CALL FOR PAPERS: Women in the History of Philosophy – SWIP UK Annual Conference
Women in the History of Philosophy – SWIP UK Annual Conference, Saturday 9th – Friday 22nd January...
by Rachael Wiseman | Sep 17, 2020 | News | 0
Women in the History of Philosophy – SWIP UK Annual Conference, Saturday 9th – Friday 22nd January...
by Rachael Wiseman | Sep 17, 2020 | Talks & Writings, Writings, News | 0
This is a guest blog post by associate researcher, and Biscuit Tin philosopher, Mara-Daria...
by Rachael Wiseman | Sep 10, 2020 | Talks & Writings, Writings, News | 0
A guest blog post by In Parenthesis Associate Researcher, Dr David Loner. David is interested in...
by Rachel Bollen | Sep 3, 2020 | News | 0
Between July and September 2019 members of the public were invited to send a postcard to Iris...
by Rachael Wiseman | Aug 4, 2020 | Talks & Writings, Writings, Student resources, News | 0
Amy is a summer 2020 student intern—this is a blog about her research, reading, and work. “Man is...
by Rachael Wiseman | Jun 30, 2020 | Student resources, News | 0
As part of our Notes From a Biscuit Tin celebration of the life and work of Mary Midgley, we are...
by Rachael Wiseman | Jun 30, 2020 | Talks & Writings, Writings, Student resources, News | 0
Amy is a summer 2020 student intern—this is a blog about her research, reading, and work. At the...
by Rachael Wiseman | Jun 9, 2020 | Talks & Writings, Writings, Student resources, News | 0
Amy is a summer 2020 student intern—this is a blog about her research, reading, and work. I...
by Rachael Wiseman | May 22, 2020 | Talks & Writings, Writings, Student resources, News | 0
Amy is a summer 2020 student intern—this is a blog about her research, reading, and work. Since...
by claremaccool | Nov 26, 2019 | News, Uncategorized | 0
Report on a week with the Quartet in the Bavarian Alps, by Ana. “This summer we took the...
by claremaccool | Nov 26, 2019 | News | 0
Hurrah, the beautiful Murdoch stamp, designed by Steve Simpson is GO! You can order it...
by claremaccool | Nov 26, 2019 | News | 0
We were chuffed to be selected as one of 15 interactive exhibits to take part in the BA Summer...
by Rachael Wiseman | May 30, 2019 | News | 0
We were so sad to lose Mary last year, just a month after her 99th birthday. We will mark what...
by claremaccool | May 28, 2019 | News | 0
We were thrilled to be part of the Irish Young Philosopher’s Awards Festival this year, created...
by Rachael Wiseman | May 28, 2019 | Talks & Writings, Talks, News | 0
Jane Heal FBA and Dr Rachael Wiseman discuss highlights of Anscombe’s exceptional life,...
by Rachael Wiseman | May 28, 2019 | Writings, News | 0
We can’t wait to share our project at the British Academy Summer Showcase, 21-22 June 2019....
by Rachael Wiseman | May 28, 2019 | Talks & Writings, Writings, News | 0
We were delighted to talk with Joe Humphreys at the Irish Times about Iris Murdoch’s...
by Rachael Wiseman | Apr 18, 2019 | Talks & Writings, Writings, News | 0
by Ana Barandalla We have completed the Wartime Quartet Reading Group in London, where it...
by claremaccool | Apr 16, 2019 | News | 0
We’re thrilled to announce a new IP project powered by a British Academy Rising Star Award...
by Rachael Wiseman | Mar 24, 2019 | Talks & Writings, Talks, News | 0
Clare was at the Royal Instite of Philosophy, presenting her paper ‘Depicting Human...
by Rachael Wiseman | Mar 11, 2019 | News | 0
Dr Greg McElwain’s Mary Midgley: An Introduction is due for release on November 14. We...
by Rachael Wiseman | Mar 4, 2019 | News, Uncategorized | 0
To celebrate the centenary of Murdoch An Post are issuing a beautiful commemorative stamp on 15th...
by Rachael Wiseman | Mar 1, 2019 | Talks & Writings, Talks, News | 0
Rachael was at the Royal Instite of Philosophy, presenting her paper ‘Anscombe on Brute...
by Rachael Wiseman | Dec 7, 2018 | Writing, Library, News | 0
At the Midgley Archive Launch we heard a series of wonderful talks from distinguished guests....
by Rachael Wiseman | Nov 26, 2018 | Talks & Writings, Writings, News | 0
At the Midgley Archive Launch we heard a series of wonderful talks from distinguished guests....
