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 […]

The XVIIth Symposium of the International Association of Women Philosophers

Tsinghua University, Beijing, China 30 Shuangqing Rd, Haidian Qu, Beijing, China

Founded in 1976, the International Association of Women Philosophers (IAPh) is an organization committed to promoting discussion, interaction, and cooperation among women in philosophy worldwide. The IAPh’s XVIIth symposium will be held immediately preceding the World Congress of Philosophy taking place in Beijing, and proposes to celebrate women’s diverse historical and contemporary contributions to philosophy, […]

Launch of the ECC

THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF CONCISE CONCEPTS BY WOMEN PHILOSOPHERS EDITORS’ INTRODUCTION The world of philosophy is rapidly expanding. New technological advance gives us quicker, broader, more complete access to new knowledge. We read Hannah Arendt on our phones. We study Edith Stein on our tablets. Voice-activated technology takes notes and posts them to cloud storage while […]

24th World Congress of Philosophy, Beijing

Peking University,Beijing , China

CENTER FOR THE HISTORY OF WOMEN PHILOSOPHERS: Invited Session 17 / 18 The World Congress of Philosophy is organized every five years by the International Federation of Philosophical Societies (FISP) in collaboration with one of its member societies, this year in cooperation with the Chinese Organizing Committee. The 24th World Congress will be held in […]

Philosophers, Goddesses and Principles – Women and the Female in Neoplatonism

Ruhr-Universität Bochum Beckmanns Hof, Bochum, Germany

The purpose of this conference is to provide a forum for a broad discussion of women and the female in Neoplatonism in three main areas of interest: the historical status of Neoplatonic women in the real world, the status of women in Neoplatonic ethical and political theory and the understanding of women and femaleness in […]

German Women Intellectuals 1700-1830

Technologiepark 21 Universität Paderborn, Germany

Keynote Speakers Katherine Goodman (Brown University) and Karen Green (University of Melbourne)   Thursday, 4 October 16:00 Welcome to the Center HWPS 16:30 Opening Lecture Katherine Goodman (Brown University, USA) Luise Gottsched’s Panthea: Cicero, Shaftesbury and Modernity Friday, 5 October 11:00 Karen Green (University of Melbourne, Australia) Women’s reception of Kant, 1790-1810 12:30 Emilio Maria […]

Reflections. Maria Margaretha Modlmayr

Spiegelungen Maria Margaretha Modlmayr Öffnungszeiten: Mi. und Fr. 15.00 - 18.00 Uhr u.n.V. English Version below! Maria Modlmayr beschäftigt sich in ihrer künstlerischen Auseinandersetzung zu einem ganz wesentlichen Teil mit Gesichtern. Das Gesicht des Menschen ist derjenige Part des menschlichen Körpers, der in der Begegnung mit einer anderen Person, in der Interaktion, in der Wahrnehmung […]

Karen Green – “On E. E. Constance Jones’s defense of Frege”

Technologiepark 21 Universität Paderborn, Germany

Karen Green (University of Melbourne, Australia) In 1910 Emily Elizabeth Constance Jones (1848–1922), defended Frege against Russell’s critique of the distinction between sense and reference, developed in ‘On Denoting’, which had been published five years earlier. In this paper her defense of Frege is outlined, and it is argued, on the basis of the sketch […]

Artists in Conversation with Maria Modlmayr and Ruth Hagengruber

Am Dienstag, den 16. Oktober um 19.00 Uhr laden wir herzlich ein zu einem Künstlerinnengespräch, das Frau Prof. Dr. Ruth Hagengruber, Professorin für Praktische Philosophie an der Universität Paderborn mit Maria-Margaretha Modlmayr führen wird. Frau Prof. Ruth Hagengruber gründete den Lehr- und Forschungsbereich History of Women Philosophers and Scientists, der sich der Erforschung der Texte von Philosophinnen […]

The History of Logic: Women’s Contributions

Paderborn University Warburger Str. 100, Paderborn, Germany

The past twenty-five years have seen an explosion in historical research on women philosophers and scientists due to attempts to integrate more female voices into the philosophical canon. Across history, women’s writing is now being recovered not as marginal but as theoretically important for contemporary debates and issues. By contrast, historical research on female logicians […]

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Locke and the Ladies. On Eighteenth-Century Female Republicans in England

Technologiepark 21 Universität Paderborn, Germany

Prof. Karen Green (University of Melbourne) Course Description This course will focus on the reception of John Locke's classical liberalism and republicanism among women in 18th-Century England, particularly Catharine Trotter Cockburn and Catharine Macaulay. It will begin with a discussion of recent controversies over the role of Locke in the development of republicanism (Pocock, Israel, […]

The First Annual Conference of Society for Women in Philosophy Turkey

Bilkent University Üniversiteler Mh., Ankara (Çankaya), Turkey

The conference is organized by the Society for Women in Philosophy in Turkey (Swip-TR) with the support of Hypatia Diversity Grant and Bilkent University’s Department of Philosophy. The goal of the event is to create a forum for women in philosophy to meet and help each other. More specifically, we wish to foster exchanges between women philosophers studying or working […]

Den Markt neu denken

Würzburger Residenz Residenzplatz 2 (Residenz) , Toscanasaal, Südflügel der Residenz, Würzburg, Bayern, Germany

