BSHP Antognazza Lecture 2026 with Professor Donald Rutherford

We are delighted to announce that the 2026 Antognazza Lecture, 'Ethics for Humans: Spinoza and Moral Philosophy' will be delivered by Professor Donald Rutherford. The lecture will take place at St. Andrews University, on the evening of 4 November 2026. 

The 'BSHP New Texts in the History of Philosophy' is proud to announce the latest addition to our series

Seongho Yi Ik: The New Compilation of the Four Beginnings and Seven Emotions. Edited by Youngsun Back, So-Jeong Park, and Na Ha

Introducing Liz Frissell, one of our 2026 Ambassadors

Liz Frissell is a M4C-funded PhD student at the University of Nottingham (UK), where her research focuses on Stoicism and psychotherapy. 

PGR / ECR Careers Session: Transitioning between the higher education systems of Continental Europe and the UK

As part of the newly launched BSHP Ambassadorship Scheme, the British Society for the History of Philosophy is delighted to announce an exclusive online career information session.

16 October 2026, 4:00-5:30 pm, UK time
Online; Registration Required

Introducing Luca Dondoni, one of our 2026 Ambassadors

Luca Dondoni is currently a DAAD Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Ruhr University Bochum (Germany) and will take up a Humboldt Research Fellowship at the same institution in September 2026. 

Introducing Maria Cristina Mennuti, one of our 2026 Ambassadors

Maria Cristina Mennuti is a Research and Teaching Fellow in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Tübingen. 

UK Spinoza Circle Presents: David Harmon, Spinoza and the Mechanics of Qualitative Variety

BSHP Annual Conference 2026 update

The open annual conference, organised by Zita Toth and John Callanan at KCL, was a great success!

Watch the Keynote lectures from our 2026 Annual Conference

Recordings of past BSHP lectures and conference keynote papers are available on our website and YouTube channel. From this year's conference, you can now watch talks by Raphael Woolf, Monima Chadha and Sara Uckelman.

Congratulations to the winners of the 2025 Rogers Prize and Beaney Prize!

The BSHP annually awards the Rogers Prize for the best article published in the BJHP, and the Beaney Prize for the best contribution to a broader conception of the philosophical canon. Both papers are made available open access.

Congratulations to the BSHP Postgraduate Fellow 2026

We are delighed to award this year's fellowship to Boxiang Yu (Edinburgh), for a thesis on Descartes on Intellectual Representation.

BSHP appoints new graduate ambassadors and social media officer

New for 2026, we are excited to welcome five Graduate Ambassadors and a Social Media Officer to join our team.