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Founded in 2013, the Institute of Intellectual History is a hub for everyone interested in intellectual history at both the University of St Andrews and beyond. www.intellectualhistory.net
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Institute of Intellectual History @standrewsiih.bsky.social · Jun 30
Join us as we uncover why history matters and how it continues to influence the present and future. www.intellectualhistory.net/roots-and-br...
Roots and Branches Podcast I Why History Matters — Institute of Intellectual History
Discover how ideas shape our world with the Roots and Branches podcast from the University of St Andrews. Monthly episodes trace intellectual history from its roots to real-world impact—listen, learn ...
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Institute of Intellectual History @standrewsiih.bsky.social · 2d
New episode: Genealogy and Critique, with Raymond Geuss www.intellectualhistory.net/german-ih-li...
Genealogy and Critique, with Raymond Geuss — Institute of Intellectual History
In this episode, we interview Emeritus Professor Raymond Geuss (FBA) on the relationship between Genealogy and Critique. We discuss the relationship between Adorno, Heidegger and Nietzsche, the danger...
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Roots and Branches I The Podcast @rbpodcast.bsky.social · 5d
🌳🎧 Start your October right - with Quentin Skinner on @rbpodcast.bsky.social. Quentin discusses his view on liberty, how freedom relates to democracy, and which limits there are to liberty in representative government.
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Quentin Skinner, is republican liberty fit for the 21st century?
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Institute of Intellectual History @standrewsiih.bsky.social · 8d
Join us tomorrow at 5.15 pm.
Jesse Norman MP - A Discussion of ‘Hayek’s Bastards: The Neoliberal Roots of the Populist Right’ (by Quinn Slobodian), with James Harris and Richard Whatmore
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Institute of Intellectual History @standrewsiih.bsky.social · 25d
What role did transportation costs play in Adam Smith's defence of free trade? And what effect would free trade have on agriculture? Find out about this and much more in this new article (open access) by Lasse S. Andersen www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Adam Smith and Agriculture: The Political Economy of the ‘Unnatural and Retrograde’ Order Revisited
This paper provides a reinterpretation of Adam Smith's distinction between the natural and the unnatural and retrograde order of progress. In doing so, the paper explores Smith's idea of the divisi...
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Patricia Owens @whitproject.bsky.social · Sep 2
Really enjoyed discussing Erased with Selma Sondern on the "Roots and Branches" podcast @standrewsiih.bsky.social.
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Patricia Owens, how do we prevent historical erasure?
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Institute of Intellectual History @standrewsiih.bsky.social · Jul 28
Stefan Collini, FBA. Lecture two: Careers.
Beauty and the Footnote: Universities and the Study of Literature open.substack.com/pub/standrew...
Beauty and the Footnote: Universities and the Study of Literature
Lecture 2: Careers
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Institute of Intellectual History @standrewsiih.bsky.social · Jul 26
New article by Cailean Gallagher: The Jacobite groundwork of James Steuart’s Political Economy www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
The Jacobite Groundwork of James Steuart’s Political Economy | Modern Intellectual History | Cambridge Core
The Jacobite Groundwork of James Steuart’s Political Economy
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Institute of Intellectual History @standrewsiih.bsky.social · Jul 20
Stefan Collini, FBA - Beauty and the Footnote: Universities and the Study of Literature. (The Donald Winch Lecture in Intellectual History, 2022). open.substack.com/pub/standrew...
Stefan Collini - Beauty and the Footnote: Universities and the Study of Literature
Lecture 1: Justifications
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Rosario López @rosariolopez.bsky.social · Jul 1
The @standrewsiih.bsky.social has launched a fantastic new podcast! It's called Roots and Branches and the first episode with Richard Whatmore is already out! podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/1...
#1 Richard Whatmore, can Intellectual History save liberty?
Podcast Episode · Roots and Branches · 01/07/2025 · 1 sec
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Institute of Intellectual History @standrewsiih.bsky.social · Jun 30
Join us as we uncover why history matters and how it continues to influence the present and future. www.intellectualhistory.net/roots-and-br...
Roots and Branches Podcast I Why History Matters — Institute of Intellectual History
Discover how ideas shape our world with the Roots and Branches podcast from the University of St Andrews. Monthly episodes trace intellectual history from its roots to real-world impact—listen, learn ...
www.intellectualhistory.net
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Institute of Intellectual History @standrewsiih.bsky.social · May 15
Great news for T. R. Malthus scholars! An archive with the papers of the late historian John Pullen (1933 - 2022) has been established at the Intellectual History Archive - with more material being added week by week. Explore the archive here: rb.gy/clx2s2
Major Pieces and Unpublished Papers · Intellectual History Archive
The Intellectual History Archive is a digital repository of papers from eminent intellectual historians. It is curated by the Institute of Intellectual History and hosted by the University of St Andre...
