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Dr Fedor Benevich (Philosophy, University of Edinburgh) 28 October 2026 Testimonial Knowledge in Islamic Philosophy Fedor Benevich, senior lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Edinburgh, received his PhD at the LMU Munich and worked in the DFG-funded research project “The Heirs of Avicenna: Philosophy in the Islamic East from the 12th...

Dr Karl Kinsella (Art History, Aberdeen) 14 October 2026 The Latin Language of Architecture: Britain 1150-1350 Karl Kinsella received his DPhil from the University of Oxford for a study on textual and visual representations of architecture in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries. In 2023, he published the book God's Own Language: Architectural...

Professor Steven Reid (University of Glasgow)30 September 2026 The personal reign of James VI in Scotland (1585-1603): court and household Steven Reid specialises on the intellectual, political and religious history of Scotland between c. 1450 and c. 1650, especially the life and reign of James VI in Scotland (1567-1603). His recent book,...

26 November 2025 exceptionally at 5.15-7 pm, in CB009 Dr Kate Anderson (Senior Curator, Scottish National Portrait Gallery in Edinburgh): Reframing King James VI & I in a Heritage Context and Beyond We shall join our colleagues in Art History fo this seminar.

12 November 2025 Prof. Scott Spurlock (University of Glasgow): Contested jurisdictions?: two-kingdom theology in early modern Scotland

5 November 2025 Dr Joanne Anderson (Art History, Aberdeen): Donatello's Mary Magdalen and Prostitution in Early Renaissance Florence

The Scottish Enlightenment strongly criticizes what Hume calls the ‘selfish hypothesis’, which is a central issue in moral philosophy since the end of the 17th century and throughout the 18th century. The paper 1) outlines the main points of this European debate and the issues at stake; and 2) revisits...

CEMS Research Seminars Autumn Term 2025 All welcome. Time: Wednesdays, 1-2 pm. The venue is usually Taylor A36, unless otherwise indicated. 8 October 2025 Prof. Michael Brown (黑料网, History and RIISS) An Incoherent Whig? Abolition and the Peculiar Case of James Beattie's Political Thought.

Room Taylor A36 (online only)

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