Philosophischer Frauensalon – „Paarbeziehungen im Mittelalter. Geschlechterbeziehungen und Herrschaftsverhältnisse“

Cafe Röhren Mühlenstr. 10, Paderborn, Germany

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 […]

Philosophischer Frauensalon – “Ist die Armut weiblich? Schlaglichter auf Geschlechtsbezogene Armutsrisiken”

Cafe Röhren Mühlenstr. 10, Paderborn, Germany

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 […]

Philosophischer Frauensalon – “Imaginationsräume des Weiblichen in der Literatur”

Cafe Röhren Mühlenstr. 10, Paderborn, Germany

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 […]

History of Women Philosophers – World Congress of Philosophy

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 […]

History of Women Philosophers at World Congress of Philosophy

Athens , Greece

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

Ruth Hagengruber – “Émilie du Châtelet”

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.

Penelope Deutscher – „Analogy is always a reason? – Slaves, Animals, and Sovereigns in Mary Wollstonecraft’s Vindication of the Rights of Woman”

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 […]

Philosophischer Frauensalon – „Denken Frauen anders? Fußnoten zur Geschichte der Philosophinnen“

Cafe Röhren Mühlenstr. 10, Paderborn, Germany

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. […]

Philosophischer Frauensalon: „Alterungsprozesse und Identitätsfindung im Werk Eva Figes’“

Cafe Röhren Mühlenstr. 10, Paderborn, Germany

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 […]

Prof. Dr. Sigríður Þorgeirsdóttir: “Feministische Ethik und Umweltethik”

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

Prof. Dr. Sigríður Þorgeirsdóttir: “Nietzsches Philosophie im Spiegel der aktuellen feministischen Philosophie.”

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

Prof. Dr. Sigríður Þorgeirsdóttir: “Philosophie studieren in Reykjavik.”

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

Philosophischer Frauensalon – „AGORA – Die Säulen des Himmels“

Cineplex Westernstr. 34, Paderborn, Germany

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 […]

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Philosophischer Salon – Ruth Hagengruber: “Macht gibt Weisheit? Die Geschichte der Philosophinnen und das Ideal der Philosophie: Eine Bestandsaufnahme”

Landesarchiv Nordrhein-Westfalen Abteilung Ostwestfalen-Lippe Willi-Hofmann-Straße 2, Detmold, Lippe, Germany

"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 […]

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„Wir wollen nicht unsere Eltern wählen. Warum Politik heute anders funktioniert“ – Generationengespräch mit Hannah Beitzer und Ruth Hagengruber

Rathaus Paderborn Rathausplatz 4, Paderborn, Germany

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 […]

Workshop zu Elisabeth von Böhmen

VHS/ Herford Münsterkirchplatz 1, Herford, Germany

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 […]

“Domestic Violence Met by Educated Women”

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) […]

Prof. Stella Villarmea – “Philosophical feminism: an introduction”

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 […]

Philosophischer Frauensalon – „Über die Folgen der Legalisierung der Prostitution in Deutschland“

Cafe Röhren Mühlenstr. 10, Paderborn, Germany

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 […]

Wittgensteins Welten: 125 Jahre Wittgenstein – Philosophie im Theater, in der Musik und im Film

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. […]

Philosophischer Frauensalon – „Siri Hustvedts The Shaking Woman or A History of My Nerves“.

Cafe Röhren Mühlenstr. 10, Paderborn, Germany

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 […]

Philosophischer Frauensalon – “Geschlecht – Eine Kategorie im Kreuzfeuer der feministischen Theorie”

Cafe Röhren Mühlenstr. 10, Paderborn, Germany

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 […]

Elisabeth von Herford inszeniert

Deelenhaus Krämerstraße 8-10, Paderborn, NRW, Germany

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 […]

Rewriting the History of Philosophy: The Women Chapters

Deelenhaus Krämerstraße 8-10, Paderborn, NRW, Germany

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 […]

Masterclass with Sarah Hutton

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 […]

