A New Logos for Genos: Approaching a Philosophy of Birth by Stella Villarmea  

Stella Villarmea is Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at Complutense University of Madrid, and Associate Faculty Member in Philosophy at the University of Oxford. She is a main contributor to the emergent field of the philosophy of birth. With an expertise in epistemology and feminism, her works address the philosophical relation between knowledge and emancipation. She has published on conceptual innovation and scepticism, as well as on Wittgenstein, Kant, and Levinas.

She currently leads a Programme of Excellence on the Philosophy of Birth (PHILBIRTH-2), funded by the Government of Madrid (2021-24). As a Marie S. Curie Fellow at the University of Oxford, she led the research project, ‘Controversies in Childbirth: from Epistemology to Practices (VOICEs), funded by the European Commission (2018-20). As the principal investigator of the project, ‘Philosophy of Birth: Rethinking the Origin from Medical (PHILBIRTH-1)’, funded by the Ministry of Economy in Spain, she coordinated an interdisciplinary team of philosophers, health practitioners and social scientists around childbirth and birth care (2016-19). She has been Speaker of the International Association of Women Philosophers (IAPH) and is a Member in the Steering and Gender Committees of The International Federation of Philosophical Associations (FISP).

Menstrual temporality: Cyclic bodies in a linear world by Sarah Pawlett Jackson 

Sarah Pawlett Jackson is a philosopher with primary research interests in Phenomenology, Intersubjectivity and Embodiment. She is a Tutor at the University of London and a Lecturer at St Mellitus College, London.

The experience of dysmenorrhea by Carlota Serrahima

Carlota Serrahima is a postdoctoral fellow at the ERCfunded project “Rethinking Conscious Agency,” based at the University of Barcelona. She is a philosopher of mind specialised in bodily awareness, selfconsciousness, and their interactions with phenomenal consciousness more generally. She is currently applying her research to the investigation of the peculiarities and philosophical significance of specific affective phenomena such as menstrual pain or anxiety. She also has held postdoctoral positions at the Centre for Philosophical Psychology in Antwerp and the Institut Jean Nicod in Paris.

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