Within the Philosophy Department Conferences Prof. Ruth Hagengruber of Uni Paderborn gives a lecture on the History of Women Philosophers.
Within the Philosophy Department Conferences of Yeditepe Üniversitesi Ruth Hagengruber of Uni Paderborn gives a lecture on the outstanding female scientist Émilie du Châtelet.
The Teaching and Research Area “History of Women Philosophers and Scientists” at the Philosophy Department of the University of Paderborn (Germany) invites to the International Round-Table on Emilie Du Châtelet’s Cirey Manuscripts August 13th 2015 University of Paderborn, Germany Participants: Andrew Brown, Centre international d’étude du XVIIIe siècle, Ferney-Voltaire Ruth Hagengruber, University of Paderborn, T&R […]
The lecture will consist of two parts: in the first part we will give the outline of life and philosophy of Helene von Druskowitz (1856 – 1918). In I878 she was promoted with a thesis Don Juan in Lord Byron which made her the second German-speaking women to receive a PhD title. Throughout her life […]
Evangelia Aikaterini Glantzi (University of Athens, Greece) gives her talk "Tullia d’Aragona on Love” at the closing event of the I. Autumn School, at the Deelenhaus (Krämerstraße 8-10, Paderborn). This lecture reflects on the basic ideas of Tullia d’Aragona's (1510-1556) account of love with special emphasis on gender issues, as it is developed in the […]
Boston University (The Robert S. Cohen Forum): Émilie Du Châtelet: 310th Anniversary Co-sponsored by the Harvard U. History of Philosophy Workshop, co-organized with the BU College of Fine Arts Theater Program Friday and Saturday November 18th – 19th, 2016 Program: Friday 4:00pm BU Theater Lab, Rm. 104, College of Fine Arts, 855 Commonwealth Ave Staged […]
1st session of the Research Colloquium: "History of Women Philosophers" Ana Rodrigues, M.A., on Émilie Du Châtelet: "Du Châtelet über den Ursprung der Moral und die soziale Ordnung"
The Center for the History of Women Philosophers and Scientists at Paderborn University presents a round-table discussion in honor of the 310th anniversary of Émilie Du Châtelet`s birthday. Stefanie Ertz and Ansgar Lyssy will give a talk. Stefanie Ertz (Berlin Brandenburg Academy of Sciences) will present her research on Émilie Du Châtelet’s Grammaire raisonné. Stefanie […]
3rd session of the Research Colloquium: "History of Women Philosophers" Jessica Harmening on Charlotte Perkins Gilman: "Die Philosophie von Charlotte Perkins Gilman"
Prof. Dr. Ruth Hagengruber (Paderborn) gives a talk on Émilie Du Châtelet and her philosophical position (between Leibniz and Newton) as part of the lecture series "Werke der Philosophie der Neuzeit" (philosophy of the modern era) at Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany.
The 4th session of the research colloquium "History of Women Philosophers" presents Ronny Miron (Bar-Ilan University, Israel), Julia Mühl (Paderborn University, Germany) and Rodney K.B. Parker (Paderborn University, Germany). The talks focus on women phenomenologists, for example Hedwig Conrad-Martius and Gerda Walther. Ronny Miron (Bar-Ilan University, Israel): "The Essential Dualism of the I in Hedwig […]
Did you know that Bach had an Enkelschülerin? Luise Adelgunde Victoria Gottsched (1713-1762) was a universal scholar: a philosopher, a writer, a linguistic genius, and a pianist. When she came to Leipzig in 1735, freshly married to Johann Christoph Gottsched, a professor of poetics at the university, there was only one thing she could not […]
5th session of the Research Colloquium: "History of Women Philosophers" Linda Kaplan: "Als Rechtsperson zwischen Nutzen und Moral -lässt sich familiäre Fürsorge "allgemein" denken?"
6th session of the research colloquium "History of Women Philosophers" Julia Lerius: "Der Reziprozitätsaspekt im Werk Hildegards von Bingen"
7th session of the research colloquium "History of Women Philosophers" Ruth Hagengruber: "On how we constitute the Outer World. Émilie Du Châtelet's (1706-1749) response to the Leibniz-Newton-Debate on Space".
Prof. Dr. Ruth Hagengruber (University Paderborn) will deliver the keynote speech on "Émilie Du Châtelet: Models of Relations and Activity between Leibniz and Newton" on the first day of the conference "Emerging Activity" (February 16th-17th, 2017) at Humboldt-Universität Berlin. Registration open until 31st of January via email to Julia Weitzel (julia.weitzel.1@hu-berlin.de).
The Verein für Herforder Geschichte e.V., in cooperation with the VHS Herford, cordially invites you to Dr. Andrea Reichenberger's talk "On God and Formal Logic" on Elisabeth of Herford's correspondence with the philosophers of her time. Elisabeth, Princess of Herford (1618-1680), was a prominent figure in her time as the daughter of the Palatine Elector […]
The HeForShe campaign of the UN sets a historical milestone in the fight for gender equality. The inclusion of men and boys in a movement that once began as women's fight for human rights shows a fundamental change in the mindset of people: gender equality effects everyone and is in the interest of both, men […]
In the library archive of the Göttingen University, there is a manuscript on the lecture of the famous mathematician David Hilbert, titled "Statistical Mechanics" (1914), elaborated by Luise Lange (1891-1987). Her name can not be found in dictionaries, biographies, bibliographies, on the Internet, or in the list of German mathematicians and physicists. Andrea Reichenberger will […]
As part of the project Bridging the Gender Gap through Time: How Women Philosophers of the Past have Contributed to Today's Thought, Dr. Sandrine Bergès (Bilkent University) gives a talk on the French female philosopher Olympe de Gouges at King’s College London: “Uneducated nature and epistemic authority: how to talk about Olympe de Gouges in […]
Dr. Corey W. Dyck (Western Ontario) Of Minds and Medicine: The Women Intellectuals of Halle Bernhard Ritter (Klagenfurt) Solace or Counsel for Death: Kant and Maria von Herbert
Dr. Eleonora Cappuccilli (Bologna) is giving a talk on "The Political Theology of Mary Astell" as part of the Research Colloquium "History of Women Philosophers" at the Center for the History of Women Philosophers and Scientsists (Paderborn University).
