Center for the History of Women Philosophers and Scientists
The Center for the History of Women Philosophers and Scientists , or Center HWPS for short, is a project at the University of Paderborn that is dedicated to researching female philosophers and scientists in different epochs of recent history.
Projects
Project description
The project is led by Ruth Hagengruber . The center was opened on October 24, 2016 at the University of Paderborn and is the first of its kind in Europe. Research areas include a. early representatives of phenomenology such as Edith Stein , Gerda Walther and Hedwig Conrad-Martius as well as women in the European Enlightenment such as Luise Gottsched and Émilie Du Châtelet . The center also provides an online encyclopedia for female philosophers' concepts (ECC). The center organizes conferences, summer courses and colloquiums. It is funded by the University of Paderborn and the Ministry of Culture and Science of North Rhine-Westphalia . The center also awards the Elisabeth of Bohemia Prize every year .
Encyclopedia of Concise Concepts by Women Philosophers
The Encyclopedia of Concise Concepts by Women Philosophers, or ECC for short, is a glossary of terms that has been online since 2018. The terms listed come exclusively from the writings of authors, and each entry explains the meaning of a philosophical concept in the works of the corresponding philosopher or scientist. The lexicon is constantly being expanded by international researchers. All articles are peer-reviewed prior to publication . The editors are Ruth Hagengruber and Mary Ellen Waithe.
Conversations with Diotima
The “Conversations with Diotima” project is an English-language video talk format of the HWPS. The name alludes to the teaching of Socrates by Diotima in Plato's Dialog Symposium . The contributions are conducted in interview style with experts for the respective philosophers or their specialist areas. The conversations are published on the YouTube platform .
Research areas
Women in Early Phenomenology
The focus of the research area "Women in the Early Phenomenology" is on women in the early phenomenology movement , in particular on the Munich-Göttingen phenomenologists Gerda Walther and Hedwig Conrad-Martius , who, alongside Edith Stein, contributed to the development of phenomenology as a philosophical discipline. Part of the research is the transcription and translation of the unpublished manuscripts from the estate of Gerda Walther and Hedwig Conrad-Martius into English and their preparation for publication.
Projects on Emilie Du Châtelet
Émilie du Châtelet was a French philosopher, physicist and mathematician of the Early Enlightenment who dealt with the theories of Isaac Newton and Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz on physics, among other things . The project Du Châtelet's Foundations of Physics is to be understood as a guide and reading aid for her main work Institutions de Physique (1740/42), with the aim of making the work accessible to a wider audience.
The research area "Emilie Du Châtelet between Leibniz and Kant" is dedicated to researching Châtelet as a mediator between the theories of Leibniz and Kant . The project was part of the international Libori Summer School.
The project “The St Petersburg Manuscripts” is a cooperation between the Center and the Russian National Library . The Open Commons project provides the Châtelet manuscripts, which are kept in the Voltaire collection of the Russian National Library.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Johannes Pauly: First international center "History of Women Philosophers and Scientists" opened - NRW is funding the project with 1.3 million euros. In: University of Paderborn. Press department of the University of Paderborn, October 24, 2016, accessed on November 15, 2018 .
- ^ History of Women Philosophers and Scientists. Retrieved December 10, 2018 .
- ^ First prize in honor of a female philosopher: Prof. Dr. Ulrike Detmers donates the Philosophy Prize for the 400th birthday of Elisabeth von Böhmen Herford to the Center for the History of Women Philosophers and Scientists at the University of Paderborn. Retrieved February 23, 2019 .
- ^ Encyclopedia of Concise Concepts by Women Philosophers - History Of Women Philosophers. Retrieved December 10, 2018 .
- ↑ YouTube. Retrieved December 10, 2018 .
- ↑ Women in Early Phenomenology - History of Women Philosophers and Scientists. Retrieved December 10, 2018 .
- ^ Du Châtelet's Foundations of Physics - History of Women Philosophers and Scientists. Retrieved December 10, 2018 .
- ↑ Libori Summer School 2018. Emilie Du Châtelet between Leibniz and Kant - History of Women Philosophers and Scientists. Retrieved December 10, 2018 .
- ^ The St. Petersburg Manuscripts - History of Women Philosophers and Scientists. Retrieved December 10, 2018 .