I wrote a post about my book Why Read Wollstonecraft Today and it is published on the Cambridge University Press blog, Fifteen Eighty Four. You can read it here.

Keynote Speakers  Maria Dimova Cookson (Durham) Mark Textor (KCL)

Keynote Speakers  Maria Dimova Cookson (Durham) Mark Textor (KCL)

Among much else, Peirce was concerned with understanding the nature of experimentation. And while Peirce scholarship frequently appeals to the role of experimentation in his philosophy, no one has yet...

Anyone with an interest in the history of philosophy is encouraged to become a member of the BSHP. Our members come from all over the world and have interests across the whole range of history of phil...

Keynote Speakers  Maria Dimova Cookson (Durham) Mark Textor (KCL)

Founded in 19th-century America, the philosophy of pragmatism promises imaginative ways of coping with our circumstances

The British Society for the History of Philosophy and its journal, The British Journal for the History of Philosophy, have announced the latest winners of its prizes. The British Journal for the Histo...

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The British Society for the History of Philosophy and its journal, The British Journal for the History of Philosophy, have announced the latest winners of its prizes. The British Journal for the Histo...

Silence has been a relatively neglected phenomenon despite its significance in psychiatric research. Acknowledging this oversight, there has been a recent move towards systematically describing the fi...

The BSHP Annual Lecture features an accessible paper from a distinguished speaker in the history of philosophy. It is normally held in the autumn at a UK university. Attendance is free, and everyone i...

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Explore philosophical topics at the intersection of humanities, natural and social sciences, technology and social discourse at NU London.

The John Locke Lectures

2025 marks the centenary year of the birth of Frantz Fanon. Despite Fanon’s enormous influence in postcolonial studies, political thought, the history of Marxism and the humanities more widely, ...

The PEN/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award for Biography is awarded for excellence in the art of biography. The winner receives a prize of $5,000.

The BSHP Graduate Essay Prize of £1000 is awarded annually to the writer of an essay that makes a significant contribution to the history of philosophy.

Three Scholarly Activity Awards of up to £1000 each will be granted per year towards the costs of visiting archives and specialist libraries for research in history of philosophy.

Keynote Speakers  Emily Thomas (Durham) Trevor Pearce (UNC Charlotte)

Henri Bergson enjoyed a cult following on both sides of the Atlantic in the early 20th century. A new biography explains what the fuss was about.

Keynote Speakers  Emily Thomas (Durham) Trevor Pearce (UNC Charlotte)