Conference 'Epistémologie et métaphysique : Pour de nouveaux récits en histoire de la philosophie'
2023-03-08 09:00 - 2023-03-09 17:30 (Europe/Berlin) | Université Paris Nanterre, France

Ruth E. Hagengruber - Du Châtelet and the 'Copernican turn'
2023-03-09 12:00 - 13:00 | Université Paris Nanterre, France

Women and their body
2023-03-15 - 2023-03-17 | Building O, Paderborn University, Pohlweg 51, Paderborn, NRW, 33098, Germany
Recent events have shown that it is urgent and fundamentally important to shed new light, through philosophical, linguistic, literary, scientific, medical and artistic perspectives, on the female body and the position of women in relation to their body. Too often it seems that women do not have the right to determine their own body, although men have never been deprived of this right. The question of power over the body is strongly linked to the distinction between men and women. It seems that men have more rights and power on their own body than women. But how is this possible? What is the status of the female body in culture and society? Why is the female body both, an object of desire and a battlefield for demonstrating male power? To what extent have medicine and technology interfered in recent years with the female body and with what consequences?
The conference Women and their body intends to enlarge the network by making it more interdisciplinary, starting with a multidisciplinary Talk Series and Conference. Early scholars as well as established researchers are invited to send abstracts covering different fields in the humanities, speaking about Women and their body. New Voices is a place to connect and to foster communication on our work.
In the Talk Series from Winter 2022/23, there are 6 meetings/dates (completely on Zoom) and on March, 15th, 16th and 17th 2023, an international, hybrid conference will take place, with a Masterworkshop on March 15th.
Registration is now open to everybody interested in the subject (no registration fees): https://indico.uni-paderborn.de/event/21/

For further information or any question, please feel free to send an email to contact@historyofwomenphilosophers.org

R.E. Hagengruber's Masterclass and Keynote Lecture on "Women Philosophers: Thinking Europe Anew"
2023-04-05 14:30 - 19:00 | University of Trento, Italy, Trento, Italy
At April 5, 2023, Ruth E. Hagengruber will give a Masterclass and Keynote Lecture on “Women Philosophers: Thinking Europe Anew” at the talk series “Voices from Contemporary Philosophy”. The talk series takes place from January to May 2023 at the Department of Humanities of the University of Trento, Italy, and is coordinated by Michele Nicoletti, Alessandro Palazzo, Tiziana Faitini (University of Trento).

Participation is free. Before the lecture, Ruth E. Hagengruber will give a master class to MA and PhD students. To take part in themaster class, registration is mandatory. For more information, please contact internationalphilosophy.lett@unitn.it

Harvard History Workshop on Émilie du Châtelet
2023-04-18 08:00 - 2023-06-20 17:00 | Paderborn University, Warburger Str. 100, Paderborn, NRW, 33098, Germany
This summer we will host a Harvard History Workshop on Émilie du Châtelet in cooperation with the Center for the History of Women Philosophers. The workshop is organized by Jeff McDonough, Harvard University and Aaron Wells, Paderborn University and Ruth Hagengruber, Director of the Center for the History of Women Philosophers and Scientists, Paderborn University. The talks will take place in person only at the Paderborn University; everyone is welcome to come!
Look forward to the following talks:
18th April: Dr. Guillaume Coissard, Université Libre de Bruxelles, on “Du Châtelet’s Influence on French Materialism”
19th May: Dr. Marco Storni, University of Neuchâtel, TBA
24th May: Maaike Korpershoek, University of Groningen, on “Du Châtelet’s essay on fire”
20th June: Dr. Qiu Lin, Cornell University and Einstein Forum and Prof. Fatema Amijee, University of British Columbia, on “Causation in Du Châtelet”

Harvard History Workshop on Émilie du Châtelet: Guillaume Coissard
2023-04-18 16:00 - 18:00 | Paderborn University, Warburger Str. 100, Paderborn, NRW, 33098, Germany
This summer we will host a Harvard History Workshop on Émilie du Châtelet in cooperation with the Center for the History of Women Philosophers. The workshop is organized by Jeff McDonough, Harvard University and Aaron Wells, Paderborn University and Ruth Hagengruber, Director of the Center for the History of Women Philosophers and Scientists, Paderborn University. The talks will take place in person only at the Paderborn University; everyone is welcome to come!
Look forward to the following talks:
18th April: Dr. Guillaume Coissard, Université Libre de Bruxelles, on “Du Châtelet’s Influence on French Materialism”
The commentator for the talk “Du Châtelet’s Influence on French Materialism” on the 18th of April is Ruth Hagengruber. Just recently she has published a review on Charles T. Wolfe, Lire le matérialisme. Full review here.
The materialist vision is notconfined to an identified space or to a mechanistic chain, and yet this does not meanthat the body has a nature that is beyond the physical universe
-Hagengruber, Ruth Edith. “Review: Charles T. Wolfe, Lire le matérialisme.” Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews, 2023.

