Listeners starved for podcast content during our August break will be glad to know that the wait is almost over: September 4 we relaunch with the next episode of the Africana Philosophy podcast. Here is what is coming up between now and the end of the year, if all goes well!
422. The World’s Law: Richard HookerPosted on 28 May 2023
Richard Hooker defends the religious and political settlement of Elizabethan England using rational arguments and appeals to the natural law.
124. Double Jeopardy: Black FeminismPosted on 21 May 2023
Toni Cade Bambara, the Combahee River Collective, and Awa Thiam critique white feminist and black nationalist failures to recognize the unique struggle of the black woman.
421. With Such Perfection Govern: English Political ThoughtPosted on 14 May 2023
The evolution of ideas about kingship and the role of the “three estates” in 15th and 16th century England, with a focus on John Fortescue and Thomas Starkey.
420. No Place Will Please Me So: Thomas MorePosted on 7 May 2023
What is the message of the famous, but elusive, work Utopia, and how can it be squared with the life of its author?
123. History Teaches Us: Walter RodneyPosted on 30 April 2023
Pan-Africanist and Marxist historian Walter Rodney rethinks Black Power, engages with Rastafari, and opposes racial division in his home country of Guyana.
419. Write Till Your Ink Be Dry: Humanism in BritainPosted on 23 April 2023
Humanism comes to England and Scotland, leading scholars like Thomas Eylot and Andrew Melville to rethink philosophical education.
Image: Queen Elizabeth's translation of Boethius
122. A More Human Face: Steve BikoPosted on 16 April 2023
Famous for his killing at the hands of the Apartheid government in South Africa, Steve Biko was also a deep thinker, who introduced the notion of Black Consciousness.
418. Diarmaid MacCulloch on the British ReformationsPosted on 9 April 2023
A leading expert on the history of the Reformation joins us to explain the very different stories of England and Scotland in the 16th century.
121. No Agreement: Fela Kuti and Wole SoyinkaPosted on 2 April 2023
The political and musical revolution of Fela Kuti’s Afrobeat, the social critique of his cousin, the playwright Wole Soyinka, and the extraordinary career of Fela's mother Funmilayo.
417. To Kill a King: The Scottish ReformationPosted on 26 March 2023
John Knox polemicizes against idolaters and female rulers, while the humanist George Buchanan argues more calmly for equally radical political conclusions.
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Today's new episode on French Renaissance medicine will be the last one until September - as usual we'll be on summer break for August. (Both the Africana and Reformation series.) There will be a bonus episode to tide you over though... look for that in mid-August! Here's a hint about what it might be:
https://undpress.nd.edu/9780268203399/dont-think-for-yourself/
At the moment you can use the code 14SUM22 to get a big discount!
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Here's a chance to come speak in Munich, connected to a project I have been running here for a few years!
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Call for Abstracts: Animals in Greek, Arabic, and Latin Philosophy
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Just released: another guest podcast appearance from me, this time talking about Ficino's commentary on Plato's Symposium with the guys from Partially Examined Life!
https://partiallyexaminedlife.com/2022/07/25/ep298-1-ficino/
- 21 July 20220 comments
I talk about, pretty much, my whole life story and the history and aims of the podcast in this interview with Joe Murray of the Human Podcast.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYRmi1R52nU
Check out his YouTube channel!
- 18 July 20220 commentsHere is a video interview about the historiography of Islamic philosophy with Nadja Germann, conducted by my colleague here in Munich, Hanif Amin Beidokhti.14 July 20220 commentsI was invited on the video blog "Blogging Theology" to chat about philosophy in the Islamic world (and why I call it that). And then... we kind of wound up talking a lot about Ibn Sina (Avicenna).11 May 20220 comments
Just to say that you can now get all the Italian Renaissance episodes in one go as a single zip file, just click on the relevant icon here:
Or any of the episodes in that "season".9 May 20220 commentsSome recommendations from me on worthwhile books about medieval philosophy...4 May 20221 commentsUntil May 27: get a 40% discount on books on medieval studies from U Notre Dame Press!17 April 20222 commentsI will be a visiting scholar at St Andrews University in Scotland over the next few weeks! Here are a couple of events you could attend if you're in striking distance:
6 April 20220 commentsIn a few days Chike and I will be recording episode 100, in which we'll look back over our coverage of Africana thought in the first half of the 20th century. Suggestions on what we should discuss are welcome! (No promises though...)- 2 days 17 hours ago
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