Den Markt neu denken. Utopie damals und heute. Wirtschaftsphilosophische Erörterungen zu den Themen 'Geschlecht' und 'Produktivität' von 1500 bis heute. Veranstaltung im Rahmen der Ringvorlesung "Utopien/Dystopien" Nach der Vorlesung laden die Veranstalter zu einem Umtrunk in den Räumlichkeiten des Instituts für Philosophie im Südflügel der Residenz. Kontakt Prof. Dr. Dag Nikolaus Hasse, Lehrstuhl für Philosophie […]

How to Teach Women Philosophers

Technologiepark 21 Universität Paderborn, Germany

For myriad reasons, women have historically been a minority in institutional philosophy. However, it is undeniable that they have been ever present. Yet, beginning at the end of the 18th Century, their role in the history of philosophy seems to have been systematically erased from textbooks. This has led to the false but pervasive view […]

Strategies of Resistance

Room W-5215, University of Montreal

In response to the racist, sexist, nationalist, transphobic, nativist rhetoric and policy of the Trump White House, our conference theme this year is "Strategies of Resistance." Across the globe, individuals and communities are joining together to resist neo-liberalism, climate change, and global capital. They are practicing significant actions of solidarity and creatively imagining and prefiguring […]

Women and Radical Thought: From the Renaissance to the Enlightenment

University of Copenhagen, South Campus, Building 16, room 16-1-16 Nørregade 10, Copenhagen, Denmark

The so-called radical enlightenment was a European movement during the early modern period that was decisive for the formation of modern European democracies; thinkers across Europe were participating in the spread of new and radical ideas. In recent years, the scholarship on this tradition of thought has flourished, developed and brought to light many texts, […]

Emilie du Châtelet between Leibniz and Kant: The Critical Turn

Balliol College, Oxford University Oxford OX1 2JD, Oxford, United Kingdom

Emilie du Châtelet was one of the most influential women philosophers of the Enlightenment. Her innovative writings on natural philosophy, physics, and mechanics had a decisive impact on pivotal scientific debates of the 18th Century. In her talk, feminist historian of philosophy Professor Dr Ruth Hagengruber will explore the work of Emilie Du Châtelet along […]

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Ana Rodrigues – “Gender und Genre in der Aufklärung: Émilie du Châtelets reaktionäre Aneignung von Bernard de Mandevilles Fable of the Bees”

N2.245, Paderborn University Warburger Str. 100, Paderborn, Nordrhein-Westfalen

Emilie Du Châtelet’s works on morals differ in a decisive aspect from her writings on natural philosophy. Whereas the latter as the Dissertation sur la nature et la propagation du feu or the Institutions de physique were published during her lifetime and contributed to the official scientific debate, her works on morals circulated only as […]

Hannah Arendt: Challenges of Plurality

Paderborn University Warburger Str. 100, Paderborn, Germany

In her writings, Hannah Arendt strongly affirms the plurality of the world. From the very first moment, when she introduces the notion in The Human Condition, it becomes clear, that plurality is the cornerstone of condition humaine. For Arendt, plurality means that “men, not Man, live on the earth and inhabit the world”. This seemingly […]

Research seminar on Edith Stein’s Structure of the Human Person

Maynooth University, Iontas Seminar Room Mariavilla, Maynooth, Co., Kildare, Ireland

Mette Lebech and Robert McNamara (mette.lebech@mu.ie) The seminar plans to accomplish a close reading of Stein’s philosophical anthropology over two days. Participants present a section to the group, such that we will have been though the whole work by the end of the seminar. We will work from Robert McNamara’s draft translation of the work […]

The Unknown Du Châtelet: Inedita from St. Petersburg

On January 23rd the Center History of Women Philosophers and Scientists celebrated its acquisition of the manuscripts of Emilie Du Châtelet from the Russian National Library of St. Petersburg with a workshop. Some members of the Center’s research group on the work of Du Châtelet presented first new insights into the manuscripts. Moreover, it welcomed […]

Emily Thomas: “Travel Writing as Thought Experiments: Science, Francis Bacon, and Margaret Cavendish’s Blazing World”

Rotman Institute of Philosophy, University of Western Ontario 1151 Richmond St, London, ON N6A 3K7, London, Canada

ABSTRACT Travel has a long and intimate history with philosophy. Travel also has a long and intimate relationship with fiction. Sometimes travel fiction acts as ‘thought experiments’, experiments that we can run through in our heads. This talk explores a 1666 fiction travelogue, Margaret Cavendish’s Blazing World. In the novel, a virtuous young lady is […]

SWIP Ireland Annual Conference

Dublin City University Glasnevin, Dublin 9, Dublin, Ireland

Keynote speakers: Charlotte Witt (University of New Hampshire, Durham) Registration Deadline: April 24, 2019, 9:00 am IST Further Informations Call for Papers (Deadline: February 28, 2019)

Pragmatism and Phenomenology: Female Figures

King’s University College 266 Epworth Ave, London, ON N6A 2M3, Canada

Submission due date: Abstract and supplementary reading deadline is 16 February 2019. Webpage

Philosophy and Islamic Mysticism: Rābi‘a al-‘Adawiyya

Paderborn University Warburger Str. 100, Paderborn, Germany

Announcement: Workshop  The diversity project In der Philosophie zu Hause (At Home in Philosophy) is organizing a workshop on Islamic mysticism in cooperation with the Center for the History of Women Philosophers and Scientists at Paderborn University, Germany. The workshop „Philosophy and Islamic Mysticism: Rābi‘a al-‘Adawiyya“ under the direction of Prof. Dr. Ruth Hagengruber focuses […]

