Short Bio
Ruth Edith Hagengruber holds a chair dedicated to the philosophy of Economics and Information Science at Paderborn University. At Ludwig Maximilian-University, Munich she achieved her PhD with a thesis on the philosophy of Tommaso Campanella.
She is founder and director of the Center for the History of Women Philosophers and Scientists and serves as chief editor of the German Springer series Frauen in Philosophie und Wissenschaft and as co-editor of the International Springer series Women in the History of Philosophy and Science. With Mary Ellen Waithe, she co-edits the Encyclopedia of Consice Concepts by Women Philosophers and the Journal for the History of Women Philosophers at Brill’s. With De Gruyter Publishing she edits the series Women Philosophers World Heritage Collection.
Since 2019 she serves as Vice-president of the Deutsche Akademikerinnenverband and since 2021 as Secretary of the International Association of Women Philosophers. From 2011-2019 she served in the Advisory Board of Technology in Society for the Technical University Munich and became Life-member of the International Association of Philosophy of Information Science in 2011. On 2020 she became elected member of the Leibniz-Sozietät der Wissenschaften zu Berlin. In 2014 together with Uli Lettermann, Geo Ortner and Bernhard Koch she was awarded the research award ‘Innovationen in der digitalen Hochschullehre’ from Paderborn University; in 2015 she was rewarded the Wiener-Schmidt Award by the Society for Cybernetics and Systems Theory. In 2016 the Stifterverband awarded the Online Teaching project ‘Philosophy goes MOOC’ and in 2018, the Center team was awarded the DARIAH-DE research award for the digital presentation of the Encyclopedia of Consice Concepts by Women Philosophers.
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Academic Credentials
1993 Doctorate: Tommaso Campanella (1579-1638). Cognition, Point And Similarity. Ludwig Maximilian University Munich. 1998 Habilitation: Utility and Generality. Reflections on Fundamental Principles of Practical Philosophy. University of Koblenz-Landau. Since 2005 Professor for Practical Philosophy at Paderborn University. 2007 – 2022 Executive Director of the Philosophy Department at Paderborn University. Since 2016 Director of the Center for the History of Women Philosophers and Scientists at Paderborn University. -
Academic Positions
1997-2002 Vice-President of the German Society for Francophone Philosophy (Deutschen Gesellschaft für französischsprachige Philosophie). 2004-2007 Vice-President of the European Society for Early Modern Philosophy (ESEMP). 2004-2011 Member of the Board of the Society of German Women Academics DAB e.v. (Gesellschaft deutscher Akademikerinnen DAB e.v.). 2006 Founding of the Teaching and Research Area History of Women Philosophers and Scientists 2006 Founding of the Teaching and Research Area EcoTechGender (former: Philosophy and Information Science). 2010-2013 Vice-Chair of the German Society of the History of Science (Gesellschaft für Wissenschaftsgeschichte). Since 2011 Member of the Advisory Board of the Munich School of Technology in Society (MCTS), Center of Excellence, Technological University Munich. Since 2011 Lifetime Member of the International Association of Computing and Philosophy I-ACAP. 2014 Teaching Award of the University of Paderborn Philosophy in the Media. 2015 Wiener-Schmitdt Prize of the Society for Cybernetics and Systems Theory (Gesellschaft für Kybernetik und Systemtheorie). Since 2016 Editor of the Springer Series: Women Philosophers in History and the Present (Philosophinnen in Geschichte und Gegenwart). Since 2016 Launch of the Center for the History of Women Philosophers and Scientists. Ministry for Innovation, Science and Research of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia. Since 2017 Research and Working Group Women in the History of Philosophy at the German Society for Philosophy (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Philosophie e.V.) Since 2018 Co-Chief Editor of the Springer Series Women in the History of Philosophy and Sciences (with Mary Ellen Waithe and G. Paganini). Since 2018 Launch of the first Encyclopedia of Concise Concepts (ECC) by Women Philosophers in Cooperation with Prof. em. Dr. Mary Ellen Waithe, Cleveland University. Since 08/2018 Elected Member of the Executive Board of the International Association of Women Philosophers IAPH e.v. 2018 Board Member of the International Association of Women Philosophers IAPh e.V. Since 09/2019 Vice-President of the German Women Academics Association (Deutscher Akademikerinnenbund DAB e.V.). Since 11/2019 Elected Member of the Senate Commission for Research at the University of Paderborn, Vice Chair. 06/2020 Admission to the Leibniz-Society of Sciences Berlin (Leibniz-Sozietät der Wissenschaften zu Berlin e.V.). since 7/2021 Elected Secretary of the International Association of Women Philosophers IAPH e.V. -
