Events
Past Events
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).
First Nicolai Rubinstein lecture
Wednesday 31st October, 2007
6.30pm, Skeel Lecture Theatre Queen Mary, University of London
Professor Quentin Skinner delivered the first Nicolai Rubinstein lecture, entitled ‘What is the State?’