Jana Schreiber (University of Marburg): Anna Margaretha Wiedemann - A healing woman and her patients in early modern Frankfurt In 1670, a conflict between Frankfurt surgeons and the healer Anna […]
This workshop is occasioned by two recent publications on the early phenomenologist Hedwig-Conrad Martius. The first English translation of her early and seminal work Metaphysical Conversations, translated by Christina Gschwandtner, […]
Research Colloquium Summer Term 2024 This summer term the Center for the History of Women Philosophers and Scientists continued with its tradition of the Research Colloquium. Within this colloquium members […]
Dr. Justin Begley (University of Basel) Dr. Benjamin Goldberg (University of South Florida, USA): Margaret Cavendish and the Medical Establishment This talk explores how the seventeenth-century philosopher Margaret Cavendish interacted […]
Madeleine Sheahan (Yale University): Seasonality and Slaughter: Sourcing Animal-Ingredients in Seventeenth-Century Household Medicine Springtime was an industrious season of the 17th century household. In a period of domestic production and […]
FRAUEN. DENKEN. EUROPA. Die Veranstaltung findet statt unter der Schirmherrschaft der UN Women Deutschland. Diese Veranstaltung wird freundlicherweise von der Verbund Volksbank OWL und der Hochschulallianz COLOURS unterstützt. Programm 28. […]
Programm 29. Juni 2024 Sitzung des Erweiterten Vorstands des Deutschen Akademikerinnenbundes und Wahl der Kommissionen 9.30 Uhr: Eröffnung der Veranstaltung durch die Präsidentin des Deutschen Akademikerinnenbundes, Manuela Queitsch – Bericht […]
Research Colloquium Summer Term 2024 This summer term the Center for the History of Women Philosophers and Scientists continued with its tradition of the Research Colloquium. Within this colloquium members […]
Dr. Amalia Cerrito (University of Trento): Female seeds, powers, and bodies: Albert the Great and the vegetal sexuality The 13th-century Dominican master Albert the Great extensively discusses vegetal sexuality. While […]
Research Colloquium Summer Term 2024 This summer term the Center for the History of Women Philosophers and Scientists continued with its tradition of the Research Colloquium. Within this colloquium members […]
Research Colloquium Summer Term 2024 This summer term the Center for the History of Women Philosophers and Scientists continued with its tradition of the Research Colloquium. Within this colloquium members […]
Research Colloquium Summer Term 2024 This summer term the Center for the History of Women Philosophers and Scientists continued with its tradition of the Research Colloquium. Within this colloquium members […]
We are pleased to announce an upcoming online workshop on “Cavendish: Mind, Consciousness and Perception,” which will be held on 25 and 26 July, 2024. The workshop is organized by […]
On the 2. August at 09.20-09.40 in CU009, Geologia e Mineralogia, Aula 14 our Fellow Michele Vagnetti will present a paper on Women in the History of Analytic Philosophy: Wilma Papst’s […]
2. August 13.00-19.00, CU002 Giurisprudenza, Aula “Francesco Calasso”: Ruth Edith Hagengruber: Biopolitics: Erasing the Voices of Women Philosophers. The talk is part of an invited session hosted by Riccardo Pozzo. In the 1990s, […]
2. August 17.00-19.00, CU001 Rettorato, Aula Organi Collegiali: Ruth Edith Hagengruber: Adding Voices to the Philosophy Curriculum. The talk is part of an invited session hosted by Floris Velema. Teaching […]
3. AUGUST 17.00-19.00, CAMPUS SAPIENZA, AULA MAGNA: SYMPOSIUM ON WOMEN IN THE HISTORY OF PHILOSOPHY Chair: Ruth Edith Hagengruber Thanks to the president of the FISP, Luca Scarantino, and his […]
Round Table #1 Center for the History of Women Philosophers and Scientists: Monday 5 August 2024, CU003 Lettera e Filosofia, Aula XII, Time: 17:00- 19:00 17:00 – 17.30 Krissah Marga Taganas (Philippines): […]
5. August 17.00-19.00, CU003 Lettera e Filosofia, Aula XII: Ruth Edith Hagengruber: The Actuality of Teaching Hannah Arendt: The Origins of Totalitarianism, Association internationale des Professeurs de philosophie. Chaired by Riccardo […]
Round Table #2 Center for the History of Women Philosophers and Scientists: Eco-, Health-Feminism Wednesday 07 August 13:00-15:00, CU002 Giurisprudenza, Aula “Falcone e Borsellino” 13:00-13:30 Kateryna Karpenko (Kharkiv National Medical University, Ukraine): […]
7. August 17.00-19.00, CU002 Giurisprudenza, Aula 302: Ruth: Women Philosophers in Academia (IAPh) More information here.
