New Work In Intellectual History

In this episode, Seungeun Lee interviews Professor Robert Frost, the
Burnett Fletcher Chair in History at Aberdeen University. Professor Frost
gave a lecture at the Institute of Intellectual History on 17 September
2025, on which day he also sat down for an in-depth interview about his
ongoing, multi-volume work on the Polish-Lithuanian Union, 1385-1569.

What is the relation between philosophy’s claim to disinterested universal
rational inquiry and its historical existence as an assemblage of
apparently sectarian schools? This is the question that formed the topic
for a conversation that Valery Vino initiated with Ian Hunter.

In this episode, Derek van Voorst speaks with Dr Edward Jones Corredera,
who is senior research fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Comparative
Public Law and International Law and assistant lecturer at the Universidad
Nacional de Educación a Distancia (Madrid). The discussion focused on his
recent book, Odious Debt: Bankruptcy, International Law, and the Making of
Latin America (OUP, 2024), although it also covered topics such as the
theoretical framework of 'odious debt', historical debt, future
developments of debtor nations, and so forth.

Roots and Branches: First episode out now.

Intellectual Historian Richard Whatmore (University of St Andrews) explains
why the Enlightenment, 18th century republicanism and the history of free
states matter for today’s global politics.

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Get ready for Roots and Branches, the new ideas podcast from the Institute
of Intellectual History at the University of St Andrews. In this
introductory episode, host Selma Sondern explains what Intellectual History
is, why it matters, and what to expect when Roots and Branches launches on
1 July 2025 with Prof Richard Whatmore. Subscribe to the podcast on
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