Key note speech
Speaker: Professor Catherine E. De Vries (University of Oxford)
The Fourth Annual Conference of the Anglo-German State of the State Fellowship
Problem and privilege: Jefferson and the Ideology of the Declaration of Independence
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Speaker: Marius Ostrowski
Respondent: Helen McCabe
The theme of the third seminar was The History of Political Thought; three faculty members presented work:
Dr Mark Philp presented a paper entitled Lost in Context: Godwin, Marriage (the most odious of all monopolies), and Unconventional Norms;
Dr David Leopold (not recorded) presented a paper entitled Marx, Engels, and Utopia; and,
Professor Jeremy Waldron presented a paper entitled Montesquieus Place in the Rule-of-Law Tradition.
Montesquieus Place in the Rule-of-Law Tradition
Speaker: Jeremy Waldron
Respondent: Richard Elliott
The theme of the third seminar was The History of Political Thought; three faculty members presented work:
Dr Mark Philp presented a paper entitled Lost in Context: Godwin, Marriage (the most odious of all monopolies), and Unconventional Norms;
Dr David Leopold (not recorded) presented a paper entitled Marx, Engels, and Utopia; and,
Professor Jeremy Waldron presented a paper entitled Montesquieus Place in the Rule-of-Law Tradition.
Lost in Context: Godwin, Marriage (the most odious of all monopolies), and Unconventional Norms
Speaker: Mark Philp
Respondent: Marius Ostrowski
(Apologies for the sound of the projector rattling, which can be heard throughout.)
The theme of the third seminar was The History of Political Thought; three faculty members presented work:
Dr Mark Philp presented a paper entitled Lost in Context: Godwin, Marriage (the most odious of all monopolies), and Unconventional Norms;
Dr David Leopold (not recorded) presented a paper entitled Marx, Engels, and Utopia; and,
Godwin and London in the 1820s
A discussion of religious dissent, the development of a secular education at London University in the 1820s, and Godwins own lifelong concern with education.
Experts from Oxford University discuss the life and times of William Godwin (1756-1836), philosophical anarchist, novelist and intellectual.
Godwin and his historical context
A discussion of the historical period in which William Godwin was writing and the social and political pressures that he was working under at the time.
Experts from Oxford University discuss the life and times of William Godwin (1756-1836), philosophical anarchist, novelist and intellectual.
Godwin and his friends
A discussion about the social aspects of the life of the writer William Godwin- how he interacted with his friends and how he was seen by his peers.
Experts from Oxford University discuss the life and times of William Godwin (1756-1836), philosophical anarchist, novelist and intellectual.
Godwin and Frankenstein
How far did Godwin have an impact on Mary Shelleys Frankenstein (1818) and what does it tell us about how she thought about his principles, and his life.
Experts from Oxford University discuss the life and times of William Godwin (1756-1836), philosophical anarchist, novelist and intellectual.
Godwins life and family
A discussion of Godwins relationships with unconventional women; and his Victorian attitudes towards his daughter, Mary Shelley and his wife, Mary Wollstonecraft.
Experts from Oxford University discuss the life and times of William Godwin (1756-1836), philosophical anarchist, novelist and intellectual.
Introduction to William Godwin
The first part in this series gives a biography of the writer William Godwin, exploring his background and the key points from his life.
Experts from Oxford University discuss the life and times of William Godwin (1756-1836), philosophical anarchist, novelist and intellectual.