UNESCO Welttag der Philosophie 2014

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 […]

Forum philosophicum | Ruth Hagengruber on “Der Kampf um die Hypothesen. Emilie du Châtelet zwischen Leibniz und den Newtonianern”

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 […]

“Feminist Economics” – Erasmus Lecture by Prof. Dr. Federica Giardini

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 […]

Philosophie im Theater: Emilie du Châtelet inszeniert

Deelenhaus Krämerstraße 8-10, Paderborn, NRW, Germany

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 […]

International Round-Table: Emilie Du Châtelet’s Cirey Manuscripts

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 […]

International Workshop: The Self-Determined Individual in the Enlightenment

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 […]

Emilie Du Châtelet – Laws of Nature/Laws of Morals

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 […]

Women Phenomenologists on Social Ontology

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 […]

International Seminar – Women in the History of Philosophy: Diotima and Hannah Arendt

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, […]

Émilie Du Châtelet Session

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 […]

Émilie Du Châtelet on Space and Time

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 […]

History of Women Philosophers in Antiquity

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 […]

Luka Boršić and Ivana Skuhala Karasman – “Helene von Druskowitz and the Position of Women in the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy”

TP 21 Technologiepark 21, Paderborn, NRW, Germany

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 […]

I. Autumn School Closing Event

Deelenhaus Krämerstraße 8-10, Paderborn, NRW, Germany

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 […]

Researching for Publication: Oliva Sabuco (16th Century)

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 – “Tullia d’Aragona on Love”

Deelenhaus Krämerstraße 8-10, Paderborn, NRW, Germany

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 […]

Inauguration of the Center for the “History of Women Philosophers and Scientists”

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 […]

Ruth E. Hagengruber at the Department of Philosophy, University of Western Ontario

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: Émilie Du Châtelet: 310th Anniversary

Boston University

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 […]

Émilie Du Châtelet – 310th Anniversary

Technologiepark 21 Universität Paderborn, Germany

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 […]

Ruth Hagengruber – “Émilie Du Châtelet (1706-1749) zwischen Leibniz und Newton”

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.

Women in Early Phenomenology

Technologiepark 21 Universität Paderborn, 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 […]

Rebecca Grotjahn and Ruth Hagengruber – “Luise Gottsched”

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 […]

Ruth Hagengruber – “Émilie Du Châtelet: Models of Relations and Activity between Leibniz and Newton”

Humboldt-Universität Sophienstr. 22a, Berlin, Germany

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).

Andrea Reichenberger – “On God and Formal Logic”

Daniel-Pöppelmann-Haus Deichtorwall 2, Herford, (NRW), Germany

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 […]

Between HeForShe and Misogyny

Historisches Rathaus Rathauspl. 1, Paderborn, (NRW), Germany

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 […]

Andrea Reichenberger – “Luise Lange: Pionierin der Relativitätstheorie”

Hörsaal BiK-F Georg-Voigt-Str. 14-16, Frankfurt, Germany

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 […]

Sandrine Bergès – “Uneducated Nature and Epistemic Authority: How to Talk about Olympe de Gouges in Philosophy Class”

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 […]

Feminist Utopias: Transforming the Present of Philosophy – Historical and Contemporary Perspectives

Skálholt Bláskógabyggð, Suðurland, Iceland

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 […]

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Époque Émilienne – Philosophy and Science 1700-1750

L-Building, Uni-Campus Warburgerstr. 100, Paderborn, Germany

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 […]

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An Imaginary Conversation Between Margaret Cavendish and Virginia Woolf

CVAR/Severis Foundation Ermou, Nicosia, Cyprus

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 […]

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Women Intellectuals in 18th Century Germany

Technologiepark 21 Universität Paderborn, Germany

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

Women and Early Modern Philosophy & Science

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 […]

Free

Eleonora Cappuccilli – “The Political Theology of Mary Astell”

Technologiepark 21 Universität Paderborn, Germany

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).