New Voices Summer Term 23 Talk Series on Phenomenology and Metaphysics: Susan Gottlöber
2023-04-20 15:00 - 17:00
Abstract: Although Max Scheler and Edith Stein did not specifically engage in the topic of realism during their lifetimes, they can both be considered representatives of realism. This paper aims to investigate and compare Scheler’s and Stein’s positions in the re-emerging realism debate of the early 20th century. In line with Sepp’s observation that the individual’s position on the realism-idealism controversy reflects their philosophical stance (Sepp 2003), I will examine their positions in the context of their respective Weltanschauungen, influences, and responses to contemporary questions. Ultimately, I argue that while their positions share superficial similarities, they remain incompatible on key issues due to their opposing developments in their philosophical and ideological worldviews.
Biography: Susan Gottlöber works as a senior lecturer in at the and associate dean of teaching and learning at the Philosophy Department of Maynooth University, Ireland. Her research focuses on phenomenology, particularly Max Scheler and Edith Stein.
This online talk will be held on Zoom. I hope many of you will be able to join us for an interesting talk and a friendly and engaged discussion! Please register (no registration fees) here: phenomenology@historyofwomenphilosophers.org

New Voices Summer Term 23 Talk Series on Phenomenology and Metaphysics: Íngrid Vendrell Ferran
2023-05-04 13:00 - 15:00
Abstract: This talk aims at exploring Landmann-Kalischer’s analogy between the sensing of secondary qualities and the feeling of values in her work “Philosophie der Werte” (Philosophy of Values) (1910). Attention is paid to the epistemic motivation of the analogy, the distinction between pure feelings and affects, and the relation of pure feelings to value judgments. As I shall argue, for Landmann-Kalischer, feelings can be both intentional and cognitive.
Biography: Íngrid Vendrell Ferran is professor of philosphy at the Philipps University Marburg. Her research areas include the theories of emotions and values in early phenomenology.
This online talk will be held on Zoom. I hope many of you will be able to join us for an interesting talk and a friendly and engaged discussion! Please register (no registration fees) here: phenomenology@historyofwomenphilosophers.org

Conference Women and Sport in Europe: Past and Present - Live stream
2023-05-09 14:00 - 20:00
Online Conference
Programme (in progress)
14-20h
13:45– 14:00 Accreditation14:00 – 14:15 Dr. Clara Mavellia – Cultural Entrepreneurship Institute, Berlin (Germany)14:15 – 14:30 Prof. Dr. Ruth Hagengruber – Director of the Center for the History of Women Philosophers and Scientists, Paderborn University (Germany)14:30 – 14:35 Carla Tufano – Comune di Lacco Ameno, Ischia (Italy)14:35 – 14:40 Catrin Cigliano – Ischia Cultura, Lacco Ameno, Ischia (Italy)14:40 – 14:45 Stefania Guarracino – Bachelor candidate, Università L’Orientale, Naples (Italy)14:45 – 15:00 Dott.ssa Mariangela Catuogno – Archeologist, Ischia (Italy)15:00 – 15:10 Dott.ssa Assunta Barbieri – Director Liceo Giorgio Buchner, Ischia (Italy)15:10 – 15:20 Dott. Vincenzo Di Meglio – Teacher Liceo Giorgio Buchner, Ischia (Italy)15:20 – 15:30 Dott.ssa Anna Verde – Teacher Liceo Giorgio Buchner, Ischia (Italy)15:30 – 15:40 Arch. Teresa Gualtieri – Chair Federazione It. delle Associazioni e Club per l’UNESCO16:00 – 16:30 Prof. Dr. Gloria Olcese – Archeologist, Università degli Studi, Milano (Italy) – Principal Investigator of the Project Immensa Aequora16:30 – 17:00 Prof. Dr. Riccardo Pozzo – Philosopher, Università Tor Vergata, Rome (Italy)17:20 – 17:30 Dr. Jil Muller – Center for the History of Women Philosophers and Scientists, Paderborn University (Germany)17:30 – 17:45 Marble Cippus Inauguration – Video Teleischia, Ischia (Italy)17:45 – 18:30 Student videos – Liceo Giorgio Buchner, Ischia (Italy)18:30 – 18:45 Sonja Klümpel – Discover Football, Berlin (Germany)18:45 – 19:00 Yvonne Carbonaro – Ischia (Italy)19:00 – 19:15 Quadrato Meticcio – Padova (Italy)19:15 – 19:30 Ulrike Häfner – Vice President of 1. FCC Turbine Potsdam (Germany) – Co-Federal President of the working group of Social Democratic Women (ASF)19:30 – 19:50 Dr. Sabine Vuik – Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), Paris (France)19:50 – 20:00 Dr. Clara Mavellia closing wordsPresenter: Isabella R. Agostino

Find further information here.

