As part of the Observatory podcast series, the NOTCOM Team has produced two new episodes. Check them out: - 'Green sickness, the disease of virgins' with Úna Faller notcom.hypotheses.org/6657 - 'Se battre en philosophie' avec @heleneleblanc.bsky.social notcom.hypotheses.org/6991

Closing my stay as an invited researcher at the Maison Française d’Oxford, I was interviewed yesterday on the #NOTCOM project podcast: notcom.hypotheses.org/6991 #historyofphilosophy #historyoffencing @mfoxford.bsky.social

So good to see a publication like this in OA : #Signs and #Signification in a Global Comparative Perspective #Premodern and #EarlyModern Sources, eds. Maria Auxent and Glenn W. Most, brill.com/display/titl...

Very happy to be in #Oxford as an invited researcher at the Maison Française d'Oxford. I will be a collaborator in the ERC NOTCOM : a philosophical study of common notions, collective inquiry, and dissemination strategies in 17th c. natural science #historyofphilosophy #earlymodern

Correcting #ethics exams Episode 2. When students skilfully sidestep the big questions : ‘We will not dwell on the definition of good; others have done so (or at least tried to) before me, so my task is marginally less complex.’

In a recently published note by Erik Jan Bos, we discover some fascinating facts about the dual professional lives of the #mastersofarms. 👇Here is a short summary of this publication in the #Bulletincartésien LV, which is available (with restricted access) on shs.cairn.info/revue-archiv...

Great tips from @goingloopy.bsky.social as always ! #methodology #research #philosophy

Here is the call for applications for the #SummerSchool (Paris, @inha.fr @labnf.bsky.social ) ‘Research on Seventeenth-Century Art’, whose theme for 2026 will be ‘Docere, Delectare, Movere’ (To Teach, To Please, To Move) #HistoryofArt #17thcentury universite17.hypotheses.org

There, I've just clicked on the ‘submit application’ button for the #CNRS researcher competition, for the fifth consecutive year. My Christmas holiday work is done.

Hot off the press: "The Hand to the Sword Like the Mind to the Word", Encounters in Theory and History of Education, vol. 26 (2025), 220-246 It's Christmas with key words: #embodiedknowledge #fencing #medieval #historicalmartialarts ojs.library.queensu.ca/index.php/en...

Hey everyone! 🎉 Today marks 10 years since I defended my doctoral thesis in #philosophy. It's a wonderful anniversary and a great opportunity to reflect on the journey so far. Here's a thread👇

Next week, I will be discussing the #scholastic culture of #15th century #mastersofarms at the Universite de Lausanne. In addition to the pleasure of sharing this research, the workshop programme is wonderful. Many thanks to Joël Chandelier for organizing and inviting me!

Happy to share this review of Élodie Cassan, Le Langage de la raison, Vrin, 2023 A fresh look at the reception of #Descartes in the 20th c. as represented by the triad #Chomsky #Bourdieu #Foucault, and a great book of history of philosophy ! shs.cairn.info/revue-revue-...

For its sixth edition, the CELACAMTHE of #Annecy is organising its yearly Historical European Martial Arts event. It will take place on 14 and 15 February. Proposals for workshops and conferences can be submitted until 1 December 2025. More information at escrime-annecy.com/marquisattac... #HEMA

Ce semestre je donne mon séminaire d'éthique à destination des enseignants du primaire à l'université de Genève. Le tout nouveau "Manuel d'éthique professionnelle pour l'enseignement du primaire" de Christophe Point, figure en bonne place dans la bibliographie.

Students maximising paper in the late fifteenth-century (KBR, Logica : [ms. II 1036])

Summer reading 2025 🤩

In 58 days (if I've counted correctly)... Many thanks to @cleliacrialesi.bsky.social and Aurélien Robert for organizing this beautiful conference on "Quantification in context". I am honoured (and impressed) to participate with a talk on #latemedieval and #earlymodern #fightbooks

The joy of receiving your author's copy in the mail 🤩

Last week, I took part in a summer school on the topic #image in the 17th century as a member of the scientific committee. Here are a few pictures from a visit to the @inha.fr and the #BNF département des estampes. Many thanks to the staff for their work and hospitality universite17.hypotheses.org

A whole volume in OA on the #image during the #seventeenthcentury. I contributed to the volume by writing an article on #diagrams in the #scholastic textbooks #earlymodern universite17.hypotheses.org/files/2025/0...

