Events
Past Events
Round table: ‘Anglo-Saxon Historiography, the Republic and the Perception of Italian Democracy from Abroad’
Monday 18th January, 2010
5pm, Queen Mary, University of London
Round table on the theme of ‘Anglo-Saxon Historiography, the Republic and the Perception of Italian Democracy from Abroad: Difficulties and Ambiguities’. The first round table in the AHRC-funded seminar series ‘Democracy in Italy: from the End of Facism to Berlusconi’.
‘Difficult Freedom: Are Human Rights Philosophically Justified?’ – lecture
Tuesday 27th October, 2009
Queen Mary, University of London
Fourth Centre Lecture, ‘Difficult Freedom: Are Human Rights Philosophically Justified?’ was presented by Professor Richard Wolin (City University of New York).
Crossing the Anglophone vs. Continental Divide in Political Thought
Wednesday 27th May, 2009
The Finnish Institute, London
Conference at The Finnish Institute, London, 27-28 May 2009.
Lecture on ‘Christian Religion and Republican Liberty in Early Modern Italy’
Thursday 21st May, 2009
Queen Mary, University of London
Third Centre Lecture delivered by Professor Maurizio Viroli ‘Christian Religion and Republican Liberty in Early Modern Italy’ (Princeton University).
Inaugural lecture: Professor Jeremy Jennings
Thursday 7th May, 2009
Queen Mary, University of London
Inaugural Lecture of Professor Jeremy Jennings entitled ‘Despotism after Liberalism’.
First International Symposium in the Humanities and Social Sciences
Friday 20th February, 2009
10am-4.30pm, Stewart House (Room ST274/275), 32 Russell Square, London WC1B 5DN
The first International Symposium in the Humanities and Social Sciences was concerned with recent work on Thomas Hobbes by Philip Pettit and Quentin Skinner. Speakers and Respondents were: Quentin Skinner (Queen Mary), Philip Pettit (Princeton), Ian Shapiro (Yale), Alan Cromartie (Reading), Andrea Sangiovanni (King’s Colelge London), Chris Brooke (Oxford).
Second Nicolai Rubinstein Lecture
Wednesday 5th November, 2008
6.30pm, Skeel Lecture Theatre, Queen Mary
Professor Jonathan Israel (Princeton) delivered the second Nicolai Rubinstein lecture, entitled ‘Democratic versus Aristocratic Enlightenment: The Split in European Thought in the Late Eighteenth Century’
Symposium on ‘A History of Histories’
Friday 17th October, 2008
Queen Mary, University of London
One day Symposium to discuss John Burrow’s recently-published A History of Histories. Speakers included Professor Michael Bentley (St Andrews) and Professor Paul Cartledge (Cambridge).
Honorary Degree for Professor Pierre Rosanvallon
Tuesday 15th July, 2008
Queen Mary, University of London
The award of a Honorary Degree to Professor Pierre Rosanvallon of the Collège de France.
Inaugural Centre Lecture
Friday 30th May, 2008
Queen Mary, University of London
Inaugural Centre Lecture given by Professor Mark Lilla (Columbia University).