Harvard History Workshop on Émilie du Châtelet: Marco Storni
2023-05-19 08:00 - 17:00 | Paderborn University, Warburger Str. 100, Paderborn, NRW, 33098, Germany
This summer we will host a Harvard History Workshop on Émilie du Châtelet in cooperation with the Center for the History of Women Philosophers. The workshop is organized by Jeff McDonough, Harvard University and Aaron Wells, Paderborn University and Ruth Hagengruber, Director of the Center for the History of Women Philosophers and Scientists, Paderborn University. The talks will take place in person only at the Paderborn University; everyone is welcome to come!
19th May: Dr. Marco Storni, University of Neuchâtel, TBA

Harvard History Workshop on Émilie du Châtelet: Maaike Korpershoek
2023-05-24 08:00 - 17:00 | Paderborn University, Warburger Str. 100, Paderborn, NRW, 33098, Germany
This summer we will host a Harvard History Workshop on Émilie du Châtelet in cooperation with the Center for the History of Women Philosophers. The workshop is organized by Jeff McDonough, Harvard University and Aaron Wells, Paderborn University and Ruth Hagengruber, Director of the Center for the History of Women Philosophers and Scientists, Paderborn University. The talks will take place in person only at the Paderborn University; everyone is welcome to come!
24th May: Maaike Korpershoek, University of Groningen, on “Du Châtelet’s essay on fire”

New Voices Summer Term 23 Talk Series on Phenomenology and Metaphysics: Randolph Dible
2023-05-25 15:00 - 17:00
Abstract: Hedwig Conrad-Martius (1888-1966) is gaining recognition as an important representative of early phenomenological realism, but her philosophy transcends that designation. Conrad-Martius’ realism is housed in a reformed classical philosophical universalism, and this becomes especially evident in her late project of universal ontology. Universal ontology is an ontological account of everything—“absolutely everything”—that there is: “[Not only] material, formal and categorical objects, not only real and ideal… not only purely fictitious objects, but… also purely conceptual objects, that is, objects to which nothing actually objective corresponds” (Das Sein, 40). To better appreciate her contribution, I will describe this late project, and contextualize it in terms of her spirituality, her cosmology, and her influences and resonances.
Biography: Randolph Dible is a PhD candidate in philosophy at the New School for Social Research New York. His areas of interest include ontology, metaphysics and spirituality in early phenomenology.
This online talk will be held on Zoom. I hope many of you will be able to join us for an interesting talk and a friendly and engaged discussion! Please register (no registration fees) here: phenomenology@historyofwomenphilosophers.org

New Voices Summer Term 23 Talk Series on Phenomenology and Metaphysics: Hamid Taieb
2023-06-01 15:00 - 17:00
Abstract: In this paper, I will discuss the views of Conrad-Martius and Stein on secondary qualities. More precisely, I will address the question of the non-reducibility of these qualities. Both Conrad-Martius and Stein reject the thesis that sensory qualities such as colours, sounds, odors, and similar properties, are identical to physical entities studied by the natural sciences, such as light waves or other imperceptible entities. Their respective arguments are based on a similar strategy: they both argue that there are specific qualitative differences in every class of sensory qualities, whereas the attempts to describe these qualities in terms of imperceptible physical entities erase these qualitative differences in favour of mere quantitative differences. I will go through their arguments, which, in the case of Conrad-Martius, interestingly rely on views from Goethe. I will then ask what exactly Conrad-Martius and Stein defend, that is, whether their claims are merely about the unreducible nature of colours and others sensory qualities to imperceptible physical entities or whether they also defend realism, that is, that these qualities do exist in the world around us.
Biography: Hamid Taieb is the leader of the DFG Emmy-Noether research group “A Sensible World”. From a systematic point of view, he specializes in the philosophy of mind and ontology, but has also explored issues in epistemology and philosophy of language. In addition, he is interested in philosophy of law.
This online talk will be held on Zoom. I hope many of you will be able to join us for an interesting talk and a friendly and engaged discussion! Please register (no registration fees) here: phenomenology@historyofwomenphilosophers.org