Free

The Contribution of Wollstonecraft to Contemporary Issues in Philosophy

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 […]

Changing the Nature of Art and Science – Intersections with Maria Sibylla Merian

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 […]

40€ – 100€

Applications & Implications – Ethics and Metaphysics in Edith Stein’s Philosophy

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. […]

Free

Women, Authorship, and Identity in the Long Eighteenth Century – New Methodologies

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 […]

Free

Tatjana Afanassjewa and Her Legacy – New Perspectives on Irreversibility

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 […]

Free

24th International Conference of the Simone de Beauvoir Society

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 […]

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Giving Life to Politics – The Work of Adriana Cavarero

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 […]

100£ – 200£

Beyond Secular Faith – Politics as Theology

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 […]

€100 – €350

Ruggero Sciuto – “Émilie Du Châtelet and the Three Leibnizian Versions of the Principle of Sufficient Reason”

Technologiepark 21 Universität Paderborn, Germany

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).

Free

Fourth Annual Conference by Women in Philosophy

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 […]

Karen Green – “Catharine Macaulay, Brissot de Warville, and the History of England in the French Revolution”

Technologiepark 21 Universität Paderborn, Germany

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 […]

Free

Anthropology and Metaphysics in the Munich and Freiburg Circles

Technologiepark 21 Universität Paderborn, Germany

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 […]

Free

Digital Humanities: Center for the History of Women Philosophers and Scientists meets Project Vox

Technologiepark 21 Universität Paderborn, Germany

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 […]

Ronny Miron – “Shakespeare’s Sisters”

Deelenhaus Krämerstraße 8-10, Paderborn, NRW, Germany

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 […]

Feminist Philosophy – Feminism, Phenomenology, and Genealogy

Keynote speakers: Sigridur Thorgeirsdottir, Professor of Philosophy at the University of Iceland, specializing in feminist philosophy, the philosophy of Nietzsche, and the philosophy of nature and embodiment. Cecilia Malmström Olsson, PhD at Lund University in Literature, with special focus on Dance Studies. Malmström Olsson specializes in dance and aesthetics, as well as dance and politics […]

80€ – 550€

Jeffrey K. McDonough – “Leibniz on Freedom and Contingency”

Stadtcampus Königspl. 1, Paderborn, Germany

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 […]

Charles Wolfe – “Margaret Cavendish and the Problem of Early Modern Vitalism”

Deelenhaus Krämerstraße 8-10, Paderborn, NRW, Germany

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 […]

Ordo virtutum

Deelenhaus Krämerstraße 8-10, Paderborn, NRW, Germany

The interdisciplinary and award winning project “Philosophie in den Medien“ was launched 2014 by Prof. Dr. Ruth Hagengruber (philosophy), Prof. Dr. Dr. Gerhard E. Ortner (dramatic staging), Ulrich Lettermann (music), and Bernhard Koch (filming) to present women philosophers’ thoughts via student performances to the broad public. These performances featured women philosophers and scientists as Émilie […]

Karen Detlefsen – “Two Early Modern Models of Thought on Women’s Minds and Education”

E561 Menzies Buiding Monash University, Clayton, Australia

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 […]

Ethics and Law

Bad Boll , Germany

Careful reflection on the relation of ethics to law – and vice versa – is essential.  Ethics is indispensable for law because the law can only be just insofar as it takes up ethical standards. Likewise, it is for moral reasons that ethics demands that political institutions establish, implement, and apply legal claims that are […]

II. Autumn School

Paderborn University Warburger Str. 100, Paderborn, Germany

This II. Autumn School at the Center History of Women Philosophers and Scientists offers units on the thoughts of women philosophers from 1600-1900 for advanced students who are interested in the history of women philosophers. Units are offered on: - Christina of Sweden (1626-1689) - Olympe de Gouges (1748-1793) - Mary Wollstonecraft (1759-1797) - Sophie […]

