Slavery and Early Modern Philosophy: An NEH Institute for Higher-Education Faculty June 16 – July 4, 2025 Georgetown University, Washington, DC This 3-week Institute explores philosophical debates abo...

Julia Jorati draws attention to arguments for reparations for slavery in the era of the American Revolution.

Information about the NEH Institute "Slavery and Early Modern Philosophy," held in summer 2025.

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Many antislavery authors in the eighteenth century contend that enslavement degrades the human mind and causes enslaved people to exhibit inferior moral or intellectual traits. They often use this con...

Thanks to Julia Jorati, it is now harder to be a researcher or teacher of early modern philosophy and not know what early modern European philosophers t...

Information about the NEH Institute "Slavery and Early Modern Philosophy," held in summer 2025.

Information about the NEH Institute "Slavery and Early Modern Philosophy," held in summer 2025.

This 3-week Institute for higher education faculty, titled “Slavery and Early Modern Philosophy,” focuses on philosophical debates about slavery in Europe and North America in the seventeenth and eigh...

Martha Bolton, professor emerita of philosophy at Rutgers University, died this past October. (The following memorial notice was provided by Dean Zimmerman.) Martha Bolton (1943-2024) Professor Martha...

Applications are now open for the Artist-in-Residence Fellowship at Slavery North for 2025-26 academic year. Artist-In-Residence/Research Fellow Apply now Job no: 525785 Work type: Senior/Research Fel...

Applications are now open for the Visiting (Open Rank) Research Professor Fellowship at Slavery North for 2025-26 academic year. Visiting (Open Rank) Research Professor APPLY NOW Job no: 525795 Work t...

The panelists for this event are as follows:

The Marc Sanders Foundation has awarded its Prize in the History of Early Modern Philosophy to Jordan Lavender (Purdue; soon to be Texas A&M). – The Sanders Prize in the History of Early Modern Philos...

The Journal of the History of Philosophy (JHP) has awarded its 2024 book prize to Melissa Lane (Princeton) for her book, Of Rule and Office: Plato’s Ideas of the Political (Princeton University Press,...