On Monday, 23.09.2024 at 12.30-13.15, PHIL 201, the Center Team will present the Digital Projects of the Center, such as the Manuscripts work, the ECC, the Directory, the Philosophy goes […]
Dear members of the working group, dear members of the IAPH, dear interested Scholars, I would like to cordially invite you to the activities planned by the Working Group on […]
Tuesday 24.09.2024, 18:00 – 19:00 Networking meeting of members and friends of the DGPhil AG Women in the History of Philosophy and the International Association of Philosophers (Room F)
Dr. Viktorya Vasilyan (National Academia of Science of the Republic of Armenia) will introduce her work on History of Women Philosophers and Scientists in a special perspective of the history […]
Das Center for the History of Women Philosophers and Scientists wird am 5. November 2024 im Rahmen des 2. Gleichstellungstages der Bundesstiftung Gleichstellung auf der Fachmesse im Berliner Congress Center […]
The era of strictly demarcated sciences is over, at least since the COVID-19 pandemic. Over the years, changing social values, modern technologies, but also scientific misconduct and demands for emancipation […]
Workshop ECO_TECH_GENDER / Women Philosophers Heritage Organized by the Center for the History of Women Philosophers and Sci-entists with the organisational Support from FES, New Delhi Workshop Program (preliminary) […]
More information coming soon.
Anniversary of Émilie Du Châtelet: Émilie Du Châtelet Paris Manuscript bnf Nr. 12265 - the complete online presentation. More information coming soon
Dr. Andreas Vrahimis (University of Cyprus): Stebbing’s critique of Schiller’s pragmatism Whereas early criticisms of pragmatist theories of truth by analytic philosophers like Russell and G.E. Moore are well known, […]
Dr. Peter West (Northestern University, London): Dorothy Emmet’s Moral Philosophy Dorothy Emmet (1904-2000) was only the second woman in Britain to be a Professor of Philosophy, when she was appointed […]
Workshop African Feminist Theories organised and held by Ana Paula Coelho Rodrigues (Paderborn University/Center HWPS) in cooperation with Dr. Taleb Eli (Skyline University College UAE). This three-day workshop provides an […]
Talk by Dr. Andreas Vrahimis (University of Cyprus). More Information coming soon.
Prof. Dr. Inken Schmidt-Voges (Universität Marburg) and Sina Menke will present their Research. More information coming soon.
