Here is an interview I did for "New Books in Hindu Studies" on "Classical Indian Philosophy" which is vol.5 of the History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps, co-authored with Jonardon Ganeri.
120. Redemption Songs: Reggae and RastafariPosted on 19 March 2023
How the Rastafari movement grew from trends within Africana philosophy, and then passed into global popular culture in the music of Bob Marley and other reggae artists.
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416. God’s is the Quarrel: the English ReformationPosted on 11 March 2023
The historical context of English philosophy in the sixteenth century, with particular focus on Thomas Cranmer, and the role of religion in personal conscience and social cohesion.
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119. The Space Race: AfrofuturismPosted on 5 March 2023
Sun Ra and Parliament-Funkadelic return to claim the pyramids, and Octavia Butler uses science fiction to confront the brutal past of slavery.
Thanks to Stephan Terre for the creation of the futuristic intro music!
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415. The Tenth Muse: Marie de GournayPosted on 26 February 2023
Marie le Jars de Gourney, the “adoptive daughter” of Montaigne, lays claim to his legacy and argues for the equality of the sexes.
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118. African Survivals: Abdias do NascimentoPosted on 19 February 2023
Abdias do Nascimento, a leader in Brazilian theater and politics, and his theory of Quilombismo.
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414. Henrik Lagerlund on Renaissance SkepticismPosted on 12 February 2023
No doubt that we're in good hands with interview guest Henrik Lagerlund, who brings his expertise in the history of skepticism to bear on the French Renaissance. Including a look ahead to Descartes!
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117. Spear of the Nation: Nelson Mandela and the ANCPosted on 5 February 2023
The career and ideas of Nelson Mandela up to the time of his imprisonment, in the context of the founding of the African National Congress.
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413. Don’t Be So Sure: French SkepticismPosted on 29 January 2023
The sources and scope of the skepticism of Montaigne, Charron (pictured), and Sanches.
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116. Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò and Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò on CabralPosted on 22 January 2023
Two scholars of the same name join us to shed further light on freedom fighter and political theorist Amílcar Cabral.
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Looking forward to speaking this Thursday (April 2, 2020) at 6 pm Central European Time in Bob Pasnau's "virtual colloquium" on medieval philosophy.
My topic will be Averroes’ “Decisive Treatise” as a Dialectical Work.
https://inmediasphil.wordpress.com/2020/03/29/virtual-colloquium-2-feat…
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Some welcome news amongst all the bad news: volume 5 of HoPWaG, on Indian Philosophy, is now out in the UK!
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Pleased to say I'll be speaking as a keynote lecturer at the meeting of the British Society for the History of Philosophy in April 2020, in Durham. Come on by if you're in the neighborhood!
- 2 March 20200 comments
Right here on the website (under Bonus Episodes) you can now hear the keynotes from our event at Oxford last month, "Women Intellectuals in Antiquity."
Sophia Connell on women in ancient medicine:
Danielle Layne on Platonic priestesses:
Enjoy!
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Thanks to everyone at Oxford who came out for my first Carlyle lecture! If you missed it there are five more still to come:
https://www.history.ox.ac.uk/carlyle-lectures
Every Tuesday at 5 pm over the next five weeks, in the Examination Schools, South Schools. So the last one is March 10, 2020.
- 31 January 20200 commentsIf you're in striking distance of Oxford come on down to hear me give this year's Carlyle lectures! This coming Tuesday and then every Tuesday until March 10.29 January 20200 commentsHere now is the (hopefully) final version of the program for our conference on Women Intellectuals in Antiquity, at Keble College Oxford, Feb 15-16.Note the link at the bottom for registration.
Saturday 15 February 2020
9.15am Registration and Coffee/Tea
9.45am Welcome
27 January 20204 commentsGuess what I got in the post today? My author copies of HoPWaG volume 5, on Classical Indian philosophy, of course written together with Jonardon Ganeri.
22 January 20204 commentsI just had an exchange with Sandrine Berges (@sandrineankara) on Twitter about Diotima, who appears in Plato's Symposium espousing a theory of love and beauty that is strongly linked to Plato's theory of Forms.
8 January 20200 commentsYou can now register for "Women Intellectuals in Antiquity," a symposium to be held at Keble College in Oxford on Feb 15-16.
Organized by Ursula Coope, Katharine O'Reilly, Jenny Rallens, and me.
21 November 20190 commentsSome of you may remember that in summer 2019 I gave a series of lectures at my alma mater, Notre Dame. These are now online if you want to view them, the topic of the three lectures is “Don’t Think for Yourself: Faith and Authority in Medieval Philosophy.”
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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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