Delighted to share this piece about Sárospatak from my research trip to Hungary last November.
It's a fascinating place and the archival collections are really astonishing. I hope this piece is as enjoyable to read as the library was to work in!
Oxford University Press is currently offering a 30% discount on my anthology (and the other titles in the excellent Oxford New Histories of Philosophy series)! Quite a good deal. Just use the discount code AUFLY30 when ordering through the OUP website. #philsky #academicsky
As the Spring settles in, the NAKS Kant & Race group is back with another round of excellent speakers and presentations.
To join the group's mailing list, please email Corey Beckford at cbeckford@gradcenter.cuny.edu or register here:
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Many thanks to @dgb-philosophy.bsky.social for sending the new Philosophische Einstiege volumes! The illustrations are lot of fun and the texts are clever.
oh hey this is neat! thanks so much, @cypayseur.bsky.social and @locusmag.bsky.social!
story came out in @lightspeedmagazine.com way back in January 2025, link here (sorry for repost, forgot to add this): www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/tell...
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Table of Contents for Publius: The Journal of Federalism 56 (1, 2026): The Future of Federalism in the United States Articles Introduction: The Future of Federalism in the United States Paul Nolette and Philip Rocco Can Federalism Protect Subnational Liberal Democracy from Central Authoritarianism? James A. Gardner Tools of Subnational Democratic Subversion: A Taxonomy and Research Agenda Andrea Louise Campbell and Andrew Karch Money Is Not Enough: The Temporary Impact of Pandemic-Era Aid on American Fiscal Federalism Amanda Kass Federalism and the Future of US Minimum Wage Policy Shanna Rose Climate Federalism at a Crossroads: From Compensatory to Coercive and Mitigation to Adaptation Scott Moore Who Benefits From Federalism Claims in Federal Court? Lisa L. Miller US Federalism and the Political Economy of Territorial Status: Evidence from Puerto Rico Mariely Lopez-Santana Federalism and Polarization: How Can Research Be More Relevant? Carol S. Weissert Is the Picket Fence Still Standing? Tracing Administrative Federalism in the States Matthew J. Uttermark From Variables to Mechanisms in Federalism Research Scott L. Greer
It has been a bracing moment for American federalism, with both unprecedented efforts to extend executive control over state and local govts, novel forms of subnational resistance. Where is federalism going? Paul Nolette and I have edited a new issue of Publius on that question. Short thread:
We dreamed of a national defense grant for an antimony accelerator.
On #WorldPhilosophyDay, we're raffling off two exclusive tote bags filled with illustrated introductions to Aristotle, Ludwig Wittgenstein, Hannah Arendt, Umberto Eco and Judith Butler from our comic book series "Philosophische Einstiege."
To enter, follow our account and like and share this post.
proofs for our translation of Zourabichvili's Spinoza, A Physics of Thought have arrived :)
just got word that the books are in the warehouse!
will share selections in the lead up to release next month.
thanks again to @monkfishpublishing.bsky.social
can preorder here: www.monkfishpublishing.com/product/cont...
Great series of talks on Slavery in Early Modern Philosophy organised by @juliajorati.bsky.social and Huaping Lu-Adler
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MKE, if you're seeing the Marcus Center's Les Misérables this fall, I'm doing a Q&A on the novel before the Tues, Oct 28 show.
Come on out to learn about Hugo's 1300-page treatise on prison abolition, police brutality, & the necessity of perpetual revolution!
www.marcuscenter.org/event/les-mi...
CfP: Romantic Elements: Rocks, and Stones, and Soil, 1750–1850, Symposium at The University of Manchester, 25–26 June 2026. Deadline 30th January 2026. www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6185
The Conference for the project I've been working on for the last few years is happening soon.
You can access it on streaming: t.co/GjFS3safuQ
Full program: acesse.one/OZJAw
(I can't wait for it to happen, so I can stop having nightmares about something going wrong)
Postdoc or PhD position for a project on 'Responses to Newton’s Mathematical-Experimental Paradigm in 18th-Century Philosophy’:
www.dgphil.de/jobs/details...
#philsky #philjobs
This early version of the decorative additions illustrates the tastelessness clearly, I think. How on earth did whoever stuck that thing on the wall not align it with the wallpaper?
From Marquette's own Jacob Riyeff: "AI, Irreality and the Liberal Educational Project"
www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view...
Big book giveaway at Liberty Fund (w/i the US) including
Constant, Principles of Politics & On Religion
Molesworth, Account of Denmark
de Staël, Considerations/ French Revolution
Guizot, History of Civilization in Europe
Coke, Writings
Tracy, Political Economy
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New volume in the New Studies in the History and Historiography of Philosophy series I edit with @dalianassar.bsky.social and Sebastian Luft.
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One of my favourite academic roles is co-organizing the Online Enlightenment Club (with Ingrid Schreiber, Ere Nokkala, and Martin Gierl).
Each session we meet to discuss cutting-edge research with scholars from around the world.
(Please repost if you see this!) 1/2
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Karl Ameriks, professor emeritus of philosophy at the University of Notre Dame, has died.
It is of course a crucial moment in Jacobi’s Alwill.
New open access article from a Marquette Philosophy PhD candidate.
I can't find it now. Can anyone point me in the right direction?
At some point I found a digitized version of Soemmerring's Handexemplar with marginal notes of "Ueber die körperliche Verschiedenheit des N***** vom Europäer."
On page XX of the preface, he added a note about Kant's 1777 race essay, which is not the least of why the marginal notes are interesting.
www.minnesotaccec.com/ccec
The Center for Canon Expansion and Change (CCEC) has a very nice Summer program and grants.
Religion News covers our (Marquette NTT) union efforts.
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! Call for Papers !
The Journal of Transcendental Philosophy has announced the topic for the Special Issue 2026: The ‘jüngere Neukantianismus’ between Hegel-Renaissance and Kulturphilosophie: Premises and Perspectives. More details here: www.degruyter.com/jo...
For grad students in the history of #philosophy: I'm organizing a virtual reading group on #slavery in early modern philosophy. We'll meet once a week on Zoom for an hour to discuss about 20 pages of primary source material. Grad students only. Email jjorati@umass.edu for info. #philsky #academicsky
