

Here is a piece on Mary Midgley that I wrote for the @apaphilosophy.bsky.social public philosophy blog!

#marymidgley #philsky

Join us on the 26 June to celebrate the online publication of Interviews with Historians and a new podcast: A Historian’s Life.

The event will be followed by the opening of the Interviews exhibition in the IHR Common Room.

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Necropolitical Space and Contested Public Monuments

Thursday 29th May, 17.30 (UK time) Maria Grever will speak on Necropolitical Space: www.history.ac.uk/events/necro...