The Cavendish's Collective's Fourth Annual Virtual Workshop

The Cavendish Collective Virtual Workshop

The Cavendish Collective is a virtual reading group dedicated to investigating the philosophical writings of Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle (1623-1673). Our participants are primarily early career scholars working on Margaret Cavendish and adjacent authors in the early modern period. We are excited to host our fourth annual virtual workshop to promote collaboration among researchers interested in the philosophical writings of Margaret Cavendish.

The event will be held virtually on Saturday, August 1, 2026 and will consist of six presentations, including one by our invited speaker: Jonathan Shaheen (Stockholm). invited presentation by Jonathan Shaheen (Stockholm).

Registration

To attend this event, please use the registration form on our website:

https://thecavendishcollective.weebly.com/workshop2026.html

Workshop Schedule

Note: All listed times are in Eastern Daylight Time (EDT)

Opening Remarks: 8:55 AM

9:00 AM - Invited Speaker: Jonathan Shaheen (Stockholm) - "Introducing and Editing Grounds of Natural Philosophy (1668)"

10:00 AM - Jan Forsman (Tampere) - "Cavendish on Panpsychism and Inanimate Life"

10:50 AM - Athko Ehrnstein (Duquesne) - "Cavendish's Theory of Occasional Communication: Rationality, Sympathy, and Monarchy"

Lunch: 11:30 AM - 12:00 PM

12:00 PM - Jack Zaluski (Western Ontario) - "Cavendish on Naive Realism and the Perceptibility of Bare Matter"

12:50 PM - Jason Barton (Assumption) - "The Incoherency of Deistic Theology with Cavendish's Vitalistic Materialism"

1:40 PM - Zach Roberts (Mississippi) - "The Problem of Parthood in Margaret Cavendish's Materialist Monism"

We look forward to hearing from you! Please direct any questions to: [email protected]