Florian Grosser and Stefania Maffeis – “Die Welt teilen: Mit Hannah Arendt über Migration in finsteren Zeiten nachdenken”

L3.204, Paderborn University Warburger Str. 100, Paderborn, Germany

11 – 13 Uhr PD Dr. Stefania Maffeis, Freie Universität Berlin „Migration als Menschenrecht? Eine umstrittene Idee an den Grenzen Europas“ Response: Birte de Gruisbourne, Universität Paderborn 14 – 16 Uhr Dr. Florian Grosser, California College of the Arts „Von Bürgern, Ein- und Mitwohnern. Hannah Arendts Vorschläge zur Pluralisierung politischer Mitgliedschaft" Response: Dr. Maria Robaszkiewicz, […]

Women’s March – Women’s Fest

Brandenburg Gate Pariser Platz, Berlin, Germany

Women for Europe – Europe for Women Women will fix the world – We will fix the world Further Information

Gender Equality – 取組への考え方とグッドプラクティス

Tokyo Metropolitan University 1-chōme-1 Minamiōsawa, Hachioji, Hachiōji, Tokyo, Japan

Gender equality, support for young researchers - "Reflection on approaches and good practice" Chair: Prof. Yuko Murakami (Rikkyo University, Japan)   Speaker: Prof. Wu Shiu-Ching (National Chung Cheng University, Taiwan) Jessica Harmening (Paderborn University, Germany)   From May 17 to 19, the conference of the Japanese Association for Philosophy, one of the most important philosophy […]

“Visualisierung in (digitalen) Editionen” – Workshop

Nordrhein-Westfälische Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Künste Karl-Arnold-Haus der Wissenschaften Palmenstraße 16, Düsseldorf, Germany

Participants: Ruth Hagengruber / Julia Mühl / Stefanie Ertz (Paderborn) Further Information On Tuesday, 21.05.2019, an expert workshop on Visualization in (digital) Editions will take place at the North Rhine-Westphalian Academy of Sciences and Arts in Düsseldorf. Ruth Hagengruber, Julia Mühl and Stefanie Ertz  from the University of Paderborn, among others will present their lecture on […]

Colloquium: Peter Singer at Paderborn University

Paderborn University Warburger Str. 100, Paderborn, NRW, Germany

Peter Singer at Paderborn University! Colloquium | June 17, 2019 | 8 pm - 10 pm | Paderborn University Peter Singer, famous professor of ethics from the University of Melbourne, is coming to Paderborn University. Tonight, he will hold a talk about „Animal Liberation - Where are we today?” that is open for everyone interested. […]

I. International Conference Women in Modern Philosophy

Rio de Janeiro State University

The First International Conference on Women of Modern Philosophy will be held in Rio de Janeiro, 17th to 20th June 2019). Rio de Janeiro is a national center of Early Modern Philosophy. All Brazilian researchers who confirmed participation in the meeting are heirs of that school of reading the history of philosophy with a method […]

Libori Summer School 2019: Teaching Women Philosophers

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

Please also visit our Libori Summer School 2019 webpage. ____________________________________________________ The Libori Summer School 2019 at the Center for the History of Women Philosophers and Scientists will focus on "Teaching Women Philosophers." This year, two parallel Libori Summer Schools will be run, one in English and one in German language (see the German information below). […]

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Dieter Birnbacher – “Philosophinnen im Kanon?”

Paderborn University Warburger Str. 100, Paderborn, Germany

(English version below) Podiumsdiskussion mit Dieter Birnbacher - "Philosophinnen im Kanon?" Prof. Dr. Dr. h. c. Dieter Birnbacher ist seit 1996 Professor für Philosophie an der Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf und ein führender Experte für Ethik und praktische Philosophie in Deutschland. Zudem ist er einer der Hauptverantwortlichen für die Etablierung des Unterrichtsfaches „Praktische Philosophie/Ethik“ an Schulen in Nordrhein-Westfalen. Im […]

5th Bi-Annual International Conference: Edith Stein’s Itinerary: Phenomenology, Christian Philosophy, and Carmelite Spirituality

University of Cologne Albertus-Magnus-Platz, Cologne, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany

Keynote Speakers: Prof. Anneliese Meis Wörmer (Pontifical University of Chile in Santiago de Chile) and Prof. Andreas Speer (Universität zu Köln) Edith Stein’s (1891–1942) philosophical life followed an intellectual itinerary that started with the thought of Edmund Husserl and phenomenology; it then turned to Christian philosophy and, ultimately, to Carmelite spirituality. The International Association for the […]

Julia Mühl at the „Female Pioneers in Phenomenology. Perspectives and Traditions”

„Female Pioneers in Phenomenology. Perspectives and Traditions” Workshop | October 30-31, 2019 | Husserl Archives KU Leuven Today and tomorrow, a workshop on female pioneers in phenomenology will take place at the Husserl Archives in Leuven. Among others, Julia Mühl will hold a talk on „A Female Pioneer: Gerda Walther’s Relevance for Early Phenomenology and […]

