The Center for the History of Women Philosophers and Scientists (HWPS) is pleased to announce a diverse range of courses for the Winter Term 2025/26 at Paderborn University. Under the direction of Prof. Dr. Ruth Edith Hagengruber, the Center continues to expand its interdisciplinary teaching program, combining classical philosophical inquiry with innovative perspectives from feminist theory, political thought, and the history of women philosophers:

Prof. Dr. Ruth E. Hagengruber

• Rethinking Europe: An Analysis of the History of Political Ideas, Its Concepts and Its Future

• Plato, Politeia – A Masterpiece of Political Thought for Today?

• Love and Capital: An Economic-Philosophical Journey to the Centre of Emotions

• Research Colloquium History of Women Philosophers / EcoTechGender

• The Early Works of Émilie Du Châtelet (Libori Summer School 2025) – co-taught with Dr. Jil Muller

Dr. Jil Muller

• Self-Awareness through Suffering and Pain in the Early Modern Period

• Elisabeth of Bohemia’s Correspondence with René Descartes

Felix Grewe

• From Cyborg to Companion Species – Haraway’s Concept of Storytelling

Luisa Schulz

• Italian and French Women Philosophers of the 16th and 17th Century

• Philosophy Journalism: Methods and Formats of Science Communication (practice-based workshop)

Dr. Maria Robaszkiewicz

• Hannah Arendt and the Human Condition

Ana Paula Coelho Rodrigues

• Introduction to the Study of Philosophy I & II

• Existentialism and Therapy

• James, The Varieties of Religious Experience

• Feminist Perspectives on Sexuality

• Man, Society and Morality in the Works of Émilie Du Châtelet

• Human Dignity