Call for Abstracts: Graduate Workshop É\;milie Du Châ\;telet and Early Modern Philosophy
\nClara Carus (Heidelberg) and Jeffrey K. McDonough (Harvard) are inviting submissions of abstracts for a Graduate Student and PhD Workshop on É\;milie Du Châ\;telet and Early Modern Philosophy. The workshop will take place in the Hegelsaal at Heidelberg University on Saturday\, July 4th\, 2026. Presentations will be 30 minutes long\, followed by 20 minutes Q&\;A. Presentations can be in English or German. The Q&\;A will be in English. Submission deadline is the 31st of May 2026. Please send an abstract of up to 600 words to clara.carus@uni-heidelberg.de. Selected participants will be notified by 7th of June.
\nThe recent decade has seen an exponential growth in Du Châ\;telet scholarship. Nevertheless\, Du Châ\;telet&rsquo\;s oeuvre is still seriously understudied. This workshop aims to support further research on Du Châ\;telet among Graduate and PhD students. We welcome abstracts for research papers\, but also encourage presentations on future funding proposals\, master&rsquo\;s theses\, or PhD projects. We welcome all themes with a direct\, important link to Du Châ\;telet. The workshop aims to generate helpful feedback in a friendly\, collegial atmosphere. \; \; \;
\nAll are welcome to attend the workshop without presenting. Please register at: clara.carus@uni-heidelberg.de.
ORGANIZER;CN=Clara Carus: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260526T045125Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20260703T180000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20260703T200000 SUMMARY:Time for Émilie Du Châtelet UID:20260529T080323Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6b96c54f56-bljdq TZID:Europe/Berlin LOCATION:Alte Aula\, Heidelberg\, Germany DESCRIPTION:Time for É\;milie Du Châ\;telet
\nThis talk presents a novel interpretation of É\;milie Du Châ\;telet&rsquo\;s neglected understanding of time. It argues\, first\, that her account presupposes a foundational notion of successive being\, analogous to Descartes&rsquo\;s foundational notion of extended being. Second\, it suggests that Du Châ\;telet holds that time is the order of successive being insofar as successive beings succeed one another\, and clarifies her view by contrasting it with Leibniz&rsquo\;s more familiar relational account. Third\, it examines her subtle response to the absolute conception of time associated with Clarke and Newton\, arguing that although she grants that the idea of absolute time is natural and even useful\, she ultimately regards it as both false and dangerous. Fourth\, it contends that Du Châ\;telet rejects two long-standing assumptions about time inherited from Aristotle\, namely that time is essentially tied to motion and to measure. Altogether\, the talk hopes to show that Du Châ\;telet offers an intriguing\, coherent\, and even philosophically attractive conception of time.
ORGANIZER;CN=Clara Carus: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260526T045125Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20260704T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20260704T170000 SUMMARY:Graduate Workshop on Émilie Du Châtelet and Early Modern Philosophy UID:20260529T080324Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6b96c54f56-bljdq TZID:Europe/Berlin LOCATION:Heidelberg\, Germany DESCRIPTION:Clara Carus (Heidelberg) and Jeffrey K. McDonough (Harvard) are hosting a Graduate Student and PhD Workshop on É\;milie Du Châ\;telet and Early Modern Philosophy. The workshop will take place in the Hegelsaal at Heidelberg University on Saturday\, July 4th\, 2026. \;
\nPlease view the associated Call for Abstracts.
\nThe recent decade has seen an exponential growth in Du Châ\;telet scholarship. Nevertheless\, Du Châ\;telet&rsquo\;s oeuvre is still seriously understudied. This workshop aims to support further research on Du Châ\;telet among Graduate and PhD students. We welcome abstracts for research papers\, but also encourage presentations on future funding proposals\, master&rsquo\;s theses\, or PhD projects. We welcome all themes with a direct\, important link to Du Châ\;telet. The workshop aims to generate helpful feedback in a friendly\, collegial atmosphere. \; \; \;
\nAll are welcome to attend the workshop without presenting. Please register at: clara.carus@uni-heidelberg.de.
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