Crises of Democracy: Thinking in Dark Times

Olin Concert Hall 35 Henderson Cir Dr, Annandale-On-Hudson, NY, United States

We are witness here and around the world to a worldwide rebellion against liberal and representative democracy. In Hungary, Russia, Turkey, France, Austria, and across Europe, right and left wing parties flirt with authoritarian rule. In the United States, President Donald Trump explicitly channels the demagogic voice of the self-described disenfranchised. Democratic governments everywhere are […]

$75

Frauen und Mathematik

The study group „Frauen und Mathematik (Women and Mathematics)“ in the „Gesellschaft für Didaktik der Mathematik (Society for the Didactics of Mathematics)“ invites interested parties, especially researchers, teachers, teacher-trainees, and students to this autumn's conference.

10€ – 20€

Hannah Arendt – Herausforderungen der Pluralität

O1.258 Warburger Str. 100, Paderborn

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 […]

Women in Early Modern Philosophy

Linderaman Library 15 University Drive, Bethlehem, PA, United States

The Lehigh University Philosophy Department welcomes abstracts concerning any aspect of the philosophical work of - or about - women during the Early Modern Period. The proposals can be related to any field of philosophy - from metaphysics and epistemology to ethics, aesthetics, political theory, and philosophy of religion. The organizers are interested in both, proposals that are primarily historical […]

50$ – 100$

Women Intellectuals in 18th Century Germany

Western University London, Ontario , Canada

Women Intellectuals in 18th Century Germany will bring together an interdisciplinary and international group of scholars with the principal aim of detailing the rich philosophical contributions by German women intellectuals in this period. The conference will feature presentations by a variety of experts in the history of 18th century German philosophy, language, and culture, drawn […]

The Center for the History of Women Philosophers and Scientists. A Project in Digital Humanities

Lecture Hall H7 Warburger Str. 100, Paderborn, Germany

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 […]

Robert DiSalle – “Émilie Du Châtelet and the Birth of the Philosophy of Physics”

London Public Library- Byron Auditorium 1295 Commissioners Rd West, London N6K 1C9, Canada

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

Constructing the Equality of the Sexes in 17th Century France

University College Dublin Stillorgan Rd, Belfield, Dublin 4, Dublin, Ireland

The aim of this conference is to examine the ways in which an equality between the sexes is constructed, conceptualized, envisaged, imagined, dramatized, realized or dismissed in seventeenth-century France. Keynote speakers : Siep Stuurman Marie-Frédérique Pellegrin   CfP: Please send 300-word abstracts in English or French by email directly to derval.conroyucd.ie by 14 July 2017.  

Towards a Phenomenology of Social Change

Vila Lanna V Sadech 1, Prague 6, Prague, Czech Republic

The phenomenology of sociality that currently attracts growing attention focuses on a systematic evaluation of the phenomenological approach to the area of social relations and interactions. Thanks to this initiative, we get the chance to rethink the significance and reach of phenomenological explorations of topics such as intersubjectivity, empathy, shared emotions, group intentions, collective agency, […]

Corey W. Dyck – “Women of the German Enlightenment”

London Public Library- Byron Auditorium 1295 Commissioners Rd West, London N6K 1C9, Canada

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 […]

Ruth Hagengruber – “Philosophinnen in der Philosophiegeschichte sichtbar machen”

Building X, Room X-E0-002 Universitätsstraße 25, Bielefeld, Germany

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.  

Marieke Borren – “Public Space, Performative Freedom, and Embodiment”

O2 Warburger Str. 100, Paderborn

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 […]

Colloque International Émilie Du Châtelet

Centre des Archives diplomatiques du ministère des Affaires étrangères 3 rue Suzanne Masson, La Courneuve, France

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ÉMILIE DU CHÂTELET Paris, November 17th and 18th, 2017 Archives diplomatiques (La Courneuve) and Archives nationales (Paris) The Société Voltaire, Les Cahiers haut-marnais and the Center for the History of Women Philosophers and Scientists (Paderborn University, Germany) co-organize an international conference on the works of the French Enlightenment philosopher Émilie Du Châtelet. Being […]