Croatia Libori Summer School 2023
2023-06-19 - 2023-06-22 | Institute of Philosophy in Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia (Local Name: Hrvatska)
WE ARE HAPPY TO ANNOUNCE THE 2ND CROATIA LIBORI SUMMER SCHOOL FROM 19TH TO 22ND OF JUNE 2023 IN ZAGREB
WOMEN PHILOSOPHERS AND SCIENTISTS ON MEDICINE, PSYCHOLOGY, AND BODY AWARENESS
Venue: Institute of Philosophy, Ulica grada Vukovara 54/V, Zagreb Croatia
In cooperation with the Center for the History of Women Philosophers and Scientists.
REGISTRATION DEADLINE: 31ST OF MAY 2023. REGISTER HERE: LIBORISS@HISTORYOFWOMENPHILOSOPHERS.ORG
You can look forward to workshops animated by:

Luka Boršić & Ivana Skuhala Karasman on Druskowitz
Ankica Čakardić
Chelsea Harry on Karoline von Günderrode
Jil Muller on Émilie du Châtelet and Elisabeth of Bohemia
Daniel Neumann on Edith Stein
Michele Vagnetti on E.E. Constance Jones
More to come…

More to come. Stay tuned for the program.
For further information and registration please use the following adress: liboriSS@historyofwomenphilosophers.org

Harvard History Workshop on Émilie du Châtelet: Qiu Lin, Clara Carus & Fatema Amijee
2023-06-20 13:00 - 17:30 | Paderborn University, Warburger Str. 100, Paderborn, NRW, 33098, Germany
The Spring/Summer 2023 Harvard History Workshop on Émilie Du Châtelet (in cooperation with the Center for the History of Women Philosophers) will conclude with a mini-workshop on Metaphysical Themes in Du Châtelet.
The workshop will take place on the 20th of June, 2023, in the ground-floor seminar room, Technologiepark 21, Paderborn. All are invited to attend.
The schedule will be as follows:
13:00-14:30. Dr. Clara Carus, University of Oxford/Paderborn University: “Simple Beings in Du Châtelet”
14:30-16:00. Prof. Qiu Lin, Cornell University/Simon Fraser University: “Du Châtelet: an unusual theory of monads”
16:00-17:30. Prof. Fatema Amijee, University of British Columbia: “Was Du Châtelet a causal idealist?”
The workshop is organized by Jeff McDonough, Harvard University and Aaron Wells, Paderborn University, with the support of Ruth Hagengruber, Director of the Center for the History of Women Philosophers and Scientists, Paderborn University.

New Voices Summer Term 23 Talk Series on Phenomenology and Metaphysics: Julia Zaenker
2023-06-22 15:00 - 17:00
Abstract: Gerda Walther’s work in phenomenology is often presented in light of the metaphysical struggles of its founding fathers, namely Pfänder’s realistic phenomenology, Husserl’s transcendental turn and Heideggerian ontology. Instead, I want to revisit Walther’s phenomenological approach to social ontology by reflecting on the relation between metaphysics and feminist phenomenology. To do this, I bring her into dialogue with Iris Marion Young’s careful perspective on the contemporary reality of political activism. My analysis juxtaposes Walther’s description of the reflective, self-referential nature of communities with Young’s suggestion to think about gender as a serial collective. I argue that this points towards a possible meaning of Walther’s “realist” commitments that invites us to read and apply her work beyond the standard interpretative paradigms.
Biography: Julia Zaenker is a PhD fellow at the Center fo Subjectivity Research, University of Copenhagen. She is interested in themes from “classical” phenomenology, broadly construed, and contemporary developments in phenomenology (critical phenomenology, 4E-approaches, applied phenomenology).
This online talk will be held on Zoom. I hope many of you will be able to join us for an interesting talk and a friendly and engaged discussion! Please register (no registration fees) here: phenomenology@historyofwomenphilosophers.org

I Colóquio Émilie: Filosofia, contexto, tradução
2023-07-03 - 2023-07-07 | Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Santa Maria, Brazil
From 3 to 7 July 2023, the first colloqium “Colóquio Émilie: Filosofia, contexto, tradução”, organized by Mitieli Seixas Da Silva, the Translation and Research Group Émilie, will be hosted at the Universidade Federal de Santa Maria in Santa Maria, Brazil. Part of the colloquium is the Translation School from 4 to 7 July 2023.
Find the registration for the colloquium here.