Ruggero Sciuto (Oxford) is giving a talk on "Émilie Du Châtelet and the Three Leibnizian Versions of the Principle of Sufficient Reason" as part of the Research Colloquium "History of Women Philosophers" at the Center for the History of Women Philosophers and Scientists (Paderborn University).
In 1785 Jacques-Pierre Brissot de Warville was in London, attempting to set up a society and journal to encourage cross-channel literary and political communication. His efforts resulted in the production of a few issues of the Lycee de Londres. He reported that in England he gained little support or encouragement, except from Catharine Macaulay. In […]
The first International Libori Summer School, organized by the Center for the History Women Philosophers and Scientists, starts with an event at the atmospheric Deelenhaus. After welcome addresses by Prof. Ruth Hagengruber, starting at 6:15 pm, Prof. Ronny Miron from Bar-Ilan University in Tel Aviv will hold an opening speech entitled "Shakespeare's Sisters". Afterwards, the […]
As part of the first International Libori Summer School, the project Center for the History of Women Philosophers and Scientists will hold an evening event at the AStA Stadtcampus, starting at 6.30 pm on Wednesday, July 26th. Prof. Jeffrey K. McDonough, Head of the Department of the History of Philosophy at Harvard University, will present […]
The first International Libori Summer School will end ceremoniously with an evening event at the Deelenhaus. The director of the Center for the History of Women Philosophers and Scientists, Prof. Ruth Hagengruber, will chair the event together with American professor and project advisor Mary Ellen Waithe. Afterwards, Dr. Charles Wolfe from Ghent University will give […]
In this paper, Karen Detlefsen (University of Pennsylvania) examines two early modern women’s approach to women, their minds and education, and their self-knowledge. Mary Astell is a seventeenth-century thinker who grounds many of her claims in theological commitments. Emilie Du Châtelet is an eighteenth century thinkers whose theological commitments are considerably weaker, and as a […]
Hannah Arendt - Challenges of Plurality is the first workshop of the Research Colloquium: History of Women Philosophers at the Center in the winter term 2017/18. The human condition of plurality cuts through all layers of Hannah Arendt’s political theory. On the existential level, it radically differentiates every human being from everyone who lives, ever […]
The Center for the History of Women Philosophers and Scientists warmly invites you to celebrate our one-year anniversary. The event will be kicked off with a talk by Dr. Rodney Parker and Niklas Olmes on “The Center HWPS as a Project in Digital Humanities” with discussion to follow. The talk will give an overview of […]
Newton’s Principia inspired countless philosophical commentators, but few with the insight and the qualifications— both scientific and philosophical— of Émilie du Châtelet (1706-1751). Her commentaries on Newton’s principles provide one of the first and best examples of the philosophical investigation of scientific ideas. Speaker: Robert DiSalle (University of Western Ontario) http://catalogue.londonpubliclibrary.ca/search~20/P?SEARCH=Neglected+Voices&submit=Search&searchscope=20
The German Enlightenment has been treated by many scholars as if it were a "male affair." In this presentation, however, I will consider the innovative and influential philosophical contributions of two women: Dorothea Christiane Erxleben and Johanna Charlotte Unzer, to this ambitious 18th century project. Speaker: Corey W. Dyck (University of Western Ontario) http://catalogue.londonpubliclibrary.ca/search~20/P?SEARCH=Neglected+Voices&submit=Search&searchscope=20 Library Speaker […]
Prof. Ruth Hagengruber will give a talk on "Making the Women Philosophers in the History of Philosophy Visible" at the annual Society for Women in Philosophy e.V. (SWIP) conference at the University Bielefeld. Interested Parties are cordially invited. Participation is free, but registration via e-mail ( swip@uni-bielefeld.de) is requested.
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Dr. Marieke Borren (Utrecht) gives a talk on "Public Space, Performative Freedom and Embodiment" at the colloquium Paderborner Kolloquium zur Philosophie at Paderborn University. "Butler (2015) suggests that the freedom of assembly is prior to the freedom of expression. She demonstrates that public space is constituted, not just by discourse, but more importantly, by embodied […]
The Service Gender Consulting is showing the film "Hannah Arendt" this semester in cooperation with the Uni-Film e.V. Before the screening, for a thematic attunement to the topic, Dr. Maria Robaszkiewicz from Paderborn University will introduce the audience to the work of Hannah Arendt.
Please notice that unfortunately the Event has to be cancelled.
The Center History of Women Philosophers and Scientists recently acquired the Du Châtelet manuscripts contained in the Voltaire Collection of the Russian National Library at Saint Petersburg. In this workshop, the Center’s working group that focuses on the respective writings will give an introduction into new aspects of the Du Châtelet research arising from their […]
The Center for Ethics, Politics and Society (CEPS) - formerly the Political Theory Group - of the University of Minho, is pleased to announce the III Braga Colloquium in the History of Moral and Political Philosophy, an international annual conference to be held every year in January at the University of Minho in Braga, Portugal. The […]
The purpose of this conference is both to raise awareness of the rich historical tradition of women’s philosophy as well as to help make the connection with current social, moral, political and philosophical debate by bringing neglected women writers, past and present, into dialogue with today’s discourses. Convenors: Sandrine Bergès (Bilkent), Alan Coffee (King’s) Julia […]
Christine de Pizan (1365 – 1430) sagte,sie wolle nicht den „Meinungen der alten Theologen und Philosophen folgen“, sondern sich vielmehr „ihres eigenen Verstandes“ bedienen, als sie die gesellschaftliche Herabwürdigung der Frauen im öffentlichen Leben ihrer Zeit als ungerechtfertigt zurückwies. Olympe de Gouges (1748 – 1793) forderte die gleichen Bürgerrechte für Frauen wie für Männer und […]
The talk "Marie Deutschbeins und Walther Brands "Einführung in die philosophischen Grundlagen der Mathematik" (1929): ein Buch für Lehre und Unterricht?" is part of the 3rd annual meeting of the Deutschen Mathematiker-Vereinigung (DMV) and the Gesellschaft für Didaktik der Mathematik (GDM). Section: Geschichte und Philosophie der Mathematik und des Mathematikunterrichtes In 1929 the German book Introduction […]
Organising Committee for Othello's Island: Dr. Stella Achilleos (University of Cyprus, Cyprus); Prof. James Fitzmaurice (Northern Arizona University); Prof. Lisa Hopkins (Sheffield Hallam University, UK); Dr Sarah James (University of Kent, UK); Dr Michael Paraskos (Imperial College London, UK) Now in its second year as a strand within the annual academic conference "Othello's Island", the Early Modern Women Writers' Colloquium has […]
Full title: "Science in the Making: Alternative approaches to Science and Philosophy. Laura Bassi (1711-77) Du Châtelet (1706-1749) Luise Gottsched (1713 – 1754)"
Dr. Andrea Reichenberger
Organised by Manuela Migliorati and Laurent Cesalli With its six conferences , this workshop will examine various topics dealing with women and ancient philosophy. In particular, the audience will have the possibility to learn about women of the Pythagorean School, discover the character of Hypatia of Alexandria, and find out the status of women in […]
Dr. Dagmar Pichová (Masaryk University)
Dr. Catherine Wilson
Dr. Friederike Schmitz gives the talk "Eating or freeing animals? Ethic and politics with regard to the human-animal relation" as part of the colloquium Paderborner Kolloquium zur Philosophie SS 18.