The Future of Europe – an Urgent Challenge to Global Philosophy

Room BR 3, Johannes Kepler University Linz Altenberger Straße 69, Linz, Austria

The aim of SWIP Austria is to bring into focus the importance of women working in academia and to promote their work in philosophy both inside and outside of the university setting. An organized association of women philosophers and feminist philosophers is especially important when set against the recent institutional background in Europe and more […]

Women in the History of Phenomenology and Phenomenological Psychology

Technologiepark 21 Universität Paderborn, Germany

Thursday, 23 November 13.00 – Welcome and Opening (Technologiepark 21. EG. Seminarraum) 13.30 – Ronny Miron (Bar-Ilan University, Israel) - “Down to a truer approximation of reality”: Hedwig Conrad-Martius’ Critical Alternative to Idealistic Philosophy 14.30 – Íngrid Vendrell Ferran (Universität Jena) - Else Voigtländer's Theory of Emotions and Self-Feelings (Selbstgefühls) 15.30 – Coffee Break Paderborner Kolloquium […]

Culture of Exclusion? 5th Edition: Women

Institute of Philosophy, Jagiellonian University in Krakow Gołębia 24, Kraków 31-007, Poland

In the fifth (and the first international) edition of our „Culture of Exclusion” conference program we want to examine the situation of women. On the one hand, women in Western societies have gained the rights to equality. However, a question about the actual implementation of these rights emerges. Is really the role of women equal […]

The Idea, History and Institutional Foundations of Science

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 Unknown Du Châtelet: Inedita from St. Petersburg

O1.258 Warburger Str. 100, Paderborn

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 […]

Round-Table on Digital Humanities

Technologiepark 21 Universität Paderborn, Germany

With: Prof. Ruth Hagengruber, Dr. Rodney Parker, Dr. Stefanie Ertz, Julia Lerius, Niklas Olmes, Ana Rodrigues (Paderborn University) Special guest: Prof. Manolis Patiniotis (National and Kapodistrian University of Athens)   Please send a short e-mail to contact@historyofwomenphilosophers.org, if you plan to attend.

CFP Special Issue: Women & Language

The Following CPF may be of interest to those of you interested in the history of gender identity.  Special Issue: Women & Language Guest Editor: Leland G. Spencer, Miami University Transcending the Acronym: Genders, Sexes, Sexualities, and Gender Identities Beyond “LGBT” Article Deadline: January 31, 2018 Critical studies of gender, sex, sexuality, and gender identity have many […]

Radicalism and Compromise

Instituto de Letras e Ciências Humanas University of Minho. Campus de Gualtar., 4710-057 Braga, Portugal

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 […]

Early Modern Analyses of Male Dominance as Tyranny

Two 17th century Venetian women, Lucrezia Marinella and Arcangela Tarabotti, argued that the power men exercised over women should be conceptualized as tyranny.  Their aim in so doing was to expose that power as a political injustice.  In disputing the claim that the authority of men over women was grounded in nature they contributed to […]

Frauen – Das käufliche Geschlecht

University Paderborn Warburger Str. 100, Paderborn, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany

This panel discussion is organized by the working group "Frauenrechte sind Menschenrechte“, the project "In der Philosophie zu Hause“, its related student group PEGASUS and the women's shelter in Paderborn. Prostitution, from the Latin prostituere = flaunt, denotes the performance of sexual acts as a trade. Prostitution is often referred to as the "oldest trade […]

Bridging the Gender Gap Through Time: How Women Philosophers of the Past Contributed to Today’s Thought

King's College London The Strand, London, United Kingdom

Women have had a far deeper and more extensive influence on the history than is commonly realised. Far from confining their interests to questions of gender and domestic matters, women have been writing on all aspects of philosophy for as long as such a discipline can be identified. Indeed, it is often surprising just how […]

