The next meeting of the online Milan Seminar in the History of Modern Moral Philosophy is this Friday, Nov. 14th. Jacqueline Taylor (San Francisco) is speaking about 'Hume on Modesty, Esteem and Self-Esteem, with some insights from Wollstonecraft'. events.teams.microsoft.com/event/10cec3...

On my way to Regensburg for 'Moral Psychology in the German Enlightenment' - looking forward to chatting with everyone about such a great topic! www.uni-regensburg.de/philosophie-...

In St. Andrews for a few days to speak at this wonderful event celebrating the 300th anniversary of the first publication of Francis Hutcheson's 'Inquiry': www.intellectualhistory.net/ma-stewart-w...

Deadline for these is coming up soon - get in touch if you have questions!

BIG NEWS: I've signed a contract with @universitypress.cambridge.org for my next book (and first monograph) called 'Kant and the British Moralists' - a comprehensive account of Kant's relationship to 18th-century British moral philosophy. It should be out in 2027!

2 Postdoc Positions in Milan! Are you (or is someone you know) interested in modern (17th and 18th C) moral philosophy? Come join Stefano Bacin and I on the @erc.europa.eu Grant '18ETHICS': 18ethics.unimi.it/two-further-... Please share widely!

Next Friday, Oct. 3 is the launch of the Milan Seminar in the History of Modern Moral Philosophy - an online seminar series in connection with the ERC Advanced Grant '18ETHICS'. The inaugural lecture is by Stephen Darwall! More info here: 18ethics.unimi.it/the-milan-se...

New preprint of mine now online: 'Desire in Modern European Philosophy', forthcoming in the Routledge Handbook on the Philosophy of Desire (ed. by Alex Gregory). Includes some discussion of early modern women philosophers on desire! philpapers.org/rec/WALDIM

New review of my translation volume in the British Journal for the History of Philosophy: "Walschots’ study challenges the assumption that systematic philosophy can dispense with historical inquiry." doi.org/10.1080/0960...

The first volume of my anthology of early modern texts about slavery should come out later this year (paperback, hardcover, and e-book)! The cover image is by the amazing NYC artist Ivan Forde. Here's the table of contents: global.oup.com/academic/pro... #philsky #academicsky #slavery

New journal in the history of philosophy! dailynous.com/2025/08/11/n...

Finally got my contributor copy of this great volume - hopefully it will help Baumgarten become a bit more widely known!

As promised, here are translations of the very short texts by Olympe de Gouges I posted last week. Comments are very welcome! (I am also working on annotating as I hope to bring out a small volume of translations of Gouges' political texts). #18Century #FrenchRevolutionTheatre #abolition

To celebrate the release of 'Herald of a Restless World' in paperback, I am doing a BOOK GIVEAWAY. For a chance to win and find out why a philosopher's lectures caused the first ever traffic jam on Broadway share this post and tag someone in the comments! I'll announce the winner a week from now!

On my way to the Paderborn Centre for the History of Women Philosophers and Scientists to present on J.C. Unzer - the first female German philosopher: historyofwomenphilosophers.org/event/resear...

Never thought we'd do this but... Use discount code ALGORE for 30% off titles from Theodor Adorno

3-year postdoc on Avicena. The position is part of the ERC project “Avicenna Live: The Immediate Context of Avicenna’s Intellectual Formation” (ALIVE) jobs.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/jobposting/1...

A reminder that Hypatia publishes translations of important pieces of feminist philosophy from other languages into English, up to the usual word-limit of 10k. Can be a paper or a book chapter, and it's the would-be translator that makes the submission. Scroll down to 'Feminism in translation':

Quite impressive: the Geschichte of the 'Archiv für Geschichte der Philosophie' - these are the contents of the 1914 issue (Vol. 1). Now, 111 years later, the journal goes #openaccess. Feel inspired? Find all info about submission & CfPs via the link below. www.degruyter.com/jo...

Well, it’s been a pretty exciting year on the job market for me, but now that the ink is dry, I’m happy to say that starting April 1st (next week!) I'll be joining Stefano Bacin at the University of Milan for 5 years (!) to help run his ERC project on 18th-century ethics!

Archiv für Geschichte der Philosophie is now open access!

Hey! Are you an American considering a PhD or a postdoc, and the funding / academic situation just went absolutely bonkers? Canada's federal funding awards just added eligibility for international applicants if at Cdn institutions. www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/NewsDetail-D...

