The iHPS Group is pleased to announce its first workshop: Re-visiting Historical Ontology. This event will explore the concept of historical ontology as developed by Ian Hacking at the turn of the 21st century, and its relecanve and evolution in contemporary philosophical and historical discourse.

📍 Location: University of the Basque Country, San Sebastián, Spain
📅 Dates: 23–24 October 2025

The workshop will bring together scholars working on themes related to historical ontology, including its philosophical foundations, methodological implications, and intersections with the history of science, epistemology, and social theory.

Further details regarding the venue, call for papers, and invited speakers can be found here.

We look forward to welcoming you to San Sebastián in October 2025.

We are happy to announce a new edition of our Reading group on integrated History and Philosophy of Science. This time, we will be reading Mary B. Hesse's classic Forces and Fields: The Concept of Action at a Distance in the History of Physics. This book may surprise the reader, as it is not only a classic in the history of physics, but also contains profound philosophical reflections. 

Starting on October 15th 2024, at 11:30 am CEST, we will discuss the preface and Chapters 1 and 2 of the book. The session will be held online and is expected to last about one and a half hours. Further meetings will be held weekly on Tuesdays at the same time (if not stated otherwise). If you are interested in joining us and want to keep updated on the meetings, please contact us at integratedhps1@gmail.com. 

Next in our spring series of the iHPS Reading Group, we shall discuss José G. Perillán's Science Between Myth and History (OUP, 2021). This book may be of interest to anyone interested in the narratives about science, in scientific pluralism and, more broadly, as a way to contribute to the so-called "crisis of science" in public opinion. 

Starting on May 7th 2024 at 11:00 am CEST, we will discuss the introduction and Chapter 1 of the book. The session will be held online and is expected to last about one and a half hours. Further meetings will be held weekly on Tuesdays at the same time (if not stated otherwise). If you are interested in joining us and want to keep updated on the meetings, please contact us at integratedhps1@gmail.com. 

The iHPS Group is co-hosting the "Ciencia, Religión, Nacionalismo. Recorrido histórico y reflexiones contemporáneas" summer school in Donostia/San-Sebastian (Spain) from June 20th to June 21st. 

This summer school aims to promote reflection on science, nationalism and religion both from a historical and contemporary point of view. We are glad to announce that Jaume Navarro and Bárbara Jiménez, members of the iHPS group, will participate in the event as speakers. The target audience includes everything from the general public to professional scholars.

Registrations are now open. For further information about the location, the participants or the programme please visit the official website of the summer school. 

We are organising a new series of our Reading Group during Spring 2024. In these new sessions, we will discuss some papers and chapters focusing mainly on historiography not exclusively on the history of science. What is a cannon in history? how does the notion of "classic" appear? What kind of historiography do scientists develop when writing the history of their own field? These are some of the questions that will be addressed at the Reading Group. 

Starting on April 23rd 2024 at 11:00 am CEST, we will discuss Jaume Aurell's paper The canon in history. The session will be held online. For further information please contact us at integratedhps1@gmail.com.

On the second session to be held April 30th at 11:00 am CEST we will discuss chapter 5 and the conclusions of Jaume Aurell's What Is a Classic in History? 

The integrated History and Philosophy of Science (iHPS) group is happy to announce the Spring School on Religion and Science in Historical Context, co-organized and co-funded by the iHPS group, the Nicolaus Copernicus University, the National Hellenic Research Foundation (NHRF) and the International Research Network for the Study of Science & Belief in Society (INSBS). 

The Spring School will take place at the Faculty of Theology Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń (Poland) from 4-5 June 2024. We are glad to announce that Jaume Navarro, PI of the iHPS group, will be giving a talk at the event. 

All students and people interested in the relationship between science and religion are welcome. The application form and further information can be found at www.pft.umk.pl.