Julia Lerius – “”The Soul in the Body is Like Sap in a Tree” – Reconsidering Hildegard of Bingen’s Philosophical Perspective on the Body and Soul Relation”

King's College London The Strand, London, United Kingdom

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 […]

Was bin ich – als Mensch? Philosophische Anthropologie und ihre Synthese von Selbsterfahrung und Menschenkenntnis

"Nach einigen Jahrzehnten des Schlummers ist die philosophische Anthropologie wieder erwacht" schrieb Kurt Bayerz 2011 und er führt das neuerliche Nachdenken über den Menschen und seine Natur auf Fortschritte der modernen Biowissenschaften und die mit ihnen verbundenen praktischen Möglichkeiten der Biotechnologie zurück. Dabei ist die »philosophische Anthropologie« erst am Beginn des 20. Jahrhunderts auf den […]

Ruth Hagengruber – “Philosophinnen in die Schule – eine politische Forderung”

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 […]

Julia Lerius – “Was bin ich – eine Einheit aus Leib und Seele?”

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 […]

Blurred Lines?

Rathaus Paderborn Rathausplatz 4, Paderborn, Germany

Part of the project seminar “Philosophy of Sexuality” at Paderborn University by Ana Rodrigues, at the professorial chair of Prof. Dr. Hagengruber, the project In der Philosophie zu Hause (IPH) and its student group PEGASUS. In recent times, we have not been speaking of “sexual”, but of “sexualized” violence. This new description is indicative of […]

Marie Deutschbein’s and Walther Brand’s Introduction to the Philosophical Foundations of Mathematics (1929): a book for teaching practice?

J4.219 , University Paderborn Warburger Str. 100, Paderborn, Nordrhein-Westfalen

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 […]

Symposium in Ancient and Medieval Philosophy – Feminine* Perspektives

Room W-5215, University of Montreal 2900 Edouard Montpetit Blvd, Montreal, Québec, Canada

Keynote speakers: Marguerite Deslauriers (McGill University) Christina Van Dyke (Calvin College)   Complete Program: Thursday, March 15 6:00-7:30 PM “Ancient Debates about Women: Reception in the Renaissance” by Marguerite Deslauriers (McGill University) Friday, March 16 9:45 Opening and coffee 10:00-10:45 “Liberté sexuelle et plaisir féminin chez Lucrèce: une politique de la sexualité” by Julie Giovacchini […]

Women Philosophers I: Science and the Natural World

Palm L, Hilton Buena Vista Palace 1900 E Buena Vista Drive, Orlando, FL, United States

ASECS 2018 - ANNUAL MEETING Section: Women Philosophers I: Science and the Natural World Chair: Julie Candler Hayes (University of Massachusetts, Amherst) Gary Kelly (University of Alberta): “Philosophizing as a Woman” Margaret Caryle (University of Chicago): “Philosophizing in the Boudoir: Women and Scientific Amateurism in Eighteenth - Century Paris” Bryce Gessell (Duke University) and Andrew […]

60$ – 160$

Early Modern Women Writers’ Colloquium

CVAR/Severis Foundation Ermou, Nicosia, Cyprus

​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 […]

The Third Annual MSU Denver Undergraduate Women’s Philosophy Conference

Metropolitan State University of Denver Student Success Building, 890 Auraria Pkwy, Denver, CO 80204, USA, Denver, CO, United States

The purpose of this conference is to provide a forum for the presentation of philosophical work by female-identified undergraduates and encourage community-building amongst femaleidentified philosophers and their male-identified allies. The conference is open to all genders. Male-identified students can serve as commentators and session chairs. Call for Papers (deadline: Febuary 19, 2018)

Femmes et Philosophie dans le Monde Ancien

Salle Denis de Rougemont 2, Rue Jean-Daniel Colladon, Genève, Switzerland

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 […]

