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fernandag.bsky.social
Born in Naples šŸ‡®šŸ‡¹, roots in šŸ‡µšŸ‡¹, lived and worked inšŸ‡©šŸ‡ŖšŸ‡ØšŸ‡­and now in šŸ‡¬šŸ‡§ Associate Prof in History and Politics at Homerton College, University of Cambridge. Author of ā€œHegel and Italian Political Thought: the Practice of Ideas, 1832-1900ā€(CUP, 2024)
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The upcoming speaker of our research seminar series this Wednesday from 10.30 am (CET) is @fernandag.bsky.social (@uniofcam.bsky.social), who will talk about the contribution of the political thought and praxis of Hegelians in Italy; more information: ripg.uni-nke.hu/hirek/2025/0...

It was a great honour to discuss my book with David James, Axel Kƶrner, and all my amazing colleagues and friends in Cambridge who shared with me their insights and comments. Thank you all!

So excited to kick off the Cambridge Political Thought and Intellectual History Seminar discussing my book with David James (Warwick) and Axel Koerner (Leipzig) on Monday 27th of January. Please join us if you are around! www.polthought.cam.ac.uk/seminar/lent @thecambridgeschool.bsky.social

A very busy year with special guests at Homerton such as Reverend Al Sharpton, Diana Abbott, and Armando Iannucci; incredible conversations with great colleaguesā€¦and finally holding my new book in my hands. My students filled with energy and sparks this very intense 2024 and I am so very thankful.

JOBā€¼ļø 4 years postdoc in Politics at our amazing @homertoncollege.bsky.social www.homerton.cam.ac.uk/junior-resea...

The book is now available on line here: www.cambridge.org/core/books/h... For more info look at the Cambridge History webpage: www.hist.cam.ac.uk/news/hegel-a...

It is a special feeling to hold your book in your hands and maybe even more special to find it in the Cambridge University Press bookshop. I could not be happierā¤ļø 30% discount with the code HIPT2024: www.cambridge.org/gb/universit... @thecambridgeschool.bsky.social @homertoncollege.bsky.social

In two days my book will be available and you can buy it here with 30% discount with the code HIPT2024 at checkout. @thecambridgeschool.bsky.social www.homerton.cam.ac.uk/homersphere/...

A brief snapshot of a piece of my current research on the podcast The Academic Minute is on air today. It only takes a minute to listen to it šŸ™‚ academicminute.org/2024/11/fern...

Hi everyone! A lot of new followers recently so want to introduce myself. Interested in intellectual history, history of modern European political thought, Italian history and political philosophy. My new book is coming out on December 5th: www.cambridge.org/core/books/h.... Here the discount flyer

I have created a "starter pack" for intellectual history, broadly construed, composed of historians, philosophers, political theorists, literary scholars, & more! Sorry for those I missed & cannot add (limit 150), but do reply, like, & share this post so that people can find you! go.bsky.app/77uSk3m

My book is ready for pre-order here and you can also have a look inside :) www.cambridge.org/gb/universit... Here the flyer to get 30% discount on the book!

Very excited to be presenting about my forthcoming book at the Oxford Political Thought Seminar on Monday 21st of October. If you happen to be around please join us šŸ˜Š

Our Modern European History term card is out and we start on Thursday with a seminar in collaboration with the Modern British history Seminar with our own @SarCaputo and Julia Moses (Sheffield) on ā€œWriting British Histories in European Contexts: Challenges and Opportunitiesā€

It was so much fun to talk about my book on ā€œHegel and Italian Political Thought: The Practice of Ideas, 1832-1900ā€ at the Political Theory Workshop at Yale University. Great conversations, insightful comments, and a very interesting exchange of ideas. www.cambridge.org/core/books/h...

My review essay on Richard Bourkeā€™s ā€œHegel Worldā€™s Revolutionsā€ is out on ā€œHistory of European Ideasā€ā€¦and in great company! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

My book has a cover and I love it! Itā€™s coming šŸ„³

ā€¼ļøJOB ā€¼ļø Come and work with us! Postdoctoral Research Associate in Modern Italy and Memory Studies for 30 months to collaborate on a project on 'Escape, Community, Resistance, Memory. Italian populations and Allied prisoners of war'. www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/45574/

It has been a great experience to write this piece for Aeon on how, long before the European Union, 19th century Italian radicals imagined a United States of Europe, including Ukraine and Turkey, based on republican principles of freedom and equality aeon.co/essays/could...

Itā€™s here! Getting ready for the final revision! My book ā€œHegel and Italian Political Thought: The Practice of Ideas, 1932-1900ā€ will be out in September! www.cambridge.org/core/books/h...

ā€¼ļøJOB ā€¼ļø Great 3 years-postdoctoral opportunity in Modern European History at Oxford (St Edmund Hall) www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DHG386/e... @thecambridgeschool.bsky.social

My book has received its first endorsements and I could not be happier! You can read the endorsements and pre-order the book here: www.cambridge.org/it/universit...

Amazing evening yesterday at LSE for the IHR Political Thought seminar. A conversation between me and Richard Bourke on the state of the scholarship about Hegel and the Hegelian traditions of Political Thoughtā€¦a contextual turn in Hegel studies seems on the way! Great questions and audience!

ā€¼ļø London friends! Please join us tomorrow at 5:30pm at LSE for the History of Political Thought Seminar. I will be giving a talk together with Richard Bourke on ā€œThe State of Research: Hegel in Europe and the USā€. It will be fun! www.history.ac.uk/events/state...

JOBā€¼ļø We are hiring a College Lecturer in Law at Homerton College. Come to work with us! www.homerton.cam.ac.uk/cto-in-law

What could be better to celebrate #internationalwomensday than a lecture to undergrad on Womenā€™s emancipation in Europe and a Mediterranean Research Cluster with amazing female scholars discussing women in Albanian and Gipsy communities in the Medā€¦I missed the mimosa thoughšŸ˜¬

Action shot from Monday's seminar: @chrisbrooke.bsky.social, Sylvana Tomaselli, and Georgios Giannakopoulos discuss the United States of Europe, 1848-1914. (via @fernandag.bsky.social)