

By Rodrigo Ballon Villanueva & IPM Monthly Team
All that you need to know about calls, jobs, conferences, meetings, and much more. Every month in our News and Opportunities section. And if you have any news you want to share with the wider med_phil public, reach out to us!
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By Grégory Clesse
Rencontré il y a plusieurs mois lors du dernier colloque de la Société renardienne à Trente (Italie), Agostino Paravicini Bagliani est revenu au micro de Grégory Clesse sur sa publication Histoire de la papesse Jeanne : une enquête au cœur des textes (Presses universitaires de Lyon, 2024). Une interview recueillie en collaboration avec la radio RCF Sud Belgique.
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By Isabel Inzunza Gomez
I met this scholar, whom I’ll call Sophia (a name chosen to preserve her anonymity), over Zoom, very early in the morning her time. Despite the hour, the sun was already pouring through both of our windows, casting long shadows and bathing our screens in a kind of fierce clarity. It felt oddly symbolic. There we were, two people in different corners of the world, brought together by a shared concern, a shared vocation, and a shared commitment to keeping difficult conversations alive.
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By Celeste Pedro
I have always been passionate about old books and old scripts. That led me to study many subjects beyond my major, and get to know many online repositories of the most amazing collections. To keep track of developments in digitisation efforts, I follow many Facebook pages set up by Unis, research centres, research projects, museums, libraries, specialists, etc.
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By Mário Correia
Our monthly list of recently published books on philosophy, history, and the Middle Ages for the spring season. Take a look to find out the latest trend in our field.
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By Rodrigo Ballon Villanueva
In Japan, April marks the beginning of a new academic year, accompanied by the stunning – and worldwide famous – cherry blossom season. Inspired by this beautiful image, this month, we are happy to introduce you to Yasuatsu Toyoda.
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By Alexander Lamprakis
It’s not every day you get a Whatsapp text about a medieval saint’s skull coming to town. But there it was—pinging into my phone: “Skull of Italian saint Thomas Aquinas comes to Utrecht in April.” Although I have studied Thomas as a philosopher, I must confess that I had never thought of him being actively venerated as a saint. So I was all the more surprised to see his skull go on a world tour on the scale of a rock band, including accompanying newspaper articles and paparazzi shots of his skull in the passenger seat of a Jeep.
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