British Idealism and Collingwood Centre

Description

The Collingwood and British Idealism Centre was established in 1994 at the University of Wales, Swansea, with the aim of promoting and encouraging research into the life and philosophy of R. G. Collingwood and moved to Cardiff University in 2000.

The Centre produces a journal, Collingwood and British Idealism Studies, publishes books, provides physical and intellectual support, houses copies of manuscripts from a range of British Idealists, printed books and over 120 Ph.D. theses from all over the world, and organises conferences supported by the British Academy and AHRC.

The Centre encourages research and study focused on the corpus of the British Idealists’ writings in relation to themes which are associated with broader issues in the areas of politics, ethics, social and political philosophy, history of ideas, British and Continental political thought, sociology, and social policy. There is no restriction on the methodological and interpretative approaches employed and new innovative interdisciplinary projects of re-assessment, critical examination, and reconstruction of the British Idealists’ philosophy are encouraged. The Collingwood and British Idealism Centre has four main foci, which act as the objectives to be pursued: the moral social and political philosophy of Idealism; society and the individual; varying international perspectives on Idealism and the diverse and powerful influence of Idealism.

The Centre aims to develop a unique resource for the promotion and encouragement of research into the work of Collingwood and British Idealism. This resource will include a comprehensive website; extensive bibliographies, a unique collection of Ph.D. theses, adding to the over one hundred and twenty already held, a comprehensive collection of printed material, including copies of journal articles.

Another aim is to provide intellectual and material support for postgraduate and established scholars. The Centre is particularly concerned to provide a vibrant intellectual culture and environment in which postgraduates can develop and mature, by means of expert supervision, regular opportunities to attended conferences organized by the Centre at Cardiff, Oxford, and the University of Wales Conference Centre at Gregynog.

The Centre strives to provide the focus for collaborative and individual research. The aim is for the Centre to attract visiting international scholars who will provide the focus for seminars and produce edited collections arising out of the common themes outlined above, and to encourage single authored monographs on the important themes.

The centre has a research archive which is on deposit in the Arts and Social Sciences Library, Cardiff University. It is catalogued and some is digitised and accessible on-line at the link below.

https://www.cardiff.ac.uk/special-collections/explore/archives/w.-g.-collingwood-archive

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No, this infrastructure does not provide funding.

Founding year

1994

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Cardiff University
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Cardiff University