by Rachael Wiseman | Nov 24, 2018 | Talks & Writings, Writings, News | 0
At the Midgley Archive Launch we heard a series of wonderful talks from distinguished guests....
by Rachael Wiseman | Nov 23, 2018 | Writing, Writings, News | 0
At the Midgley Archive Launch we heard a series of wonderful short talks from distinguished...
by Rachael Wiseman | Nov 7, 2018 | News | 0
Durham University’s Palace Green Library has acquired the archive of the world-famous philosopher...
by claremaccool | Oct 17, 2018 | Talks, Writings, News | 0
Last night we joined the brilliant Shahidha Bari to talk about the Quartet. Sorry we didn’t...
by claremaccool | Oct 16, 2018 | Writings, News, Uncategorized | 0
This piece was originally published at The Institute of Art and Ideas Mary Beatrice Midgley,...
by Rachael Wiseman | Oct 15, 2018 | Talks & Writings, Talks, Library, Audio, News | 0
We’re excited to be part of the Royal Institute of Philosophy Centenary Celebration of the...
by Rachael Wiseman | Oct 7, 2018 | News | 0
Four wonderful Women In Parenthesis Reading Groups are just starting – now is the perfect...
by Rachael Wiseman | Oct 1, 2018 | News | 0
We are just back from an incredible trip to Philadelphia and the Collegium Institute and UPenn...
by Rachael Wiseman | Oct 1, 2018 | Talks & Writings, Talks, Writings, News | 0
We are just back from the wonderful Anscombe Archive at the Collegium Institute, UPenn. While we...
by claremaccool | Jun 7, 2018 | News | 0
Hot off the press! **** The Durham and Liverpool-based In Parenthesis project, directed by Dr....
by claremaccool | May 20, 2018 | News | 0
We’re just back from a whirlwind SWIP-Ireland conference. 3 fantastic days of philosophy...
by claremaccool | Apr 18, 2018 | Writings, News | 0
A fascinating perspective on the familiar phenomenon of stereotype threat – it involves a...
by claremaccool | Feb 2, 2018 | News | 0
In Parenthesis will host a small workshop with Anthony Kenny on 23rd March, in Oxford. The idea is...
by claremaccool | Jan 13, 2018 | News | 0
Hannah Altorf, St. Mary’s University London, is hosting a two-session reading group on...
by Rachael Wiseman | Dec 22, 2017 | News | 0
Our wonderful intern Ellie Robinson reflects on Midgley’s suggestion that philosophers are...
by claremaccool | Nov 28, 2017 | Student resources, News | 0
Do you have a research idea that fits under the In Parenthesis research umbrella? Want to do some...
by claremaccool | Nov 1, 2017 | News | 0
Join us for our first Cocoa party of the year, on 13th November from 4-6pm in Castle SCR. As well...
by claremaccool | Oct 30, 2017 | News | 0
We are joining SWIP Ireland in May to co-host the SWIP Ireland AGM! The theme is Women in...
by Rachael Wiseman | Oct 20, 2017 | Talks & Writings, Writings, News | 0
A Response and Tribute to Pamela Sue Anderson I never quite crossed paths with Pamela Sue...
by Rachael Wiseman | Sep 27, 2017 | Talks & Writings, Writings, News | 0
We were delighted to be invited to write for the BroadAgenda. Read our blogpost here. ...
by Rachael Wiseman | Sep 2, 2017 | Student resources, News | 0
We’ve just been at the brilliant Iris Murdoch Society Annual Conference. We are so proud of...
by Rachael Wiseman | Jun 15, 2017 | News | 0
Hannah Directory highlights people and organisations doing great things in places in the north of...
by claremaccool | Apr 20, 2017 | Talks & Writings, Talks, News | 0
Rachael Wiseman gave a brilliant presentation at this year’s British Society for the History...
by claremaccool | Apr 20, 2017 | Talks, News | 0
Thanks to all the philosophy teachers who participated in the conference organised by Liz...
by claremaccool | Apr 20, 2017 | News | 1
We had our first discussion workshop on 18th March. Mary Midgley and members of the Midgley family...
by claremaccool | Apr 20, 2017 | News | 0
Thanks to all who attended the In Parenthesis film night on 17th March, and especially to Mary...
by claremaccool | Mar 15, 2017 | News | 0
Last year, Pamela Sue Anderson was to be the keynote speaker at our International Women’s...
by Rachael Wiseman | Mar 9, 2017 | News | 1
Thanks to everyone who came to our International Women’s Day conference yesterday! And of...
