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 […]
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 […]
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.
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 […]
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 […]
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 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 […]
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
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.
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, […]
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 […]