27-31 July 2026 at Paderborn University (hybrid)

Earlier this week we introduced one of the keynote lectures of the Libori Summer School 2026, featuring Prof. Dr. Kateryna Karpenko and her talk “Ecofeminism in the Context of the Challenges of Artificial Intelligence.” Her keynote will take place on 29 July 2026 within the session “Women and Ecofeminism.”

Alongside the keynote program, the Libori Summer School will also feature a series of thematic sessions led by international scholars, offering participants the opportunity to engage with current research on women philosophers and scientists across diverse philosophical fields.

Below is an overview of the currently planned sessions and their course leaders (all subject to change).

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Women in Ecofeminism

Aristi Trendel & Theodora Tsimpouki
Feminist Ecocriticism: From Mary Shelley to Han Kang

Anastasia Guidi
Anne Conway in Brazil: Vitalist Ontologies, Ecofeminism, and Successor Science to Keep the Forest Standing

(This session explores the philosophical intersections of ecology, gender, and literature. It examines how ecofeminist approaches reshape our understanding of environmental ethics, intellectual history, and contemporary ecological thought.)

EcoTechGender

Ma Theresa Payongayong
EcoTechGender and the Politics of Women’s Space

(Focusing on the relationship between technology, environmental transformation, and gendered power structures, this session investigates how women’s intellectual and political spaces are shaped within ecological and technological contexts.)

Women and Sexuality

Aurélie Knufer
A Queer History of Philosophy? Methodological Reflections Based on the Work of Mary Wollstonecraft

(This session addresses methodological questions in the history of philosophy and explores how queer perspectives can open new ways of reading canonical philosophical texts and figures.)

Women Philosophers and Teaching

Daniela Zumpf
Some Suggestions on Teaching Simone de Beauvoir’s Philosophy in Middle School Classes

Felix Grewe / Jil Muller
Teaching Material from the Center for the History of Women Philosophers and Scientists

(This session focuses on didactical approaches to integrating women philosophers into teaching, offering practical tools and pedagogical strategies for bringing historically marginalized philosophical voices into the classroom.)

Interested in seeing the lectures live?

Then sign up here for the Libori Summer School 2026:
https://indico.uni-paderborn.de/event/157/

If you would like to participate actively in the discussions or present your own work, please consider submitting an application:

https://historyofwomenphilosophers.org/call-for-applications-libori-summer-school-2026/