Ariane Fichtl
@threadofariane
Postdoc @koebenhavns_uni. Intellectual History of Republicanism, Liberal Theology, & Abolitionism. She/her.
Finally holding it in hands! L’Europe des Lumières no. 69! ✨


Peace is not a utopian ideal. #Peace is a humble path made up of daily actions, and is woven with patience, courage, listening, and action. Today more than ever, peace requires our vigilant and creative presence.
Last couple of days to apply to our summer school in Turin this September: fondazione1563.it/progetti/en-th…
Thanks so much @RoyDiPiazza for attending and for your great feedback!
Session 6 with talks from Mads Langballe Jensen (Lund) on pol. thought in pre-colonial Gold Coast, and Ariane Fichtl & Juliane Engelhardt (Copenhagen) on gender in Radical Pietism, Pietist conversion & the liberal turn
Me with Pico and the other members of the School of Athens

Call for papers: we are organizing a conference in Paris in May 2026 for the 250 years of Franco-American relations. Send your proposal by June 15! 🇫🇷🇺🇸 @DavidAvromBell
I very much look forward to giving this year's Quentin Skinner Lecture @CRASSHlive, University of Cambridge, on 6 June. The event will include presentations from @TheHistoryWoman, Adela Halo, Tom Hopkins, and Greg Conti. Registration is open!
Registration is now open! Assistant Professor Dr. @MaxSkjonsberg will deliver this year’s Quentin Skinner Lecture, titled “The Spirit of the Constitution,” on Friday, June 6, at @CRASSHlive. Register today: onlinesales.admin.cam.ac.uk/conferences-an…
Workshop: (De)Gendering Virtues: Rethinking Femininity & Moral Authority in C18 Thought Fri 23 May, 2–7pm, King’s College, London Entry free but places limited. Details and Registration here: kcl.ac.uk/events/degende… Keynote: Sylvana Tomaselli (Cambridge)….
@ILCRSTA begins their Winch Lectures a week on Monday! See the poster below for further details.
My book The Unnatural Trade came out late last year. It shows how evidence provided by naturalists was crucial to the way British abolitionists were able to cast the slave trade as unnatural, a "dread perversion of nature". Find out more and look inside - brycchancarey.com/bookshop/unnat…
Early Modern Scholarship and Religion Seminar, 4.00-5.30 pm on Friday 2 May, in the Old Combination Room of @Catz_Cambridge: Book launch for Timothy Twining’s (KU Leuven) 'The Limits of Erudition: The Old Testament in Post-Reformation Europe' (2024) with Simon Ditchfield (York)
This should be great: The Intellectual Origins of American Slavery: English Ideas in the Early Modern Atlantic World" by John Samuel Harpham: hup.harvard.edu/books/97806742…
Our events this week, including our inaugural Furgol lecture, which will be followed by a wine reception in Lower College Hall!
📣Call for Applications!📣 The SIS is seeking to elect its first Postdoctoral Fellow for the academic year 2025-26! For one year’s worth of funding to turn your PhD thesis into a book, see the link below for details and apply before 9th May 2025!⭐️ italianstudies.org.uk/2025/04/10/sis…
Today at 17:15. Katharina Reitzler (University of Sussex): ‘Women’s International Thought in U.S. Public Culture: A Divided History’ Find us in St Katharine's Lodge, Room 1.10. intellectualhistory.net/events