More than pen pals: How to integrate historical women philosophers into systematic philosophy teaching

September 12, 2025
GAP.12 Congress, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf

to be announced
Universitätsstraße 1
Düsseldorf 40225
Germany

This event is available both online and in-person

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  • Gesellschaft für Analytische Philosophie (GAP)

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How can we systematically integrate texts by historical women philosophers into university teaching? This question will be addressed in a full-day workshop as part of the GAP.12 Congress in Düsseldorf. We will present innovative teaching formats and materials that aim at increasing the visibility of women in philosophy. These include information materials created by the BMFTR joint project, a reader project with texts by early modern female philosophers translated into German for the first time as well as a special issue of the British Journal for the History of Philosophy on “How To Teach Historical Women Philosophers.”

Two keynote talks by Lisa Shapiro (McGill University) and Frederique Janssen-Lauret (University of Manchester) will develop concrete perspectives for how to better integrate women philosophers into our academic teaching practice.

A plenary discussion at the end of the day will give participants the opportunity to reflect on the potentials and challenges for integrating historical women philosophers into academic teaching.

Program:

09:15-09:30 Welcome

9:30-11:00 Presentation of information materials (including discussion)

11:00-11:30 Coffee break

11:30-13:00 Presentation of reader project and BJHP special issue (including discussion)

13:00-14:00 Lunch break

14:00-15:00 Keynote: Lisa Shapiro (McGill) “Teaching Philosophy of Mind as Philosophy of Education: Introducing 17th Century Women into History of Philosophy”

15:00-15:30 Coffee break

15:30-16:30.            Keynote: Frederique Janssen-Lauret (Manchester) “Teaching Women into the History of Early Analytic Philosophy”

16:30-17:30 Plenary discussion

Organizers: Michaela Rehm, Ariane Schneck, Eva Weber-Guskar, Sibylle Schmidt

Further information on the GAP congress and registration at https://gap12.de

It is possible to join via Zoom. To register for online access, please contact

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Learn more about the project: www.uni-goettingen.de/bildersturm

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