Workshop: “The Cavendish Circle: Philosophical Networks in the 17th Century” 30 April 2024 Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, Department of Philosophy and Cultural Heritage Papers presented in the workshop investigate ways in which philosophical and scientific ideas were discussed and circulated through the mediation and within the context of the so-called “Cavendish Circle” during the 1640s. By gathering five expert contributors, this event aims to shed light on a vibrant intellectual context, which was seminal for the advancement of the ideas of pivotal thinkers in the history of European ph ..read more

I know it’s March already, but please help yourselves to an updated 2024 Calendar with pictures of French Revolutionary women to celebrate Women’s History Month. I made it last year to mark the publication of my book Liberty in Their Names. Liberty In Their Names – 2024.pdfDownload You can find lots of stories from my research for that book on this blog: Liberty in Thy Name. My new work-in-progress book The Home: a Philosophical project (working title) also has a blog with posts about women’s history. I’m sharing the latest one about why it’s important to get the history of the private and pub ..read more

In the Letters on Sympathy (1798) Sophie de Grouchy argues that the way to reduce injustice is to make it the case that ‘laws no longer support wealth inequality’ (134). She suggests that a fair distribution of the resources a country like France in the 18th century has to offer, even accounting for a degree of ‘natural inequality’, even the poorest members of society would be well-off, owing on average ‘two or three acres of crop’ which corresponds to ‘fifty livres’ (134).  Aside from the abolition of poverty, which is one of the main causes of crime, she says, reducing th ..read more

Women and Epistemic Emotions in the Early Modern PeriodMcMaster University McMaster University 25-27 October 2024 Submission deadline: 30 March 2024 Notification of acceptance: 6 April 2024 This workshop highlights the subject of women and epistemic emotions – emotions which either aid us in knowing or are themselves instances of knowledge – in the early modern period. Paradigm examples of epistemic emotions include doubt and curiosity, though other emotions such as love or fear may also play important epistemic roles. Thus, an epistemic emotion is one that plays a causal role in dri ..read more

Dalia Nassar has just announced the opening of the Lucy Firth PhD Scholarship in the History of Philosophy at the University of Sydney, with a special focus on women in 18th – 19th century philosophy. This scholarship will be over three years. The successful candidate would work with Dalia Nassar and Anik Waldow at the University of Sydney. Expectations include:  PhD research should be in the history of modern philosophy with a special focus on a woman (or women) philosophers writing in that time period BA (with honours) or MA in philosophy Background in the history of philo ..read more

The Department of Philosophy at the University of York, UK, in collaboration with English Heritage, has secured funding for a PhD scholarship on  Margaret Cavendish’s philosophy of mind. This is a collaborative Doctoral award, with opportunities to work with English Heritage at Bolsover Castle.  The PhD is funded by the White Rose College for the Arts and Humanities (WRoCAH)  Deadline for expressions of interest is  6th March (12 noon (UK time)  For further details see Mind of Margaret Cavendish ..read more

La philosophie de Marguerite Porete – Appel de textes Numéro thématique de la revue Philosophiques, printemps 2025 De Marguerite Porete ne nous est parvenu qu’un seul ouvrage, Le miroir des âmes simples et anéanties et qui seulement demeurent en vouloir et désir d’amour. Dans ce traité d’édification spirituelle sont décrites les différentes étapes que l’âme peut parcourir jusqu’à l’état mystique. L’autrice y soutient que l’âme n’est véritablement libre que lorsqu’elle abandonne son agentivité à Dieu et que l’âme qui connaît l’état mystique n’est plus sous le joug des vertus ni d’«&nb ..read more

Women in Nineteenth Century Philosophy 27 March – 8 May 2024, Online event.  Organised by Alison Stone (Lancaster) The seminar series on Women in Nineteenth Century Philosophy draws together scholarship rediscovering women philosophers from nineteenth-century Britain who have been unjustly left out of the philosophical canon. The talks introduce these women and their thinking on such topics as feminism, animals, metaphysics, religion, science and Darwinism. Details and program here ..read more

The Pavillon des Sources, one of three buildings in which Marie Curie conducted her research, is under threat. To help persuade the relevant authorities not to unleash bulldozers on this historical site, please sign the petition below. Signer La Tribune For more information see: https://musee.curie.fr/blog/est-ce-que-le-petit-pavillon-faisait-partie-du-laboratoire-curie https://musee.curie.fr/nous/nos-publications/les-femmes-du-laboratoire-de-marie-curie https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2024/jan/06/unthinkable-marie-curies-paris-lab-saved-from-the-bulldozers-for-now ..read more

Call for Papers Imagining Emancipation in the Atlantic World, 1750-1888   Conference at the University of Copenhagen June 13th -14th 2024       Catherine Flon by Clunie Damus, 2009   In June 2023, an interdisciplinary network called Imagining Emancipation in the Atlantic World was launched with a two-day workshop at the University of Exeter (UK). The aim of the network is to bring together social historians, philosophers, historians of political thought, and art historians to recover how diverse actors—including enslaved litigants, reformers, colonial officials, and B ..read more