Glad to contribute to this excellent project, making some of Hans Bödeker's writings accessible in English - and much more: liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/book/10.38…

What did it mean to be a 'democrat' in 19thC (by contrast to liberal/Jacobin/communist)? How did 'democrats' act the role? Read the intro to a terrific new series of posts on the Oxford Centre for Intellectual History blog, by Joanna Innes Oxford History Somerville College: intellectualhistory.web.ox.ac.uk/article/what-d…

On #WorldElephantDay, a tribute to Hans & Parkie, the subjects of a strange experiment in Revolutionary Paris, and the anonymous Sri Lankan elephants featured in this article: doi.org/10.1086/705813

To be supplemented by Bourke's recent Besterman Lecture Voltaire Foundation: youtube.com/watch?v=mQz5rM… Watch this space for information on the next Besterman Lecture, in Nov. 2024!

📢 Read the first blog post in an exciting new series on 'Democratic Identity in the Age of Revolutions' Joanna Innes (Oxford History Somerville College), 'What did it mean to be a democrat in the age of revolutions?' intellectualhistory.web.ox.ac.uk/add-title

Stellar collection of essays from dear friends and colleagues! For anyone interested in looking at the Enlightenment with fresh eyes!

"'Nathan the Wise' is often given in German theaters, and eager audiences sit out the long & somewhat monotonous play for the sake of the noble diction and still nobler sentiments it contains. ... Little avails the teaching of 'Nathan' in Germany just now." The New York Times, Aug 15, 1881

European history job at Princeton. careers.historians.org/jobs/20410995/…

Balliol College St John's College 📍 The Botanic Garden (University of Oxford Botanic Garden and Arboretum) looking towards Magdalen College, circa 1920. [9/11] #WorldPhotographyDay

UT Austin is looking to hire a tenured associate or full professor in British Empire. Spread the word. Here's the ad: apply.interfolio.com/151401

Small academic job market thread: Job candidates often plan to apply selectively, only to the jobs they want the most or think they have the best shot at. It sounds sensible, but it’s actually not. /1

Job opportunity with Oxford Politics and IR! I'm hiring 2 postdocs for the UKRI-funded DEVAL project. If you research authoritarianism/support for democracy and have experience with surveys and/or text analysis, please consider applying! Posting 174467 at jobs.ox.ac.uk.

📢 New BLOG 📢 In the second post in our new series on 'Democratic Identity in the Age of Revolutions', Mark Philp (WarwickHistory) explores the political journey of Ludwig Bamberger ⬇️ intellectualhistory.web.ox.ac.uk/article/betwee…

Heute wurde im Hamburger Rathaus im „Festakt 150 Jahre #ErnstCassirer“ dem Kulturphilosophen & Rektor der Universität Hamburg gedacht. Cassirers Briefwechsel haben wir digitalisiert und frei verfügbar gemacht: agora.sub.uni-hamburg.de/subcass/digbib… zB Brief an von Melle: agora.sub.uni-hamburg.de/subcass/digbib…

Voltaire and Frederick II presiding over a sociable dinner: find the differences (and similarities) between paintings by Jean Huber and Adolph Menzel, in a blog post by Gillian Pink (Gillian Pink). voltairefoundation.wordpress.com/2024/08/22/tab…

Make sure you're listening to BBC Radio 4 at 4pm today for Serial Offender: Arnold Schoenberg's Twelve Tone Adventure, a programme developed by Professor Laura Tunbridge and also featuring Professor Jonathan Cross! bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…

Now available: Policing and urban society in eighteenth-century Paris, edited by Pascal Bastien, examines the dynamics between the police and people of Paris – was policing a constraint or public service? Find out more: bit.ly/47cJ6W4 #c18th

Very pleased to announce the return of the Online Enlightenment Club for another season with an exciting line up of 9 speakers. To find out more about the club, its members, and our past programmes, have a look at our new website jyu.fi/en/humsoc/hela…

"Ein plötzlicher Tod, der mich in einem tiefen Schlafe überfiele, ein heimliches Gift, der mich gantzlich fühllos machte, würde mir eigentlich keine Schmertzen verursachen, und dennoch unstreitig meiner Glükseeligkeit Abbruch thun." (Moses Mendelssohn, 1755, geb. 6. Sept. 1729)