Women philosophers and the politics of the everyday, yesterday and today
A guest blog post by In Parenthesis Associate Researcher, Dr David Loner. David is interested in...
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Women in Philosophy
Mary Beatrice Midgley (1919-2018)
This piece was originally published at The Institute of Art and Ideas Mary Beatrice Midgley,...
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New Reading Groups! Join in or start your own!
Four wonderful Women In Parenthesis Reading Groups are just starting – now is the perfect...
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In Parenthesis at UPenn, USA and Queens, Canada – read our talk
We are just back from the wonderful Anscombe Archive at the Collegium Institute, UPenn. While we...
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We’re in the 6th Hannah Directory!!
Hot off the press! **** The Durham and Liverpool-based In Parenthesis project, directed by Dr....
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Some reflections on Stereotype Threat
by Ana Barandalla I first became acquainted with the concept of Stereotype Threat (ST) through one...
Read MoreWHAT IS PHILOSOPHICAL PLUMBING: ‘Is philosophy like plumbing?’
by Ellie Robson Mary Midgley’s concept of Philosophical Plumbing suggests a distinct approach to the study and subject-matter of moral philosophy. I will endorse this method of practise and its recollection of an aspect of...
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An early evening of Cocoa and Film! 13th November, SCR Castle, Durham.
Join us for our first Cocoa party of the year, on 13th November from 4-6pm in Castle SCR. As well...
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Speaker Vulnerability and the Patriarchal University. By Lara Coleman
A Response and Tribute to Pamela Sue Anderson I never quite crossed paths with Pamela Sue...
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Silencing the Men!
We were delighted to be invited to write for the BroadAgenda. Read our blogpost here. ...
Read MoreOur Cocoa Parties: A Brief Reflection by Annie McCallian
Annie McCallian, our student research assistant, reflects on the Durham reading group In November 2016, as part of the In Parenthesis project’s aim to uncover the intellectual conditions of the wartime group, several close...
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Sebastian Sanchez-Schilling heads to Newnham College Archives…
During the Easter holidays, I was lucky enough to visit the Newnham College Archives. After...
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Testimony: Mark Hopwood, Lecturer, Sewanee
Read about the reading group at Sewanee. Mary Midgley, Iris Murdoch, Elizabeth Anscombe, Philippa Foot, Mary Warnock.
Read More‘He did marry her, and I don’t think she did any philosophy after’
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Listen to our Women in the History of Philosophy lecture
Clare and Rachael delivered the 2017 Annual Women in the History of Philosophy lecture at...
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‘Rings and Books’ by Mary Midgley
Midgley wrote this essay in the mid-1950s for BBC radio. In her memoir The Owl of Minerva, she recalls:
“I wrote it because I had suddenly been struck by the fact that nearly all the famous philosophers whose lives we know about were lifelong bachelors…
Read MorePhilippa Foot ‘Sir’ letter
In May 1983, Philippa Foot was elected as a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. She was sent a rather grand certificate informing her of the honor. As you may notice, the certificate is addressed:...
Read MoreSilencing and Speaker Vulnerability: Undoing an oppressive form of (wilful) ignorance
by Pamela Sue Anderson Essay, Photo, Guidance Qs (t.b.w.) Pamela wrote this paper for our International Women’s Day Conference 2016 [link], Resounding Voices: Women, Silence and the Production of Knowledge. It is with her...
Read MoreAnscombe, Foot, Midgley and Murdoch: A female philosophical school?
Clare and Rachael gave this talk for the Sheffield ‘Women in the History of Philosophy’ lecture, 2017. Listen or read.
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We’re in the wonderful Hannah Directory!
Hannah Directory highlights people and organisations doing great things in places in the north of...
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In Memoriam: Pamela Sue Anderson
Last year, Pamela Sue Anderson was to be the keynote speaker at our International Women’s...
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A “world of women” on International Women’s Day!
Thanks to everyone who came to our International Women’s Day conference yesterday! And of...
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In Parenthesis on ABC radio’s Philosopher’s Zone
Listen to Rachael Wiseman and Mary Midgley on The Philosopher’s Zone for Australian national...
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International Women’s Day is a week on Wednesday! Register for our conference
There’s just over a week to register for our International Women’s Day conference:...
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Identity and a good life
Just had a great session with some fantastic young philosophers talking about our women as part of...
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Register now for IWD2017! ‘Unsettling the Myths We Live By’
We’ve a wonderful programme for our conference and registration is now open. Details here....
Read MoreIWD 2017: Unsettling the Myths we Live By: Feminist Perspectives on Human Nature, Culture and Freedom
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...
Read MorePhilippa Foot’s response to being addressed as ‘Sir’
In May 1983, Philippa Foot was elected as a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. She was sent a rather grand certificate (click to enlarge) informing her of the honor: As you may notice, the certificate is...
Read MoreCocoa Party at Durham University – April 2016
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...
Read MoreWomen in the History of Philosophy conference
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...
Read MoreWomen in Philosophy Cocoa Party today at Durham University
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...
Read MorePamela Sue Anderson: ‘Silencing and Speaker Vulnerability: Undoing an oppressive form of (wilful) ignorance
Presented at International Women’s Day Conference Durham University, UK 8 March 2016 Silencing and Speaker Vulnerability: Undoing an oppressive form of (wilful) ignorance Pamela Sue Anderson ABSTRACT The French feminist...
Read MoreIWD photos now available
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...
Read MoreMidgley keynote: Silence about Silence
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...
Read MoreIWD Conference Next Week!
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...
Read MorePublishing advice slots with Bloomsbury almost full!
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...
Read MoreRegistration for IWD Conference NOW OPEN
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...
Read MoreInterview with Mary Warnock
Last week Liza, Clare and I went along with Lindsay (our film-crew!), to interview Mary Warnock at her London home. We’ll be posting some sound-extracts from the interview here in the coming weeks (along with some from our...
Read MoreOur first Cocoa Party! – 26th October 2015 – Durham University
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,...
Read MoreSWIP Ireland – 18th September 2015
In Parenthesis will be launched at the SWIP Ireland Mentoring Workshop: Philosophy, Women and Working Environments. Newman House, St. Stephen’s Green, Dublin 1.
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