| Date | Time | Session |
| 08.09.2025 | 09.30 | Registration and Get Together |
| 10.00 | Welcome to the conference Ruth E. Hagengruber | |
| 10.30 – 12.00 |
Ana Rodrigues, Introduction to the Mandeville Commentary Sophie Unger, Does Morality Begin in Relation to Ourselves? Luca Esfehanian, Humans and Animals in Comparison: Human-Animal-Relations in Émilie du Châtelet’s On Liberty and Commentary of the Fable of the Bees |
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| 12.00 – 14.00 | Lunch | |
| 14.00 – 15.30 |
Ana Rodrigues, Du Châtelet’s Pseudo-Translation of Mandeville’s Fable of the Bees Discussion |
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| 15.30 – 17.00 | Judith Zinsser, Open Discussion of Du Châtelet’s views on the issues suggested by Mandeville’s Fable of the Bees
Discussion |
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| 09.09.2025 | 10.00 – 12.00 |
Ruth E. Hagengruber, Introduction to the Essay on Liberty Ana Barbosa, The Double Liberation of Émilie du Châtelet Elina Rohleder, Émilie Du Châtelet on Divine Foreknowledge and Human Liberty Buddhini Dharmawardhana, A perfunctory Philosophical Examination of Émilie Du Châtelet’s Perspective on Free Will |
| 12.00 – 14.00 | Lunch | |
| 14.00 – 15.30 | Eszter Kovács, About some lesser-known influences on the essay On Freedom: Malebranche
Discussion |
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| 15.30 – 17.00 | Julia Jorati, Du Châtelet’s theory of freedom and its origins
Discussion |
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| 10.09.2025 | 10.00 – 12.00 |
Pedro Pricladnitzky & Bryce Gessell, Introduction to the Essay on Colours Baiju P Anthony, Liberty Reconsidered: A Feminist Perspective on Thought, Movement, and Choice Chong Sinn Si, In Chains or in Charge? Revisiting Free Will and Determinism in Enlightenment Thought Aleksander Cvetkovic, An Analysis of Émilie Du Châtelet’s “On the Formation of Colours” |
| 12. 00 – 14.00 | Lunch | |
| 14.00 – 15.30 | Bryce Gessell, The Historical Background and Newtonian Influence of du Châtelet’s “On the Formation of Colors”
Discussion |
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| 15.30 – 17.00 |
Fritz Nagel, Acceptance and Rejection of Newton’s Theory of Light and Colours. Discussion |
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| 19.00 | Conference Dinner | |
| 11.09.2025 | 10.00 – 12.00 |
Pedro Pricladnitzky & Katarina Peixoto, Introduction to the Essay on Grammar Alicia Crespo, Analysis on Liberty in the 18th century: Émilie du Châtelet and Karoline von Günderrode Sarah Bonfim, Du Châtelet’s Contribution to Wollstonecraft’s Theory of Freedom Zichuan Xie, The Philosophical Foundations of Grammar: Logic, Innateness, and Cultural Construction |
| 12.00 – 14.00 | Lunch | |
| 14.00 – 15.00 |
Pedro Pricladnitzky, Grammar as an Object of Scientific Inquiry Discussion |
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| 15.00 – 16.00 |
Katarina Peixoto, Operations of Understanding and the Role of Language in Émilie Du Châtelet’s Conception of Rational Grammar Discussion |
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| 16.00 – 17.00 |
Viridiana Platas Benitez, Language and Knowledge in “Grammaire raisonnée” by Émilie Du Châtelet Discussion |
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| 12.09.2025 | 10.00 – 12.00 |
Ruth Hahgengruber, Introduction to the Treatise on Metaphysics John R. Alonzo, An analysis of Émilie du Châtelet’s Treatise of Metaphysics. Filippo Iorillo, Du Châtelet on Final Causes and the Prejudice of Philosophy |
| 12.00 – 12.30 | Final remarks and Closing | |
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