The History of Human Freedom and Dignity in Western Civilization

09/10/2018

The recording of a talk by one of our ESRs, Joshua Roe, is now available on SoundCloud. Titled "Language, Humour and Human Nature: Hamann's challenge to Enlightenment Philosophy"

Presentation by Joshua Roe at the Ischia philosophy festival (28.09.18) Full title: Language, Humour and Human Nature: Hamann’s challenge to Enlightenment philosophy.

27/07/2018

Ambrose and Alvin discuss The Philocalia of Origen, chapters 15-20. - An episode of the The Patristics Podcast podcast on Ancient Faith Radio

29/06/2018

From June 13 to 16, 2018, the 16th Annual Conference of the International Society for Neoplatonic Studies (ISNS) took place in Los Angeles. Two of our ESRs, Giovanni and Andrea, hosted a panel on Origen and Neo-Platonism. Read the report to find out what happened there, and why Los Angeles was such a suitable occasion for the panel:

http://itn-humanfreedom.eu/news/nyhed/artikel/origen-in-hollywood-a-report-of-the-itn-panel-in-los-angeles/

26/06/2018

On July 7, the third in a series of Cambridge seminars revolving around the scholar Werner Beierwaltes takes place in Cambridge. Please find a link to the event below as well as contact information if you want to join.

The biannual Beierwaltes Seminars on Origen and Christian Platonism, hosted by the Cambridge Centre, revolve around key concepts of Platonism and their transformation in Christian philosophy from the Alexandrians Clement and Origen to the present day. After reading and discussing excerpts from the work of the eminent scholar Werner Beierwaltes (translated into English for the first time), both PhD students and postdocs give papers on their current research on Origen and Christian Platonism.

http://itn-humanfreedom.eu/news/nyhed/artikel/beierwaltes-seminars-iii-on-origen-and-christian-platonism/

19/06/2018

The second Colloquium Adamantianum in Cambridge revolved around the latest book by Prof. A.-C. Jacobsen, Christ – Teacher of Salvation. Follow the link to read about the different papers, which addressed various key topics of Jacobsen’s study and its place in classical and contemporary Origen scholarship.

http://itn-humanfreedom.eu/news/nyhed/artikel/jacobsen-christ-teacher-of-salvation-a-workshop-report-on-the-second-colloquium-adamantianum/

14/06/2018

When were hashtags first used? We've found one from the 19th century in a manuscript of Mihaly Virág (1806-67) in the Klimó library in Pécs, Hungary.

14/06/2018

In early June, Dr. Christian Hengstermann, Prof. Douglas Hedley (Cambridge) and Professor Dr Benedikt Göcke (Bochum) hosted a workshop on the Concepts of God and Man in More’s Critique of Spinoza in Cambridge - the first in a series of interdisciplinary workshops on the Latin works of Henry More. Follow the link to read a description of the event, which included both interesting lectures and a lively debate:

http://itn-humanfreedom.eu/news/nyhed/artikel/workshops-on-the-latin-works-of-henry-more-i-a-report/

02/06/2018

A concrete example of contemporary Origen reception @ Bethlehem, Palestine.

28/05/2018

How perspectives change... landing in Amsterdam from the US I feel suddenly at home even if I have still 900 kms to go...

24/05/2018

THE READER IS HERE
Christian Jaque Stub has written a Reader on reception theory and social network theories for all the ITN participants - and for others interested in the subject. So to help you to find and read about the content of all the relevant books and articles, we have posted the reader on our website: http://itn-humanfreedom.eu/

18/05/2018

Weren't there for the seminars on Augustine and Origen at Aarhus University? It is okay - we recorded all the presentations and made them available for you here:

http://itn-humanfreedom.eu/news/nyhed/artikel/new-itn-audios-available-origen-and-augustine/

You're welcome!