National an Kapodistrian University
Mikras Asias 75, Athens, Greece
Good Philosophy for a Good Life! Why it is necessary to research the history of women philosophers. Ruth Hagengruber (Germany) A Gendered view of Liberty? Some Women Philosophers from Cavendish to Wollstonecraft Sarah Hutton (UK) Mary Wollstonecraft’s Critique of J-J Rousseau Martina Reuter (Finland) Philosophy’s First Hysterectomy: Diotima of Mantinea Mary Ellen Waithe (USA) (den […]
Prof. Dr. Hagengruber ist Professorin für Philosophie an der Universität Paderborn. Sie baut an der Universität Paderborn ein Archiv über die Philosophinnen auf. Dort werden Schriften von und über Philosophinnen von der Antike bis in die Gegenwart gesammelt. In ihrem Buch "Von Diana zu Minerva – Philosophierende Aristokratinnen des 17. und 18. Jahrhunderts" werden deutsche […]
Paderborn University
Warburger Str. 100, Paderborn, Germany
Within the Grundtvig-Lifelong Learning Programme of the EU, the German Women‘s Academic Society and the University of Paderborn present the international Workshop on "Domestic Violence Met by Educated Women". 10:30-11:30 Dr. Jarmila Mildorf (University of Paderborn) "Domestic Violence, Gender, and Professionalism: The Case of Medical Practice" 11:45-12:45 Prof. Dr. Elisabeth De Sotelo (University of Koblenz) […]
Paderborn University
Warburger Str. 100, Paderborn, Germany
Prof. Stella Villarmea ist in der Woche von Montag, den 07.04.2014 bis Freitag, den 11.04.2014 zu Gast am Lehr- und Forschungsbereich History of Women Philosophers and Scientists von Prof. Dr. Ruth Hagengruber, Inhaberin des Lehrstuhls für Praktische Philosophie an der Universität Paderborn. Villarmea ist Professorin an der traditionsreichen Universidad de Alcalá in Madrid. Ihre Forschungsschwerpunkte […]
Universität Paderborn Institut für Humanwissenschaften – Philosophie Lehrstuhl für Praktische Philosophie – Prof. Dr. R. Hagengruber PHILOSOPHISCHER FRAUENSALON Am 09.05.14 um 16 Uhr eröffnet Elke Süsselbeck, Rechtsanwältin in Paderborn, die Sommersaison 2014 des philosophischen Frauensalons mit einen Vortrag zum Thema: „Über die Folgen der Legalisierung der Prostitution in Deutschland“. Der Vortrag umfasst zum einen eine […]
Universität Paderborn Institut für Humanwissenschaften – Philosophie Lehrstuhl für Praktische Philosophie – Prof. Dr. R. Hagengruber PHILOSOPHISCHER FRAUENSALON Am 06.06.14 um 16 Uhr hält Tanja Reiffenrath (Universität Paderborn) im Philosophischen Frauensalon einen Vortrag zum Thema: „Siri Hustvedts The Shaking Woman or A History of My Nerves“. Die amerikanische Autorin Siri Hustvedt macht sich in ihrer […]
Universität Paderborn Institut für Humanwissenschaften – Philosophie Lehrstuhl für Praktische Philosophie – Prof. Dr. R. Hagengruber PHILOSOPHISCHER FRAUENSALON Am 04.07.14 um 16 Uhr findet das Sommerprogramm des Philosophischen Frauensalons im Café Röhren seinen Abschluss in einer Präsentation des Projektseminars "Klassikerinnen der feministischen Theorie" von Ana Rodrigues. Die Präsentation hat das Thema "Geschlecht – Eine Kategorie […]
The Teaching and Research Area History of Women Philosophers at the University of Paderborn headed by Prof. Dr. Ruth Hagengruber invites the interested public to a workshop on “Rewriting the History of Philosophy: The Women Chapters“ where women philosopher’s thought and action will be discussed by Sarah Hutton, Ruth Hagengruber, Andreas Blank, Silvana d‘Alessio, and […]
Paderborn University
Warburger Str. 100, Paderborn, Germany
Feminist economic philosophy is a knowledge project that challenges the tradition of economic thought and targets the transformation of economic categories. The talks are organized with Teaching and Research Area EcoTechGender at Philosophy Department, Paderborn University. Participation is open to all interested scholars. For further enquiries, please contact: Kevin Dear kevin.dear@upb.de This conference is […]
Paderborn University
Warburger Str. 100, Paderborn, Germany
It has often been pointed out that emancipation of the individual from traditional conventions has been the hallmark of the European enlightenment. But only recently the contribution of female philosophers and political thinkers to this process has become the focus of research in the history of philosophy and political theory. The present workshop has the […]
Paderborn University
Warburger Str. 100, Paderborn, Germany
