Am 03.05.13 um 16 Uhr eröffnet Frau Dr. Stefanie Dick (Universität Kassel) das Sommerprogramm des Philosophischen Frauensalons mit einem Vortrag zum Thema: „Paarbeziehungen im Mittelalter. Geschlechterbeziehungen und Herrschaftsverhältnisse“. Dieser Vortrag mit anschließender Diskussionsrunde findet wie bereits die Auftaktveranstaltung am 1.2.13 und nun alle weiteren Veranstaltungen des Philosophischen Frauensalons im Café Röhren an der Mühlenstraße in […]
Am 07.06.13 um 16 Uhr hält Herr Dipl. theol. Wolfgang Walter im Philosophischen Frauensalon einen Vortrag zum Thema: "Ist die Armut weiblich? Schlaglichter auf Geschlechtsbezogene Armutsrisiken". Dieser Vortrag mit anschließender Diskussionsrunde findet wie bisher alle Veranstaltungen des Philosophischen Frauensalons im Café Röhren an der Mühlenstraße in Paderborn statt. Der Philosophische Frauensalon ist eine Initiative des […]
Am 05.07.13 um 16 Uhr beschließt Frau Prof. Dr. Claudia Öhlschläger das Sommerprogramm des Philosophischen Frauensalons mit einem Vortrag zum Thema "Imaginationsräume des Weiblichen in der Literatur". Frau Öhlschläger wird einen kurzen Prosatext der Gegenwartsautorin Brigitte Kronauer vorstellen und die Diskussion mit einigen Überlegungen eröffnen. Folgende Fragen werden zur Diskussion gestellt: Wie gestaltet Literatur die […]
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 […]
We encourage you to send papers concerning the history of women philosophers to Section 29, 'Philosophical Approaches to Gender', which is co-chaired by Herta Nagl-Docekal. Deadline: March 1, 2013; papers should not exceed 6 pages in length
Yeditepe Üniversitesi
İnönü Mah. Kayışdağı Cad. 26 Ağustos Yerleşimi Atasehir, Istanbul, Turkey
Within the Philosophy Department Conferences of Yeditepe Üniversitesi Ruth Hagengruber of Uni Paderborn gives a lecture on the outstanding female scientist Émilie du Châtelet.
Paderborn University
Warburger Str. 100, Paderborn, Germany
Prof. Dr. Penelope Deutscher ist Professorin für Philosophie und Kodirektorin des Forschungs-Clusters & Critical Theory an der Northwestern University (Evanston, USA) und hält eine Marie-Jahoda-Gastprofessur für internationale Geschlechterforschung an der Ruhr-Universität Bochum. Sie wird am Freitag den 22. November 2013 den Vortrag „Analogy is always a reason? - Slaves, Animals, and Sovereigns in Mary Wollstonecraft’s […]
Am 22.11.13 um 16 Uhr eröffnet die Organisatorin des Philosophischen Frauensalons, Ana Rodrigues, das Winterprogramm 2013/2014 mit einem Vortrag zum Thema: „Denken Frauen anders? Fußnoten zur Geschichte der Philosophinnen“. Der Salon, der in der Regel am 1. Freitag im Monat im Semester stattfindet, beginnt dieses Semester anlässlich des UNESCO Welttages der Philosophie drei Wochen später. […]
Am 06.12.13 um 16 Uhr hält Dr. Sara Strauß (Universität Paderborn) im Philosophischen Frauensalon einen Vortrag zum Thema: „Alterungsprozesse und Identitätsfindung im Werk Eva Figes'“. Die englische Schriftstellerin und Sozialkritikerin Eva Figes ist durch ihre feministische Schrift „Patriarchale Gewohnheiten: Frauen in der Gesellschaft“ (1970) bekannt geworden. Sie beschäftigt sich in ihren fiktionalen und non-fiktionalen Werken […]
Paderborn University
Warburger Str. 100, Paderborn, Germany
Im Rahmen des Erasmus-Austausch-Prgamms kommt Professorin für Philosophie, Sigríður Þorgeirsdóttir, von der Universität von Island nach Paderborn, um Vortrage zu halten und das Austausch-Prgramm zu fördern. Feministische Ethik und Umweltethik 15. Januar 2014, 16 Uhr, L2
Paderborn University
Warburger Str. 100, Paderborn, Germany
Im Rahmen des Erasmus-Austausch-Prgamms kommt Professorin für Philosophie, Sigríður Þorgeirsdóttir, von der Universität von Island nach Paderborn, um Vortrage zu halten und das Austausch-Prgramm zu fördern. Nietzsches Philosophie im Spiegel der aktuellen feministischen Philosophie. 16. Januar 2014, 16 Uhr, O1.224