Émilie Du Châtelet’s Foundations of Physics

McKenna Hall, Notre Dame Conference Center IN, United States

In 2009, Isabelle Bour and Judith P. Zinsser published a partial translation of Émilie Du Châtelet’s Foundations of Physics. Since 2014, faculty and students at the University of Notre Dame have worked to complete the translation (see www.kbrading.org/du-chatelet). This conference celebrates the completion of the project. The conference will feature talks, presentations, and discussions of the […]

Women in Philosophy: Past, Present and Future

University College Dublin Belfield, Dublin, Ireland

True it is, Spinning with the Fingers is more proper to our Sexe, then studying or writing Poetry, which is the Spinning with the braine: but I having no skill in the Art of the first (and if I had, I had no hopes of gaining so much as to make me a Garment to keep me from the cold) made me delight in the latter – Margaret Cavendish Though academic philosophy is still […]

Elisabeth of Bohemia – Women and Early Modern Philosophy

Technologiepark 21 Universität Paderborn, Germany

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 […]

I. Meeting of the Work Group Frauen in der Geschichte der Philosophie

Technologiepark 21 Universität Paderborn, Germany

This meeting will take place right after the workshop Elisabeth of Bohemia - Women and Early Modern Philosophy and before the international conference Elisabeth of Bohmia (1618-1680) - Life and Legacy in honor of the 400th anniversary of the Philosopher and Prince-Bishop Elisabeth of Bohemia and Herford. Fundamental topics of the work group Frauen in der […]

Elisabeth of Bohemia (1618-1680) – Life and Legacy. Philosophy, Politics and Religion in Seventeenth Century Europe

Building Q, Paderborn University Warburgerstraße, Paderborn, NRW

Organizers: Sabrina Ebbersmeyer, Sarah Hutton, Ruth Hagengruber   Confirmed Talks: Dr. Susanna Åkerman (Stockholm University) – “Descartes’ Competitors: Queen Christina and the Metaphysics of Light” Dr. Nadine Akkerman (Leiden University) – “Elisabeth of Bohemia’s Aristocratic Upbringing and Education at the Prinsenhof in Leiden, 1628-32” Prof. em. Lilli Alanen (Uppsala University) – “The Soul's Extension - Elisabeth's […]

Diotima’s Laughter: Philosophy as a Way of Life

TP 21 Technologiepark 21, Paderborn, NRW, Germany

Visiting professor Michelle Boulous Walker is guest at the Project "Center History of Women Philosophers" at the Department of Philosophy in Paderborn. Professor Boulous Walker is author of Slow Philosophy: Reading Against the Institution (Bloomsbury 2017), Philosophy and the Maternal Body: Reading Silence (Routledge 1998) and Performing Sexualities (IMA 1994). Her work in philosophy as […]

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Dutch Seminar in Early Modern Philosophy

Note that although this is a general Early Modern conference, 5 out of the 13 papers are about women philosophers! Correct me if I’m wrong, but this might be a first. Papers on Conway, Grouchy, Chatelet (2), and Avila. Thank you Chris Meyns and Andrea Sangiacomo for organizing this! Utrecht University, The Netherlands Register here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/dutch-seminar-for-early-modern-philosophy-v-dsemp18-tickets-44126847589 […]

Horizons of Sexual Difference

Department of Philosophy, Brock University 1812 Sir Isaac Brock Way, St. Catharines, Canada

The Department of Philosophy, with the support of the Faculty of Humanities at Brock University, will host the 9th meeting of The Luce Irigaray Circle in a three-day interdisciplinary conference devoted to scholarship and creative work on, or inspired by, the thought of Luce Irigaray at the Marilyn I. Walker School of Fine and Performing […]

Intensive Seminar on Teaching New Narratives in Early Modern Philosophy

Burnaby, BC, CANADA Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada

In this intensive weeklong seminar, we will work through a range of primary source materials by non-canonical authors, both women and men, to be included in a new teaching anthology (edited by Shapiro and Lascano) with an eye to interpreting texts, identifying philosophical themes within those texts, and devising creative ways to incorporate those texts […]

