Call for participation: Workshop “Appealing to Authorities”
On Friday 1 July 2022, the workshop “Appealing to Authorities” will take place in Leiden at the Hortus Botanicus. The workshop is organised in the framework of the research project…
Mingqi Kuang joins the Scholarly Vices team
For the coming year, Mingqi Kuang (Beijing Normal University) will be part of the Scholarly Vices project as a visiting PhD Scholar. Mingqi is excited about visiting Leiden University and…
Visiting PhD Scholar Marie-Gabrielle Verbergt looks back at four weeks in Leiden
Between the 21st of February and 18th of March 2022, Marie-Gabrielle Verbergt (Ghent University) spent four weeks as a visiting PhD scholar with the “Scholarly Vices – A Longue Durée…
Gerda Henkel Fellowship awarded to Anne Por
Project member Anne Por has been awarded the Gerda Henkel Fellowship for the History of Knowledge and History of Science. The fellowship will allow for three months of research as…
Book chapter on the history of “humility”
In December, Anne Por and Herman Paul published a chapter titled ‘Humility and Modesty in the Early Modern German University: Student Instruction at Halle around 1700’ in the volume Representations of Humility and…
What Makes a Philosopher Good or Bad?
On November 26th, our project member Sjang ten Hagen presented his historical research on virtues and vices during the two-day conference “What Makes a Philosopher Good or Bad?: Intellectual Virtues…