Paderborn University
Warburger Str. 100, Paderborn, Germany
Im Rahmen des Erasmus-Austausch-Prgamms kommt Professorin für Philosophie, Sigríður Þorgeirsdóttir, von der Universität von Island nach Paderborn, um Vortrage zu halten und das Austausch-Prgramm zu fördern. Philosophie studieren in Reykjavik. 17. Januar 2014, 11 Uhr, L1.201
Am Freitag, den 07. Februar, präsentiert der philosophische Frauensalon in Kooperation mit dem CINEPLEX Paderborn Alejandro Amenábars „AGORA – Die Säulen des Himmels“. Amenábar setzt mit diesem Film einer wichtigen Denkerin der Spätantike ein Denkmal: Hypatia von Alexandrien (355-416). Als Leiterin der neuplatonischen Akademie von Alexandrien im 4. nachchristlichen Jahrhundert spielte sie eine bedeutende Rolle […]
"Macht gibt Weisheit? Die Geschichte der Philosophinnen und das Ideal der Philosophie: Eine Bestandsaufnahme" Vortrag von Prof. Dr. Ruth Hagengruber, Professorin für Philosophie an der Universität Paderborn Wer kennt nicht Hannah Arendt und Simone de Beauvoir, zwei ausgezeichnete philosophische Denkerinnen des 20. Jahrhunderts? Diese, so Hagengrubers These, sind trotz einer fast frauenlosen Philosophiegeschichte „‚nicht vom […]
Hannah Beitzer: „Wir wollen nicht unsere Eltern wählen. Warum Politik heute anders funktioniert“ Sie gelten als gut ausgebildet, anspruchsvoll und sind mit dem digitalen Wandel aufgewachsen – Arbeitgebe- rInnen buhlen um die nach 1980 Geborenen und stel- len sich auf ihre Bedürfnisse ein. Schließlich wissen sie: Den Jungen gehört die Zukunft. Und die Politik? Dort […]
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 […]
Paderborn University
Warburger Str. 100, Paderborn, Germany
Anlässlich des 125. Geburtstags des österreichischen Philosophen Ludwig Wittgenstein wird am Freitag, 09.05.2014, um 19:30 Uhr im Audimax der Universität Paderborn die multimediale Produktion „Wittgensteins Welten“ präsentiert. Diese findet im Rahmen des interdisziplinären Projekts „Philosophie als Beruf“ statt, das von Prof. Dr. Dr. G. E. Ortner, dem Begründer der Musica Sacra, U. Lettermann und Prof. […]
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 […]
Anlässlich des Acts of Settlement von 1701 und des daraus resultierenden 300. Jubiläums der angelsächsischen Thronbesteigung der Welfen wird die international bekannte Philosophin Elisabeth von Herford von Studierenden der Universität Paderborn inszeniert. In diesen Vorstellungen werden das philosophische Wirken von Elisabeth von Herford und die Beziehungen zu zeitgenössischen Philosophinnen und Philosophen näher beleuchtet. Diese Inszenierungen […]
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
Distinguished visiting professor Sarah Hutton is guest at the Teaching and Research Area “History of Women Philosophers” at the Department of Philosophy in Paderborn. Professor Hutton‘s research focuses on the Renaissance and Seventeenth-century literature and intellectual history, including the history of science and history of philosophy. She is specialized in the History of Women Philosophers […]
Paderborn University
Warburger Str. 100, Paderborn, Germany
Zum zehnten mal wird am 20. November der Unesco-Welttag der Philosophie begangen, dessen Ziel es ist, kritisches Denken und freie Meinungsäußerung zu fördern. Dazu läd der Lehrstuhl für Praktische Philosophie der Universität Paderborn dieses Jahr in Zusammenarbeit mit dem Kompetenzzentrum Humanitäre Hilfe der FH Münster und dem DRK Landesverband Westfalen-Lippe Schulklassen ein, um sich mit […]
FernUniversität in Hagen
KSW-Seminargebäude, EG, Raum 1-3
Émilie du Châtelet ist eine herausragende Wissenschaftlerin und Philosophin der ersten Hälfte des 18. Jahrhunderts, die aktiv und mit erheblicher Wirkung an den Auseinandersetzungen zwischen den Newtonianern und den Leibnizianern teilnahm. Der Vortrag legt auf dem Hintergrund des berühmten „hypotheses non fingo“ der Newtonianer die Leibniz- und Newton-Rezeption der französischen Elite dar und bestimmt darin […]