Women in the History of Science, Philosophy and Literature

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 […]

Master Class: Hannah Arendt Today. The Evil of Banality

Technologiepark 21 Universität Paderborn, Germany

In this 2 day Master Class, Prof. Elizabeth Minnich will discuss the philosophy of Hannah Arendt, with special emphasis on Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on The Banality of Evil. This serves as the background for Minnich’s latest book, The Evil of Banality: On The Life and Death Importance of Thinking (2017). This work presents elaborates the concept of […]

Elizabeth Minnich – Opening Lecture

Deelenhaus Krämerstraße 8-10, Paderborn, NRW, Germany

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, […]

Dorothy Rogers – “American Women Philosophers”

L-Building, Uni-Campus Warburgerstr. 100, Paderborn, Germany

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 […]

Du Châtelet between Leibniz and Kant: The Eberhard-Kant Controversy

L-Building, Uni-Campus Warburgerstr. 100, Paderborn, Germany

Lecturers: Hartmut Hecht, Ruth Hagengruber, Andrea Reichenberger and Dieter Suisky Location: L1.202 , Paderborn University After the study of space and time in “Du Châtelet Between Leibniz and Newton” we are now moving on to explore “Du Châtelet Between Leibniz and Kant.” This course will focus on Du Châtelet and the Eberhard-Kant Controversy, including the problems […]

Self and Subjectivity in Edith Stein and Hedwig Conrad-Martius

L-Building, Uni-Campus Warburgerstr. 100, Paderborn, Germany

Lecturers: Ronny Miron, Antonio Calcagno, Rodney Parker Location: L2.202, Paderborn University Discussions of the self and subjectivity are a commonplace in phenomenological writings. The elaboration of the I as the focal point of experience is central to phenomenological research. In the Fourth Cartesian Meditation, Husserl argues that the phenomenology of “self-constitution coincides with phenomenology as whole.” […]

American Women Philosophers

L-Building, Uni-Campus Warburgerstr. 100, Paderborn, Germany

Lecturers: Mary Ellen Waithe and Dorothy Rogers Location: L2.201, Paderborn University This course explores the ideas of two women in the early idealist philosophical movement in the United States: Marietta Kies (1853-1899) and Lucia Ames Mead (1856-1936). Kies developed a theory of altruism in public/political life and was a member of the Christian Socialist movement. Ames […]

Women in Communism

L-Building, Uni-Campus Warburgerstr. 100, Paderborn, Germany

Lecturers: Luka Borsic, Ivana Skuhala Karasman Location: L3.204, Paderborn University Socialist Feminism professes that a complete emancipation of women is achieved through the abolition of economic and cultural sources of women's oppression. This, according to some, represents the synthesis of the arguments of Marxist feminism about capitalism as a source of oppression of women and the […]

Women’s World Today: War, Violence, and Escape

L-Building, Uni-Campus Warburgerstr. 100, Paderborn, Germany

Lecturer: Maria von Welser Location: L1.201, Paderborn University Guest Speakers: Nahid Shahalimi, Lea Ackermann, Berta Travieso, Godula Kosack Research was carried out in Afghanistan, India, Eastern Congo, and in international refugee camps in Turkey, Lebanon, Jordan, and on the Greek island of Lesbos. The result was a UN list titled: Countries in which it is the greatest danger to be […]

Antonio Calcagno – “Self and Subjectivity in Edith Stein”

L-Building, Uni-Campus Warburgerstr. 100, Paderborn, Germany

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 […]

Robyn Arianrhod – “Émilie Du Châtelet”

L-Building, Uni-Campus Warburgerstr. 100, Paderborn, Germany

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 […]

Luka Boršić – “Women in Capitalism”

L-Building, Uni-Campus Warburgerstr. 100, Paderborn, Germany

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 […]

Maria von Welser – “Women’s World Today. Still a Nightmare in so Many Places”

L-Building, Uni-Campus Warburgerstr. 100, Paderborn, Germany

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 […]

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