Prof. Dr. Hans Rainer Sepp gives a talk on "Hedwig Conrad-Martius on Reality" as part of the colloquium Paderborner Kolloquium zur Philosophie SS 18.
Elizabeth Minnich is Distinguished Fellow at the Association of American Colleges & Universities. She received her PhD from the New School for Social Research in 1977. Her dissertation, “Philosophy, Democracy and Communication: A Study of John Dewey As Political Philosopher,” was supervised by Hannah Arendt and Richard Bernstein. She was Hannah Arendt’s teaching assistant in 1969-70, […]
Location: L2.202 , Paderborn University Dorothy Rogers is Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Religion at Montclair State University (Montclair, New Jersey). She is also the coordinator of MSU's program in Jewish American Studies. Her publications include: "The Other Philosophy Club: America's First Academic Women Philosophers," Hypatia 24:2 (2009) "Marietta Kies: Idealist and Altruist (1853-1899)," in […]
Location: L2.202, Paderborn University Antonio Calcagno is Professor of Philosophy at King's University College (London, Ontario), and co-director of the Centre for Advanced Research in European Philosophy (CAREP). His publications include: "On the Vulnerability of a Community: Edith Stein and Gerda Walther," Journal of the British Society for Phenomenology 49 (2018) "A Place for the Role of Community […]
Location: L2.202 , Paderborn University Robyn Arianrhod is Adjunct Research Associate in the School of Mathematical Sciences at Monash University (Melbourne, Australia). Her publications include: Seduced by Logic: Émilie Du Châtelet, Mary Somerville and the Newtonian Revolution (Oxford University Press, 2012) Einstein's Heroes: Imagining the World Through the Language of Mathematics (Oxford University Press, 2006) All interested parties […]
Location: L2.202 , Paderborn University Luka Boršić is Assistant Research Fellow at the Institute of Philosophy in Zagreb (Croatia) and lecturer at the Rochester Institute of Technology, Zagreb Campus. His publications include: Lexicon of outstanding women in Croatia from XI till XX century (with Ivana Skuhala Karasman), (Naklada Jurcic, 2015) “Isotta Nogarola – The Beginning of […]
Location: L2.202 , Paderborn University Maria von Welser is a journalist and humanitarian who has dedicated her life to reporting on the living conditions of women in developing nations around the globe. She is also served as a member of the executive board of UNICEF Germany. All interested parties are welcome to attend! General information: Libori Summer […]
Karen Green (University of Melbourne, Australia) In 1910 Emily Elizabeth Constance Jones (1848–1922), defended Frege against Russell’s critique of the distinction between sense and reference, developed in ‘On Denoting’, which had been published five years earlier. In this paper her defense of Frege is outlined, and it is argued, on the basis of the sketch […]
Den Markt neu denken. Utopie damals und heute. Wirtschaftsphilosophische Erörterungen zu den Themen 'Geschlecht' und 'Produktivität' von 1500 bis heute. Veranstaltung im Rahmen der Ringvorlesung "Utopien/Dystopien" Nach der Vorlesung laden die Veranstalter zu einem Umtrunk in den Räumlichkeiten des Instituts für Philosophie im Südflügel der Residenz. Kontakt Prof. Dr. Dag Nikolaus Hasse, Lehrstuhl für Philosophie […]
Emilie du Châtelet was one of the most influential women philosophers of the Enlightenment. Her innovative writings on natural philosophy, physics, and mechanics had a decisive impact on pivotal scientific debates of the 18th Century. In her talk, feminist historian of philosophy Professor Dr Ruth Hagengruber will explore the work of Emilie Du Châtelet along […]
Emilie Du Châtelet’s works on morals differ in a decisive aspect from her writings on natural philosophy. Whereas the latter as the Dissertation sur la nature et la propagation du feu or the Institutions de physique were published during her lifetime and contributed to the official scientific debate, her works on morals circulated only as […]
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ABSTRACT Travel has a long and intimate history with philosophy. Travel also has a long and intimate relationship with fiction. Sometimes travel fiction acts as ‘thought experiments’, experiments that we can run through in our heads. This talk explores a 1666 fiction travelogue, Margaret Cavendish’s Blazing World. In the novel, a virtuous young lady is […]
11 – 13 Uhr PD Dr. Stefania Maffeis, Freie Universität Berlin „Migration als Menschenrecht? Eine umstrittene Idee an den Grenzen Europas“ Response: Birte de Gruisbourne, Universität Paderborn 14 – 16 Uhr Dr. Florian Grosser, California College of the Arts „Von Bürgern, Ein- und Mitwohnern. Hannah Arendts Vorschläge zur Pluralisierung politischer Mitgliedschaft" Response: Dr. Maria Robaszkiewicz, […]
Peter Singer at Paderborn University! Colloquium | June 17, 2019 | 8 pm - 10 pm | Paderborn University Peter Singer, famous professor of ethics from the University of Melbourne, is coming to Paderborn University. Tonight, he will hold a talk about „Animal Liberation - Where are we today?” that is open for everyone interested. […]
The Centre for Ethics, Politics and Society of the University of Minho is pleased to announce the 5th Braga Colloquium in the History of Moral and Political Philosophy, an international annual conference to be held every year in January at the University of Minho in Braga, Portugal. The purpose of this conference series is to […]
