John Pocock, who has died at the age of ninety-nine only a little short of his hundredth birthday, was a giant of the historical profession.

Obituary by Colin Kidd

Talk given by Richard Whatmore in Vienna, December 2023.

Richard Whatmore’s The End of Enlightenment will be published on December 7th 2023. Join us for the book launch in St Andrews.

Robin Mills speaks with Matthijs Lok (Amsterdam) about his recently published book Europe against Revolution (OUP, 2023).

Robin Mills speaks with Anton Jäger and Daniel Zamora Vargas about the history of basic income, from its rise in American and British policy debates following periods of economic and political crisis to its present-day popularity in Silicon Valley.

Robin Mills speaks with Fredrik A. Jonsson and Carl Wennerlind, who examine the origins of the vision of scarcity embedded in modern economics and demonstrate its historical contingency, even in the age of capitalism.

In October 2023, Professor Béla Kapossy (Lausanne) will give the annual Donald Winch lectures in intellectual history.

The discussion covers many of the topics of Stephen’s book, including the life of Viscount Stair, the central innovations in Stair’s Institutions of the Law of Scotland (1681), and the reception of Stair’s ideas in the 18th century.

The programme for ISIH2023 is now available online at the ISIH website.

From the 18th to the 21th of July 2023, the IIH will host a conference to celebrate the 300th birthdays of Adam Smith, Adam Ferguson, and John Witherspoon, and also the 250th anniversary of Johnson and Boswell’s tour of the Highlands and Western Isles.

Lasse Andersen interviews James Stafford about his recent book The Case of Ireland: Commerce, Empire and the European Order, 1776-1948 (CUP, 2022).

Max Skjönsberg speaks with Greg Conti about his newly published scholarly edition of Albert Venn Dicey's writings on democracy and the referendum.

Emilie Aebischer interviews Alison Stone about her recent book Women Philosophers in Nineteenth Century Britain (OUP, 2023).

Listen to interviews with intellectual historians about new research and recent publications.

In Adam Smith’s America (Princeton, 2022), Glory Liu explores how an 18th century Scottish philosopher became an icon of American capitalism.

The Intellectual History Archive has been relaunched in a new and improved version. Explore our extensive collection of unpublished papers from eminent intellectual historians.

The prize is given annually for the best book published in intellectual history.