The Isaiah Berlin Lectures

The Isaiah Berlin Visiting Professorship brings leading scholars in the history of philosophy or history of ideas to Oxford for a term in which they give a series of lectures.

These lecture series were established in 2004, and mark the great British philosopher, and founding president of Wolfson College, Sir Isaiah Berlin. The lectures on this page are usually organised by the Faculty of Philosophy, but Berlin’s legacy is further commemorated with an annual lecture held at Wolfson College, which also houses the Isaiah Berlin Virtual Library. Those interested in Berlin’s legacy may wish to look at the Isaiah Berlin Online website. For any queries about the annual lecture or Wolfson’s support of Berlin’s legacy, you can email: mailto:berlin@wolfson.ox.ac.uk.

The Berlin Lecture is made possible thanks to an endowment gift from the Rothschild Foundation.
Type: Seminar Series
Web Address: https://www.philosophy.ox.ac.uk/isaiah-berlin-lectures
Organising department: Faculty of Philosophy

Talks:

Thursday 22 May 2025

2025 Annual Isaiah Berlin Lecture: Democracy in Distress
Date: 22 May 2025, 18:00 - 19:00
Speaker : Dr Amy Gutmann (University of Pennsylvania)
Venue: Wolfson College, Linton Road OX2 6UD
Venue Details: Leonard Wolfson Auditorium, and online
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Editors: Laura Spence, Belinda Clark