Author Archives: Sandrine Berges

Here is a link to my editorial for The New Historia. Thanks to Gina Luria Walker and the New Historia Team for publishing it and making it look so pretty!

CFP – Conference on Early Modern Social Epistemology Central European University (Vienna), 19-20 May 2023 Invited speakers: Martin Lenz (Groningen) Jennifer Marusic (Edinburgh) Traditionally, early modern epistemology is seen as strikingly individualist. It is epitomized by the Cartesian meditator’s attempt … Continue reading →

As part of her effort to make Olympe de Gouges and her writings better known, and hopefully send her to the Pantheon, Sylvia Duverger runs a blog in which she publishes excerpts from recent books on Olympe de Gouges (mostly … Continue reading →

The Pantheon, a classically inspired monument in the latin quarter of Paris, was first built as a church, but because it was completed during the French Revolution, became instead a monument to the ‘great men of France’, where their remains, … Continue reading →

Revue de Métaphysique et de MoraleAppel à contributions Les canons : arts, littérature, philosophie Argumentaire La question du canon est aujourd’hui au cœur de nombreuses discussions et polémiques dans plusieurs secteurs de la culture et de la vie intellectuelle. La … Continue reading →

JHP Summer Seminar in the History of Philosophy https://jhp.wisc.edu/summerseminar.html Call for Applications: JHP Summer Seminar, “Ancient Origins of Renaissance and Early Modern Feminism” (May 15–19, 2023) The Summer Seminar will take place from May 15th to May 19th, 2023. The … Continue reading →

If you’re looking for a stocking filler, consider my new book Liberty in Their Names: The Women Philosophers of the French Revolution.

The following is a review of Eileen Hunt‘s Portraits of Wollstonecraft, by Sylvana Tomaselli, based on a talk she gave at the book launch organized by Notre Dame. Why Appearances Matter, or, the Appearance of Mary Wollstonecraft I will not … Continue reading →

The Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of Jyväskylä is currently hiring 2 fixed-term post doc researchers in the history of philosophy. The postdoctoral researchers will work as team members on the research project Gender in Renaissance and Early … Continue reading →

I am currently reading the very fun A Lesson in Vengeance by novelist Victoria Lee, which comes with a CW including the item ‘blood and gore’. The novel also, however, comes with a mention of women philosophers of the 18th … Continue reading →