Dr. Giulia Felappi, (University of Southampton): “There is no reason for the necessity of the ultimate principles of deduction.” Margaret MacDonald on Logical Necessity. This talks aims at contributing to […]
Mensch, Maschine, Muse. Wie die digitale Zukunft durch humanistische Werte prosperiert Vortrag von Prof. Dr. Ruth Edith Hagengruber im Rahmen der Vortragsreihe Kreative Intelligenz - Kulturschaffen in Zeiten von KI. […]
Dr. Suki Finn (Royal Holloway University of London): Thinking (About Stebbing) To Some (Feminist) Purpose Susan Stebbing’s popular book, Thinking To Some Purpose, was first published in 1939, went out of […]
Dr. Julia Franke-Reddig (University of Siegen and Université de Genève): Ilse (Rosenthal-)Schneider and Einstein on Kantian Philosophy The name Ilse (Rosenthal-)Schneider is not well known today. However, she was a […]
Dr. Amanda J. Favia (Nassau Community College): What’s Self-love Got to Do with it? E.E. Constance Jones on the Deduction of Prudence from Benevolence E. E. (Emily Elizabeth) Constance Jones […]
Inputtalk zur regulären stattfindenden Veranstaltung Pillars & Umbrellas des Gleichstellungsprogramms der Technischen Universität Dresden. Im Rahmen der Veranstaltungsreihe findet am kommenden Montag 3. März 2025 ein DIALOGUE - Format der […]
Irene Calà: Aspasia and the Others: Women and Medicine in Late Antiquity Medical texts from Late Antiquity are invaluable for our understanding of lost medical sources. This is particularly true […]
Anna Gili: Women’s Health in Early Islamic Medical Works: Contextualising al-Maǧūsī’s "Kitāb al-malakī" Al-Maǧūsī, a Zoroastrian physician from the Fārs province, composed his Kitāb al-malakī during the second half of […]
On 3 April 2025, the Center will open its doors from 2 to 6 at its new location: Technologiepark 8, 1st floor. We would like to provide insights into our […]
Shannon McHugh: Women’s Reproductive Lives in Renaissance Italian Lyric Poetry What can a sonnet teach us about the history of women’s reproductive bodies? For the early modern world, notions about […]
Dr. Pichová is giving a guest lecture in the seminar Radical Feminism (led by Ana Rodrigues). The lecture will take place on campus in room E2.316. Interested guests are welcome! […]
Karine Durin: Fluids as Dynamic and Organic Forces. Medical knowledge in Oliva Sabuco de Nantes This work will examine the study of organic fluids and movements in the Nueva filosofía de […]
Dr. Michael Walshots, Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, will introduce us into his research on Johanna Charlotte Unzer (1725–82): The first female german philosopher. The talk is […]
Prof. Dr. Fatima-Zohra Iflahen, Full Professor at Cadi Ayyad University, Marrakesh, Morocco, will introduce us into her research on Women’s Rights Theories and Movements in Morocco and North Africa: Coming […]
Viktorya Vasilyan: A History of Breastfeeding: Its Iconography and Medical Importance During human history, infants were fed human milk for survival, either through breastfeeding by their mothers or adoptive breastfeeding […]
Dr. Gabriele Schimmenti, Post Doctoral Fellow and Adjunct Lecturer at the University Roma Tre (Italy), will introduce us into his research on (History of) Philosophy, Politics, and Art in Louise […]
Dr. Andrea Reichenberger, research group leader at the Department of Mathematics at the University of Siegen, will introduce us into her research on Grete Hermann: From Quantum Physics to Politics […]
Martina Guzzetti: Pregnant Women’s Wellbeing in Jane Sharp’s "The Midwives’ Book" (1671) Women’s health, wellbeing, and medical conditions have always been at the centre of gendered debates concerning, among other […]
Felix Grewe, Research Fellow and Doctoral Student at the Center for the History of Women Philosophers and Scientists, will introduce us into his research on Donna J. Haraway and her […]
