A new postgraduate forum in Intellectual History and the History of Political Thought based in London would like to invite proposals for papers for our first postgraduate conference, to be held in in early May 2010.

The theme of the conference will be "Democracy and Republicanism" and Professor John Dunn will deliver the keynote address. Submissions for papers will be welcomed from any postgraduate student working in intellectual history or a related field. We are particularly keen to receive papers that address the complex historical relationship between the two concepts under discussion.Attendance is free, but please register on the website.If you would like to apply to speak at the conference, please email an abstract of no more than 300 words for papers of 25-30 minutes, along with a CV to the address below no later than 31st December 2009.

conference@historyofpoliticalthought.net