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International Cooperation for Innovative Didactics

The aim of this project is to compare practices developed in different academic traditions in order to develop innovative teaching methods. The hypothesis guiding our reflection concerns the History of Philosophy as Political Philosophy: how is the practice of philosophical historiography at the same time a philosophical-political practice?

Rooted in the Italian historicist tradition – as well as, to a different extent, French and German historicisms – this idea has been a minority tradition in the Anglo-American academy, which has been dominated by analytical and positivist approaches.

The McGill researchers invited to participate in this project have, in recent years, pursued and developed a pluralist approach to research and teaching, drawing on multiple traditions of philosophical historiography. They have also enriched their historical research with original theoretical insights, and they have put the history of philosophy to use in the classroom with innovative pedagogies.

Through a series of workshops, shared supervision, and a Summer School in Bologna, we will compare and combine different approaches to research and teaching in the history of philosophy. The goal will be to enrich both our theoretical practice and its expression in our teaching.