Émilie Du Châtelet has emerged in the last few decades as a prominent figure of the European Enlightenment. Particularly recent publications as "Emilie du Châtelet between Leibniz and Newton" (2011) revalued her contributions to the main Enlightenment debates on natural philosophy. Nevertheless, Du Châtelet research does not so far fully exhaust her scientific outcome. Her […]
Paderborn University
Warburger Str. 100, Paderborn, Germany
The teaching and research area “History of Women Philosophers and Scientists” of the department of Philosophy organized an international seminar in cooperation with Prof. Dr. Lale Levin Basut (Yeditepe University, Turkey) and Dr. Marieke Borren (Pretoria Unversity, South Africa). This international seminar offers a close look on the philosophical contributions of two significant women thinkers, […]
Paderborn University
Warburger Str. 100, Paderborn, Germany
When we think of antiquity names like Socrates, Plato and Aristoteles come to mind. The names of the female philosophers had been forgotten for a long time, which doesn’t mean that there haven’t been any: Themistoclea, Theano, Arignote, Aspasia and Diotima; just to name a few. With her book series A History of Women Philosophers […]
Paderborn University
Warburger Str. 100, Paderborn, Germany
With her book series “A History of Women Philosophers“ Prof. Dr. Mary Ellen Waithe (Cleveland State University, USA) created a thorough overview over female thinkers, authors, and scientists within the history of philosophy. This master class focuses on the Spanish women philosopher Oliva Sabuco (1562-1622). Together with Professor Mary Ellen Waithe, students will have the […]
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
Università del Piemonte Orientale
Via Galileo Ferraris 116, Vercelli, Italy
This international workshop is organized by Dipartimento di Studi Umanistici (Università del Piemonte Orientale, Vercelli) in cooperation with the Center for the History of Women Philosophers and Scientists (Paderborn University). Scientific board: Sabrina Ebbersmeyer, Ruth Hagengruber, Sarah Hutton, Gianni Paganini Sponsors: Comune di Vercelli, PRIN National Research Project: Early Modern Philosophy in Constellation – Vercelli […]
Bilkent University
Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey
Mary Wollstonecraft worked primarily on social and political philosophy, with an emphasis on republicanism, education and women’s rights. But she also touched on other topics: slavery, aesthetics, marriage, work, family, masculinity, virtue, reason, passions, theology and epistemology. The driving motivation for this workshop is not primarily to develop Wollstonecraft scholarship, but to show how the […]
Hörsaal 402
Hellbrunner Straße 34, Salzburg, Austria
The workshop aims to celebrate the life and work of Tatjana Afanassjewa, both through discussions of her own contributions to the exploration of irreversibility as well as through presentations of new perspectives on this topic. Speakers: Jeremy Butterfield (University of Cambridge); James Fraser (University of Leeds); Leah Henderson (University of Groningen); Patricia Palacios (Munich Center […]
Dr. Rodney Parker (Paderborn), Dr. Henning Peucker (Paderborn) and Prof. Dr. Wolfhart Heckmann (Munich) are giving talks on the topic of Phenomenology, with regard to "Anthropology and Metaphysics in the Munich and Freiburg Circle", as part of the Research Colloquium "History of Women Philosophers" at the Center for the History of Women Philosophers and Scientists […]
Andrew Janiak, Professor of Philosophy, Chair of the Department (Duke University), and the co-leader of Project Vox , visits the Center for the History of Women Philosophers and Scientists. Both projects focus on texts written by women philosophers that have been neglected or ignored in the mainstream narratives of the history of philosophy. Project Vox's research […]
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 […]
Maynooth, County Kildare, Ireland
The National University of Ireland, Maynooth (NUIM)
This workshop (No. 2) is organized as part of a research project that focuses on the philosophical and institutional foundations of ‘scientific empiricism’, i.e., the association of rationality with systematic models which are compatible with experience and/or experiments . The project draw s a historical and conceptual line of reflection from the schools of the 14th […]
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 […]
Landesinstitut für Lehrerbildung und Schulentwicklung
Felix-Dahn-Straße 3, Hamburg, Germany
