The Intellectual History research group brings together staff and students from across the School who are interested in the history of ideas, intellectuals, and intellectual movements.

Join us in Aberdeen to celebrate academic progress since the landmark 1986 conference (see separate link for online participation).

The Gaukroger Lecture has been established by the International Society for Intellectual History in honour of Prof. Stephen Gaukroger (1950-2023). We're delighted that Prof. Corneanu has agreed to give the inaugural lecture. The event is co-hosted by the Department of History at the University of Edinburgh, and will take place in hybrid form. 14:00 BST,

Join Kenan Malik — writer, Observer columnist and BBC broadcaster — for a lecture exploring the tangled history of class, race, and identity in modern Britain.

Join us for the inaugural Cheyne Memorial Lecture to celebrate the launch of the Network for the Study of the Long Reformation.

Turin Humanities Programme call for application 2025 "After the Enlightenment: Histories, Debates, and Reinterpretations"

Join authors Bruce Buchan and Linda Andersson Burnett to celebrate "Race and the Scottish Enlightenment: A Colonial History 1750-1820".

In honour of Knud Haakonssen. Roundtable on the Edinburgh Edition of the Works of Dugald Stewart

Eventbrite - Cambridge PTIH Graduate Conference presents Cambridge Graduate Conference in Political Thought and Intellectual History - Tuesday, June 24, 2025 at Department of Politics and Internationa...

Une nouvelle bourse est proposée par la Fondation Chambrun, reconnue d’utilité publique, afin de soutenir la scolarité d’un élève étranger inscrit dans le cursus d’archiviste paléographe à compter de ...

Interested in colonial history, botanical gardens and decolonisation? Join our international team of scholars!

PhD student in the history of ideas, Department of History of Science and Ideas, Uppsala University

Intellectual Equality, Women’s Education, and Moral Philosophy International Conference at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark, June 18-20, 2025 Due to increased scholarly attention to women’s writi...

A conference celebrating the role of libraries as key locations of scientific knowledge, from the seventeenth century to the present day.

Podcast Episode · Interventions | The Intellectual History Podcast · 02/04/2025 · 1h 6m

16th Annual London Graduate Conference in the History of Political Thought Keynote speaker: Dr. Faridah Zaman (Oxford) Location: Room 2.06, Cheng Kin Ku Building, 54 Lincoln’s Inn Fields, LSE…

In his dissent in the Abrams case (November 1919), U.S. Supreme Court Justice Oliver W. Holmes coined the metaphor of a “free trade in ideas” to justify stronger free speech guarantees. This episte...