Extending New Naratives

Looking for something to read for the rest of this Thanksgiving weekend, if you're in the US? Or for a cozy, regular weekend, in the rest of the Northern hemisphere? Or for a warm weekend outside for those in the Southern hemisphere? Or...?

You get the drill... 😉

Check out this new open access journal!

journal.lib.uoguelph.ca/index.php/nn...

It has taken a long time to bring into being, but it has some excellent articles, some original new translations, along with interesting discussions of those translations.

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Volume I of the Journal for New Narratives in the History of Philosophy now published!

journal.lib.uoguelph.ca/index.php/nn...

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And one week left to submit an abstract to this event in Montreal:

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In two days!

Don't forget to register if you'd like to attend. (It's an online event.)

See you soon!

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Seminars International and interdisciplinary online seminar organized by Eleonora Alfano (McGill University) and Natalia Zorrilla Sirlin (Ca' Foscari University of Venice) INAUGURAL SESSION September 17, 2025....

Online event: www.newnarrativesinphilosophy.net/seminars.html

Margo ECHENBERG - Negotiating rumor and fame: Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz's responses to her public image

Margherita GIORDANO - Can a woman be a philosopher? The relationship between women and philosophy in Sophie Mereau's works

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Seminars International and interdisciplinary online seminar organized by Eleonora Alfano (McGill University) and Natalia Zorrilla Sirlin (Ca' Foscari University of Venice) INAUGURAL SESSION September 17, 2025....

In under a week: the 3rd session of And Philosophy Created Woman / And Woman Created Philosophy

Nov 26, 17h30 CET / 11h30 EDT

Talks by Margo Echenberg (McGill) & Margherita Giordano (Torino & Copenhagen).

More info + registration:
www.newnarrativesinphilosophy.net/seminars.html

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Podcast The New Voices podcast consists of conversations about women philosophers and individuals from other groups who have been underrepresented in the history of European and Western philosophy: their...

Season 5 of the ENN Podcast is here!

Jacinta Shrimpton speaks with Anna Ezekiel on Karoline von Günderrode: her metaphysics, politics, and ideas on self, friendship & gender.
Listen here: www.newnarrativesinphilosophy.net/podcast.html

(Also on Podbean, Spotify, iTunes)
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ICYMI:

2 Postdoc fellowships with us
Apply by Jan. 2, 2026
philjobs.org/job/show/29994

Seminar on disciplinary intersections around gender equality in Early Modernity
Oct. 29
www.newnarrativesinphilosophy.net/seminars.html

CFP on Marguerite Porete
www.newnarrativesinphilosophy.net/other-events...

Other Events ​WORKSHOP: “PHILOSOPHEMES IN  MARGUERITE  PORETE’S  MIRROR OF SIMPLE SOULS ” CALL FOR ABSTRACTS   Dates of the workshop:           May 13-14, 2026 Location:                ...

CFP: Philosophemes in Marguerite Porete’s Mirror of Simple Souls
Abstracts (300-500 words) due Dec 1, 2025
Event date: May 13–14, 2026 @ Collège Ahuntsic, Montréal (Canada)

More info: www.newnarrativesinphilosophy.net/other-events...

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Good luck!🤞

Currently, there is no call for papers, but we'll keep you posted if that changes!
And everyone with an interest in the topic is welcome to join the sessions; all you have to do is register 🙂

PDF containing and image, a QR code, sponsors' logos and the following text: And Philosophy Created Woman / And Woman Created Philosophy : Disciplinary Intersections around Gender Equality in Early Modernity International and interdisciplinary online seminar organized by Eleonora Alfano (McGill University) Natalia Zorrilla Sirlin (Ca' Foscari University of Venice) SESSION 2 October 29, 2025 17.00-19.00h Venezia/CET & 12.00-14.00h Montréal/EDT Carme FONT PAZ (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona), "Obedience and Freedom of Conscience as Paths for Intellectual Inquiry in Early Modern Women's Spiritual Writings" Rebecca WILKIN (Pacific Lutheran University), "Le 'je' philosophique de Louise Dupin, et le genre de la philosophie" (QR Code) Registration: We kindly ask all those who want to attend to fill out the registration form: tinyurl.com/philofemme This event is organized by following projects: Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) Partnership Development Project (PDG) "Extending New Narratives in the History of Philosophy" (PI Lisa Shapiro): "Anatomie comparée d'un sexe: retour sur les Lumières à l'aune de la physique de Louise Dupin" (PI Eleonora Alfano). HORIZON-MSCA-2022-PF-01 "GYNODICY: Gender-Egalitarian Fictions of Origin in European Philosophical Culture (1673-1751)" (PI Natalia Zorrilla Sirlin, GA n. 101106239). Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Research Executive Agency (REA). Neither the European Union nor REA can be held responsible for them.

In about two weeks:

And Philosophy Created Woman / And Woman Created Philosophy: Disciplinary Intersections around Gender Equality in Early Modernity

Second online session – Oct. 29, 2025
17–19h CET / 12–14h EDT

More info & registration: www.newnarrativesinphilosophy.net/seminars.html

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The philjobs link is here, FYI:

philjobs.org/job/show/29994

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2026-27 Post-Doc Ad Supported by the SSHRC Partnership Grant Extending New Narratives in the History of Philosophy, postdoctoral fellows will conduct research related to the retrieval and recognition of philosophical...

