The Intellectual History research group brings together staff and students from across the School who are interested in the history of ideas, intellectuals, and intellectual movements. For updates on meeting times and venues of the Intellectual History Reading Group, please contact Z.T.Isaacs@ed.ac.uk. For questions about the Latin Therapy Group, please contact Richard.Oosterhoff@ed.ac.uk. Please see below for details of the group's activities.Semester 1, 2026/27DateGroupTopicNotesFri 25 SepIntellectual History Reading GroupIsaiah Berlin, ‘Two Concepts of Liberty’4pm, G.10, Doorway 4, Old Medical School and onlineTue 29 SepLatin Therapy GroupJose de Acosta, De temporibus novissimis libri quatuor (Rome: Jacobus Tornerius, 1590), 54-56. (Richard Oosterhoff) 12.10 pm, 2M.24 Doorway 4, Old Medical School and onlineTue 6 OctLatin Therapy GroupPhilipp Melanchthon's Oratio de Imperatore Ludovico Bavaro, Corpus Reformatorum vol 12, 286-295, available on Google Books: https://play.google.com/store/books/details/Philipp_Melanchthon_Corpus_reformatorum_post_Carol?id=grxyKyjnqm4C). A bit of history and a bit of political philosophy and some anti-papal polemics! (David Truschel) 12.10 pm, 2M.24 Doorway 4, Old Medical School and onlineTue 20 OctLatin Therapy Group4-page introduction written by Gilbert Génébrard (1535-1597) a French Benedictine exegete who in 1578 translated a work from Hebrew called Seder Olam (order of the world), which is pivotal to my dissertation project on sacred chronology. (Moshe Milevsky) [see group folder > '2026-27 Semester 1 readings' > pdf of Genebrard] 12.10 pm, 2M.24 Doorway 4, Old Medical School and onlineTue 27 OctLatin Therapy GroupTBC12.10 pm, 2M.24 Doorway 4, Old Medical School and onlineThu 29 OctDoctoral WorkshopDr Linda Andersson-Burnett (University of Uppsala), author (with Bruce Buchan) of 'Race and the Scottish Enlightenment. A Colonial History, 1750-1820' (Yale UP, 2025). If you are interested in presenting your project at this workshop, please contact Thomas.Ahnert@ed.ac.uk. Fri 30 OctIntellectual History Reading GroupVenue and readings to be confirmed. Suggestions welcome!4pmTue 3 NovLatin Therapy GroupTBC12.10 pm, 2M.24 and onlineTue 10 NovLatin Therapy GroupTBC12.10 pm, 2M.24 and onlineTue 17 NovLatin Therapy GroupTBC12.10 pm, 2M.24 and onlineTue 24 NovLatin Therapy GroupTBC12.10 pm, 2M.24 and onlineFri 27 NovBook Panel Colin Kidd, 'Twilight of the Dons: British Intellectuals from World War II to Thatcherism' (Princeton UP, 2026) and Emile Chabal, 'The Age of Hobsbawm' (Harvard UP, 2026).4pm, G.07, Meadows Lecture Theatre, Doorway 4, Old Medical School and online Keep up to date with the Intellectual History Research Group on Bluesky at the link below. Bluesky Follow the School You can keep up with the latest School news, events and developments by following us on Instagram, Bluesky and Facebook. The School also has a blog, and an Eventbrite account. Instagram Bluesky Facebook School blog Eventbrite Find out what else is onThe School of History, Classics and Archaeology offers an exciting programme of seminars across many subjects areas. Visit the research seminars website to find out what else is happening. Research seminars and events calendar This article was published on Thursday 1 August 2024
