Émilie Du Châtelet: 310th Anniversary
Terrace Lounge
775 Commonwealth Ave.
Boston 02215
United States
Sponsor(s):
- Harvard University History of Philosophy Workshop
- Boston University College of Fine Arts School of Theater
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Friday November 18th, 4:00pm
Theatrelab@855, College of Fine Arts, 855 Commonwealth Ave.
Free staged reading of Émilie: La Marquise du Châtelet Defends Her Life Tonight by Lauren Gunderson*, directed by Judy Braha (College of Fine Arts, Boston University).
There will be a panel discussion/talk back following the performance.
Saturday November 19th, 10am-1pm
Terrace Lounge, George Sherman Union, 775 Commonwealth Ave.
The Evolution of Émilie Du Châtelet’s Ways of Thinking: From the Métaphysique d’Amour to a Métaphysique du Tout
Judith Zinsser, History, Miami University, Ohio
How Much Did She See? Du Châtelet's Commentary on Newton's Principia
George Smith, Philosophy, Tufts University
Du Châtelet and the Fight Over Metaphysics
Ruth Hagengruber, Philosophy, Paderborn University, Germany
Saturday November 19th, 2:30pm-5:30pm
Terrace Lounge, George Sherman Union, 775 Commonwealth Ave.
Substance and Body in Du Châtelet's Institutions de Physique
Marius Stan, Philosophy, Boston College
Émilie Du Châtelet & the Scope of Physics in the Early Eighteenth Century
Andrew Janiak, Philosophy, Duke University
Beyond the Newtonians: Du Châtelet’s Quest in her Institutions de Physique
Katherine Brading, History & Philosophy of Science, University of Notre Dame
*Émilie: La Marquise Du Châtelet Defends Her Life Tonight is presented by special arrangement with Samuel French, Inc.
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