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 […]
Am Donnerstag, 16. Juli wird die international bekannte und universalbegabte Philosophin Émilie du Châtelet von Studierenden der Universität inszeniert. In diesen Vorstellungen werden das philosophische Wirken von Émilie du Châtelet und die Auseinandersetzung mit dem zeitgenössischen Philosophen Julien Offray de La Mettrie näher beleuchtet. Die studentischen Vorstellungen beginnen um 19.30 Uhr im Deelenhaus in der […]
Paderborn University
Warburger Str. 100, Paderborn, Germany
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 […]
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
Contrary to many movements in the history of philosophy, the “Phenomenological Movement” has from its beginnings included numerous female philosophers. They contributed substantially to the phenomenological project by developing outstanding philosophical accounts and addressing problems, which remain relevant until today. Phenomenology’s exceptionally modern outlook, not to let oneself be influenced by traditional authorities, but rather […]
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, […]
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz University
Welfengarten 1, Hanover, Germany
The Center "History of Women Philosophers and Scientists" at the Human Sciences Department of the Paderborn University (Germany) invites to the Émilie Du Châtelet Section at the X. International Leibniz Congress in Hanover. The French philosophe Émilie Du Châtelet has emerged in the last few decades as a prominent figure of the European Enlightenment. More […]
Paderborn University
Warburger Str. 100, Paderborn, Germany
The dispute between Leibniz and Newton on the nature of space and time is legendary. The famous correspondence between Leibniz, Clarke and Caroline reflects the methodological and metaphysical differences between Leibniz and the Newtonians in their approaches to natural philosophy. Less known, but no less remarkable is Émilie Du Châtelet’s analysis and discussion of this […]
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 […]
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 […]
The two seminars of the I. Autumn School end with a cozy get together at the Deelenhaus in Paderborn. While the Prof Waithe`s masterclass on Sabuco continues on Saturday, the seminars "Émily Du Châtelet über Raum und Zeit" and "History of Women Philosophers in Antiquity" end Friday evening. As a special treat at the closing […]
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 […]
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 […]
Paderborn University
Warburger Str. 100, Paderborn, Germany
Inauguration of the Center for the “History of Women Philosophers and Scientists“ on October 24th, 2016 The first European Center for the "History of Women Philosophers and Scientists" opened at Paderborn University, Germany. Opening speeches were delivered by Simone Probst (Vice President for Operations at Paderborn University), Svenja Schulze (Minister for Innovation, Science and Research […]
King’s University College
266 Epworth Ave, London, ON N6A 2M3, Canada
Émilie du Châtelet: Balancing the Plenum and the Void Abstract: The struggle to grasp the metaphysical foundation of the natural world was most intense when Émilie du Châtelet (1706–1749) entered the philosophical scene. Voltaire derided Descartes’ mechanist view of the world, which was filled with vortices, and Newton posited occult forces that moved the planets […]
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"
Friedrich-Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg/ Room A 401
Bismarckstr. 1, Erlangen, Germany
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 […]
Detmold University of Music/ Audienzsaal
Neustadt 22, Detmold, (NRW), Germany
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?"