IV Eroticism and Philosophy Between Traces and Erasures - The Erotic in Feminist Philosophy. Online Talk and Discussion with Georgia Amitrano. In 2014, to celebrate 5 years of the philosophy course at the Regional Goiás-UFG, the first event called “Eroticism and Philosophy” was held and and takes place every 2 years. In the past three editions, […]
Am 23. September wird Prof. Dr. Ruth Hagengruber beim ersten women&work-ScienceTalk über "Philosophinnen der Ökonomie" und ihren Anteil an ethisch-wirtschaftlichen Diskursen in Vergangenheit und Gegenwart sprechen. Welchen Einfluss hatten und haben Philosophinnen auf die Gestaltung wirtschaftlicher Prozesse und ökonomischer Denkrichtungen? Welche Rolle spielen sie in der derzeitigen Krise – und was wäre notwendig, um weibliches Gedankengut […]
Conference Ethics & Digitalization During the online conference Ethics and Digitalisation on the 1st of October 2020 from 3:30-4pm Ruth Hagengruber will give a talk on: How does AI support a shift from quantitative to qualitative growth? The online conference Ethics and Digitalisation – 1 October 2020, 1:30-7:30 pm – in partnership with Venice International […]
Manfred Zahn hat immer wieder sein Erstaunen darüber geäußert, dass die für Kant so wichtige Eberhard-Debatte in der Forschung so wenig Aufmerksamkeit erhielt. Eberhards Interpretation, Kants kritische Wende auf die Leibniz-Wolff’sche Philosophie zurückzuführen, war nicht ausreichend überzeugend. Die seit Jahren an Fahrt gewinnende Erforschung der Schriften der in Deutschland intensiv rezipierten französischen Philosophin und Mathematikerin […]
"Private virtues, public virtues: on the détournement of Mandeville's Fable of Bees by Du Châtelet. Analysis of some fragments." TALK | November 26, 2020 | 4pm by Katarina Peixoto Dr. Katarina Peixoto (UERJ, Brazil) is joining the Women in Philosophy Bayreuth zoom lecture series with a talk on "Private virtues, public virtues: on the détournement […]
Lecture | February and March 17, 2021 | Commission on Science and Literature Commission on Science and Literature DHST/IUHPST The Commission on Science and Literature DHST/IUHPST is very glad to announce a series of virtual open lectures on “Literature and the Pandemics in Historical Perspectives” to be given by distinguished scholars in the field. The […]
New Voices on Women in the History of Philosophy is a group for emerging scholars who work on Women in the History of Philosophy launched by Clara Carus, Assistant Professor at the Center for the History of Women Philosophers and Scientists (directed by Ruth Hagengruber). It is a place to connect and to foster communication […]
Thursday, 06. May 2021, 4 pm (CEST) DR. CLARA CARUS (UNIVERSITY of PADERBORN) Émilie du Châtelet's Concept of 'a Being' In paragraph 35 of her Institutions Physiques Du Châtelet determines a being as that which can exist and whose determinations do not entail a contradiction. Along with her predecessor Wolff, she deems the determination of […]
Throughout the last 40 years, many scholars have dedicated their endeavors to conserving the writings of women philosophers. Now we have access to valuable sources that show that the history of women philosophers stretches back as far as the history of philosophy itself. Using the history of women philosophers as a methodical approach to philosophy […]
International Conference Cultural diversity and biodiversity: the question of food Ruth Edith Hagengruber, Paderborn University, Teaching and Research Area EcoTechGender Session II Food and cultural diversity Individualized need and globalized food provision will substantially change the idea of growth economics. Not for the first time in our history, food is the enhancer of a global […]
The International Philosophy Olympiads (IPO), which is a competition for high-school pupils, first took place in 1993, by an initiative of the Department of Philosophy of Sofıa University to invite a group of philosophers from various countries. Main topics for discussion at eIPO 2021 will be: 1) Realism versus Idealism in political philosophy: throughout the […]
New Voices on Women in the History of Philosophy is a group for emerging scholars who work on Women in the History of Philosophy launched by Clara Carus, Assistant Professor at the Center for the History of Women Philosophers and Scientists (directed by Ruth Hagengruber). It is a place to connect and to foster communication […]
New Voices on Women in the History of Philosophy is a group for emerging scholars who work on Women in the History of Philosophy launched by Clara Carus, Assistant Professor at the Center for the History of Women Philosophers and Scientists (directed by Ruth Hagengruber). It is a place to connect and to foster communication […]
La tradition de la critique féminine de la Bible: De Nogarola à Du Châtelet. Ruth E. Hagengruber Du Châtelet shared the liberal ideas of the radical Enlightenment. My reading reads the Examinations of the Bible in the context of the history of the 'querelle des femmes'. I will then show that this biblical critique was […]
Lady Reason criticizes Christine de Pizan for idolatrizing philosophers, who « like to quote the authors they have read», writing «philofolly», instead of «philosophy». The exclusion of women philosophers from the history of philosophy is a result of the centuries-old practice of gendered-minded self-interest of certain groups, supported by a culturally established patriarchal hierarchy. After […]
