Events
Past Events
Graduate conference: Property, Dominium and Self-Ownership
Monday 14th May, 2012
From 12pm, Senate House
The 2012 London Graduate Conference in the History of Political Thought was held on 14-15 May, on the theme of Property, Dominium and Self-Ownership. The keynote was Eric Nelson (Harvard) with Quentin Skinner (Queen Mary University of London) chairing.
Ideas of Power in the Late Middle Ages
Tuesday 3rd April, 2012
6pm, ArtsTwo, Mile End Campus
Queen Mary School of History was honoured to host Dr. Joseph Canning, Lecturer in History at Cambridge, in celebration of the publication of his latest work: Ideas of Power in the Late Middle Ages. Dr. Canning introduced the themes of his work, followed by a lively discussion chaired by Milan Zonca, PhD student in the School of History at QM, and a drinks reception. This event brought together over thirty graduate students and scholars in the fields of Medieval History and the History of Political Thought from QM, University of London Schools, Cambridge and even further afield.
Fifth Nicolai Rubinstein Lecture
Thursday 29th March, 2012
6.30pm, ArtsTwo Lecture Theatre, ArtsTwo Building
The fifth Nicolai Rubinstein Lecture, ‘What’s the Big Idea? Intellectual History and the Longue Duree’, was given by David Armitage (Harvard University).
History of European Ideas article (pdf)
Professor Armitage’s article for the Times Literary Supplement can be found here
Jacob Levy on ‘Rationalism, Pluralism and Freedom’
Wednesday 25th January, 2012
4.30pm, Laws 1.19 at Queen Mary's Mile End campus
Professor Jacob Levy (McGill University) presented a paper entitled ‘Rationalism, Pluralism and Freedom’. Hosted by the School of Politics and International Relations and the Centre for the Study of the History of Political Thought.
Fourth International Symposium in the Humanities and Social Sciences
Friday 13th January, 2012
10am - 5pm, Room 349/350 Senate House Malet Street London WC1E 7HU
The Fourth International Symposium in the Humanities and Social Sciences focused on ‘Reasoning and Personhood: Some Themes in the Recent Work of Ian Hacking.’ Speakers at the event were John Forrester, Sarah Franklin, Alexander Bird, Rachel Cooper, and Ian Hacking.
Download invitation (pdf) Download programme (doc) Download list of readings (doc)
Conference on Revolution and the Republic
Thursday 3rd November, 2011
French Institute
A one-day conference was held at the French Institute, London, to mark the publication of Revolution and the Republic by Jeremy Jennings.
Graduate Conference: Human Nature and Diversity
Monday 9th May, 2011
Senate House, Malet Street
London Graduate Conference on the theme of ‘Human Nature and Diversity in the History of Political Thought’. Keynote address: Noel Malcolm, with comments by Quentin Skinner, Jeremy Jennings and Serena Ferente.
Fourth Nicolai Rubinstein Lecture
Thursday 10th March, 2011
6.30pm, Arts Lecture Theatre, Arts Building
Professor Lorraine Daston of the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science in Berlin delivered the fourth Nicolai Rubinstein Lecture, entitled ‘Histories of Scientific Experience in Early Modern Europe’.
Third International Symposium in the Humanities and Social Sciences
Friday 14th January, 2011
10am - 5pm, G22-26 Senate House Malet Street London WC1E 7HU
The Third International Symposium in the Humanities and Social Sciences focused on recent work by Richard Tuck and Jeremy Waldron under the general rubric of ‘Political Thought and Democratic Theory’.
Conference on the Political Thought of the Risorgimento
Friday 3rd December, 2010
10.30am - 5.30pm, Senate House, Room 35
The Political Thought of the Risorgimento. A one day conference that was supported by ASMI, the Association of the Study of Modern Italy, and the Journal of Modern Italian Studies. The speakers and discussants were as follows: Anthony Howe, Carlo Capra, Eugenio Biagini, Francesca Sofia, Gareth Stedman Jones, Georgios Varouxakis, Jeremy Jennings, John Davis, John Robertson, Martin Thom, Maurizio Isabella, Roberto Romani.