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Institute of Legal and Constitutional Research @ilcrsta.bsky.social · May 8
📢 Join us for the 2025 Winch Lectures at St Andrews by Melissa Lane (Princeton) on "Authors of the Laws: Rethinking Rousseau through Ancient Lawgivers"
📅 12–14 May
📍School V & Old Class Library
🍷 Reception Mon 12 May
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Institute of Intellectual History @standrewsiih.bsky.social · Apr 9
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Institute of Intellectual History @standrewsiih.bsky.social · Apr 9
Today at 17:15.
Katharina Reitzler (University of Sussex): ‘Women’s International Thought in U.S. Public Culture: A Divided History’

Find us in St Katharine's Lodge, Room 1.10.
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Institute of Intellectual History @standrewsiih.bsky.social · Apr 1
Hugo Drochon
‘Centrism from the French Revolution to Today’
Wednesday 2 April 2025
17:15-18:30
St Katharine's Lodge Room 1.10
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Institute of Intellectual History @standrewsiih.bsky.social · Mar 14
Part 2 of The Greek Tradition in Republican Thought: 20th Anniversary Publication Celebration is now online on
@standrewsiih.bsky.social YouTube channel!
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The Greek Tradition in Republican Thought: 20th Anniversary Publication Celebration (Part 2)
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@rhammersley99.bsky.social @rhammersley99.bsky.social · Mar 1
What did the Greeks do for us? March’s blogpost reflects on 20 years since the publication of ‘The Greek Tradition in Republican Thought’. www.rachelhammersley.com/new-blog/2025/2/28/the-greek-tradition-in-republican-thought @threadofariane.bsky.social @standrewshist.bsky.social
The Greek Tradition in Republican Thought — Rachel Hammersley
I am currently co-teaching a module on 'The Scientific Revolution'. Consequently, Isaac Newton's famous comment to Robert Boyle about 'standing on the shoulders of giants' was already in my mind on 15...
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Ariane Fichtl @threadofariane.bsky.social · Feb 24
Part 1 of 2 of The Greek Tradition in Republican Thought: 20th Anniversary Publication Celebration is now online on @standrewsiih.bsky.social‘s YouTube channel!
Speakers in that part include:
Quentin Skinner, James Hankins, @rhammersley99.bsky.social, & many more.
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The Greek Tradition in Republican Thought: 20th Anniversary Publication Celebration (Part 1)
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Ariane Fichtl @threadofariane.bsky.social · Feb 21
In-person speakers lineup of my first organised conference, Greek Tradition Twenty, which took place on Feb 15th, 2025. The recording is in preparation and will be released soon @standrewsiih.bsky.social!
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Institute of Intellectual History @standrewsiih.bsky.social · Feb 16
Thanks to everyone who participated in yesterday's event and made it such a fantastic conference. #GreekTraditionTwenty www.intellectualhistory.net/greek-tradit...
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Institute of Intellectual History @standrewsiih.bsky.social · Feb 14
Everything ready for tomorrow's big event. Welcome at 8.30 AM in Parliament Hall. www.intellectualhistory.net/greek-tradit...
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Ariane Fichtl @threadofariane.bsky.social · Feb 6
Registration (in person or online) for #GreekTraditionTwenty ends on Saturday!
Make sure to drop me a message if you’d like to attend! My mail is [email protected].
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Institute of Intellectual History @standrewsiih.bsky.social · Jan 15
Please register for the conference by February 8th, 2025. Online participation also available with registration. www.intellectualhistory.net/greek-tradit...
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Rosario López @rosariolopez.bsky.social · Jan 15
"Pocock was paradoxically under attack for being too liberal, but also for not being liberal enough.Said differently, Pocock was criticised for being too American and for not being American enough –all the more intriguing for a New Zealander" Read my article on JGA Pocock below! tinyurl.com/xtv3maav
History is always political, and contest over it is a good thing | Aeon Essays
In his work on republicanism as a living idea, J G A Pocock showed that contesting history is part of a robust civic life
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Institute of Intellectual History @standrewsiih.bsky.social · Jan 12
New episode out now! www.intellectualhistory.net/german-ih-li...
Religion and the Making of Continental Philosophy, with Edward Baring — Institute of Intellectual History
In this episode, we interview Professor Edward Baring on the relationship between religion and Phenomenology in the early 20th century. Why did Phenomenology come to dominate European philosophy, and ...
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