Reading seminars

20 February 13:30 - 15:00

Reading: Moira Gatens – ‘Feminist Methods in the History of Philosophy, Or, Escape from Coventry’ in The Routledge Companion to Feminist Philosophy. Routledge (2017), pp. 13-22.

5 March 13:30 - 15:00

Reading: Sarah Hutton – “Context” and “Fortuna” in ‘The History of Women Philosophers: A Diachronic Perspective’, in Methodological Reflections on Women’s Contribution and Influence in the History of Philosophy. Springer (2020), pp. 29-42.

13 March 14:00 - 15:30

Reading: Sarah Tyson – Chapter 1. ‘Reclamation Strategies’ in Where Are the Women? Why Expanding the Archive Makes Philosophy Better. Columbia University Press (2018), pp. 1-52.

3 April 14:00 - 15:30

Reading: Robert Nelson – ‘Lutheranism and the Equality of Women in the Nordic Countries’ in On the Legacy of Lutheranism in Finland. Finish Literature Society (2019), pp. 193-219.

16 April 13:30 - 15:00

• Reading: Birgitte Thott – Chapter 46 from Om Weyen till et Lycksalligt Liff.
• Optional: Lisa Hill & Eden Blazejak – ‘Stoic Feminism and Early Modern Women Writers’ in Stoicism and the Western Political Tradition. Palgrave Macmmillan (2021), pp. 191-223.

1 May 14:00 - 15:30

• Reading: Dorothe Engelbretsdatter – Selected Psalms.
• Optional: Marie Nedregotten Sørbø – ‘Fighting for Her Profession: Dorothe Engelbretsdatter’s Discourse of SelfDefence’ in Economic Imperatives for Women's Writing in Early Modern Europe (2018), pp. 73-96.

15 May 14:00 - 15:30

• Reading: Hedvig Charlotta Nordenflycht - Defence of the female sex against J. J. Rousseau, citizen of Geneva (1761). Trans. Alan Crozier. Lund: Ellerström. 
• Optional reading: Matilda Amundsen Bergström (2023) – ’Our Sex's Rights Have Seen Such Autocratic Treatment: Hedvig Charlotta Nordenflycht on Women's Rights’ in Hypatia (2023), 38, 475–492.

5 June 14:00 - 15:30

Reading: Mathias Wullum Nielsen – ‘Scandinavian Approaches to Gender Equality in Academia: A Comparative Study’ in Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 2017, vol. 61 (3), pp. 295-318.