Maria von Welser Ehrenpromotion Honorary Doctorate

Universität Paderborn Warburger Str. 100, Paderborn, Germany

Description in German: Maria von Welser ist eine vielfach ausgezeichnete Journalistin, die sich mit der ersten Frauensendung im Deutschen Fernsehen, Mona Lisa, in die mediale Frauengeschichte eingeschrieben hat. Für ihre Berichte zum Jugoslawienkrieg und  ihr journalistischer Einsatz gegen die Kriegsverbrechen an den Frauen wurde mit dem Bundesverdienstkreuz geehrt. Die zahlreichen Verdienste ihrer journalistischen Tätigkeit, ihr Einsatz für […]

Edmund Husserl’s and Alexander Pfänder’s female scholars: Hedwig Conrad-Martius, Edith Stein, and Gerda Walther

Technologiepark 21 Universität Paderborn, Germany

Pressemitteilung „Edmund Husserls und Alexander Pfänders Schülerinnen“ – Workshop mit internationalen Gästen und Lehrenden an der Universität Paderborn Von Montag, 2. Dezember, bis Freitag, 6. Dezember, veranstaltete das Center for the History of Women Philosophers and Scientists (HWPS) des Fachbereichs Philosophie unter der Leitung von Prof. Dr. Ruth Hagengruber einen Workshop rund um die Schülerinnen […]

Society for the Study of Women Philosophers

Sheraton Philadelphia Downtown Hotel 201 North 17th Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

The Society for the Study of Women Philosophers invites proposals for its sessions at the annual meeting of the American Philosophical Association - Eastern Division Philadelphia. CFP SUBMISSION DEADLINE: April 29, 2019

The Canon Revisited: Women Philosophers

University of Minho R. da Universidade, Braga, Portugal

The Centre for Ethics, Politics and Society of the University of Minho is pleased to announce the 5th Braga Colloquium in the History of Moral and Political Philosophy, an international annual conference to be held every year in January at the University of Minho in Braga, Portugal. The purpose of this conference series is to […]

Harvard History of Philosophy Workshop Emilie Du Châtelet

Harvard University, Robbins Library MA 02138, Cambridge (Massachusetts), MA, United States

One Day Workshop on the Philosophy of Émilie du Châtelet Saturday, February 22, 2020 Robbins Library, Second Floor Emerson Hall 9:30 – 10:00: Coffee and Welcome 10:00 – 11:30: Ruth Hagengruber (Center for the History of Women Philosophers and Scientists, Paderborn, Germany), "Emilie Du Châtelet between Leibniz and Kant: Eberhard’s reference to Du Châtelet and the Transcendental […]

Re-inventing the History of Philosophy. Die (Neu-)erfindung der Philosophiegeschichte

Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn Regina-Pacis-Weg 3, Bonn, Germany

Provisional program, February 2020 Thursday, March, 19 Morning Session. 9h-9h15 Welcome and opening remarks 9h15-10h05 Leo Catana (Copenhagen): Brucker on the Socratic School in his Historia critica philosophiae: Which Conversations with Contemporary Intellectuals did Brucker engage in? 10h05-10h55 Stefanie Buchenau (Paris), Brucker’s systematicity Coffee break 11h20-12h10 Karin de Boer (Leuven), Paradigm shifts in the history […]

XXV. Congress of the German Society for Philosophy

XXV. Congress of the German Society for Philosophy From September 6th – 9th, 2020, the XXV. Congress of the German Society for Philosophy on “The True, the Good, and the Beautiful” will take place at Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg. The congress examines the true, the good, and the beautiful in two respects: its intersections and its unity. […]

Ruth Hagengruber – “Diotima and the History of Women Philosophers”

IV Eroticism and Philosophy Between Traces and Erasures - The Erotic in Feminist Philosophy. Online Talk and Discussion with Georgia Amitrano. In 2014, to celebrate 5 years of the philosophy course at the Regional Goiás-UFG, the first event called “Eroticism and Philosophy” was held and and takes place every 2 years. In the past three editions, […]

Ruth E. Hagengruber – “Philosophinnen der Ökonomie”

  Am 23. September wird Prof. Dr. Ruth Hagengruber beim ersten women&work-ScienceTalk über "Philosophinnen der Ökonomie" und ihren Anteil an ethisch-wirtschaftlichen Diskursen in Vergangenheit und Gegenwart sprechen. Welchen Einfluss hatten und haben Philosophinnen auf die Gestaltung wirtschaftlicher Prozesse und ökonomischer Denkrichtungen? Welche Rolle spielen sie in der derzeitigen Krise – und was wäre notwendig, um weibliches Gedankengut […]

Ruth E. Hagengruber: How does AI support a shift from quantitative to qualitative growth?

Conference Ethics & Digitalization During the online conference Ethics and Digitalisation on the 1st of October 2020 from 3:30-4pm Ruth Hagengruber will give a talk on: How does AI support a shift from quantitative to qualitative growth? The online conference Ethics and Digitalisation – 1 October 2020, 1:30-7:30 pm – in partnership with Venice International […]

Philosophie und feministische Theorie interkulturell

In der Workshopreihe "Philosophie und…"  von In der Philosophie zu Hause, dem Lehrbereich "Heterogenität“ der Philosophie an der Universität Paderborn, wird dieses Semester ein Workshop zum Thema "Philosophie und feministische Theorie interkulturell" angeboten. Die Veranstaltung schließt an ein Vorbereitungsseminar vom Sommersemester an und findet in Kooperation mit dem Koselleck-Projekt - Geschichten der Philosophie in globaler […]

