Colloquia 2014-2015

1 July 2015

• John Robertson (University of Cambridge): The formation of society in sacred historical perspective c. 1670-1800


17 June 2015

• Brandon Look (University of Kentucky): 'Reason' in the Age of Reason


6 May 2015

• Otto Sibum: Knowledge Traditions and Science in the Long Nineteenth Century (1770-1914)


22 April 2015

• Tony La Vopa: The history of gender: in search of a method


4 February 2015:

• Gerben Zaagsma: The Diaries of Anne Frank: Research -- Translations -- Critical Edition


28 January 2015:

• Maria Semi: Music and the Nature of Man in the Enlightenment: old and new research perspectives


21 January 2015:

• Catherine Ballériaux: Conversion, civility, and community building on the American Frontier, 1650-1750


14 January 2015:

• Mark Schweda: Who Wants to Live Forever? Anti-Aging Medicine and the Ethics of the Human Life Course


17 December 2014:

• Carlos Martín-Vide (European Research Council, Brussels): ERC Starting and Consolidator Grants


10 December 2014:

• Mirjam van Veen: Pious Pilgrims or Indignant Intruders: Lutheran-Reformed Polemic on Dutch Exiles in Search of a Home


3 December 2014:

• Mohamed Lachhab: Gerechtigkeit im Kontext der Rechtfertigung bei Rainer Forst



26 November 2014:

• Meelis Friedenthal: The concept of toleration in 17th century German universities


19 November 2014:

• Wim Blockmans (Universiteit Leiden): The Weight of the Past: the Diversity of Political Representation in Europe


12 November 2014, 6:15 p.m.:

• Nicholas Phillipson (University of Edinburgh): The Science of Man: Perspectives, Possibilities and Problems


5 November 2014:

• Avi Lifschitz: Adrastus versus Diogenes: Frederick the Great and J.-J. Rousseau on self-love