{"id":16674,"date":"2026-10-19T23:08:08","date_gmt":"2026-10-19T21:08:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/siefar.org\/?p=16674"},"modified":"2026-10-19T23:08:26","modified_gmt":"2026-10-19T21:08:26","slug":"teaching-early-modern-womens-writing-between-literature-and-philosophy-pedagogy-and-practice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/siefar.org\/gb\/teaching-early-modern-womens-writing-between-literature-and-philosophy-pedagogy-and-practice\/","title":{"rendered":"Teaching Early Modern Women\u2019s Writing Between Literature and Philosophy: Pedagogy and Practice"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The aim of this online workshop is to share case studies and best practice regarding the teaching of early modern women\u2019s philosophical writing in HE, across languages, disciplines and national settings. We intend to bring together teachers and researchers in HE with members of subject organisations to reflect on what\u2019s working and what could be changed to improve the visibility of and engagement with early modern women\u2019s philosophical writing, broadly conceived. The workshop will take place online over one afternoon (Wed 11th) and one morning (Thurs 12th).<\/p>\n<p>The programme will consist of brief 10-minute interventions and will allow plenty of time for discussion.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For more details, see:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/culturesofphilosophy.exeter.ac.uk\/2026\/10\/14\/895\/#more-895\" target=\"e_t_a719f2c59b28678055ccbf2984099c0a\" data-dg=\"nonedoc\">https:\/\/culturesofphilosophy.exeter.ac.uk\/2026\/10\/14\/895\/#more-895<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Please register if you wish to attend: <a href=\"https:\/\/forms.cloud.microsoft\/pages\/responsepage.aspx?id=d10qkZj77k6vMhM02PBKU-4DEwGHT41JsxI-GytiPGVUMFoySDFBMzUxQzdTSUYwTU1ISzhBWVRXNC4u&amp;route=shorturl\" target=\"e_t_d1e6565b603595038035fa38db7156cf\" data-dg=\"nonedoc\">https:\/\/forms.cloud.microsoft\/pages\/responsepage.aspx?id=d10qkZj77k6vMhM02PBKU-4DEwGHT41JsxI-GytiPGVUMFoySDFBMzUxQzdTSUYwTU1ISzhBWVRXNC4u&amp;route=shorturl<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Invited speakers:<\/strong><br \/>\nHannah Dawson (KCL); Sarah Hutton (York); Dino Jakusic (Warwick); Amanda Pipkin<br \/>\n(UNC); Francesca Romana Recchia Luciani (University of Bari); Sandra Plastina (Universit\u00e0 della Calabria\/SWIP Italia); Hannah Straw (Warwick); Rachael Wiseman (British Society for the History of Philosophy).<\/p>\n<p><b>Programm<\/b><\/p>\n<div class=\"hfn-item-fulltext\">\n<p><b>Wednesday 11th November (afternoon session: 12.30-4pm UK time)<\/b><\/p>\n<p>12.30-12.40 Introduction and Welcome<\/p>\n<p><em>Chair: Helena Taylor<\/em><\/p>\n<p>12.40 Hannah Dawson (KCL), Consciousness raising in (teaching) early modern feminism<\/p>\n<p>12.50 Elizabeth Thomas (Alliance University, Bangalore), Reasoning Otherwise: Teaching Wollstonecraft in a Postcolonial Classroom<\/p>\n<p>13.00 Xinyao Zhang (University of Cambridge), Teaching Sor Juana Between Devotion and Philosophy: Women\u2019s Learning, Religious Authority, and Literary Self-Defence<\/p>\n<p>Discussion &amp; Break<\/p>\n<p><em>Chair: Felicity Henderson<\/em><\/p>\n<p>13.40 Bogdana Mileti\u0107 (University of Belgrade), The Odd One Out: Teaching Cavendish Beyond Biography<\/p>\n<p>13.50 Sarah Hutton (University of York), Thinking Women in the Seventeenth Century: course outline and rationale.