Ruth E. Hagengruber – “Die unterdrückte Quelle: Émilie Du Châtelet und die kritische Wende Immanuel Kants”

University of Kiel Christian-Albrechts-Platz 4, Kiel, Germany

Manfred Zahn hat immer wieder sein Erstaunen darüber geäußert, dass die für Kant so wichtige Eberhard-Debatte in der Forschung so wenig Aufmerksamkeit erhielt. Eberhards Interpretation, Kants kritische Wende auf die Leibniz-Wolff’sche Philosophie zurückzuführen, war nicht ausreichend überzeugend. Die seit Jahren an Fahrt gewinnende Erforschung der Schriften der in Deutschland intensiv rezipierten französischen Philosophin und Mathematikerin […]

Katarina Peixoto at Philosophy Bayreuth zoom lecture series

"Private virtues, public virtues: on the détournement of Mandeville's Fable of Bees by Du Châtelet. Analysis of some fragments." TALK | November 26, 2020 | 4pm by Katarina Peixoto Dr. Katarina Peixoto (UERJ, Brazil) is joining the Women in Philosophy Bayreuth zoom lecture series with a talk on "Private virtues, public virtues: on the détournement […]

Women Philosophers in South-Eastern Europe – Past, Present and Future

The Research Center for Women in Philosophy organizes a conference under the title: Women Philosophers in South-Eastern Europe – Past, Present and Future. The goal of the conference is to gather and exchange information on past and present women philosophers in South-Eastern Europe as well as future perspectives of women in philosophy in this region. […]

St Petersburg Manuscripts: The First Digital and the First Historical-Critical Edition of Émilie Du Châtelet’s Early Works

In a collaborative project of the National Library of Russia, Saint Petersburg, Russia, the  Centre international d’étude du XVIIIe siècle, France and the Center for the History of Women Philosophers and Scientists, Germany, present the first digital and the first critical edition of the Émilie Du Châtelet manuscripts.  A special focus of the center lies […]

Celebrating Émilie du Châtelet’s Birthday

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Émilie du Châtelet’s Birthday Party The Center for the History of Women Philosophers and Scientists and its Director, Ruth E. Hagengruber, is inviting Project Vox to celebrate Émilie du Châtelet’s 314th Birthday – Come and join us! Andrew Janiak is joining us online from Duke University and will present his new work exploring the philosophical […]

Pythagorean Women Philosophers

Pythagorean Women Philosophers Seminar | January 29, 2021 | online The Ancient Philosophy Society is holding a virtual seminar on Dorota Dutsch’s book Pythagorean Women Philosophers: Between Belief and Suspicion on Friday, January 29th. See the attached flier for further information. http://www.ancientphilosophysociety.org/ancient-philosophy-society-pythagorean-women-philosophers-book-seminar/?fbclid=IwAR0ae_dr-W0ApjbK0jS3VB_iO5fh1xoRL2JKd9CRIGQq268JzW1M5OGmd7s

Tom Vinci on Anne Conway

TALK | February 12, 2021 | 2:30 PM (Atlantic Time Canada) Tom Vinci (Dalhousie University): “Proposal for a New Theory of Environmental Direct Realism : Anne Conway, Quantum Mechanics and the Extromissive Theory of Perception.” Abstract The philosophical backstory is that perception verbs are to be understood as reporting the presence of an object to […]

Reading Webinar with Rodney Parker

Reading Webinar | February 26, 2021 | Society for the Phenomenology of Religious Experience with Rodney Parker, former coordinator of the Center for the History of Women Philosophers and Scientists directed by Ruth E. Hagengruber In Winter 2021, the reading for the webinar of the Society for the Phenomenology of Religious Experience will be Hart, […]

Virtual Lectures on “Literature and the Pandemics in Historical Perspectives”

Lecture | February and March 17, 2021 | Commission on Science and Literature Commission on Science and Literature DHST/IUHPST The Commission on Science and Literature DHST/IUHPST is very glad to announce a series of virtual open lectures on “Literature and the Pandemics in Historical Perspectives” to be given by distinguished scholars in the field. The […]

SSWPH Inaugural Conference

Call for Papers: Inaugural Conference of the Society for the Study of Women in Phenomenology (SSWPH) The Society for the Study of Women in Phenomenology (SSWPH) announces its inaugural international conference to be held virtually from March 19–20, 2021. Keynote Speakers: Sarah Borden-Sharkey (Wheaton College, IL) Helen Fielding (Western University) Ruth Hagengruber (Paderborn University) Julia […]

Women in the History of Philosophy: A Workshop on Methodological Issues

British Society for the History of Philosophy Annual Conference Women in the History of Philosophy: A Workshop on Methodological Issues 16:00-18:00, 20th April 2021 To be held online, hosted by Durham University The workshop will discuss some of the methodological issues which have emerged as the history of women's contribution to philosophy has developed and […]

Talk Series: Early Modern Women on Knowledge

New Voices on Women in the History of Philosophy is a group for emerging scholars who work on Women in the History of Philosophy launched by Clara Carus, Assistant Professor at the Center for the History of Women Philosophers and Scientists (directed by Ruth Hagengruber). It is a place to connect and to foster communication […]

