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Transcribe Bentham @transcribe-bentham.bsky.social · 4h

CfP: The 18th Conference of the International Society for Utilitarian Studies will take place on 23–5 July 2026 at the Faculty of Law, the University of Macau—celebrating the publication of 'Essays on Logic, Ethics, and Universal Grammar' in The Collected Works of Jeremy Bentham.

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Cover image of 'Essays on Logic, Ethics, and Universal Grammar' in The Collected Works of Jeremy Bentham, being published on 1 December 2025.

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Tim Causer @timcauser.bsky.social · 16d

Anyone who frequented the Jeremy Bentham pub (d. 2016) on University Street may recognise Bentham House's newest art installation

A wooden box with a glass front sat on a table. The box contains a plastic head supposed to look like Jeremy Bentham, and is wearing a dark jacket, white shirt, and a wide brimmed straw hat

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The London Archives @thelondonarchives.bsky.social · Aug 20

🚨 To Detain or To Punish: Magistrates and the Making of the London Prison System, 1750–1840 🚨
📅 Wednesday 3 September @ 5:30pm
📣 @kiranmehta.bsky.social discusses the diverse penal landscape of 18th century London. An incredible book using many TLA documents!

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To Detain or To Punish

Join us at The London Archives as Dr Kiran Mehta introduces her new book exploring the penal landscape of 18th century London.

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Tim Causer @timcauser.bsky.social · Jul 18

Scheduled for publication in 1 December, just in time to be rammed into Christmas stockings the world over, is the next volume of The Collected Works of Jeremy Bentham - 'Essays on Logic, Ethics, and Universal Grammar', ed. P. schofield

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Essays on Logic, Ethics, and Universal Grammar

This new volume of Bentham’s philosophical writings deals with his most fundamental ideas concerning logic, language, ethics and grammar. It includes four major essays written between 1814 and 1816, n...

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Transcribe Bentham @transcribe-bentham.bsky.social · Jul 14

Transcribe Bentham will be inaccessible from 12 pm BST on Wednesday 16 July, until around the end of Thursday 17 July, while we migrate to a new server with much larger storage. Apologies for any inconvenience caused. 🧰

Lots and lots of new manuscript material will be uploaded soon thereafter! 🥳

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Transcribe Bentham @transcribe-bentham.bsky.social · Jul 3

Now published by the Navy Records Society 🚢📘:

—Samuel Bentham, Inspector General of Naval Works, 1796–1807, Letters and Papers, edited by Roger Morriss

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Samuel Bentham, Inspector General of Naval Works, 1796–1807, Letters and Papers

Enlightened reformer or dangerous maverick? This book examines the controversies created by Samuel Bentham, Utilitarian technologist, who fought to enhance the performance of the British naval dockyar...

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Transcribe Bentham @transcribe-bentham.bsky.social · Jun 27

A total of 44,413 manuscript pages have now been completed by Transcribe Bentham volunteers, with a further 128 in progress, and 1 awaiting review 👏

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · Jun 24

And a reminder that our final seminar for 2024-25 is on 25 June at 5:30pm (at the IHR in London and online), with David Turner speaking on 'Histories of Resistance: Disability, Agency & Embodiment in the Long 18th Century'. Like all @ihrlibrary.bsky.social seminars, it's free and open to the public.

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UCL Faculty of Laws @laws.ucl.ac.uk · Jun 24

What a finish! Congrats to @jamesamilton.bsky.social, our UCL Laws Fantasy League champion earlier this month, edging out @divijualsuspect in a final-day thriller! 🏆

Both are our UCL Laws' candidates: PhD skills meet #FPL glory! ⚽️
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James is holding a glass of wine and a purple Premier League award stands outdoors at a social gathering, with people and red umbrellas in the background.

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Transcribe Bentham @transcribe-bentham.bsky.social · Jun 13

Prices for standard two-day tickets are £64.76 plus a small Eventbrite fee, or £43.37 plus the Eventbrite fee for student/unwaged attendees, while standard one-day tickets are £32.68 plus a small Eventbrite fee or £21.98 plus the Eventbrite fee respectively (incl. tea/coffee, pastries, and lunch) 💷📚

Transcribe Bentham @transcribe-bentham.bsky.social · Jun 13

For tickets for our forthcoming conference, ‘Jeremy Bentham, the Panopticon penitentiary scheme, and “A Picture of the Treasury”’ 📝 🖼️, which is taking place at Bentham House, Faculty of Laws, UCL, on 23–4 July, please visit our Eventbrite page: shorturl.at/SeT78

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Transcribe Bentham @transcribe-bentham.bsky.social · Jun 13

A total of 44,401 manuscript pages have now been completed by Transcribe Bentham volunteers, with a further 112 in progress, and 1 awaiting review 👏

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Transcribe Bentham @transcribe-bentham.bsky.social · Jun 5

See § 22. 'Principles of Waste and Peculation', A Picture of the Treasury, UC cxx. 457 (20 March 1802).

Registration still remaining open for our 'Picture' and Panopticon conference at UCL Laws in July: www.ucl.ac.uk/laws/events/...