We're hiring!

2 postdoctoral fellowships (2026-2027) @ ENN partner institutions in CA/US/AUS/FR/FIN.

Review of applications begins Jan. 2, 2026.

Details here: www.newnarrativesinphilosophy.net/2026-27-post...

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Early modern image of women in 17th c France

Today's new episode: Cartesianism and Gender

www.historyofphilosophy.net/cartesianism...

Why Cartesianism appealed to women and became the inspiration for a pioneering feminist, Poullain de la Barre; and why Cartesianism was not the only option for women philosophers of the age.

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Ideas of Women in Philosophy - Department of Philosophy A one-day event celebrating the ideas of women in philosophy as presented by women from our very own department.

In a week (Oct. 10) at U of Toronto:

A one-day event celebrating the ideas of women in philosophy as presented by women from Toronto's philosophy department.

philosophy.utoronto.ca/event/ideas-...

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Publication alert: 📚📖🤓

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If you’re working on underrepresented or non-canonical philosophical themes or figures, now’s the time to polish up your manuscript!

3 months left to submit to the Journal for New Narratives in the History of Philosophy.

Deadline: January 1, 2026
journal.lib.uoguelph.ca/index.php/nn...

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Although the project seems to have ended in March 2025, it's still bearing fruit, e.g., a conference just last week. So, still worth paying attention to.

Do I hear Pauline Kleingeld? She’s a superstar in the department of my former colleagues.

Related projects Header image: Taken from the ​Archeology of the Female Intellectual Identity (AFII) website

To learn more about this & other ENN-related projects world-wide, check out: www.newnarrativesinphilosophy.net/related-proj...

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EXTENDING NEW NARRATIVES Extending New Narratives aims to retrieve philosophical works by women philosophers and individuals from other marginalized groups, to sustain their presence in the history of philosophy. Our overall ...

This work resonates closely with ENN’s mission to extend narratives in the history of philosophy and to make visible the many thinkers who have been overlooked.

www.newnarrativesinphilosophy.net

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U. Göttingen has launched Bildersturm, a major research project addressing the underrepresentation of women in philosophy. It aims to overturn traditional images of the discipline by highlighting women philosophers and establishing new role models for the future: www.uni-goettingen.de/de/670560.html

PDF containing and image, a QR code, sponsors' logos and the following text: And Philosophy Created Woman / And Woman Created Philosophy : Disciplinary Intersections around Gender Equality in Early Modernity International and interdisciplinary online seminar organized by Eleonora Alfano (McGill University) Natalia Zorrilla Sirlin (Ca' Foscari University of Venice) INAUGURAL SESSION September 17, 2025 16.00-18.00h Venezia/CET & 10.00-12.00h Montréal/EDT Marco SGARBI (Ca' Foscari University of Venice), Judith Sargent Murray and the Rights of Women Halima OUANADA (Université de Tunis - El Manar), L'Encyclopédie de Diderot et D'Alembert ou la création du féminin invariable au siècle des Lumières Registration We kindly ask all those who want to attend to fill out the registration form: tinyurl.com/philofemme This event is organized by following projects: Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) Partnership Development Project (PDG) "Extending New Narratives in the History of Philosophy" (PI Lisa Shapiro): "Anatomie comparée d'un sexe: retour sur les Lumières à l'aune de la physique de Louise Dupin" (PI Eleonora Alfano). HORIZON-MSCA-2022-PF-01 "GYNODICY: Gender-Egalitarian Fictions of Origin in European Philosophical Culture (1673-1751)" (PI Natalia Zorrilla Sirlin, GA n. 101106239). Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Research Executive Agency (REA). Neither the European Union nor REA can be held responsible for them.

And Philosophy Created Woman / And Woman Created Philosophy: Disciplinary Intersections around Gender Equality in Early Modernity

Inaugural online session – Sept 17, 2025
16–18h CET / 10–12h EDT

More info & registration: www.newnarrativesinphilosophy.net/seminars.html

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Lecturer in Feminist Philosophy (Continental Philosophy) Job in St Lucia, Brisbane QLD - SEEK Contribute to our programs in Feminist Philosophy, Continental Philosophy and Gender Studies.

📢 Job alert: The University of Queensland (Australia) is hiring in Feminist Philosophy (Continental focus).

Scholars in the history of feminist philosophy are also encouraged to apply!

Details here: www.seek.com.au/job/87037466

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Ariane Schneck is a collaborator with Extending New Narratives in the History of Philosophy 🤓

Give this great episode a listen!

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Ariane Schneck is a collaborator with Extending New Narratives in the History of Philosophy 🤓

Give this great episode a listen!

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Julia Wedgwood – a new website

Alison Stone, the author of Women Philosophers in Nineteenth-Century Britain has set up a website about the 19th century philosopher Julia Wedgwood -  It contains lots of her writings on topics including free will and determinism, Darwinism, Christianity,…

Sepia photograph of Julia Wedgwood. A young white woman with dark hair sitting in profile wearing a buttoned dress with lace collage and a ribbon choker with cameo pendant

Julia Wedgwood (1833-1913) was an intellectual icon of the Victorian era ✍️
Alison Stone has created a fantastic #openaccess resource containing many of her diverse writings, inc lots of newly attributed journalism, plus a short biography and comprehensive bibliography.
www.juliawedgwood.org