Upcoming Events

November 12, -
Rubenstein Library Holsti-Anderson Family Assembly Room 153

Calling all bibliophiles: this talk offers a brief archaeology of books in European Medieval and Renaissance art, presenting beautiful bindings, clever clasps, and other fabulous "furniture" (such as… read more about Bookbinding in Works of Art: A survey of historical evidence in medieval and early modern art »

Triangle Intellectual History Seminar Series
November 24, -
Jordan Conference Room, National Humanities Center: 7 TW Alexander Dr, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709

Abstract:Seventeenth-century London offered, for those who could afford it, a number of desirable commercial objects to satisfy what Eastward Ho! labels “ranging appetites,” from imported goods… read more about Astrid Giugni: Sophrosyne, Pleonexia and Urban Commerce in Eastward Ho! »

Triangle Intellectual History Seminar Series
December 8, -
Jordan Conference Room, National Humanities Center: 7 TW Alexander Dr, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709

Abstract:Kamugisha will discuss his essay, which provides a meditation on the field of Caribbean intellectual history, outlining the contours of the field through a consideration of eight relatively… read more about Aaron Kamugisha: The Promise of Caribbean Intellectual History »

Triangle Intellectual History Seminar Series
February 9, -
Jordan Conference Room, National Humanities Center: 7 TW Alexander Dr, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709

Abstract:The social sciences today are widely considered to be a branch of applied statistics, or, failing that, applied economics.  To be sure, so-called ‘qualitative’ approaches still persist… read more about Joel Isaac: The Strange Sciences- Concepts, Facts, and a Forgotten Tradition in Modern Social Thought »

Triangle Intellectual History Seminar Series
March 2, -
Jordan Conference Room, National Humanities Center: 7 TW Alexander Dr, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709

Short Bio:Geneviève Rousselière is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Duke University. Her work focuses on the history of modern political thought, political economy, republicanism and… read more about Geneviève Rousselière: Privelege. A Revolutionary History  »