Events
Past Events
Symposium on sovereignty and human rights
Friday 15th January, 2016
9.30 - 17.00 (followed by a reception), Senate House, University of London
This year's Annual Symposium in the Humanities and Social Sciences will be held on on 15 January 2016, on the theme of Sovereignty and Human Rights.
The Symposium will consider two new books: Richard Tuck's The Sleeping Sovereign and Samuel Moyn's Christian Human Rights.
Registration is essential, so please book in advance here.
Roundtable on Empire and Revolution
Wednesday 13th January, 2016
5.15pm, Room SH349, 3rd floor, South block, Senate House
A roundtable discussion of Richard Bourke's Empire & Revolution: The Political Life of Edmund Burke will take place on Wednesday 13 January 2016 at 5:15 p.m.
Empire and Revolution book launch
Friday 9th October, 2015
6.30-8pm, Middle Temple Library
The launch of Prof. Richard Bourke's new book, Empire and Revolution: The political life of Edmund Burke was held on 9th October 2015, with an introduction by Lord Sumption.
Social welfare, justice and distribution
Friday 19th June, 2015
9am - 5pm, QMUL campus (room TBC)
A two-day conference in honour of John Roemer, jointly organised by the Centre and the School of Economics and Finance.
Graduate Conference: Public and Private
Friday 5th June, 2015 – Saturday 6th June, 2015
9.30am, Senate House
The Sixth Annual London Graduate Conference in the History of Political Thought was held on 5-6 June 2015 at Senate House. The theme was 'Public and Private'.
Seventh Annual International Symposium in the Humanities and Social Sciences
Friday 24th April, 2015
9.30am - 7pm, Woburn Room, Senate House, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU
This year’s symposium focused on recent work by Professor Seyla Benhabib.
Eighth Nicolai Rubinstein Lecture
Tuesday 31st March, 2015
6.30pm, ArtsTwo Lecture Theatre
Professor Martti Koskenniemi (Helsinki) delivered the eighth annual Nicolai Rubinstein Lecture, ‘Jus gentium – the power of a middle concept’.
Intellectual Histories of American Foreign Policy
Thursday 5th June, 2014
3pm, Arts Two, QMUL
A workshop on ‘Intellectual Histories of American Foreign Policy’ took place on 5-6 June 2014.
Graduate Conference: Conceptualising Change
Monday 2nd June, 2014
9.30am, Senate House
The fifth annual London Graduate Conference in the History of Political Thought was held on 2-3 June 2014 at Senate House, University of London. This year’s theme was ‘Conceptualising Change in the History of Political Thought’.
Seventh Nicolai Rubinstein Lecture
Thursday 20th March, 2014
6.30pm, ArtsTwo Lecture Theatre
Professor Carlo Ginzburg, UCLA, delivered the seventh annual Rubinstein Lecture, ‘Intricate Readings: Machiavelli, Aristotle, Aquinas’.