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    The Cambridge School
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    Nov 18, 2024
    As we historians of political thought like to say, "sovereign is he who defi(n)es the X-ception". X is now pretty much an open sewer, & so this Leviathan will be searching out blue skies & pastures new. We won't shut down this account, but do not expect very much in future.
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    Mar 9, 2018
    Only in Cambridge...
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    Oct 27, 2017
    For #BlackCatDay, here's Michel Foucault with his cat, Insanity.
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    Jan 14, 2021
    The Oxford University Carlyle lecture series 2021 will be given by Professor Mark Goldie (Professor Emeritus of Intellectual History, Cambridge). Lectures to be uploaded weekly, with updates available on the Carlyle webpage: history.web.ox.ac.uk/carlyle-lectur…
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    May 1, 2023
    The Quentin Skinner Lecture this June will be delivered by Katrina Forrester (@katforrester @HarvardGovernm1) on "‘In and against the state’: revolutionary feminism during deindustrialisation". Details & registration: crassh.cam.ac.uk/events/38363/#… 1/2
    Quentin Skinner lecture: ‘In and against the state’: revolutionary feminism during deindustrialis...
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    Jul 4, 2022
    Prof Richard Bourke's Inaugural Lecture 'Hegel and the French Revolution' has been published in History of European Ideas. It is open access and now available here:
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    Hegel and the French Revolution
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    Sep 16, 2019
    Colourful powerpoint still not holding students' attention? #Lacanrecommends: commence lecture by screaming 'DEATH!' without warning
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    Oct 28, 2017
    Don't forget that the first English trans. of the Communist Manifesto began w. the words "A frightful hobgoblin stalks throughout Europe..."
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    Nov 12, 2020
    See Johnny Lyons in Conversation with Quentin Skinner, formerly Regius Professor of Modern History at the University of Cambridge, in a wonderful new episode of 'Talking to Thinkers', available here: youtube.com/watch?v=VAguvP….
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    Jan 28, 2023
    Thanks everyone for joining us yesterday for this landmarking event! Quentin Skinner and Richard Bourke, the editors of History in the Humanities and Social Sciences (CUP, 2023), signed so many copies of the book after the launch ⬇️⬇️⬇️
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    Jun 22, 2023
    Sam Zeitlin's translation of Raymond Aron's final lecture course at the Collège de France, "Liberty and Equality", is forthcoming with Princeton University Press for publication in early November!
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    Liberty and Equality
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    Apr 24, 2023
    A major conference at the University of Cambridge on the Political Thought of Hegel and the Hegelian tradition, bringing together leading international philosophers, historians and political theorists. More info & registration: thebritishacademy.ac.uk/events/british…
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    Mar 23, 2023
    The Future of Intellectual History: A Celebration of Quentin Skinner's London Years 10 May @qmHPT @QMHistory Register here: eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-future-o…
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    Feb 16, 2021
    POSTDOCS: Humboldt University of Berlin is currently recruiting two Postdocs in the field of political theory and history of political thought (full time, 5 year contract). Deadline March 10, 2021. For more information and how to apply, see sowi.hu-berlin.de/de/lehrbereich…