New Voices on Women in the History of Philosophy is a group for emerging scholars who work on Women in the History of Philosophy launched by Clara Carus, Assistant Professor at the Center for the History of Women Philosophers and Scientists (directed by Ruth Hagengruber). It is a place to connect and to foster communication […]
New Voices on Women in the History of Philosophy is a group for emerging scholars who work on Women in the History of Philosophy launched by Clara Carus, Assistant Professor at the Center for the History of Women Philosophers and Scientists (directed by Ruth Hagengruber). It is a place to connect and to foster communication […]
New Voices on Women in the History of Philosophy is a group for emerging scholars who work on Women in the History of Philosophy launched by Clara Carus, Assistant Professor at the Center for the History of Women Philosophers and Scientists (directed by Ruth Hagengruber). It is a place to connect and to foster communication […]
PANEL 05.10.2021 1 PM Princeton time (ET) / 8 PM Bucharest time (UTC+2) Clara Carus Assistant Professor and Coordinator of the New Voices and Aaron Wells, Research fellow at the HWPS Center will hold a panel on Emilie du Chatelet's epistemic foundations together with Anne-Lise Rey from the Université Paris Nanterre. Clara Carus will shed […]
The Principles of Knowledge in Émilie du Châtelet” Talk | 15.10.2021 | 2:30-3:30pm (GMT-3) | On the 15th of October Clara Carus will hold a talk on The Principles of Knowledge in Émilie du Châtelet at the X Jornadas de filosofía moderna. Clara Carus is an Assitant Professor and the Coordinator of the New Voices […]
SWIP Austria - Solidarity and Resistance – a Philosophical Approach The Society for Women in Philosophy is hosting an international Symposium on Solidarity and Resistance on the 5th and 6th of November. Solidarity as “connected with”: With whom and against what? In what sense could solidarity and resistance should be viewed as a duty to […]
Talk | 12.11.2021 | Du Châtelet on the Need for Mathematics in Physics | Aaron Wells On the 12th of November Aaron Wells is giving a talk on "Du Châtelet on the Need for Mathematics in Physics," at the biennial meeting of the Philosophy of Science Association, in Baltimore, MD, USA.He is going to present […]
New Voices on Women in the History of Philosophy is a group for emerging scholars who work on Women in the History of Philosophy launched by Clara Carus, Assistant Professor at the Center for the History of Women Philosophers and Scientists (directed by Ruth Hagengruber). It is a place to connect and to foster communication […]
Find all talks recorded as podcast here. From 22nd November to 26th November 2021, Prof. George N. Vlahakis from the Hellenic Open University, School of Humanities and Prof. Chelsea C. Harry from Southern Connecticut State University (USA) will visit the Center for the History of Women Philosophers and Scientists. Prof. Vlahakis comes for the first […]
Ruth E. Hagengruber: The Third Knowledge Dimension. - How Epistemology changes in the Age of AI. 16Uhr Die digitalen Technologien haben das Potenzial, eine neue Renaissance von Menschheit und Planeten zu entfalten oder sie zu zerstören. Mit der dritten digitalen Konferenz Ethik und Digitalisierung am 25.11.2021, 14 - 19 Uhr, möchten wir anhand von theoretischen […]
Programm der Tagung 10:00 Uhr Eröffnung und Begrüßung GERHARD PFAFF (MLS*) HARALD A. MIEG 10:10 Uhr Session 1 – Moderation: GERHARD BANSE (MLS) 10:15 Uhr WERNER ZORN (MLS): Internet: von AUP – Acceptable Use Policy – zu LoT – Limits of Trust – 10:45 Uhr WERNER KRAUSE (MLS) & ERDMUTE SOMMERFELD (MLS): Universalien des Denkens […]
New Voices on Women in the History of Philosophy is a group for emerging scholars who work on Women in the History of Philosophy launched by Clara Carus, Assistant Professor at the Center for the History of Women Philosophers and Scientists (directed by Ruth Hagengruber). It is a place to connect and to foster communication […]
New Voices on Women in the History of Philosophy is a group for emerging scholars who work on Women in the History of Philosophy launched by Clara Carus, Assistant Professor at the Center for the History of Women Philosophers and Scientists (directed by Ruth Hagengruber). It is a place to connect and to foster communication […]
New Voices on Women in the History of Philosophy is a group for emerging scholars who work on Women in the History of Philosophy launched by Clara Carus, Assistant Professor at the Center for the History of Women Philosophers and Scientists (directed by Ruth Hagengruber). It is a place to connect and to foster communication […]
New Voices on Women in the History of Philosophy is a group for emerging scholars who work on Women in the History of Philosophy launched by Clara Carus, Assistant Professor at the Center for the History of Women Philosophers and Scientists (directed by Ruth Hagengruber). It is a place to connect and to foster communication […]
Dr. Dagmar Comtesse der WWU Münster wird am 05. Mai den Vortrag 'Zwischen Wahrheit und Macht - Für ein poststrukturalistisches Kanon-Konzept' beim Kolloquium zur Philosophie an der Universität Paderborn präsentieren.
