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Philosophy by Hand: The Agency of Manuscripts in Shaping Human Thought
Lecture Series (hybrid format)
Convenors
- Yoav Meyrav (University of Hamburg)
- Hanna Gentili (University of Hamburg)
Programme
11th November 2026 | 4:00–5:30 pm CET
A Republic of Reason, or Just Dusty Libraries? Maimonides, Ibn Tibbon, and the Scholar’s Dilemma
Prof. Carlos Fraenkel (Einstein Forum, Potsdam)
9th December 2026 | 4:00–5:30 pm CET
‘The Ancient Enigma’: Philo of Alexandria in the Studyhouses of Sixteenth-Century Italian Jews
Prof. Joanna Weinberg (University of Oxford)
13th January 2027 | 4:00–5:30 pm CET
Doctrinally Motivated Scribal Interventions in the Transmission of Medieval Hebrew Philosophical Manuscripts
Dr. Israel Sandman (UCL, London)
19th May 2027 | 4:00–5:30 pm CET
Introducing Japanese Philosophy to Europe Through Zen: Two Examples of an Asymmetrical Dialogue
Dr. Raquel Bouso (Pompeu Fabra University, Barcelona)
16th June 2027 | 4:00–5:30 pm CET
Who Counts as a Philosopher? Brucker's ‘Historia critica philosophiae’ and the Formation of the Modern Philosophical Canon
Prof. Leo Catana (University of Copenhagen)
30th June 2027 | 4:00–5:30 pm CET
Basil of Caesarea's ‘On Greek Pagan Literature’: A Renaissance Manifesto from Manuscript to Print
Dr. Paolo Sachet (Università di Roma "La Sapienza")
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