27-31 July 2026 at Paderborn University (hybrid)

!!Update: Extension of the Call for Applications – Submissions are now possible until 15 May 2026.

Alongside the keynote program, the Libori Summer School will also feature a series of thematic sessions led by international scholars, offering participants the opportunity to engage with current research on women philosophers and scientists across diverse philosophical fields.

Below is an overview of the currently planned sessions and their course leaders (all subject to change).

WOMEN IN THE HISTORY OF MEDICINE

Jil Muller
The Female Body in the Early Modern Period

Fabrizio Bigotti
Giovanni Marinelli on Women’s Illnesses

Julia Lerius
Embodied Knowledge: Vision, Medicine, and Authority in Hildegard of Bingen; Rethinking Knowledge Beyond Scholastic Epistemology

(This session examines the intersections of medicine, embodiment, and epistemology. It addresses how the female body has been theorized in early modern medicine, revisits medical discourses on women’s illnesses, and explores alternative forms of knowledge production through figures such as Hildegard of Bingen. Particular attention is given to the relationship between bodily experience, authority, and epistemic legitimacy.)

WOMEN PHILOSOPHERS AND GLOBAL CULTURE

Namita Herzl
Philosophies of Women Beyond the Canon

Abosede Ipadeola
African Storytelling as Philosophical/Feminist Practice

Rutte Andrade
African Feminist Epistemologies: Philosophical Foundations of Batuku and Tina

(This session expands the geographical and methodological scope of the history of philosophy by engaging with non-canonical traditions and global perspectives. It foregrounds African and transcultural epistemologies, emphasizing storytelling, performance, and cultural practices as sites of philosophical reflection. The session invites a critical reassessment of what counts as philosophy and whose knowledge is recognized within the discipline.)

WOMEN IN THEOLOGY

Katrin König
Faith Seeking Experience. The Question of Divine Presence in Female Perspectives

Aurélien Chukurian
The Principles of Conway in Light of Its Theological Scope

(This session explores the relationship between theology and philosophy through the lens of women’s intellectual contributions. It considers how questions of divine presence, experience, and metaphysical principles are articulated in female-authored or female-centered perspectives, including renewed interpretations of Anne Conway’s thought within its theological framework.)

WOMEN IN CULTURE AND ARTS

Vera Grund
tbc

Lena Frömmel
The First Female Composer! – Again?

(This session addresses the role of women in cultural and artistic production, with particular attention to historiographical narratives and their repetition. It critically examines how claims of “firstness” are constructed and reconstructed, and how women’s contributions to the arts are framed, remembered, or obscured within cultural history.)

Interested in seeing the lectures live?

Then sign up here for the Libori Summer School 2026:
https://indico.uni-paderborn.de/event/157/

If you would like to participate actively in the discussions or present your own work, please consider submitting an application:

https://historyofwomenphilosophers.org/call-for-applications-libori-summer-school-2026/