Since 2018, this prize is sponsored by Professor Dr. Ulrike Detmers and awarded in cooperation with Professor Dr. Ruth Hagengruber, the director of the Center for the History of Women Philosophers and Scientists. “The Center for the History of Women Philosophers and Scientists is pleased and proud to join with Professor Detmers in awarding a prize that explicitly honors scholars whose work best acknowledges the contributions of women philosophers in history,” says Professor Dr. Ruth Hagengruber.

The Elisabeth of Bohemia Prize is intended to acknowledge an internationally known scholar whose work best preserves the memory of women in philosophy. “The awareness that women have contributed to the  philosophical tradition is not very common. But it is important to celebrate our knowledge that women of past centuries were active philosophers who raised their voices and have been heard in former times,” explains Professor Ruth Hagengruber.

The prize is awarded to an outstanding contemporary philosopher in memory of Elisabeth of Bohemia (1618-1680). She was the eldest daughter of Prince Friedrich V. of the Palatinate and his wife Elisabeth Stuart, a granddaughter of Maria Stuart. In her time Elisabeth of Bohemia was also a well-known European intellectual and pupil of Descartes. “I have been fighting for many years to ensure that women get the place in society that they deserve,” says Professor Ulrike Detmers. “It is important to raise awareness about women in the history of philosophy and thereby to revitalize the relevance of the philosophical discipline.”

The Elisabeth of Bohemia Prize will be awarded this year within the XX. IAPh Symposium at the University of Tokyo.

The Elisabeth of Bohemia Prize is awarded by this years award comittee consists of:

Prof. Dr. Ulrike Detmers – Professor of Business Administration | University for Applied Sciences Bielefeld | Entrepreneur | Donor of the Elisabeth of Bohemia Prize

Prof. Dr. Ruth E. Hagengruber – University of Paderborn | President of the German Society for Philosophy

Prof. Dr. Yuko Murakami – Rikkyo University, Japan

More Informations can be found at the Elisabeth of Bohemia Prize – Main Page.