The Online Workshop “The Living Forces Debate across Europe (1686?–1743?)” is organized by Dr. Pedro Pricladnitzky and Dr. Stefano Veneroni. It is a collaboration between the Center for the History […]
Dr. Dr. Luka Boršić, Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for Philosophy Zagreb (Croatia), will introduce us into hisresearch on Radical Feminism in 16th Century Dubrovnik: The Strange Case of […]
Workshop on Women in the History of Medicine and Philosophy June 18, 2025, 2pm - 5 pm (hybrid) Preliminary Program: 14.00-14.10 Welcome Dr. Jil Muller 14.10- 14.30 Dr. Ivana […]
Kneipengeflüster – Triff Wissenschaft an der Theke Talk by Felix Grewe: Wissenschaft außer Kontrolle? Von Hühner-Dinos, OncoMäusen und rauchenden Affen – Wie weit darf Forschung gehen? Mittwoch, 18. Juni 2025, […]
Dr. Jil Muller, Deputy Director of The Center for the History of Women Philosophers and Scientists, will introduce us into her research on Holistic Philosophical Anthropology. The talk is part […]
XX. Symposium of the International Association of Women Philosophers (IAPh) The XX. Symposium of the International Association of Women Philosophers (IAPh) takes place from August 1-5, 2025 at the University […]
Since 2018, this prize is sponsored by Professor Dr. Ulrike Detmers and awarded in cooperation with Professor Dr. Ruth Hagengruber, the director of the Center for the History of Women Philosophers […]
EcoTechGender. Women Philosophers on Economics, Ecology and Technology Panel within the XX. IAPh Symposium. Panel Contributor: Prof. Dr. Kateryna Karpenko (Kharkiv National Medical University) - Women and digital technologies in […]
On August 5, 2025 Prof. Dr. Ruth Edith Hagengruber gives her talk on Time is money. A proposal for a new kind of economic calculation. The talk is part of the […]
Monday, 8 September 2025: Enlightenment perspectives on ethics and moral theory: Commentary on Mandeville’s Fable of the Bees Experts: Judith P. Zinsser and Ana Rodrigues For further Information visit our conference main […]
Libori Summer School 2025 - The Early Works of Émilie Du Châtelet We are excited to announce the Libori Summer School 2025, dedicated to exploring the early works of Émilie […]
Tuesday, 9 September 2025: The nature of liberty and free will: Chapter 5 On Liberty Experts: Ruth E. Hagengruber, Julia Jorati and Eszter Kovács For further Information visit our conference […]
Wednesday, 10 September 2025: The foundations of natural philosophy: Chapter 4 On the Formation of Colours Experts: Bryce Gessell, Fritz Nagel and Andrew Janiak For further Information visit our conference […]
Thursday, 11 September 2025: On language and ontology: Chapter 6 On Grammar Experts: Pedro Pricladnitzky, Katarina Peixoto and Viridiana Platas Benítez For further Information visit our conference main page. Registration is […]
Friday, 12 September 2025: On metaphysics, eternity, immortality of the soul and an eternal being: Treatise on Metaphysics Expert: Ulla Kölving For further Information visit our conference main page. Registration […]
Dr. Manaswini Sen will introduce us into her research on Trade Unionism, Communism and Feminist Intellectual History in late colonial Bengal. She is an Assistant Professor of Modern South Asian […]
Abstract: Most scholars emphasize the discontinuity in Kant’s early accounts of matter, reinforcing the longstanding view that the young Kant explored various positions without committing to a specific one. More […]
Hannah Arendt Today The Winter Term Talk Series 2025/26, organised by Samantha Fazekas (Trinity College Dublin) and Maria Robaszkiewicz (UPB), is an online talk series dedicated to Hannah Arendt. Arendt […]
While the historiography of philosophy has increasingly integrated marginalized figures, the philosophical exchanges between Leibniz and his female correspondents remain understudied. Beyond well-known exchanges with figures like Lady Damaris Masham […]
The falls of Europe and Critical European Philosophy Talk by Elizabeth Suzanne Kassab Associate Professor of Philosophy Doha Institute for Graduate Studies Much of critical European philosophy has emerged in […]
