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 […]
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.
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 […]
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 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 […]
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 Service Gender Consulting is showing the film "Hannah Arendt" this semester in cooperation with the Uni-Film e.V. Before the screening, for a thematic attunement to the topic, Dr. Maria Robaszkiewicz from Paderborn University will introduce the audience to the work of Hannah Arendt.