Frauen aus aller Frauen Länder

Der deutsche Akademikerinnenbund will mit der Initiative Frauen aus aller Frauen Länder gestalten die Zukunft Deutschlands in Deutschland tätige, aktive Akademikerinnen aus aller Frauen Länder mit seinem Netzwerk unterstützen. Ziel ist es, Akademikerinnen zu unterstützen, sich mit ihnen zu vernetzen und gegenseitige Interessen zu stärken. Wir wollen unsere Leistungen aufzeigen und unsere Stimmen für ein geschlechtergerechtes Deutschland […]

Clara Carus: Emilie du Chatelet’s Concept of ‘a Being’

Thursday, 06. May 2021, 4 pm (CEST) DR. CLARA CARUS (UNIVERSITY of PADERBORN) Émilie du Châtelet's Concept of 'a Being' In paragraph 35 of her Institutions Physiques Du Châtelet determines a being as that which can exist and whose determinations do not entail a contradiction. Along with her predecessor Wolff, she deems the determination of […]

Ruth E. Hagengruber: The Stolen History—Retrieving the History of Women Philosophers and Its Methodical Implications

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Throughout the last 40 years, many scholars have dedicated their endeavors to conserving the writings of women philosophers. Now we have access to valuable sources that show that the history of women philosophers stretches back as far as the history of philosophy itself. Using the history of women philosophers as a methodical approach to philosophy […]

Stein’s and Husserl’s Intertwined Itineraries 1916-25

Paderborn University Warburger Str. 100, Paderborn, NRW, Germany

Edith Stein attempted already in her doctorate to complement Husserl’s work on phenomenology by a painstaking analysis of empathy including its indispensable role in the constitution of the psycho-physical individual and the person. As Husserl’s assistant 1918-20 she famously edited in particular his Ideas II, perhaps introducing within it a view of this relationship foreign […]

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Ruth E. Hagengruber: From Quantitative to Qualitative Food Economics: Food in the Age of AI

International Conference Cultural diversity and biodiversity: the question of food Ruth Edith Hagengruber, Paderborn University, Teaching and Research Area EcoTechGender  Session II Food and cultural diversity Individualized need and globalized food provision will substantially change the idea of growth economics. Not for the first time in our history, food is the enhancer of a global […]

Ruth E. Hagengruber: A Stolen History. A Critical Examination of the History of Philosophy and a Plea for a New Renaissance.

The International Philosophy Olympiads (IPO), which is a competition for high-school pupils, first took place in 1993, by an initiative of the Department of Philosophy of Sofıa University to invite a group of philosophers from various countries. Main topics for discussion at eIPO 2021 will be: 1) Realism versus Idealism in political philosophy: throughout the […]

Talk Series: Early Modern Women on Knowledge

New Voices on Women in the History of Philosophy is a group for emerging scholars who work on Women in the History of Philosophy launched by Clara Carus, Assistant Professor at the Center for the History of Women Philosophers and Scientists (directed by Ruth Hagengruber). It is a place to connect and to foster communication […]

Talk Series: Early Modern Women on Knowledge

New Voices on Women in the History of Philosophy is a group for emerging scholars who work on Women in the History of Philosophy launched by Clara Carus, Assistant Professor at the Center for the History of Women Philosophers and Scientists (directed by Ruth Hagengruber). It is a place to connect and to foster communication […]

Émilie Du Châtelet et la littérature philosophique clandestine

 La tradition de la critique féminine de la Bible: De Nogarola à Du Châtelet. Ruth E. Hagengruber Du Châtelet shared the liberal ideas of the radical Enlightenment. My reading reads the Examinations of the Bible in the context of the history of the 'querelle des femmes'. I will then show that this biblical critique was […]

Ruth E. Hagengruber: Fighting Philofolly! Rewriting the History of Philosophy

Lady Reason criticizes Christine de Pizan for idolatrizing philosophers, who « like to quote the authors they have read», writing «philofolly», instead of «philosophy». The exclusion of women philosophers from the history of philosophy is a result of the centuries-old practice of gendered-minded self-interest of certain groups, supported by a culturally established patriarchal hierarchy. After […]

Talk Series: Early Modern Women on Knowledge

New Voices on Women in the History of Philosophy is a group for emerging scholars who work on Women in the History of Philosophy launched by Clara Carus, Assistant Professor at the Center for the History of Women Philosophers and Scientists (directed by Ruth Hagengruber). It is a place to connect and to foster communication […]

Talk Series: Early Modern Women on Knowledge

New Voices on Women in the History of Philosophy is a group for emerging scholars who work on Women in the History of Philosophy launched by Clara Carus, Assistant Professor at the Center for the History of Women Philosophers and Scientists (directed by Ruth Hagengruber). It is a place to connect and to foster communication […]

XXV. Congress of the German Society for Philosophy

Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg

The True, the Good and the Beautiful XXV. Congress of the German Society for Philosophy The 25th conference of the German Society of Philosophy deals with the true, the good, and the beautiful – and, therefore, with everything? Yes and no. As always, the conference will be an exhibition of philosophy and provide the opportunity […]

Talk Series: Early Modern Women on Knowledge

New Voices on Women in the History of Philosophy is a group for emerging scholars who work on Women in the History of Philosophy launched by Clara Carus, Assistant Professor at the Center for the History of Women Philosophers and Scientists (directed by Ruth Hagengruber). It is a place to connect and to foster communication […]