We are delighted to announce the official beginning of the New Voices series of talks for Summer 2022, which will focus on Du Châtelet. You are warmly invited to the first presentation, which is by Andrea Reichenberger on “Émilie Du Châtelet as a Key Figure of the European Enlightenment: Challenges and Perspectives for Research and Teaching Practices.” This online […]
We are delighted to announce the New Voices series of talks for Summer 2022, which will focus on Du Châtelet. You are warmly invited to the presentation, which is by Eszter Kovacs on “ Lost in Transition: Émilie Du Châtelet and the Encyclopédie" This online talk will be hosted on Zoom on the 30th of […]
We are delighted to announce the New Voices series of talks for Summer 2022, which will focus on Du Châtelet. You are warmly invited to thepresentation, which is by Stephen Harrop on “Du Châtelet's Cosmological Argument in the Institutions de Physique” This online talk will be hosted on Zoom on the 21th of July ,, […]
We are delighted to announce the New Voices series of talks for Summer 2022, which will focus on Du Châtelet. You are warmly invited to thepresentation, which is by Maria Susana Seguin on “An Online Edition of Du Châtelet’s Examens de la Bible” This online talk will be hosted on Zoom on the 28th of July, […]
We are delighted to announce the New Voices series of talks for Summer 2022, which will focus on Du Châtelet. You are warmly invited to thepresentation, which is by Marcy Lascano on “Du Châtelet on the Powers of Minds and Bodies.” This online talk will be hosted on Zoom on the 22nd of September, at 5PM […]
Abstract: Femtech is the collective name for technologies that address female health needs. Femtech applications can, e. g., help women digitally track their period, manage their fertility and support their pregnancy. Although femtech has beneficial potential, there are various ethical concerns to be raised with current femtech apps. In this talk, I will discuss three […]
Abstract: In this presentation, I aim at analyzing the importance of beauty for contemporary women. I begin by showing some traditional views in the history of Philosophy, such as Kant´s conception that “woman is beautiful while man is sublime”. I claim that beauty is still considered one of the main assets for women, not only […]
In the context of the International IAPH Workshop, Ruth E. Hagengruber holds a talk on 'Why Women Philosophers were excluded: The History of Women Philosophers and the New Philosophy. From Bible critics to a (Monist) Metaphysics of Love' on December 1, 2022. The workshop 'Feminism and Philosophy. New and old questions' is organized by Cristina […]
In the context of the fouth digital Conference 'Ethics and Digitalization', an event hosted by the Cultural Entrepreneurship Institute Berlin on 1 December 2022, Ruth Edith Hagengruber will hold a talk on '1789 – 2022. From France to Iran. Women pave the way to Freedom. Introducing Shohrey Bayat. Voices from Iran'. With contributions by Prof. […]
On December the 5th at 6pm CET we will have an interview with Christine Lopes, Katarina Peixoto, Pedro Pricladnitzky, editors of the book Latin American Perspectives on Women Philosophers in Modern History. The book was published in July 2022 and is part of the Women in the History of Philosophy and Sciences series coordinated and […]
Abstract: Pregnancy has been a life-changing experience for me. It has been so not only because of my bodily transformation and the amazing two forms of life that emerged, but also because of its painful loss. It has prompted me to ask a simple yet profound question: how to grasp this grief, and how to […]
Abstract: When feminists speak about sexuality they sometimes refer to social and political power structure, sometimes to procreation, others speak about pleasure practices or subcultures and even others refer to questions of identity. At the example of the body, these disparities in feminist thought regarding sexuality become even more evident. While the body has been […]
Abstract: Vanessa Springora’s memoir, CONSENT, caused a firestorm when it was published in France in 2020, as it recounted her sexual relationship with the famed writer, Gabriel Matzneff, that began when she was 14 and he was in his 50s. An open secret at the time, the relationship was tolerated and even encouraged by the […]
Abstract: When protesters against compulsory Covid-vaccination and face masks shouted ‘my body, my right’, this slogan strangely reverberated earlier feminist demands of bodily autonomy. It reminded us of how strongly the right to bodily autonomy and integrity has become associated with women’s bodies. Especially in recent human rights discourse, bodily integrity often refers to protection […]
At April 5, 2023, Ruth E. Hagengruber will give a Masterclass and Keynote Lecture on "Women Philosophers: Thinking Europe Anew" at the talk series "Voices from Contemporary Philosophy". The talk series takes place from January to May 2023 at the Department of Humanities of the University of Trento, Italy, and is coordinated by Michele Nicoletti, […]
This summer we will host a Harvard History Workshop on Émilie du Châtelet in cooperation with the Center for the History of Women Philosophers. The workshop is organized by Jeff McDonough, Harvard University and Aaron Wells, Paderborn University and Ruth Hagengruber, Director of the Center for the History of Women Philosophers and Scientists, Paderborn University. The talks will take place […]
This summer we will host a Harvard History Workshop on Émilie du Châtelet in cooperation with the Center for the History of Women Philosophers. The workshop is organized by Jeff McDonough, Harvard University and Aaron Wells, Paderborn University and Ruth Hagengruber, Director of the Center for the History of Women Philosophers and Scientists, Paderborn University. The talks will take place […]
The Spring/Summer 2023 Harvard History Workshop on Émilie Du Châtelet (in cooperation with the Center for the History of Women Philosophers) will conclude with a mini-workshop on Metaphysical Themes in Du Châtelet. The workshop will take place on the 20th of June, 2023, in the ground-floor seminar room, Technologiepark 21, Paderborn. All are invited to […]
From 3 to 7 July 2023, the first colloqium "Colóquio Émilie: Filosofia, contexto, tradução", organized by Mitieli Seixas Da Silva, the Translation and Research Group Émilie, will be hosted at the Universidade Federal de Santa Maria in Santa Maria, Brazil. Part of the colloquium is the Translation School from 4 to 7 July 2023. Find […]
On September 12th, at 16h30, Dr. Jil Muller will give a keynote talk on Marie de Gournay: The Philosopher Slandered by a Patriarchal Society, at the 6th FINO Graduate Conference in the History of Philosophy, in Pavia, Italy.
