[🆕NEW ARTICLE] Sylvana Tomaselli (Saint John's College, University of Cambridge), “In praise of grand historical narratives” IHR 33 (3): 507-523. doi.org/10.1080/174969….

📣Out now on #firstview! Helmer Helmers (Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences) on 'Republican Kinship in the Society of Princes: The Dutch States General as Corporate Godparent, 1578–1732' #Politics #States #Empire #Godfather 🏛️📜 👉Read OA: cambridge.org/core/journals/…

Or Rosenboim with a new review essay for Global Intellectual History: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Wonderful review: James Stafford · Steampunk Terminators: Europe’s Holy Alliance ⁦@inakhimovsky⁩ lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v47/…

Watch Sophia Rosenfeld talk about her book, The Age of Choice: A History of Freedom in Modern Life, in conversation with Jennifer Szalai and Nicolas Guilhot. youtube.com/watch?v=KI9azl…

What is Comparative? What is Global? Convened by our own Rahul Sagar, with multiple speakers from AGPT, to be held Princeton University.

new podcast interview with asheeshksi.bsky.social on the early modern British state and its information empire UMass Amherst Department of History Yale University Press J. History of Ideas jhiblog.org/2025/04/09/the…

I’ll be launching my book The Limits of Erudition in Cambridge on 2 May 2025 with Simon Ditchfield. All very much welcome, whether in person or online! For further details see the poster attached and to register for Zoom see below.

On 15 May, we are hosting a full day workshop, featuring 3 separate sessions taking place at the British Museum and at LSE. Visit this link for full event details and registration links for each session: lse.ac.uk/International-… #history #japan #asia #europe #LSE #britishmuseum

Giorgia Meloni dismissed the Ventotene Manifesto as a socialist relic. The left rushed to defend it—but both sides risk distorting its meaning. I wrote for The Conversation about the political struggle over one of Europe’s most contested historical texts theconversation.com/ventotene-mani…

On the 29th of May we are organising an on premise Masterclass with Didier Fassin on his recently translated book Exile: A Chronicle of a Border. An interdisciplinary discussion on violence at the Italo-French border. www-eui-eu.translate.goog/events?id=5791…

On the 29th of May, I am organising an interdisciplinary masterclass with Didier Fassin and EUI Intellectual History (IHWG) at the European University Institute on his recently translated book 'Exile: a Chronicle of a Border' eui.eu/events?id=5791… !!

In just 2 weeks, I’ll be cycling up the iconic Alpe d’Huez six times for Alpe d'HuZes, raising funds for life-saving cancer research with KWFKankerbestrijding –a cause close to my heart. Only 2 weeks to reach our €30,000 goal. Every donation truly makes a difference 💛 opgevenisgeenoptie.nl/fundraisers/An…

Our book is out. A lot of newly discovered facts, very few grand theories or wanton opining. I really hope you'll like it and use it. Thanks to everyone, incl. the dog that sabotaged my selfie. #whereisgrotius shorturl.at/Ld393

The Scholars, by German painter Gabriel von Max (19th century). In private collection.

The Enlightenment We Want | Modern Intellectual History | Cambridge Core - bit.ly/4kLQlKC

Do check out this new intellectual history podcast hosted by Selma Sondern Institute of Intellectual History - the first episode features Richard Whatmore (St Andrews History) on why the Enlightenment, eighteenth-century republicanism, & the history of free states matter for global politics today

After months of back-and-forth drafting, & over 10,000 words of dialogue, I am delighted that this discussion article co-authored with Quentin Skinner (Queen Mary University of London) is now published Global Intellectual History tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10.10…

“I asked chatgpt” “I asked grok” well I asked the oracle at Delphi and she said Socrates is the wisest man in all of Athens

Bert Drejer (Protestant Theological University, Utrecht) reviews "A More Perfect Union: Federal Union in Political Theory and Practice, 1500-1951" (Amsterdam Univ Press, 2024) by Joshua Livestro tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…