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 […]
Room SW1.17 (Ante Room), Somerset House East Wing
WC2R 2LS, London, United Kingdom
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 […]
The Symposion "Feminist Utopias" is hosted by Reykjavik University, Feminist Philosophy and NSU Study Circle Feminist Philosophy. Keynotes will be delivered by Prof. Alison Jagger, Assoc. Prof. Kristie Dotson, Prof. Nancy Bauer, Prof. Ruth Hagengruber, and Dr. Willow Verkerk. Co-hosted by Feminist Philosophy: Transforming Philosophy at The University of Iceland and NSU Study Circle Feminist Philosophy: Time, History and […]
The third international and interdisciplinary conference Époque Émilienne - Philosophie und Wissenschaft 1700-1750, in honor of the French philosopher and scientist Émilie Du Châtelet, is organized by Prof. Dr. Ruth Hagengruber and Dr. Andrea Reichenberger (Paderborn University, Germany) of the Center for the History of Women Philosophers and Scientists, in cooperation with the Deutsche Gesellschaft […]
A special public, script-in-hand performance offered in conjunction with the Nicosia Medieval Festival 2017, at CVAR Ermou Street, Niscosia, Cyrpus, as part of Othello's Island 2017 - the Annual Conference on Medieval and Early Modern Studies. In this premiere, semi-performed reading of a new play by Jim Fitzmaurice, we are asked to imagine an impossible […]
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 […]
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).
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 […]
Royal Tropical Institute (KIT)
Mauritskade 63, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Maria Sibylla Merian (1647-1717) is one of the more intriguing figures of scientific, artistic and commercial culture of the early modern period. Born in Frankfurt, and later based in Nuremberg, Wieuwerd and Amsterdam, her scientific interest in entomology eventually led her to Surinam, where, as in Europe, she studied the metamorphoses of insects in their […]
University of Portland
5000 N. Willamette Blvd., Portland, OR, United States
The Fourth Bi-Annual International Conference: Applications & Implications - Ethics and Metaphysics in Edith Stein’s Philosophy will be presented by the International Association for the Study of the Philosophy of Edith Stein, in collaboration with the University of Portland (USA), and the McNerney-Hanson Endowed Chair in Ethics. Speakers: Sarah Borden Sharkey (Wheaton College), Michael F. […]
Taylorian Institution and Radcliffe Humanities Building/ University of Oxford
OX1 3BD, Oxford, United Kingdom
The Conference "Women, Authorship, and Identity in the Long Eighteenth Century: New Methodologies" presented by the University of Oxford, will take place at June 17th, 2017. The keynote will be delivered by Prof. Susanne Kord. Keynote Speaker: Professor Susanne Kord (Chair of German, University College London) We are delighted to invite proposals for papers offering […]
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 […]
University of Haifa
199 Aba Khoushy Ave., Haifa, Israel
The University of Haifa (Israel) is pleased to host the 24th International Conference of the Simone de Beauvoir Society "Simone de Beauvoir’s Feminism(s)". Keynote speakers are Prof. Bauer, Prof. Bergoffen and Prof. Weiss. The influence of Simone de Beauvoir’s thought on Feminism and Feminist Theory is indisputable. Beauvoir’s The Second Sex is unanimously recognized as […]
City Centre Campus
Edward Street, Brighton, United Kingdom
This three-day conference is a sustained engagement with, and celebration of, the life work of Italian feminist philosopher Adriana Cavarero. It also marks the publication of her most recent text "Inclinations: A Critique od Rectitude" (Stanford University Press, 2016). Keynote speakers: Judith Butler University of California, Berkeley Adriana Cavarero Università degli Studi di Verona Bonnie […]
Institute of Philosophy Edith Stein
Paseo de Cartuja, 49, Granada, Spain
The title "Politics as Theology" of the 5th Annual International Summer School and Conference 2017 "Beyond Secular Faith", stems from a conviction that only a faith liberated from the conceptual restraints and ideological presuppositions imposed by secular culture - a faith centered radically on Christ - can offer a word of hope and reason to […]
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).
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
De Boelelaan 1105, Amsterdam, Netherlands
For the fourth year in a row, the Conference by Women in Philosophy will be held in Amsterdam. This year’s conference will take place on Monday July 3rd, 2017 at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. The goal of the conference is to provide a platform for undergraduate and graduate women philosophers to present their work to […]
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 […]
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 […]