Seminar: Edith Stein’s “Finite and Eternal Being”
2023-07-10 - 2023-07-13 | Paderborn University
July 10 to 13th, 10:00 AM to 6PM
University of Paderborn
with Mette Lebech (Maynooth University)
and Sarah Borden (Wheaton College)
The seminar will provide an in-depth look into Edith Stein’s late magnum opus Finite and Eternal Being, investigating its metaphysical and phenomenological aspects. We will discuss how Stein draws on tradition (especially the philosophy of St. Thomas and Aristotle) and contemporary thinkers (Hedwig Conrad-Martius) in gauging her contribution as a unique attempt at founding a Christian philosophy. The structure is as follows:
Day 1 (10th of July): Discussion of chapter 1 – The Inquiry into Being
Day 2 (11th of July): Discussion of chapter 2 – Act and Potency as Modes of Being
Day 3 (12th of July): Discussion of chapter 3 – Essential and Actual Being
Day 4 (13th of July): Discussion of chapter 4 – Essentia (Ousia, Wesen) – Substance – Form and Matter
Every day will begin with a short introductory lecture, presenting some of the main ideas of the respective chapter. Chapters 1 and 2 will be introduced by Sarah Borden, Chapter 3 by Mette Lebech and Chapter 4 by Daniel Neumann.
In-person visitors are welcome and are asked to register at phenomenology@historyofwomenphilosophers.org.
Sarah Borden is the author of “Edith Stein’s Finite and Eternal Being. A Companion” (2023, Rowman & Littlefield). Mette Lebech’s recent publications on Edith Stein include “The Philosophy of Edith Stein: From Phenomenology to Metaphysics” (2015, Peter Lang).
The seminar language will be German and English.
Seminar Location
Mo, 10. Jul. 2023 10:00 18:00 Q 2 122
Di, 11. Jul. 2023 10:00 18:00 P 1 2.22
Mi, 12. Jul. 2023 10:00 18:00 P 1 2.22
Do, 13. Jul. 2023 10:00 18:00 P 1 4.08.1
A campus plan can be found here.

Research Colloquium - Dr. Maria Robaszkiewicz: Presentation on Habilitation Project and Hannah Arendt Research
2023-07-10 16:00 - 17:00 | Technologiepark 21, Universität Paderborn, 33100, Germany

Research Colloquium - Katja Cicigoj: Presentation of the Disserationproject
2023-07-10 17:00 - 18:00 | Technologiepark 21, Universität Paderborn, 33100, Germany

IAPh 19th Symposium: Feminisms Today. Philosophical Contributions against Violence, Discrimination and Exclusions
2023-07-31 08:00 - 2023-08-04 17:00 | Buenos Aires
19th Symposium of the International Association of Women Philosophers (IAPh)
Feminisms Today. Philosophical Contributions against Violence, Discrimination and Exclusions
July 31 – 04 August 2023
Faculty of Philosophy and Literature of the University of Buenos Aires
Venue: José Bonifacio 1443, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires
The 2023 Symposium is the first of the International Association of Women Philosophers to take place in Latin Amercia. This event is an opportunity to promote the work of women philosophers, specially from our region, across all philosophical fields, and in national and international context. The conference focuses on philosophical contributions on Violence, Discrimination and Exclusions. On the other hand, faithful to the spirit of the IAPh, the Symposium constitutes, once again, a privileged space designed to make visible the work done by women and other groups traditionally subalternized by their sex-gender condition throughout the world and in different philosophical disciplines (theoretical philosophy, practical philosophy and history of philosophy).
In our region, philsophical practice often links activism, academic work and institutional management. In this opportunity, the IAPh symposium aims to bring together and highlight the contributions of these practices to adopt an analytical-critical approach and to enrich the problemativ horizon of violence, discrimination and exclusion.
Find the whole Call for Abstracts here.

Invited Symposium Expanding the Canon at ECAP11
2023-08-24 11:00 - 13:00 | University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
On August 24, Ruth E. Hagengruber (Paderborn University), Sabrina Ebbersmeyer (University of Copenhagen), and Sophia Connell (Birkbeck University of London) will offer a symposium on “Expanding the Canon”. The Invited Symposium is part of this year’s ECAP11. Please find the ECAP11 program as well as further information here.

