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Centre for the Philosophy of Historiography @centrephilohistory.bsky.social · 4h

Today in two weeks, the autumn edition of our joint research seminar PHO2 will begin with @marilynnjohnson.bsky.social's talk "Archaeology as Historical Science: Centering the Human in Pre-History". The talk will be hybrid (in Ostrava & on Zoom). More info: www.oulu.fi/en/events/ar....

All welcome!

Archaeology as Historical Science: Centering the Human in Pre-History

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Centre for the Philosophy of Historiography @centrephilohistory.bsky.social · 1d

Yesterday, visiting scholar Leonidas Tsilipakos (University of Bristol, UK) gave the talk "Max Weber: philosopher of historiography" with the Centre. It was a great talk with a very interesting discussion. One thing is sure, Weber deserves more attention in the philosophy of history.

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Centre for the Philosophy of Historiography @centrephilohistory.bsky.social · 3d

A friendly reminder: Tomorrow (7.10, 10h), visiting scholar Leonidas Tsilipakos (University of Bristol, UK) will give the talk "Max Weber: philosopher of historiography" with the Centre. More information below. All welcome!

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Georg Gangl @ggangl.bsky.social · 7d

This summer, I travelled to two places that brought the question of the meaning of history to the fore: Oradour-sur-Glane and Guernica. Both towns were the place of war crimes, and at least Guernica is etched into modern consciousness thanks to Picasso’s painting on the topic.

In Oradour...(1/12)

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Centre for the Philosophy of Historiography @centrephilohistory.bsky.social · 8d

Yesterday, we had the book launch event for 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. Check the handbook out here: www.bloomsbury.com/uk/bloomsbur.... And get it for your libraries!

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Centre for the Philosophy of Historiography @centrephilohistory.bsky.social · 10d

Next week, we'll welcome Leonidas Tsilipakos (University of Bristol, UK) as a visiting scholar! During his stay, Leonidas will give the talk "Max Weber: philosopher of historiography" (7.10, 10h). For more information, please see below. All welcome!

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Centre for the Philosophy of Historiography @centrephilohistory.bsky.social · 16d

Today in a week (30.09), there will be the book lauch event for 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. The event will be hybrid (in person and on Zoom). All welcome and more info below

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Centre for the Philosophy of Historiography @centrephilohistory.bsky.social · 22d

Today in a week (24.09), our very own Aviezer Tucker and @ggangl.bsky.social will be speaking at the workshop Adverse Allies: Logical Empiricism and Austrian Economics in Linz, Austria, on "Schlick's Political Philosophy". More on their talk and the whole workshop here: www.jku.at/institut-fue....

Adverse Allies II

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Centre for the Philosophy of Historiography @centrephilohistory.bsky.social · 24d

We proudly present the autumn edition of PHO2, the research seminar on the philosophy of history that we run together with @cpshoulu.bsky.social. From October to January, we will have 5 talks. More information below and then also closer to the individual dates. All welcome and save the dates!

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Centre for the Philosophy of Historiography @centrephilohistory.bsky.social · Sep 8

Come and join us for the book launch event for The Bloomsbury Handbook of the Philosophy of the Historical Sciences Big History, edited by our very own Aviezer Tucker and @david-cernin.bsky.social! We'll celebrate the publication on September 30, in Ostrava and over Zoom. More info below!

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Centre for the Philosophy of Historiography @centrephilohistory.bsky.social · Sep 1

Also, more info about our autumn activties coming soon. Stay tuned!

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Centre for the Philosophy of Historiography @centrephilohistory.bsky.social · Sep 1

Last week was a busy week for the Centre on the international stage! The Centre’s director gave a keynote at a conference in Chile and our very own @ggangl.bsky.social, @david-cernin.bsky.social, Adam Timmins, and Eugen Zeleňák spoke at EPSA25 in the Netherlands.

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Centre for the Philosophy of Historiography @centrephilohistory.bsky.social · Aug 25

Next to our panel on the philosophy of the historical sciences, there will also be a special interest lunch on the topic at EPSA25, taking place on Friday, August 29, at 13.15h. If you're interested in the topic, come and lunch with us!

