MacAllister on MacIntyre ‘The hopeful person lives with full awareness of the difficulties that lie before them. However, they are not crushed by the weight of these difficulties.’ (MacAllister, 2019, p438)Lecture: 16:00-17:30Drinks Reception: 17:30-18:30This session brings together three people - Professor Mark Smith, Professor Laura Colucci-Gray and Dr Ian Normile - whose own work has been influenced by James MacAllister’s engagement with the writing of Alasdair MacIntyre. All three knew James the person as well as knowing his writing; working alongside him as colleague, co-author or doctoral student (or a combination of all three). Here they build on James’ writing and thinking, drawing on ideas of ‘hope’, ‘education as it could be’ and what both MacAllister and MacIntyre must teach us about how to do Philosophy of Education well. Attendees wishing to familiarise themselves with James’ writing on MacIntyre may like to read the following in advance:MacAllister, J. (2019) Utopianism of the Present: MacIntyre on Education and the Virtue of Hope, International Critical Thought, 9(3), pp. 436-446.MacAllister, J. (2016) MacIntyre's Revolutionary Aristotelian Philosophy and his Idea of an Educated Public Revisited, Journal of Philosophy of Education, 50(4), pp. 224-237.Professor Mark Smith, Professor of Social Work, School of Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, University of Dundee: ‘Practices of Hope’Professor Laura Colucci-Gray, Personal Chair in Science and Sustainability Education, Moray House School of Education and Sport, University of Edinburgh: ‘Seeing with the eyes of the skin: the quest of aesthetic perception in science education’Dr Ian Normile, Senior Lecturer Anglia Ruskin University: ‘MacAllister on MacIntyre: Exemplars in the Philosophy of Education’.Chair: Professor Jonathan Hearn, Professor of Political and Historical Sociology, School of Social and Political Science, University of Edinburgh Tags Education events Jul 09 2026 16.00 - 18.30 MacAllister on MacIntyre This session brings together people whose work has been influenced by James MacAllister’s engagement with the writing of Alasdair MacIntyre. Godfrey Thomson Hall, The University of Edinburgh Moray House School of Education and Sport University of Edinburgh (Holyrood Campus) Edinburgh EH8 8AE Register This article was published on Thursday 25 June 2026
MacAllister on MacIntyre ‘The hopeful person lives with full awareness of the difficulties that lie before them. However, they are not crushed by the weight of these difficulties.’ (MacAllister, 2019, p438)Lecture: 16:00-17:30Drinks Reception: 17:30-18:30This session brings together three people - Professor Mark Smith, Professor Laura Colucci-Gray and Dr Ian Normile - whose own work has been influenced by James MacAllister’s engagement with the writing of Alasdair MacIntyre. All three knew James the person as well as knowing his writing; working alongside him as colleague, co-author or doctoral student (or a combination of all three). Here they build on James’ writing and thinking, drawing on ideas of ‘hope’, ‘education as it could be’ and what both MacAllister and MacIntyre must teach us about how to do Philosophy of Education well. Attendees wishing to familiarise themselves with James’ writing on MacIntyre may like to read the following in advance:MacAllister, J. (2019) Utopianism of the Present: MacIntyre on Education and the Virtue of Hope, International Critical Thought, 9(3), pp. 436-446.MacAllister, J. (2016) MacIntyre's Revolutionary Aristotelian Philosophy and his Idea of an Educated Public Revisited, Journal of Philosophy of Education, 50(4), pp. 224-237.Professor Mark Smith, Professor of Social Work, School of Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, University of Dundee: ‘Practices of Hope’Professor Laura Colucci-Gray, Personal Chair in Science and Sustainability Education, Moray House School of Education and Sport, University of Edinburgh: ‘Seeing with the eyes of the skin: the quest of aesthetic perception in science education’Dr Ian Normile, Senior Lecturer Anglia Ruskin University: ‘MacAllister on MacIntyre: Exemplars in the Philosophy of Education’.Chair: Professor Jonathan Hearn, Professor of Political and Historical Sociology, School of Social and Political Science, University of Edinburgh Tags Education events Jul 09 2026 16.00 - 18.30 MacAllister on MacIntyre This session brings together people whose work has been influenced by James MacAllister’s engagement with the writing of Alasdair MacIntyre. Godfrey Thomson Hall, The University of Edinburgh Moray House School of Education and Sport University of Edinburgh (Holyrood Campus) Edinburgh EH8 8AE Register This article was published on Thursday 25 June 2026
Jul 09 2026 16.00 - 18.30 MacAllister on MacIntyre This session brings together people whose work has been influenced by James MacAllister’s engagement with the writing of Alasdair MacIntyre.