In the Symposium “Expanding the Canon,” Ruth E. Hagengruber, Sabrina Ebbersmeyer, and Sophia Connell discuss the following topics:
Depictions of ‘typical’ philosophers are almost entirely of white men, preferably with beards. The idea of a wise, reflective, genius type has almost always been a male-coded ideal and for the most part tracks white supremist and exceptionalist ideology.
Since the 1990s significant progress was made in bringing women philosophers back into our histories of the early modern period (O’Neill 1998, Hutton 2015). Black feminists made a similar case for black female intellectuals, some of whom should count as philosophers; these thinkers have been ignored or excluded from our histories mostly due to genre and circumstance (Hill Collins 1990).
Alongside this positive incorporation of gender and ethnic diversity in the philosophical conversation, has been the steady progression of an all-white male narrative of analytic philosophy, written almost exclusively by men (e.g. Soames 2003, Glock 2008). This story is false and it is easy to prove it to be so
Sophia Connell will introduce the work of a number of very important, influential and intellectually powerful female philosophers from the period 1830-1970, whose ideas form the basis of contemporary analytic philosophy. She will particularly touch on Maria W. Stewart, whose public speeches contain the roots of civic rights arguments still crucial to political philosophy, Dr Sophie Bryant, the first woman to hold a postdoctoral degree in Philosophy in the United Kingdom, who advocated for education for women and minorities through virtue-based discussions, Professor Grace De Laguna, whose speculative brand of philosophical investigation is still influential, and Professor Alice Ambrose Lazerowitz, whose transatlantic ponderings in the early 1930s would help to shape the very way we do philosophy today.
Ruth Hagengruber will reflect on how women have critically examined the concepts of philosophy, discussed or questioned the history of philosophy itself, exposed idolatry, and were active in important areas of religious criticism. She will briefly discuss Du Chatelet and Kant to illustrate the problems that arise from this sexist exclusion and that shape a history of philosophy that is still marked by abridgements, half-truths and plagiarism.
Sabrina Ebbersmeyer will talk about mechanisms of exclusion, text genres, and modes of writing historiography, and will be mostly focussing on the German context during the 19th century.

Dr. Jil Muller at the 6th FINO Graduate Conference in the History of Philosophy
2023-09-11 14:30 - 2023-09-12 17:30
On September 12th, at 16h30, Dr. Jil Muller will give a keynote talk on Marie de Gournay: The Philosopher Slandered by a Patriarchal Society, at the 6th FINO Graduate Conference in the History of Philosophy, in Pavia, Italy.

R.E. Hagengruber's Keynote Talk on "Die Gesellschaft neu denken: Philosophinnen über Staat, Recht und Ökonomie."
2023-09-28 09:30 - 10:30 | University of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
On September 28, 2023, Ruth E. Hagengruber will give a Keynote Talk on ‘Zur Geschichte der Frauen in der Philosophie des Rechts’ at the conference ‘Rechtsphilosophinnen’. The conference takes place on September 28-29, 2023 at the Paris Lodron University of Salzburg in Salzburg, Austria. The event is organized by Kristin Albrecht, Carolina Esser and Stephan Kirste.

You can find the program of the conference here.

Voices from Ukraine: Women Philosophers and Scientists Against War and Ecocide
2023-10-27 09:00 - 2023-10-28 18:00 | L3.204, Paderborn University, Warburger Str. 100, Paderborn, 33098, Germany
Where: University of Paderborn, Paderborn, Germany
When: October 27th-28th, 2023
Type of Conference: Hybrid
The conference is organized by Prof. Dr. Kateryna Karpenko, Director of the Center for Gender Education of National Medical University (KHNMU) & Prof. Dr. Ruth E. Hagengruber, Director of the internationally acting Center for the History of Women Philosophers and Scientists. This project has received funding through the MSCA4Ukraine project, which is funded by the European Union. The talks will be held in Englisch. Discussions can be in English, German and Ukrainian. In addition an Ukrainian-German Interpreter (Prof. Dr. Volodymyr Abashnik) will be present via Zoom.
Today, it is becoming obvious that demonstrating its inability to win in a direct military confrontation, Russia is purposefully implementing traditional, patriarchal tactics of domination to destroy the Ukrainian economy and environment.
The purpose of this conference, on the one hand, is to show, that the airstrikes mainly target Ukraine’s critical life support infrastructure, industrial facilities, oil and fuel depots, chemical and pharmaceutical depots, public utilities such as sewage pumping stations, power stations and railways.
On the other hand, the task is to prove that this tactic being accompanied by a public demonstration and self-praise of the masculine superiority of the leaders is a pathetic imitation of it. It will be disclosed the fact that the Russian war against Ukraine means violence, poverty, forced displacement, broken lives, insecurity and lack of a future, depletion of nature, and ecocide.
The important topics of discussions will be the ontological, phenomenological, and existential dimensions of ecocide at the time and after the war. Ecofeminism and the ethics of care will become the methodological basis for analyzing the phenomena of ecocide.
The speakers include Oksana Zabuzhko (Receiver of France’s Legion of Honor), Dr. Tatiana Perga (Senior Researcher of ‘Institute of World History of National Academy of Science of Ukraine’), Dr. Iryna Utiuzh (Department of Social Sciences, Zaporizhzhia State Medical University), Dariya Tsymbalyuk, Iryna Zamuruyeva, Pina Piccolo, Prof. Dr. Tetiana Gardashuk, Cynthia R. Nielsen (Professor of Philosophy at the University of Dallas), Valeria Korablyova, Angela Boyko, Mariya Shcherbyna, Tentyana Chumachenko, Natalia Martynenko,Oksana Nakonechna.
For Registration, send an e-mail to contact@historyofwomenphilosophers.org with the subject “VoFUkr Registration”. Also include if you will participate online or in-person.
Here is the Preliminary Program.