The HWPS Center at the Princeton-Bucharest Seminar in Early Modern Philosophy

PANEL 05.10.2021 1 PM Princeton time (ET) / 8 PM Bucharest time (UTC+2) Clara Carus Assistant Professor and Coordinator of the New Voices and Aaron Wells, Research fellow at the HWPS Center will hold a panel on Emilie du Chatelet's epistemic foundations together with Anne-Lise Rey from the Université Paris Nanterre. Clara Carus will shed […]

10th Quebec Seminar in Early Modern Philosophy

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Vendredi 8 octobre 2021 / Friday, Oct. 8, 2021  9h55      Mot de bienvenue / Welcome words 10h00   Aurélien Chukurian (Privat-docent, Université de Genève) La théologie comme présence invisible dans la pensée cartésienne 11h00    Claudia Dumitru (doctorante, Princeton U.) Scarcity and the Hobbesian State of Nature 12h Dîner / lunch 13h30   Conférenciers invités / […]

Clara Carus at the X Jornadas de filosofía moderna

The Principles of Knowledge in Émilie du Châtelet” Talk | 15.10.2021 | 2:30-3:30pm (GMT-3) | On the 15th of October Clara Carus will hold a talk on The Principles of Knowledge in Émilie du Châtelet at the X Jornadas de filosofía moderna. Clara Carus is an Assitant Professor and the Coordinator of the New Voices […]

Talk Series: Women in History on Education

New Voices on Women in the History of Philosophy is a group for emerging scholars who work on Women in the History of Philosophy launched by Clara Carus, Assistant Professor at the Center for the History of Women Philosophers and Scientists (directed by Ruth Hagengruber). It is a place to connect and to foster communication […]

Maria Robaszkiewicz at the SWIP

SWIP Austria - Solidarity and Resistance – a Philosophical Approach The Society for Women in Philosophy is hosting an international Symposium on Solidarity and Resistance on the 5th and 6th of November. Solidarity as “connected with”: With whom and against what? In what sense could solidarity and resistance should be viewed as a duty to […]

Kloster Kirchberg Symposion: Künstliche Intelligenz – Heilsbringer oder Vernichter der Menschheit?

Berneuchener Haus Kloster Kirchberg Am Kirchberg 1, Sulz am Neckar, Germany

Eine Veranstaltung in Kooperation mit der Evangelischen Akademie Baden   Autonomes Fahren, Smart Living, Haushalts- und Pflege- roboter, Operations- oder auch Sexroboter, neue Kommunikationsmöglichkeiten, neue Finanzwelten, neue Arbeitswelten: Industrie 4.0 oder gar schon 5.0? Die Möglichkeiten der KI erscheinen gegenwärtig unbe- grenzt. Noch nie in der Geschichte der Menschheit hat eine technische Entwicklung so schnell […]

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Aaron Wells at the biennial meeting of the Philosophy of Science Association

Talk | 12.11.2021 | Du Châtelet on the Need for Mathematics in Physics | Aaron Wells On the 12th of November Aaron Wells is giving a talk on "Du Châtelet on the Need for Mathematics in Physics," at the biennial meeting of the Philosophy of Science Association, in Baltimore, MD, USA.He is going to present […]

Talk Series: Women in History on Education

New Voices on Women in the History of Philosophy is a group for emerging scholars who work on Women in the History of Philosophy launched by Clara Carus, Assistant Professor at the Center for the History of Women Philosophers and Scientists (directed by Ruth Hagengruber). It is a place to connect and to foster communication […]

Space and Time: 18th -19th Century Women Philosophers and Scientists

Find all talks recorded as podcast here. From 22nd November to 26th November 2021, Prof. George N. Vlahakis from the Hellenic Open University, School of Humanities and Prof. Chelsea C. Harry from Southern Connecticut State University (USA) will visit the Center for the History of Women Philosophers and Scientists. Prof. Vlahakis comes for the first […]

Ruth Hagengruber at the Conference Ethics and Digitalization

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Ruth E. Hagengruber: The Third Knowledge Dimension. - How Epistemology changes in the Age of AI. 16Uhr Die digitalen Technologien haben das Potenzial, eine neue Renaissance von Menschheit und Planeten zu entfalten oder sie zu zerstören. Mit der dritten digitalen Konferenz Ethik und Digitalisierung am 25.11.2021, 14 - 19 Uhr, möchten wir anhand von theoretischen […]

Ruth E. Hagengruber bei Cyberscience – Wissenschaftsforschung und Informatik.Digitale Medien und die Zukunft der Kultur wissenschaftlicher Tätigkeit

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Programm der Tagung 10:00 Uhr Eröffnung und Begrüßung GERHARD PFAFF (MLS*) HARALD A. MIEG 10:10 Uhr Session 1 – Moderation: GERHARD BANSE (MLS) 10:15 Uhr WERNER ZORN (MLS): Internet: von AUP – Acceptable Use Policy – zu LoT – Limits of Trust – 10:45 Uhr WERNER KRAUSE (MLS) & ERDMUTE SOMMERFELD (MLS): Universalien des Denkens […]

AG Frauen in der Geschichte der Philosophie – Workshop Treffen (Forschung und Lehre) und Netzwerk-Plattform

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AUFBAU EINES NETZWERKS AG Frauen in der Geschichte der Philosophie  Workshop Treffen (Forschung und Lehre) und Netzwerk-Plattform EINLADUNG ZUM ONLINE – MEETING Freitag, 03.012.2021  |  09.30 – 12:30 Uhr / 13.00 – 15.00 Die AG möchte das Netzwerk zur Erforschung der Geschichte der Philosophinnen in deutscher Sprache stärken. Dazu bieten wir an: Treffen am 03.12.2021 […]