The exhibition "Embellir le savoir. Students' lecture notes past and present" started yesterday at the MuséeL in Louvain-la-Neuve. Looking forward to a trip to Louvain-la.Neuve ! museel.be/fr/expositio... #EarlyModern #note-taking #historyoflogic #historyofuniversities

Random #HEMA Internet find Pt 4 - the New Academy, and lessons from Mr. Vodromont, Master of Arms, in four parts, including parries and ripostes from single to double, Explanations in Questions and Answers, how to place a student and train him in a very short time and without the slightest fatigue.

In a month's time there will be a one-day IHRIM/NOTCOM workshop in Lyon on #Cartesianism and the #historyofideas. I will be discussing #Descartes on #fencing and also, as the background of the poster suggests, Descartes' opinion of #GirardThibault d'Anvers (spoiler: he doesn't like it)

Last weekend I gave a workshop on Angelo Viggiani's #fencing treatise in the Challenge Athéna, magnificently organised by the Compagnie d'Armes de Lyon: a two days event for #women in #HEMA, with workshops and a small tournament. It was great and we need more of this.

While #Descartes' biographers try to sweep the swords under the carpet, #Mersenne takes fencing very seriously. I'll give a talk on "Descartes Escrimeur" this next Tuesday at the Moment Cartésien. philosophie.pantheonsorbonne.fr/evenements/m...

On my way to Sorbonne University. A very nice opportunity to discuss methodology for the #historyofphilosophy with Philippe Hamou & Vincent Blanchet's Master students. It makes me feel rather old but also very happy to share a few things I would have wanted to know when I began research some 15y ago

L'entretien dans son intégralité. Merci 💕 mouvements.info/la-resistanc...

Alexis Fontbonne on Book reviews socmed.hypotheses.org/86 As former co-editor of the Journal Studia Philosophica, I have noticed a similar tendency: The authors of the reviews tend to be at the two extremes of the academic social scale: PhD Students/Junior postdocs vs Full/Emeritus Professors

I am happy to announce that I am joining the Board of the Fédération Française des Arts Martiaux Historiques Européens as Vice-President and member of the Commission for Equality and Equal Opportunities. Don't hesitate to contact me for any questions, information or discussion #AMHE #FFAMHE #HEMA

This is amazing! Many many thanks to @cleliacrialesi.bsky.social without whom I'd have missed the info completely. #historicalfencing #sword #historyofideas

Looking forward to attending John Marenbon's lecture on the Social #HistoryofLogic tomorrow

The French National Institute of Art History #INHA is organising a summer school on the concept of the image in the 17th century (10-11 July 2025). CfP on grham.hypotheses.org/15242 #histoiredelart

Last week I had the opportunity to discuss my research with the Geneva research team on adult education. Thanks to all of them for the valuable questions and comments on the experimental methodology! Last but not least it took place in the beautiful setting of Villa Boninchi #adultEd #unige

There seems to have been a medieval saying "doctorat vaut chevalerie" (doctorate worth a knighthood). That's nice !

Excellent!

Out of the depths of the organisation of the event. In one month to the day. It's going to be great! #hema #fencing

Ready to celebrate the #WorldLogicDay by writing a note on the caput diabolicum in scholastic logic textbooks. @unesco-wld.bsky.social

HEMA sources in the wild - a dagger fight sculpted on the capital of a decorated column at the musée de l'Oeuvre Notre-Dame in Strasbourg.

As we approach the Winter Solstice, here's what Stonehenge looked like in the 16th century. BL Add MS 28330; Lucas De Heere, Corte Beschryvinghe van Engheland, Schotland, ende Irland; 1573 CE-1575 CE; England (London); f.36r

Dear academics the idea of 'citable source' is nonsense. All sources are citable, each needs to be assessed. This 'citable' idea seems to be an excuse not to acknowledge the work of non-academics. If you want to prioritise peer reviewed academic research, fine. But cite all your sources

How to do things with S-Words @irclmontpellier.bsky.social : many thanks to all of you, it was great (and a lot of fun) #historicalfencing #historyofphilosophy #scolasticism #historyoflogic

Tomorrow I will be experimenting with both late medieval fencing and logic with the @irclmontpellier.bsky.social. Thanks to them for their enthusiastic support. #historicalfencing #historyofphilosophy #HEMA

Looks great!

Boaz Schuman is collecting jokes in medieval scholastic philosophy! docs.google.com/document/d/1... H/t @histphilosophy.bsky.social

Hello there and first post here. Tomorrow in Geneva, I will be lecturing on Tullia D’Aragona in the public course on women philosophers organised by Laurent Cesalli and Lucie Mercier www.unige.ch/lettres/actu... #womeninphilosophy #historyofphilosophy