'Kingston University’s acclaimed philosophy centre is set to close under plans to shut the institution’s humanities department – a move that would also end English literature and modern languages courses.' 1/2

My article on Kant and Baumgarten has been assigned an issue!

I wrote something about the 'Buy Canadian' movement and ethical consumerism for @theconversationca.bsky.social - check it out! theconversation.com/buying-canad...

I wrote something about the 'Buy Canadian' movement and ethical consumerism for @theconversationca.bsky.social - check it out! theconversation.com/buying-canad...

The tombs of Boethius and Augustine of Hippo in Pavia, Italy

I'm in Pavia this week giving a series of lectures on Kant's moral philosophy. Super lovely town, and one of its churches has the remains of Augustine of Hippo and Boethius! (San Pietro in Ciel d'Oro)

The job market is tough - so I need comfort food (in this case Lebanese)

Tilda Swinton would make an amazing Immanuel Kant. #PhilosophyBiopics

Just in time for Valentine's Day, a blog entry of mine was just published summarizing my paper in Ergo about Kant's understanding of love: ergoblog.org/the-rational...

A petition in support of the School of English, Communication, and Philosophy at Cardiff, who are being threatened with job cuts that would be devastating for staff, students, and the university

My book (Kant's Critique of Practical Reason: Background Source Materials) is now available online through CambridgeCore! If you'd like a digital copy and want a discount get in touch with me - I still have a code. www.cambridge.org/core/books/k...

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New article of mine just published (open access!): 'Moral Necessity, Possibility, and Impossibility from Leibniz to Kant' lexicon.cnr.it/ojs/index.ph...

Did you know that August Wilhelm Rehberg claimed that abstract metaphysics caused the French Revolution? In a new paper I outline the moral theory that forms the background to this claim: philpapers.org/rec/WALRMT-2

My review of Alexander Rueger's 'Kant on Pleasure and Judgment' is now online at NDPR: ndpr.nd.edu/reviews/kant...

Two interesting finds here at the university library in Mainz today: the first is the last known portrait of Kant (from 1802) from a Königsberg student's autograph book, and the second is a 1926 dissertation finding similarities in the lectures notes from Kant's courses on moral philosophy

Just verified my account and got a fancy custom handle using this guide! super cool :)

Just finished getting caught up on my job applications for this year - I’ve applied for 23 positions and have already heard back (very positively!) about one. My profile is the strongest it’s ever been, so here’s hoping some magic happens this year.

Hello BlueSky and new followers! I'm looking forward to connecting with more people on this platform, so here's a small intro: I work in ethics and the history of early modern philosophy - for more about me, my research, and my publications, see my personal website: www.michaelwalschots.com

First review of my book is up over at NDPR by Kate Moran: "Walschots has done a superb job of producing a faithful, readable, and indeed enjoyable, translation of these texts." ndpr.nd.edu/reviews/kant...

In Edinburgh for a few days for a workshop about the reception of Locke in 18th-C Germany, hosted by the Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities. I'll be talking later today about how Locke's rejection of innate ideas influenced German 'popular philosophers'

Just finished updating my website, including an updated copy of my CV (and some nice new referees). Important year on the market for me!: www.michaelwalschots.com

New preprint now online: 'The Principle of Morality in Eighteenth-century German Philosophy' - forthcoming in The Oxford Handbook of 18th-C German Philosophy: philpapers.org/rec/WALTPO-103

New preprint of mine now online! Have you ever seen early modern philosophers use the language of 'moral necessity', 'moral possibility', or 'moral impossibility'? Read here for how some 18th-century German philosophers used this modal language: philpapers.org/rec/WALMNP

I'm in Milan this week where I'll be attending this lecture: dipafilo.unimi.it/index.php/it... participating in this workshop: dipafilo.unimi.it/it/virtue-an... and this workshop on a new translation of the Mrongovius II lecture notes on Kant's moral philosophy: dipafilo.unimi.it/index.php/it...

I recently signed a contract to write the entry on 'Desire in Modern European Philosophy' for the Routledge Handbook on the Philosophy of Desire. Thanks to Alex Gregory for the invitation!

Wow big project on 18th-century moral philosophy won an advanced ERC grant! dailynous.com/2024/05/21/p...

On my way to Ferrara, Italy for one week on an Erasmus Teaching Exchange where I'll also be doing a small book launch for my translation volume :)