Talk Series: Women in History on Education

New Voices on Women in the History of Philosophy is a group for emerging scholars who work on Women in the History of Philosophy launched by Clara Carus, Assistant Professor at the Center for the History of Women Philosophers and Scientists (directed by Ruth Hagengruber). It is a place to connect and to foster communication […]

Launching of the Online Edition of Du Châtelet’s Institutions de physique

On the 17.12. to celebrate Émilie du Châtelet's 315th birthday, the digital edition of the Institutions de physique will go online. We will start the launching with the Avant-Propos in order to share our work in progress with the scientific community. During our online presentation, beginning at 2 PM (European Time), you can get to […]

FRAUEN GESTALTEN DIE ZUKUNFT.

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In einer gemeinsamen Veranstaltung des Deutschen Akademikerinnenbundes DAB e.V., des Center für die Erforschung der Geschichte der Philosophinnen HWPS und der Internationalen Assoziation der Philosophinnen in Deutschland IAPH e.V. diskutiere ich mit Elke Holst über die „großen kleinen“ Unterschiede zwischen Frauen und Männern. Dabei sprechen wir nicht nur über den Pay Gap zwischen den Geschlechtern, […]

Talk Series: Women in History on Education

New Voices on Women in the History of Philosophy is a group for emerging scholars who work on Women in the History of Philosophy launched by Clara Carus, Assistant Professor at the Center for the History of Women Philosophers and Scientists (directed by Ruth Hagengruber). It is a place to connect and to foster communication […]

Talk Series: Women in History on Education

New Voices on Women in the History of Philosophy is a group for emerging scholars who work on Women in the History of Philosophy launched by Clara Carus, Assistant Professor at the Center for the History of Women Philosophers and Scientists (directed by Ruth Hagengruber). It is a place to connect and to foster communication […]

New Voices Conference

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  We are delighted to announce the first online NEW VOICES on Women in the History of Philosophy CONFERENCE on the 25th/26th of February 2022. More than 70 speakers will present their work on women in the history of philosophy. We are proud to have four excellent keynote speakers: Priyanka Jha (Banaras Hindu University, India/University […]

Frauen gestalten die Zukunft. Maria von Welser im Gespräch.

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März 2022 18.30 - 19.30  Aus aktuellem Anlass: Ein Interview mit der Kriegsreporterin Maria von Welser im Gespräch mit Ruth Hagengruber DAB Digital Lounge: FRAUEN GESTALTEN DIE ZUKUNFT   Maria von Welser hat mit ihrer Kriegsberichterstattung die Welt bewegt. Für ZDF-Reportagen war sie u. a. zweimal in Tschetschenien, sie berichtete aus kroatischen Flüchtlingslagern über Massenvergewaltigungen während des Bosnienkrieges und arbeitete als Reporterin […]

Talk Series: Women in History on Education

New Voices on Women in the History of Philosophy is a group for emerging scholars who work on Women in the History of Philosophy launched by Clara Carus, Assistant Professor at the Center for the History of Women Philosophers and Scientists (directed by Ruth Hagengruber). It is a place to connect and to foster communication […]

Annual Conference of the British Society for the History of Philosophy

The Royal Society of Edinburgh

Clara Carus and Aaron Wells at the Annual Conference of the British Society for the History of Philosophy  On Thursday the 21st of April Clara Carus, Assistant Professor and Coordinator of the New Voices, and Aaron Wells, Research Fellow, will be part of a panel on Emilie du Chatelet. Fellow New Voices Members Fatema Amijee […]

Talk Series: Women in History on Education

New Voices on Women in the History of Philosophy is a group for emerging scholars who work on Women in the History of Philosophy launched by Clara Carus, Assistant Professor at the Center for the History of Women Philosophers and Scientists (directed by Ruth Hagengruber). It is a place to connect and to foster communication […]

Dagmar Comtesse at the Colloquium of Paderborn University

Paderborn University Warburger Str. 100, Paderborn, NRW, Germany

Dr. Dagmar Comtesse der WWU Münster wird am 05. Mai den Vortrag 'Zwischen Wahrheit und Macht - Für ein poststrukturalistisches Kanon-Konzept' beim Kolloquium zur Philosophie an der Universität Paderborn präsentieren.

International Conference: Re-inventing the History of Philosophy

International Centre for Philosophy NRW Poppelsdorfer Allee 28, Bonn, Germany

The International Conference 'Re-inventing the History of Philosophy. Die (Neu-)erfindung der Philosophiegeschichte', co-organized by Michael Forster (IZPH, Bonn), Stefanie Buchenau (Université Paris 8 Saint-Denis) and Christian Berner (IrePh, Paris-Nanterre), takes place at the International Centre for Philosophy NRW in Bonn, Germany, on May 12-13, 2022.   You can find the full program here.

New Voices Summer Term Talk Series on Émilie Du Châtelet: Andrea Reichenberger

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We are delighted to announce the official beginning of the New Voices series of talks for Summer 2022, which will focus on Du Châtelet. You are warmly invited to the first presentation, which is by Andrea Reichenberger on “Émilie Du Châtelet as a Key Figure of the European Enlightenment: Challenges and Perspectives for Research and Teaching Practices.” This online […]

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