On November 5, 2025 the Office of the Equal Opportunities Officer of the Center for Scalable Data Analytics and Artificial Intelligence (Sca DS.AI) invited our colleague Felix Grewe to give […]
Abstract: In certain contexts unreciprocated speech can be an important form of care for persons who would otherwise find it difficult to retain their place in shared worlds of linguistic meaning, […]
Prof. Dr. Sebastian Luft will present his and Rodney K. B. Parker’s newly published book Gerda Walther. Toward an Ontology of Social Communities (De Gruyter, 2025) as part of the […]
Hanna Arendt Today The Winter Term Talk Series 2025/26, organised by Samantha Fazekas (Trinity College Dublin) and Maria Robaszkiewicz (UPB), is an online talk series dedicated to Hannah Arendt. Arendt […]
Thinking Europe Anew. Seventy-five years ago, Germany joined the Council of Europe. Seventy-five years ago, the German Society for Philosophy was founded. We are celebrating this coincidence with our anniversary […]
Hannah Arendt Today The Winter Term Talk Series 2025/26, organised by Samantha Fazekas (Trinity College Dublin) and Maria Robaszkiewicz (UPB), is an online talk series dedicated to Hannah Arendt. Arendt […]
Hannah Arendt Today The Winter Term Talk Series 2025/26, organised by Samantha Fazekas (Trinity College Dublin) and Maria Robaszkiewicz (UPB), is an online talk series dedicated to Hannah Arendt. Arendt […]
Hannah Arendt Today The New Voices Talk Series continues this winter with a lecture dedicated to Hannah Arendt and is organized by Samantha Fazekas (Trinity College Dublin) & Maria Robaszkiewicz (Paderborn […]
PHILOSOPHINNEN UND WISSENSCHAFTLERINNEN UND IHR PLATZ IN DER GESCHICHTE Anmeldungen zur Teilnahme (ohne Beitrag) am Workshop sind noch bis zum 4. Dezember 2025 möglich. Nur noch für Online Teilnahme. ANMELDUNG. […]
Am 16. Dezember 2025 stellt Felix Grewe seine Forschungen zum Konzept des Storytellings und seiner Genese im Werk von Donna J. Haraway vor. Der Vortrag Von Diffraktion zum Storytelling: Eine […]
Guest Lecture in the Seminar “Feminist Perspectives on Sexuality” - A seminar offered within the Teaching Area on Heterogeneity - Lecturer: Ana Rodrigues Kristin Käuper (University of Leeds): The Invisible […]
Du Châtelet’s Eclectic Laboratory L’Expérience est le bâton que la nature a donné à nous autres aveugles, pour nousconduire dans nos recherches ~ Du Châtelet, Institutions de physique, Avant-propos To […]
Jil Muller will present her talk “Enseigner les femmes philosophes: correspondances, journaux intimes et la querelle des femmes” at the international colloquium “ENSEIGNER LES INVISIBLES : QUELS CORPUS DE PHILOSOPHIE MODERNE […]
Olga Hahn zwischen Zugehörigkeit und Ausschluss Vorgestellt wird ein Ausschnitt aus einem laufenden Dissertationsprojekt, der der Sichtbarmachung der Philosophin Olga Hahn gewidmet ist. Hahn gehörte zu den wenigen weiblichen Mitgliedern […]
Dr. Pietro Gori is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Philosophy at NOVA University Lisbon, where he is in charge of the chairs in Philosophy of Science and Philosophy […]
Minji Lee will present her newly published book The Medieval Womb: Hildegard of Bingen’s views on the female reproductive body. as part of the regular Research Colloquium at the Center […]
Speakers: Pierpaolo Betti (Paderborn University) - Respondent: Aaron Wells (Metropolitan State University of Denver) https://hiw.kuleuven.be/cmprpc/events/leuvenseminarinclassicalgermanphilosophy/program2026spring
Abstract of the Talk Oliva Sabuco ed Elisabetta di Boemia adottano entrambe un approccio medico allo studio dell’essere umano inteso come un tutto unificato, ma lo fanno partendo da presupposti […]
The History of Women Philosophers and Scientists Save the date: July 27 – July 31, 2026 – Paderborn University +++More information about CfP and program coming soon+++
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