<\/p>\n<p>14.00 Peter West, Sarah Connell, Brian Ball (Northeastern University), Teaching Cavendish&#8217;s Philosophy, Digitally<\/p>\n<p>Discussion &amp; Break<\/p>\n<p><em>Chair: Floris Verhaart<\/em><\/p>\n<p>14.40 Rebecca Kingston (University of Toronto), Christine de Pizan\u2019s Book of the City of Ladies (1405) &#8211; Toronto and Afghanistan<\/p>\n<p>14.50 Dwight Lewis Jr (University of Minnesota), Teaching Beyond Inclusion: Reflection from the Center for Canon Expansion and Change<\/p>\n<p>15.00 Amanda Pipkin (UNC Charlotte), Using Historical Fiction to Teach Early Modern Women\u2019s Writing<\/p>\n<p>15.10 Manali Allen (Bryn Mawr College), Les dialogues des Galantes Modernes by Catherine Durand<\/p>\n<p>Until 16.00 Discussion and Close<\/p>\n<p><b>Thursday 12th November (morning session: 9.30-1pm UK time)<\/b><\/p>\n<p>9.30-9.40 Introduction and Welcome<\/p>\n<p><em>Chair: Floris Verhaart<\/em><\/p>\n<p>9.40 Dino Jaku\u0161i\u0107 and Hannah Straw (Warwick University), Canonical Recognition VS Pedagogical Integration: Some Lessons from Medieval Philosophy and Aphra Behn<\/p>\n<p>10.00 Suchismita Ghoshal (Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU), Teaching Emotional Wisdom Before Psychology: Philosophy of Moral Feeling, Grief, and Melancholy in the Writings of Lucy Hutchinson and Anne Finch<\/p>\n<p>10.10 Sandra Plastina (University of Calabria\/SWIP Italia), SWIP Italia: Promoting Women in Philosophy through Research and Teaching.<\/p>\n<p>Discussion &amp; Break<\/p>\n<p><em>Chair: Kirsten Walsh<\/em><\/p>\n<p>11.00 Victoria Rimbert (University of Geneva), Women in Translation. Introducing women\u2019s philosophical writings into literary translation courses<\/p>\n<p>11.10 Francesca Masiero (Pisa\/University of Padua), Beyond the Canon: Teaching Premodern Women&#8217;s Intellectual History through the History of Girls&#8217; Education: Archival Evidence from Fifteenth-Century Verona<\/p>\n<p>11.20 Francesca Romana Recchia Luciani (Universit\u00e0 di Bari Aldo Moro), A counterintuitive effect of feminism: the appearance on the cultural scene of women philosophers<\/p>\n<p>Discussion &amp; Break<\/p>\n<p><em>Chair: Helena Taylor<\/em><\/p>\n<p>12.00 Joana Serrado (Technischen Universit\u00e4t Chemnitz), Early modern women writings as pedagogical hospitality. Some theoretical and practical notes from Chemnitz.<\/p>\n<p>12.10 Elena Gordon (UCD), Teaching Feminist History of Philosophy in Secondary and Tertiary Education<\/p>\n<p>12.20 Susan James (Birkbeck\/BSHP\/BJHP), Expanding the Canon at the BSHP\/BJHP: Aspirations and Activities<\/p>\n<p>Until 13.00 Discussion and Close<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"hfn-item-contact\">\n<p><b>Kontakt<\/b><\/p>\n<div class=\"hfn-item-fulltext\">\n<p><a href=\"mailto:cultphil@exeter.ac.uk\">cultphil@exeter.ac.uk<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The workshop is supported by \u2018Cultures of Philosophy: Women Writing Knowledge in Early Modern Europe\u2019, a project funded by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) under the UK government\u2019s Horizon Europe funding guarantee [grant number EP\/Y006372\/1].<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The aim of this online workshop is to share case studies and best practice regarding the teaching of early modern women\u2019s philosophical writing in HE, across languages, disciplines and national settings. 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