by Rachael Wiseman | Mar 7, 2017 | Talks & Writings, Talks, News | 0
Listen to Rachael Wiseman and Mary Midgley on The Philosopher’s Zone for Australian national...
by Rachael Wiseman | Feb 24, 2017 | News | 0
There’s just over a week to register for our International Women’s Day conference:...
by claremaccool | Feb 22, 2017 | News | 0
Just had a great session with some fantastic young philosophers talking about our women as part of...
by Rachael Wiseman | Feb 1, 2017 | News | 0
We’ve a wonderful programme for our conference and registration is now open. Details here....
by Rachael Wiseman | Jan 8, 2017 | News | 3
We’ve put some suggested readings up for the meetings in February, March, April and May. Do...
by claremaccool | Dec 8, 2016 | News | 0
We now have a Facebook Group for all you wonderful ‘satellite’ reading groups...
by Rachael Wiseman | Dec 7, 2016 | News | 0
1957 saw the publication of Anscombe’s Intention, Geach’s Mental Acts and O’Shaughnessy’s landmark...
by Rachael Wiseman | Dec 6, 2016 | News | 0
Don’t forget to send us your abstracts by noon Monday 12th December. Proposal for 20 minute...
by claremaccool | Nov 15, 2016 | Talks & Writings, Writings, News | 0
Sorry for the brief lapse! The In Parenthesis group have been busy behind the scenes but we keep...
by Rachael Wiseman | Nov 11, 2016 | News | 0
We are really excited to announce the theme for our 2017 International Women’s Day Conference. Those of you who joined us last year will know what a wonderfully productive and inspiring celebration this day is. So, save...
by Rachael Wiseman | Sep 9, 2016 | News | 0
We have our third In Parenthesis reading group on September 30th. With a little help from Cora Diamond we’ve selected three great pieces by Philippa Foot. See here for details. #inparenthesisRG
by claremaccool | Jun 30, 2016 | News | 0
We had our first Reading Group meeting last Friday in Durham! Discussion was wide-ranging. We wondered how the private language argument and considerations about rule-following play out in Anscombe and Murdoch, the Kantian...
by lunadolezalgmailcom | Jun 30, 2016 | News | 0
On 20th April 2016 we hosted a Women in Philosophy cocoa party in the Castle common room at Durham University with special guests Maria Baghramian (University College Dublin) and Dawn Wilson (Hull University). Dawn, who took the...
by claremaccool | Jun 30, 2016 | News | 0
Yesterday we all spent the day at Somerville College, delving into Philippa Foot’s archive!...
by claremaccool | Jun 24, 2016 | News | 0
We are currently welcoming expressions of interest from MA and research students in EU universities for a traineeship on the In Parenthesis project through the instrument of Erasmus+. The internship will be funded via Erasmus+...
by claremaccool | May 4, 2016 | News | 0
We are meeting Mary Midgley on Monday next week to get further low-down on the Golden Age. Send us your questions! These can range from ‘Who taught you Kant?’, ‘What do you think about contemporary philosophy?’, ‘In ‘Beast and...
by Rachael Wiseman | Apr 28, 2016 | News | 0
University of Cambridge’s fantastic Women in Philosophy group are hosting a conference on 9th June, with talks covering women throughout the history of philosophy. We’ll be there talking about ‘The Golden Age...
by Rachael Wiseman | Apr 27, 2016 | News | 0
We’re starting a reading group — join us! Anscombe, Foot, Midgley and Murdoch were undergraduates together at Oxford University during WWII. Each month we’ll set readings by these remarkable women, and discuss...
by lunadolezalgmailcom | Apr 20, 2016 | Talks & Writings, Writings, News | 0
Rachael Wiseman’s book on Elizabeth Anscombe’s Intention has been recently published by Routledge in their Philosophy Guidebook series. “This book is clearly, beautifully and thoroughly organized. The content...
by lunadolezalgmailcom | Apr 20, 2016 | News | 0
The Faculty of Philosophy at Oxford University is organising a conference on the Philosophy of Iris Murdoch which will take place at Mansfield College, Oxford University on 11th June, 2016. This one day event will consider a...
by lunadolezalgmailcom | Apr 20, 2016 | News | 0
We are delighted to welcome Professor Maria Baghramian (Philosophy, University College Dublin) and Dr Dawn Wilson (Philosophy, University of Hull) to our 2nd Women in Philosophy Cocoa Party at Durham University. We will meet...
by claremaccool | Mar 25, 2016 | News | 0
We are thrilled to announce that the In Parenthesis project has been awarded a British Academy/Leverhulme Research Grant! The grant will run for two years from April 1st 2016. Among other initiatives, a monthly reading group...