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Georg Gangl @ggangl.bsky.social · Aug 21

I am really saddened by the sudden passing of Wulf Kansteiner: www.memorystudiesassociation.org/wulf-kanstei.... Wulf was not only a world-leading memory scholar, he was also one of the foremost postnarrativist philosophers of history, and above all, a really kind and generous person. R.I.P.

WULF KANSTEINER (1964-2025): IN MEMORIAM - Memory Studies Association

The MSA has been deeply saddened to learn of the sudden death of Wulf Kansteiner, less than a month after he stepped down from the presidency of our organization. We offer our heartfelt condolences to...

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Centre for the Philosophy of Historiography @centrephilohistory.bsky.social · Aug 19

Also, come and talk to us during the conference if you have any interest in the philosophy of historiography and other historical sciences!

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Centre for the Philosophy of Historiography @centrephilohistory.bsky.social · Aug 19

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!

European Philosophy of Science Association (EPSA) - EPSA25 - Programme

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ArthurJChapman @arthurjchapman.bsky.social · Jul 2

Narrative Competence, History & Responsibility - call for papers @histedresearch.bsky.social: deadline for submitting abstracts 31st of August. journals.uclpress.co.uk/media/journa... #historyeducation

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Centre for the Philosophy of Historiography @centrephilohistory.bsky.social · Jun 27

The Centre will go on its summer break now! We will be back in August with more info about our autumn seminar. For the summer, we'll leave you with a timely if not quite historical classic, Tears for Fears’ “Everybody Wants to Rule the World" in Classical Latin: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xtt7....

Everybody wants to rule the world cover in Classical Latin (SOFTBARDCORE)

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ArthurJChapman @arthurjchapman.bsky.social · Jun 23

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

On a Pragmatist Philosophy of History

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Centre for the Philosophy of Historiography @centrephilohistory.bsky.social · Jun 18

We had a great workshop yesterday on "Historical Contingency" with Gregory Radick and Robert Northcott.Now our seminar will go on summer break. But stay tuned, we'll be back in autumn, by necessity, with more events on contingency and else!

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Centre for the Philosophy of Historiography @centrephilohistory.bsky.social · Jun 16

A final, friendly reminder: Tomorrow (17.06), we'll hold the hybrid workshop "Historical Contingency" with Gregory Radick (University of Leeds) and Robert Northcott (Birkbeck College) as last event in our joint spring seminar. More information below, and all welcome!

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Centre for the Philosophy of Historiography @centrephilohistory.bsky.social · Jun 12

New paper alert! Our very own @david-cernin.bsky.social just published the paper"Hypothesis Testing and Knowledge of the Human Past" in "Organon F. International Journal of Analytical Philosopy", and it's open-access. Get it here: www.organonf.com/journal/orgf....

orgf.2025.32203

Organon F Volume 32, May 2025, Issue 2, Pages 168–192 ISSN 2585-7150 (online) Research Article Hypothesis Testing and Knowledge of the Human...

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Centre for the Philosophy of Historiography @centrephilohistory.bsky.social · Jun 10

A friendly reminder: Today in a week (17.06), we'll hold the hybrid workshop "Historical Contingency" as last event in our joint spring seminar. More information below, and all welcome!

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Centre for the Philosophy of Historiography @centrephilohistory.bsky.social · Jun 3

Today in two weeks (17.06), we'll hold the workshop "Historical Contingency" with Gregory Radick and Robert Northcott as speakers. The event will be hybrid, taking place in person in Ostrava and on Zoom. For more information, see below or here: philevents.org/event/show/1....

All welcome!

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Georg Gangl @ggangl.bsky.social · Jun 2

In the received view, Anglophone philosophy of history begins with Hempel’s famous paper from 1942. However, already 4 years before that, in 1938, a book came out that had substantial things to say about history and historiography, and that from a non-Hempelian standpoint: John Dewey’s...(1/23)

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