INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
Women Phenomenologists
on
Social Ontology
February 11-13th 2016
University of Paderborn, Germany
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Description
Contrary to many movements in the history of philosophy, the “Phenomenological Movement” has from its beginnings included numerous female philosophers. They contributed substantially to the phenomenological project by developing outstanding philosophical accounts and addressing problems, which remain relevant until today. Phenomenology’s exceptionally modern outlook, not to let oneself be influenced by traditional authorities, but rather to only receive guidance from ”the things themselves”, allowed its female proponents to achieve a position in the academic world few women could enjoy at the time. From today’s perspective, the most noteworthy issues that some of the prominent female phenomenologists elaborated on fall under the scope of what one would today label social ontology and political philosophy.
The conference will investigate specifically the contribution of women phenomenologists in this field. The programme focuses on, but is not restricted to, the following philosophers: Hannah Arendt, Luce Irigaray, Edith Stein, Hedwig Conrad-Martius and Gerda Walther.
For full and up-to-date information, please visit the official conference website regularly.
The list of invited speakers includes:
Prof. Dr. Sigridur Thorgeirsdottir
University of Iceland/University of Helsinki, Finland
Prof. Dr. Ronny Miron
Bar-Ilan University, Israel
Prof. Dr. Antonio Calcagno
Western University, Canada
Prof. Dr. Hans Bernhard Schmid
University of Wien, Austria
Prof. Dr. Julia Jansen
KU Leuven, Belgium
Prof. Dr. Sara Heinämaa
University of Jyväskylä, Finland
Prof. Dr. Sebastian Luft
Marquette University, USA/University of Paderborn, Germany
Prof. Dr. Ruth Hagengruber
University of Paderborn, Germany
Dr. Michela Summa
University of Würzburg, Germany
Dr. Alessandro Salice
University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Dr. Thomas Szanto
University of Wien, Austria
Dr. Anna Varga-Jani
Eötvös Loránd University, Hungary
Registration
Presentations by invited speakers will take place on February 11th and 12th. To register, please send an e-mail to Julia Mühl jmuehl@mail.upb.de. The registration fee of 10 € will be collected upon arrival. It will be also possible to make reservations for the conference dinner (February 11th) for 40€. The event will be followed by a graduate and post-graduate student conference on “Women Phenomenologists on Social Ontology,” February 13th 2016 at the University of Paderborn.
Call for Papers
Submission guidelines:
Presentation of the papers should take a maximum of 30 minutes and will be followed by a general discussion (15 min). Proposal for papers should include the speaker’s name and institutional affiliation, title and an abstract (up to 300 words). The conference language is English.
The submission deadline is November 1st 2015.
Notification of paper acceptance will be given by December 15th 2015.
The best paper by a graduate/post-graduate student will be awarded a prize of 100 €.
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Contact
In case of any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact us:
Dr. Maria Robaszkiewicz, maria.robaszkiewicz@upb.de
Julia Mühl, jmuehl@mail.upb.de
Conference organizers:
Prof. Dr. Ruth Hagengruber & Prof. Dr. Sebastian Luft