by Rachael Wiseman | Mar 14, 2016 | News | 0
Rachel and Ilana were at our conference taking wonderful photos all day. We’ve published a selection on our website — please feel free to browse, download and share. We’re planning to print our favourites and...
by lunadolezalgmailcom | Mar 11, 2016 | News | 0
The In Parenthesis Research Project is now on Twitter! You can follow us on @parenthesis_in
by Rachael Wiseman | Mar 6, 2016 | News | 0
Our International Women’s Day conference is just 2 days away. We’re really excited. Over 90 people have registered to join us, so it should be a wonderful celebration of women’s voices. Just to remind you, we...
by lunadolezalgmailcom | Mar 1, 2016 | News | 0
Our International Women’s Day conference, “Re-Sounding Voices: Women, Silence and the Production of Knowledge” is coming up next week on Tuesday, 8th March. We have such an exciting line up of speakers and are...
by Rachael Wiseman | Feb 12, 2016 | News | 0
Liza Thompson, Senior Commissioning Editor at Bloomsbury, will be offering publishing advice at the IWD conference. When you register for the conference, you can also book an appointment to discuss a proposal, and idea, or a...
by lunadolezalgmailcom | Feb 9, 2016 | News | 0
Register for the International Women’s Day Confernece “Re-Sounding Voices: Women, Silence and the Production of Knowledge” HERE. The conference will take place on Tuesday 8th March, 2016 at St. Aidan’s...
by Rachael Wiseman | Feb 1, 2016 | News | 0
We are finalising a fantastic programme for our Resounding Voices conference on March 8th 2016. We have three amazing keynotes — Mary Midgley, Katharine Cockin, and Pamela Sue Anderson — and over 25 other speakers...
by Rachael Wiseman | Jan 27, 2016 | News | 0
We are so excited to confirm that Mary Midgley will join us at our International Women’s Day conference. Midgley was part of an extraordinary group of women at Oxford University in the 1930s. The prominence of Midgley,...
by lunadolezalgmailcom | Jan 27, 2016 | News | 0
We are delighted that our International Women’s Day conference “Resounding Voices” will be hosted at St. Aidan’s College at Durham University. Until 1981 St. Aidan’s was the last women’s...
by Rachael Wiseman | Jan 7, 2016 | News | 0
We are ready to announce our second fantastic keynote for our International Women’s Day conference: Resounding Voices. Professor Anderson, from University of Oxford will be joining us to speak on themes connected to her...
by Rachael Wiseman | Dec 3, 2015 | News | 0
Bloomsbury Press will be sponsoring a wine reception at our Resounding Voices conference. Thanks Liza and Bloomsbury!
by Rachael Wiseman | Dec 3, 2015 | Library, Video, News | 0
Mary Midgley has generously offered us her time on Monday, so we’re off to interview her about the Golden Age of female philosophy! We’ve got our own list of questions, but if there’s anything you think we...
by Rachael Wiseman | Nov 25, 2015 | News | 0
We’re excited to announce our first keynote speaker for our Re-Sounding Voices conference. Katharine Cockin is Professor of English at Hull University. She’ll be speaking about A Pageant of Great Women, a women’s...
by Rachael Wiseman | Nov 24, 2015 | News | 0
Re-Sounding Voices: Women, Silence and the Production of Knowledge The celebrated history of the sciences and arts is dominated by the voices of great men, whereas the voices of women have often been marginalised. While much has...
by Rachael Wiseman | Nov 19, 2015 | News | 0
Save the date! We’re excited! We’re organising a conference for International Women’s Day (March 8th, 2016) on the theme of ‘Re-Sounding Voices: Women, Silence and the Production of Knowledge’. It...
by Rachael Wiseman | Nov 17, 2015 | Talks & Writings, Writing, Talks, Library, Audio, Writings, News | 0
Liza and I were down in London on Thursday to meet with Mary Warnock. Baroness Warnock has recently retired from the House of Lords, but we met her there to talk about In Parenthesis and to find out what she could remember about...
by lunadolezalgmailcom | Oct 27, 2015 | News | 0
The In Parenthesis Group hosted our first Cocoa Party for women philosophers this week in the Fellow’s Lounge of the Institute of Advanced Study at Durham University. A group of women philosophers which included lecturers,...
by Rachael Wiseman | Aug 10, 2015 | News | 0
In Parenthesis will be launched at the SWIP Ireland Mentoring Workshop: Philosophy, Women and Working Environments. Newman House, St. Stephen’s Green, Dublin 1.
CALL FOR PAPERS: Women in the History of Philosophy – SWIP UK Annual Conference
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