Eine philosophische Annährung an Hildegards von Bingen (1098 – 1179) Verständnis von Leib und Seele mit Impulsen für den Philosophieunterricht. Der im Rahmenplan Philosophie festgelegte Arbeitsbereich „Anthropologie und Kultur“ behandelt zentrale Anliegen der philosophischen Anthropologie. Die Frage nach dem Verhältnis von Leib und Seele ist ein Schwerpunkt des Arbeitsbereichs. Dieser Workshop bietet Impulse für die […]
The aim of the workshop is to promote communication and collaboration amongst younger scholars working on women philosophers of the early modern period. We welcome submissions relating to Elisabeth of Bohemia’s letter exchanges and intellectual networks and to the conditions and challenges of women’s participation in the development of early modern philosophy. The workshop will […]
The International Commission on Science and Literature DHST/IUHPST, the Commission on Women and Gender Studies DHST/IUHPST, the Center for the History of Women Philosophers and Scientists, Paderborn University, the School of Humanities of the Hellenic Open University, the Institute of Historical Research/National Hellenic Research Foundation, and the Department of History and Philosophy of Science, University […]
Keynote Speakers Katherine Goodman (Brown University) and Karen Green (University of Melbourne) Thursday, 4 October 16:00 Welcome to the Center HWPS 16:30 Opening Lecture Katherine Goodman (Brown University, USA) Luise Gottsched’s Panthea: Cicero, Shaftesbury and Modernity Friday, 5 October 11:00 Karen Green (University of Melbourne, Australia) Women’s reception of Kant, 1790-1810 12:30 Emilio Maria […]
Paderborn University
Warburger Str. 100, Paderborn, Germany
The past twenty-five years have seen an explosion in historical research on women philosophers and scientists due to attempts to integrate more female voices into the philosophical canon. Across history, women’s writing is now being recovered not as marginal but as theoretically important for contemporary debates and issues. By contrast, historical research on female logicians […]
For myriad reasons, women have historically been a minority in institutional philosophy. However, it is undeniable that they have been ever present. Yet, beginning at the end of the 18th Century, their role in the history of philosophy seems to have been systematically erased from textbooks. This has led to the false but pervasive view […]
University of Copenhagen, South Campus, Building 16, room 16-1-16
Nørregade 10, Copenhagen, Denmark
The so-called radical enlightenment was a European movement during the early modern period that was decisive for the formation of modern European democracies; thinkers across Europe were participating in the spread of new and radical ideas. In recent years, the scholarship on this tradition of thought has flourished, developed and brought to light many texts, […]
On January 23rd the Center History of Women Philosophers and Scientists celebrated its acquisition of the manuscripts of Emilie Du Châtelet from the Russian National Library of St. Petersburg with a workshop. Some members of the Center’s research group on the work of Du Châtelet presented first new insights into the manuscripts. Moreover, it welcomed […]
Paderborn University
Warburger Str. 100, Paderborn, Germany
Announcement: Workshop The diversity project In der Philosophie zu Hause (At Home in Philosophy) is organizing a workshop on Islamic mysticism in cooperation with the Center for the History of Women Philosophers and Scientists at Paderborn University, Germany. The workshop „Philosophy and Islamic Mysticism: Rābi‘a al-‘Adawiyya“ under the direction of Prof. Dr. Ruth Hagengruber focuses […]
Tokyo Metropolitan University
1-chōme-1 Minamiōsawa, Hachioji, Hachiōji, Tokyo, Japan
Gender equality, support for young researchers - "Reflection on approaches and good practice" Chair: Prof. Yuko Murakami (Rikkyo University, Japan) Speaker: Prof. Wu Shiu-Ching (National Chung Cheng University, Taiwan) Jessica Harmening (Paderborn University, Germany) From May 17 to 19, the conference of the Japanese Association for Philosophy, one of the most important philosophy […]
Nordrhein-Westfälische Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Künste
Karl-Arnold-Haus der Wissenschaften Palmenstraße 16, Düsseldorf, Germany
Participants: Ruth Hagengruber / Julia Mühl / Stefanie Ertz (Paderborn) Further Information On Tuesday, 21.05.2019, an expert workshop on Visualization in (digital) Editions will take place at the North Rhine-Westphalian Academy of Sciences and Arts in Düsseldorf. Ruth Hagengruber, Julia Mühl and Stefanie Ertz from the University of Paderborn, among others will present their lecture on […]