DGPhil AG Frauen in der Geschichte der Philosophie – Workshop 08.11.2023
2023-11-08 13:00 - 18:00 | Paderborn University, Warburger Str. 100, Paderborn, NRW, 33098, Germany
13.15-13.30 Welcome
13.30-14.15 Marit Rullmann, M. A. Phil.: „Philosophinnen Porträts“
14.15-14.30 Dr. Maria Robaszkiewicz (Universität Paderborn): „HannahArendt.net. Die Zeitschrift und ihre Geschichte“
14.30-15.15 Anne Specht, M. Ed. (Forschungsinstitut für Philosophie Hannover): „Die ‚Dialektik der Aufklärung‘ durch die Feder Margareta Adornos“
15.15-15.30 Coffee Break
15.30-16.15 Dr. Tetiana Havlin (Universität Siegen): “Earth and Re-Birth: Resilience, Recovery, and Responsibility in the Wake of War”
16.15-16.30 Coffee Break
16.30-17.30 Philipp Hagemann, M. Ed. (Universität Paderborn) & Katharina Schulz, M. Ed. (Universität Göttingen): „Zur Repräsentation von Philosophinnen / Frauen in philosophischen Bildungsmaterialien“
17.30-18.00 AG Frauen in der Geschichte der Philosophie

David Owen on Khadīja Bint al-‘Āqil: Logician of Islamic West Africa
2023-11-20 15:00 - 17:00 | Technologiepark 21, Universität Paderborn, 33100, Germany
On the 20th of November at 3pm David Owen will give a talk on Khadīja Bint al-‘Āqil: Logician of Islamic West Africa at the Center for the History of Women Philosophers and Scientists. David Owen studies the history of logic in the western Islamicate world. He is especially interested in formal patterns of reasoning in the legal education of big religious traditions, and especially within the cultural continuum of the Bissau-to-Bilbao complex. In Fall 2023, David will defend his dissertation in Arabic & Islamic Studies at Harvard University, where he has also completed the Secondary Field in Classical Philosophy. The dissertation provides the first treatment of the Avicennan logic of a prominent west Saharan luminary, Ghadīja (Khadīja) Mint (Bint) al-‘Āqil (d. ca. 1835).
See here the abstract of the talk: Ghadīja (Khadīja) Mint (Bint) al-‘Āqil al-Daymānīya (d. ca. 1835) flourished at the end of the 18th and beginning of the 19th century in the southwestern Sahara, in the Gebla region of today’s Mauritania. A brief review of women’s contributions to the history of logic underscores Ghadīja’s historical importance, as one of only two women authors on logic prior to Frege with a complete, extant work on logic. Khadīja’s Ṭurra ‘alā l-Sullam is the best known, and most reliably preserved, textual record of her teaching across the intellectual sciences of the Core Curriculum of Islamic West Africa (Hall and Stewart, 2010). Her Ṭurra, still being glossed and reproduced for study in Mauritania, is a commentary on a 16th century arjūza of Avicennan logic, the Sullam al-murawnaq. The Sullam was composed by the Algerian scholar ‘Abd al-Raḥmān al-Akhḍarī, and is arguably the most widely studied work of Arabic logic in the world today. In this talk, I introduce the audience to what is known about Ghadīja’s life, teaching, and legacy. I compare Ghadīja’s treatment in the sources to that of her brother and student Aḥmad, and unveil a digital archive for Arabic logic texts, with the work of al-Akhḍarī and Ghadīja as its centerpiece. The research results herein show the relevance of gender to, as well as the utility of text-editing, digital archiving, and comparative scholasticism for, the field of Arabic logic.
We are excited to welcome Prof. Dr. Peter Adamson as respondent from David Owens talk. Peter Adamson’s primary areas of interest are late ancient philosophy and Arabic philosophy. His two monographs deal with the Arabic version of Plotinus, the so-called “Theology of Aristotle,” and with al-Kindi (d. after 870 AD). He has devoted articles to several figures of the Greek tradition: Aristotle, Plotinus, and Porphyry; and numerous philosophers of the Arabic tradition, including al-Kindi, Abu Bakr al-Razi, Yahya Ibn ‘Adi, Miskawayh, Avicenna, and Averroes. He has also edited and co-edited numerous books, including “The Cambridge Companion to Arabic Philosophy,” three further volumes on philosophy in the Islamic world for the Warburg Institute, several volumes for the Institute of Classical Studies including “Philosophical Themes in Galen,” and “Interpreting Avicenna: Critical Essays” for Cambridge University Press.