On September 28, 2023, Ruth E. Hagengruber will give a Keynote Talk on 'Zur Geschichte der Frauen in der Philosophie des Rechts' at the conference 'Rechtsphilosophinnen'. The conference takes place on September 28-29, 2023 at the Paris Lodron University of Salzburg in Salzburg, Austria. The event is organized by Kristin Albrecht, Carolina Esser and Stephan […]
On the 20th of November at 3pm David Owen will give a talk on Khadīja Bint al-‘Āqil: Logician of Islamic West Africa at the Center for the History of Women Philosophers and Scientists. David Owen studies the history of logic in the western Islamicate world. He is especially interested in formal patterns of reasoning in the […]
An intercontinental New Voices seminar. Hosted by the Centre for the History of Women Philosophers and Scientists. This online seminar, dedicated to 1000 Places in 1 World, is a collaboration with colleagues from universities around the world, including contributions from the Philippines, Brazil, Mexico, India and Tanzania. The seminar brings to life the research and […]
An intercontinental New Voices seminar. Hosted by the Centre for the History of Women Philosophers and Scientists. This online seminar, dedicated to 1000 Places in 1 World, is a collaboration with colleagues from universities around the world, including contributions from the Philippines, Brazil, Mexico, India and Tanzania. The seminar brings to life the research and […]
An intercontinental New Voices seminar. Hosted by the Centre for the History of Women Philosophers and Scientists. This online seminar, dedicated to 1000 Places in 1 World, is a collaboration with colleagues from universities around the world, including contributions from the Philippines, Brazil, Mexico, India and Tanzania. The seminar brings to life the research and […]
An intercontinental New Voices seminar. Hosted by the Centre for the History of Women Philosophers and Scientists. This online seminar, dedicated to 1000 Places in 1 World, is a collaboration with colleagues from universities around the world, including contributions from the Philippines, Brazil, Mexico, India and Tanzania. The seminar brings to life the research and […]
An intercontinental New Voices seminar. Hosted by the Centre for the History of Women Philosophers and Scientists. This online seminar, dedicated to 1000 Places in 1 World, is a collaboration with colleagues from universities around the world, including contributions from the Philippines, Brazil, Mexico, India and Tanzania. The seminar brings to life the research and […]
Research Colloquium Summer Term 2024 This summer term the Center for the History of Women Philosophers and Scientists continued with its tradition of the Research Colloquium. Within this colloquium members of the Center, Fellows and students present their status on personal research projects. The Research Colloquium takes place on the following dates at the center […]
Research Colloquium Summer Term 2024 This summer term the Center for the History of Women Philosophers and Scientists continued with its tradition of the Research Colloquium. Within this colloquium members of the Center, Fellows and students present their status on personal research projects. The Research Colloquium takes place on the following dates at the center […]
Research Colloquium Summer Term 2024 This summer term the Center for the History of Women Philosophers and Scientists continued with its tradition of the Research Colloquium. Within this colloquium members of the Center, Fellows and students present their status on personal research projects. The Research Colloquium takes place on the following dates at the center […]
Research Colloquium Summer Term 2024 This summer term the Center for the History of Women Philosophers and Scientists continued with its tradition of the Research Colloquium. Within this colloquium members of the Center, Fellows and students present their status on personal research projects. The Research Colloquium takes place on the following dates at the center […]
Dr. Amalia Cerrito (University of Trento): Female seeds, powers, and bodies: Albert the Great and the vegetal sexuality The 13th-century Dominican master Albert the Great extensively discusses vegetal sexuality. While animals reproduce through the mating of female and male individuals, plants lack a sexual distinction, reproducing through seeds that contain all necessary conditions for plant […]
Research Colloquium Summer Term 2024 This summer term the Center for the History of Women Philosophers and Scientists continued with its tradition of the Research Colloquium. Within this colloquium members of the Center, Fellows and students present their status on personal research projects. The Research Colloquium takes place on the following dates at the center […]
Research Colloquium Summer Term 2024 This summer term the Center for the History of Women Philosophers and Scientists continued with its tradition of the Research Colloquium. Within this colloquium members of the Center, Fellows and students present their status on personal research projects. The Research Colloquium takes place on the following dates at the center […]
Research Colloquium Summer Term 2024 This summer term the Center for the History of Women Philosophers and Scientists continued with its tradition of the Research Colloquium. Within this colloquium members of the Center, Fellows and students present their status on personal research projects. The Research Colloquium takes place on the following dates at the center […]
On the 2. August at 09.20-09.40 in CU009, Geologia e Mineralogia, Aula 14 our Fellow Michele Vagnetti will present a paper on Women in the History of Analytic Philosophy: Wilma Papst’s Reception of Frege. More information on the Center activities at the FISP 2024 can be found here.
2. August 13.00-19.00, CU002 Giurisprudenza, Aula “Francesco Calasso”: Ruth Edith Hagengruber: Biopolitics: Erasing the Voices of Women Philosophers. The talk is part of an invited session hosted by Riccardo Pozzo. In the 1990s, feminist critics pointed out that Foucault’s implicit androcentrism blinds this theory to the question of women: the categories of the philosophical field of biopolitics are […]
2. August 17.00-19.00, CU001 Rettorato, Aula Organi Collegiali: Ruth Edith Hagengruber: Adding Voices to the Philosophy Curriculum. The talk is part of an invited session hosted by Floris Velema. Teaching Hypotheses with Émilie Du Châtelet by Ruth Edith Hagengruber Abstract The philosopher Emilie du Chatelet (1706-1749) was one of the most successful writers on philosophy and […]
3. AUGUST 17.00-19.00, CAMPUS SAPIENZA, AULA MAGNA: SYMPOSIUM ON WOMEN IN THE HISTORY OF PHILOSOPHY Chair: Ruth Edith Hagengruber Thanks to the president of the FISP, Luca Scarantino, and his board. For the first time in the history of FISP, and indeed for the first time in the entire history of FISP, this history of […]
Round Table #1 Center for the History of Women Philosophers and Scientists: Monday 5 August 2024, CU003 Lettera e Filosofia, Aula XII, Time: 17:00- 19:00 17:00 – 17.30 Krissah Marga Taganas (Philippines): Empowering Mothers: Feminist Theorizing on Motherhood”. 17:30 – 18.00 Piergiacomo Severini (Japan/Italy): Women in the Non-Western Philosophy – ethical category of “distinction” in Jeanne Hersch and Kitarou […]
5. August 17.00-19.00, CU003 Lettera e Filosofia, Aula XII: Ruth Edith Hagengruber: The Actuality of Teaching Hannah Arendt: The Origins of Totalitarianism, Association internationale des Professeurs de philosophie. Chaired by Riccardo Pozzo Flyer -Society Session: 50 Years, Past and Present Association Internationale De Professeurs de Philosophie More information on the Center activities at the FISP 2024 […]
Round Table #2 Center for the History of Women Philosophers and Scientists: Eco-, Health-Feminism Wednesday 07 August 13:00-15:00, CU002 Giurisprudenza, Aula “Falcone e Borsellino” 13:00-13:30 Kateryna Karpenko (Kharkiv National Medical University, Ukraine): Eco-cide and -feminism in Ukraine 13:30-14:00 Jil Muller (Center for the History of Women Philosophers and Scientists, Luxembourg/Germany): Women and Their Body 14:00-14:30 Clara Mavellia (Cultural Entrepreneurship Institute Berlin, […]
7. August 17.00-19.00, CU002 Giurisprudenza, Aula 302: Ruth: Women Philosophers in Academia (IAPh) More information here.