In-Person | Jeremy Bentham, the Panopticon penitentiary scheme, and ‘A Picture of the Treasury’

The Conference is generously supported by the Arts and Humanities Research Council.

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Transcribe Bentham @transcribe-bentham.bsky.social · Jun 5

'To be competent to the sacred trust of acting for the public, a man ought to have not merely a tongue to talk about the public—he ought to have a head to think for it and a heart to feel for it: a conception wide enough to take in every branch of the public interest [and] the minutest twig of it.'

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Transcribe Bentham @transcribe-bentham.bsky.social · May 23

A total of 44,386 manuscript pages have now been completed by Transcribe Bentham volunteers, with a further 120 in progress, and 0 awaiting review 👏

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Transcribe Bentham @transcribe-bentham.bsky.social · May 19

Now available: Xiaobo Zhai's article, 'Bentham on Laws in principem, Judicial Review, and the Public Opinion Tribunal: A Critique of Hart’s and Postema’s Criticisms', in Law and Philosophy. 🎉📝

link.springer.com/article/10.1...

For the other part of his study, please visit doi.org/10.1017/S095....

Bentham on Laws in principem, Judicial Review, and the Public Opinion Tribunal: A Critique of Hart’s and Postema’s Criticisms - Law and Philosophy

Hart thinks that Bentham believes that judicial review achieves legally limited sovereignty, but he argues that Bentham fails to account for it. He criticises that Bentham’s discussion of laws in prin...

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Transcribe Bentham @transcribe-bentham.bsky.social · May 16

Registration is now open for our conference ‘Jeremy Bentham, the Panopticon penitentiary scheme, and “A Picture of the Treasury”’, which is taking place at Bentham House, Faculty of Laws, University College London, on 23–4 July

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/a-picture-...

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Transcribe Bentham @transcribe-bentham.bsky.social · May 16

A total of 44,202 manuscript pages have now been completed by Transcribe Bentham volunteers, with a further 303 in progress, and 0 awaiting review 👏

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Theory, Culture & Society @theoryculturesociety.org · May 8

New as Online First in Theory, Culture & Society: Tom McDowell, 'Jeremy Bentham and the Neoclassical and Neoliberal Traditions: Architect or Adversary?'. (Open Access) journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Jeremy Bentham and the Neoclassical and Neoliberal Traditions: Architect or Adversary? - Tom McDowell, 2025

This article reclaims Jeremy Bentham from the trend of characterizing him as an intellectual inspiration for neoclassicism and neoliberalism. It demonstrates th...

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Tom McDowell @temcd.bsky.social · May 13

My latest in @TheoryCulture argues that although Bentham is often seen as a forerunner of the neoliberal tradition, this overlooks how his mature theory of ‘psychological dynamics’ renders him its antithesis.
@malrog.bsky.social,
@timcauser.bsky.social, @transcribe-bentham.bsky.social

Theory, Culture & Society @theoryculturesociety.org · May 8

New as Online First in Theory, Culture & Society: Tom McDowell, 'Jeremy Bentham and the Neoclassical and Neoliberal Traditions: Architect or Adversary?'. (Open Access) journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Jeremy Bentham and the Neoclassical and Neoliberal Traditions: Architect or Adversary? - Tom McDowell, 2025

This article reclaims Jeremy Bentham from the trend of characterizing him as an intellectual inspiration for neoclassicism and neoliberalism. It demonstrates th...

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Oxford Centre for Intellectual History @oxfordcih.bsky.social · Apr 26

Places are still available for Multidisciplinary Mill(s), a conference on Tuesday May 20, dedicated to the ideas and influence of all the Mills: John Stuart Mill, James Mill, Harriet Taylor Mill and Helen Taylor.

Register below ⬇️

intellectualhistory.web.ox.ac.uk/event/multid...

Multidisciplinary Mill(s)

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Transcribe Bentham @transcribe-bentham.bsky.social · May 2

A total of 44,131 manuscript pages have now been completed by Transcribe Bentham volunteers, with a further 364 in progress, and 0 awaiting review 👏

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Genny G @cobralingus.bsky.social · Apr 28

Doing transcription work on this project remains one of the most fun information history things I've ever done. I'm so excited to hear how close it is to completion!

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Melissa Terras @melissaterras.bsky.social · Apr 28

Currently sitting in the Bentham Committee, hearing about Transcribe Bentham's ongoing progress. In total, 90.3% of the material on the Transcription Desk has now been transcribed! TB keeps trucking on... entering final stages to get the whole collection transcribed, maybe finished in 18 months...?

Transcribe Bentham @transcribe-bentham.bsky.social · Apr 4

A total of 44,091 manuscript pages have now been completed by Transcribe Bentham volunteers, with a further 361 in progress, and 10 awaiting review 👏

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Transcribe Bentham @transcribe-bentham.bsky.social · Apr 18

Now available in Utilitas: 📝👇

Xiaobo Zhai, 'Bentham’s Laws in Principem and his Command Theory: a Critique of Hart’s Criticisms'.

shorturl.at/YDrX1 (doi:10.1017/S0953820825000081)

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