Kolloquium Geschlechter Geschichte: Dr. Jil Muller, "Philosophinnen sichtbar machen"
2023-12-01 10:00 - 12:00 | Humboldt-Universität, Sophienstr. 22a, Berlin, Germany

1000 Places in 1 World - Absent Women’s Voices in Classical, Modern and Contemporary Indian Philosophy
2024-01-09 16:00 - 18:00 | online
An intercontinental New Voices seminar. Hosted by the Centre for the History of Women Philosophers and Scientists.
This online seminar, dedicated to 1000 Places in 1 World, is a collaboration with colleagues from universities around the world, including contributions from the Philippines, Brazil, Mexico, India and Tanzania. The seminar brings to life the research and dissemination of the ideas of women philosophers across the centuries and from different parts of the world.
Contemporary cultural criticism focuses on issues of race and class. The systematic and global oppression of women and the almost global totalitarian erasure of their cultural and intellectual heritage are virtually absent from these debates.
Yet this oppression and erasure is global. And the fact that this oppression is central to the global spread of violence can be seen almost everywhere. Thus, the current supposedly critical discourse is not so different from earlier discourses of violence and oppression; it continues to build on patriarchal dominance and rhetoric and actions that glorify violence.
This seminar sees itself as a signal against this politics. 1000 Places in 1 World is a collaboration of intercultural and intercontinental partners. Its aim is to revive, interpret and preserve the cultural and intellectual heritage of women.
The event is organised by the Centre for the History of Women Philosophers. It is directed by Ruth Edith Hagengruber.
The seminar will begin on Tuesday 9 January 2024 at 16.00 CET/IST 8.30 in Zoom. It will consist of six sessions and will end on the 6th of February 2024.
2024, January 9, at 4.00 pm (CET/IST 8.30 via Zoom): Absent Women’s Voices in Classical, Modern and Contemporary Indian Philosophy, led by the Collective for Women Philosophers in India, featuring the speakers: Dr. Richa Schukla, Indian Institute of Technology, Bhubaneshwar, India, Co-founder of CWPI; Dr. Muzaffar Ail, Savitribai Phule Pune University, Co-founder of CWPJ, Mansi Rathour, OP Jindal Global University, Co-founder of CWPJ.
If you want to join online, just write an email to contact@historyofwomenphilosophers.org

1000 Places in 1 World - Brazilian Women Philosophers
2024-01-16 16:00 - 18:00 | online
An intercontinental New Voices seminar. Hosted by the Centre for the History of Women Philosophers and Scientists.
This online seminar, dedicated to 1000 Places in 1 World, is a collaboration with colleagues from universities around the world, including contributions from the Philippines, Brazil, Mexico, India and Tanzania. The seminar brings to life the research and dissemination of the ideas of women philosophers across the centuries and from different parts of the world.
Contemporary cultural criticism focuses on issues of race and class. The systematic and global oppression of women and the almost global totalitarian erasure of their cultural and intellectual heritage are virtually absent from these debates.
Yet this oppression and erasure is global. And the fact that this oppression is central to the global spread of violence can be seen almost everywhere. Thus, the current supposedly critical discourse is not so different from earlier discourses of violence and oppression; it continues to build on patriarchal dominance and rhetoric and actions that glorify violence.
This seminar sees itself as a signal against this politics. 1000 Places in 1 World is a collaboration of intercultural and intercontinental partners. Its aim is to revive, interpret and preserve the cultural and intellectual heritage of women.
The event is organised by the Centre for the History of Women Philosophers. It is directed by Ruth Edith Hagengruber.
The seminar will begin on Tuesday 9 January 2024 at 16.00 CET/IST 8.30 in Zoom. It will consist of six sessions and will end on the 6th of February 2024.
2024, January 16 at 4 pm (CET/GMT 12.00 in person and in Zoom): Brazilian Women Philosophers, presented by PhD Pedro Pricladnitzky, Ass. Professor in currently Research Professor at the Center for the History of Women Philosophers and Scientist, Paderborn.
If you want to join online, just write an email to contact@historyofwomenphilosophers.org