Academic Awards
Year Title Donor Project 2018 E-Learning Lable Certificate Paderborn University Lecture ‘Emerging Knowledge: History of Women Philosophers and Scientists’ 2018 Research Award ‘DARIAH-DE DH-Award Tools und Projekte’ Digital Research Infrastructure for the Arts and Humanities (DARIAH-DE) Project ‘The Encyclopedia of Concise Concepts by Women Philosophers (ECC)’ by the Center for the History of Women Philosophers and Scientists (HWPS) 2016 Research Award ‘Fellowships für Innovationen in der digitalen Hochschullehre’ Ministerium für Innovation, Wissenschaft und Forschung des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen, Stifterverbandes Online Teaching ‘Philosophy goes MOOC’ with Julia Lerius 2015 Award ‘Wiener-Schmidt Preis’ Society for Cybernetics and Systems Theory 2014 Award ‘Förderpreis für Innovation und Qualität in der Lehre’ Paderborn University Project ‘Philosophy in the Media’ 2012 Nominee for the Teaching Award ‘Preis für besondere Lehre der Kulturwissenschaften’ Faculty of Arts and Humanities, Paderborn University 2010 Financing for Publications Geschwister Boehringer Stiftung für Geisteswissenschaften, Ingelheim, Germany 2000 Financing for Publications Geschwister Boehringer Stiftung für Geisteswissenschaften, Ingelheim, Germany 1994 Financing for Publications Geschwister Boehringer Stiftung für Geisteswissenschaften, Ingelheim, Germany 1990-1993 PhD Scholarship Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes 1990 Scholarship Von Handel’sche Stiftung, Free State of Bavaria, Germany -
Editor
Center for the History of Women Philosophers and Scientists
The Center for the History of Women Philosophers launched in October 2016, funded by the Ministry of Innovation, Science and Research of North Rhine-Westphalia and is since then directed by Ruth Hagengruber. The Center aims to renew the academic discourse on the long-standing historical tradition of female philosophers. For this purpose, the Center offers, inter alia, online research resoures, e.g. the Encyclopedia of Concise Concepts by Women Philosophers (ECC) or the Directory of Women Philosophers, as well as events, conferences and lectures dedicated to the history of Women Philosophers.
Émilie Du Châtelet: The Saint Petersburg Manuscripts
In 2017, the Center for the History of Women Philosophers and Scientists and the National Library of Russia, Saint Petersburg (NLR) agreed upon a collaborative project on Émilie Du Châtelet’s manuscripts preserved in the Voltaire Collection of that library. The Saint Petersburg manuscripts comprise a number of early works by Du Châtelet, mostly copies and fair copies with autograph revisions and annotations. The purpose of this project is to provide a critical-historical online presentation of these significant works of Du Châtelet.
Émilie Du Châtelet: The Paris Manuscript BnF Ms Fr. 12265
In 2021, the project on the Paris Manuscript BnF Ms Fr.12265 began its work and is since then directed by Ruth Hagengruber. The aim of this elaborate project is to make the main work of Émilie Du Châtelet, her Institutions de physique, accessible in a reader-friendly online edition. In addition to the digitized, critcal-historical commented text of this manuscript from 1738-1740, the edition provides comparisons to the later published versions of the Institutions (1740, 1742) as well as revisions on the text of Du Châtelet herself.
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Guest Professorships, Teaching Abroad
Year Occasion Location Funded By 2016 Erasmus Program Guest Lecturer University of the Basque Country, San Sebastian, Spain Erasmus 2013 Erasmus Program Guest Lecturer Yeditepe University, Istanbul, Turkey Erasmus 2011 Erasmus Program Guest Lecturer University of the Balearic Islands in Palma de Mallorca Erasmus 2001 Erasmus Program Guest Lecturer University of the Balearic Islands in Palma de Mallorca, Spain Erasmus April 2001 Erasmus Program Guest Lecturer Department of Philosophy, University Lodz, Poland Erasmus August 1995 Invited Guest Professor, Summer School Istituto per gli Studi Filosofici, Naples, Italy 1993 Research Fellowship Istituto Italiano per gli Studi Filosofici, Naples, Italy 1990 Research Fellowship Istituto Italiano per gli Studi Filosofici, Napel, Italy 1989-1990 Research Fellowship University and Library of Naples, Italy Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD), 1989 Research Fellowship Istituto Italiano per gli Studi Filosofici, Napel, Italy -
AG DGPhil
AG DGPhil: Frauen in der Geschichte der Philosophie
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IAPH Secretary
Secretary of: IAPH
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