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...
Read MorePosted by Rachael Wiseman | Sep 10, 2020 | Talks & Writings, Writings, News
A guest blog post by In Parenthesis Associate Researcher, Dr David Loner. David is interested in...
Read MorePosted by Rachael Wiseman | Oct 1, 2018 | Talks & Writings, Talks, Writings, News
We are just back from the wonderful Anscombe Archive at the Collegium Institute, UPenn. While we...
Read MorePosted by claremaccool | Apr 18, 2018 | Writings, News
A fascinating perspective on the familiar phenomenon of stereotype threat – it involves a...
Read MorePosted by claremaccool | Apr 18, 2018 | Writings
by Ana Barandalla I first became acquainted with the concept of Stereotype Threat (ST) through one...
Read MorePosted by Rachael Wiseman | Oct 20, 2017 | Talks & Writings, Writings, News
A Response and Tribute to Pamela Sue Anderson I never quite crossed paths with Pamela Sue...
Read MorePosted by Rachael Wiseman | Sep 27, 2017 | Talks & Writings, Writings, News
We were delighted to be invited to write for the BroadAgenda. Read our blogpost here. ...
Read MorePosted by Rachael Wiseman | Sep 2, 2017 | Student resources, News
We’ve just been at the brilliant Iris Murdoch Society Annual Conference. We are so proud of...
Read MorePosted by Rachael Wiseman | Aug 29, 2017 | Student resources
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...
Read MorePosted by claremaccool | Aug 11, 2017 | Talks & Writings, Writings
During the Easter holidays, I was lucky enough to visit the Newnham College Archives. After...
Read MorePosted by Rachael Wiseman | Jul 4, 2017 | Library, Video
Posted by Rachael Wiseman | Jul 4, 2017 | Library, Video
Posted by Rachael Wiseman | Jun 30, 2017 | Library, Video
Posted by Rachael Wiseman | Jun 19, 2017 | Writing, Library
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 MorePosted by Rachael Wiseman | Jun 19, 2017 | Writing, Library
Photo of Certificate, Photo of letter, Guidance Qs (t. b. w) 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...
Read MorePosted by Rachael Wiseman | Jun 19, 2017 | Talks & Writings, Writings
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 MorePosted by Rachael Wiseman | Jun 19, 2017 | Talks & Writings, Talks, Writings
Clare and Rachael gave this talk for the Sheffield ‘Women in the History of Philosophy’ lecture, 2017. Listen or read.
Read MorePosted by Rachael Wiseman | Aug 17, 2016 | Writing, Library
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 MorePosted by claremaccool | Mar 25, 2016 | Talks & Writings, Writings
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 MorePosted by lunadolezalgmailcom | Oct 27, 2015 | News
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,...
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