Dr. Viktorya Vasilyan (National Academia of Science of the Republic of Armenia) will introduce her work on History of Women Philosophers and Scientists in a special perspective of the history of Armenia. Her talk Women image in the History of Armenia will introduce us into this very exciting topic and we lookforward to her presentation. […]
Dr. Andreas Vrahimis (University of Cyprus): Stebbing’s critique of Schiller’s pragmatism Whereas early criticisms of pragmatist theories of truth by analytic philosophers like Russell and G.E. Moore are well known, and helped shape the ongoing debates on this topic, L. Susan Stebbing’s significant contributions to the debate have hitherto largely been ignored. At the outset […]
Dr. Peter West (Northestern University, London): Dorothy Emmet’s Moral Philosophy Dorothy Emmet (1904-2000) was only the second woman in Britain to be a Professor of Philosophy, when she was appointed to the position at Manchester University in 1946. She succeeded Susan Stebbing and, like Stebbing, was the only woman in Britain to be a Professor of Philosophy […]
Talk by Dr. Andreas Vrahimis (University of Cyprus). More Information coming soon.
Prof. Dr. Inken Schmidt-Voges (Universität Marburg) and Sina Menke will present their Research. More information coming soon.
Dr. Giulia Felappi, (University of Southampton): “There is no reason for the necessity of the ultimate principles of deduction.” Margaret MacDonald on Logical Necessity. This talks aims at contributing to the recent enterprise of rediscovering Margaret MacDonald’s views, by focusing on her reflections on the necessity of logic, a theme that runs through many of […]
Dr. Suki Finn (Royal Holloway University of London): Thinking (About Stebbing) To Some (Feminist) Purpose Susan Stebbing’s popular book, Thinking To Some Purpose, was first published in 1939, went out of print for many decades, and was finally republished in 2022. The relevance of and need for the book is as pertinent now as it was […]
Dr. Julia Franke-Reddig (University of Siegen and Université de Genève): Ilse (Rosenthal-)Schneider and Einstein on Kantian Philosophy The name Ilse (Rosenthal-)Schneider is not well known today. However, she was a promising student of Albert Einstein, Max von Laue, and Alois Riehl, publishing her dissertation on the space-time problem in the context of Kant and Einstein […]
Dr. Amanda J. Favia (Nassau Community College): What’s Self-love Got to Do with it? E.E. Constance Jones on the Deduction of Prudence from Benevolence E. E. (Emily Elizabeth) Constance Jones (1848-1922) was a prominent figure in British philosophy in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries known primarily for her work in philosophical logic. Jones, […]
Inputtalk zur regulären stattfindenden Veranstaltung Pillars & Umbrellas des Gleichstellungsprogramms der Technischen Universität Dresden. Im Rahmen der Veranstaltungsreihe findet am kommenden Montag 3. März 2025 ein DIALOGUE - Format der Kolloquiumsreihe statt. Es handelt sich dabei um den vierten Teil der Kolloquiumsreihe mit dem Thema Reshape Reality - Questioning Claims of Neutrality for Inclusive TechnoFutures, […]
Irene Calà: Aspasia and the Others: Women and Medicine in Late Antiquity Medical texts from Late Antiquity are invaluable for our understanding of lost medical sources. This is particularly true for the medical work of Aetius, a physician native to Amida, lived in the first half of the sixth century AD, and author of a […]
Anna Gili: Women’s Health in Early Islamic Medical Works: Contextualising al-Maǧūsī’s "Kitāb al-malakī" Al-Maǧūsī, a Zoroastrian physician from the Fārs province, composed his Kitāb al-malakī during the second half of the tenth century. This medical encyclopaedia in ten books which aims to synthesize and systematize all earlier medical knowledge into a unified whole also devotes […]
Shannon McHugh: Women’s Reproductive Lives in Renaissance Italian Lyric Poetry What can a sonnet teach us about the history of women’s reproductive bodies? For the early modern world, notions about pregnancy and childbirth have been well documented by historians, who have combed through archival and print materials composed by the period’s medical, religious, and humanist […]
Dr. Pichová is giving a guest lecture in the seminar Radical Feminism (led by Ana Rodrigues). The lecture will take place on campus in room E2.316. Interested guests are welcome! However, due to limited room capacity, prior registration is requested: please email to ana.rodrigues@uni-paderborn.de Dr. Pichová will present the life and work of two […]
Karine Durin: Fluids as Dynamic and Organic Forces. Medical knowledge in Oliva Sabuco de Nantes This work will examine the study of organic fluids and movements in the Nueva filosofía de la naturaleza del hombre, published by Oliva Sabuco de Nantes in 1587. The representation of the internal anatomy shows the dynamics that flow back and forth, […]
Dr. Michael Walshots, Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, will introduce us into his research on Johanna Charlotte Unzer (1725–82): The first female german philosopher. The talk is part of the regular research colloquium held at the Center for the History of Women Philosophers and Scientists. The research colloquium is organized by Prof. […]
Prof. Dr. Fatima-Zohra Iflahen, Full Professor at Cadi Ayyad University, Marrakesh, Morocco, will introduce us into her research on Women’s Rights Theories and Movements in Morocco and North Africa: Coming of Age or Tutorship? The talk is part of the regular research colloquium held at the Center for the History of Women Philosophers and Scientists. […]
Viktorya Vasilyan: A History of Breastfeeding: Its Iconography and Medical Importance During human history, infants were fed human milk for survival, either through breastfeeding by their mothers or adoptive breastfeeding by other women. From antiquity to today, breastfeeding has been valued, reflected in mythology, philosophy, art, and religion worldwide. In ancient Armenia, it was prized […]
Dr. Gabriele Schimmenti, Post Doctoral Fellow and Adjunct Lecturer at the University Roma Tre (Italy), will introduce us into his research on (History of) Philosophy, Politics, and Art in Louise Dittmar (1807–1884): A Feminist Perspective. The talk is part of the regular research colloquium and will take place at the Colloquium of Philosophy, organized by […]
Dr. Andrea Reichenberger, research group leader at the Department of Mathematics at the University of Siegen, will introduce us into her research on Grete Hermann: From Quantum Physics to Politics and Ethics. The talk is part of the regular research colloquium held at the Center for the History of Women Philosophers and Scientists. The research […]
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