Ideas and Ideologies Seminar Series -hosted by the Centre for Research into Ideas and the Study of Political Ideologies- Women and the Double Standard of Ambition - Geertje Bol (Ghent University) - Wednesday 4 February, 5-6.30pm on MS teams - scan the QR code for more details

Join CRISPI tomorrow for the second instalment of the Ideas and Ideologies speaker series

Geertje Bol (Ghent University) will be presenting 'Women and the Double Standard of Ambition'

Session starts at 5pm on MS Teams - register your attendance 🔗 tinyurl.com/53d4f6bh

This will be excellent — “Partisan Virtue” by Geertje Bol @whpt.bsky.social 👇 global.oup.com/academic/pro...

Excited to share my new article! I argue that Judith Drake’s (1696) case for women’s inclusion rests less on claims about the "unsexed mind" and more on her keen insight into the sociopolitical transformations of her time.

@polityalsberuf.bsky.social

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The erasure of women philosophers Eileen O’Neill’s foundational article “Disappearing Ink: Early modern women philosophers and their fate in history” (1998) was revelatory for me as a

Another excellent piece by Geertje Bol @whpt.bsky.social 👇 www.the-tls.com/philosophy/c...

Reviewed the excellent “Erased” by @whitproject.bsky.social together with Geertje Bol @whpt.bsky.social in the @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social #HistIR lareviewofbooks.org/article/an-a...

And last but not least to our generous funders: Ghent University, SSHRC, University of Jyväskylä, and the University of Toronto Scarborough.

And those not on bluesky: Martina Reuter, Kathleen McCrudden, Elena Gordon, Geneviève Rousselière, Kelsey Gordon, Geertje Bol, Emmanuelle de Champs, Menaka Philips, Delphine Calle, Marguerite Deslauriers, Eleanor Pickford, Kathy Ferguson, Devin Ouellette, Jaby Mathew, Tim Vasko and David Alvarez!

Today we wrapped up our 1st WHPT Conference – a fabulous gathering! Thanks to our wonderful contributors for inspiring papers:

@abbsleblanc.bsky.social @tmbejan.bsky.social @torreyj.bsky.social @maryjomacdonald.bsky.social @sophiecardin.bsky.social @rosscarroll.bsky.social

What a wonderful start to the WHPT conference this morning in Ghent, with panels on Jewish political thought and women and gender in celestial worlds. Excited for what's to come!

Very excited to share the program of the upcoming WHPT conference! It promises to be a wonderful couple of days, and we cannot wait!

@maryjomacdonald.bsky.social @sophiecardin.bsky.social @abbsleblanc.bsky.social @rosscarroll.bsky.social @tmbejan.bsky.social

New from Mary Jo MacDonald: "Acknowledging Sexual Equality: Hobbes's and Cavendish's Amazons" in Hobbes Studies

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"Before we heed calls for political friendship, then, we would do well to consider the critique of political friendship of an early feminist, and her bold embrace of political enmity."

Check out Geertje Bol's new paper 'Mary Astell Against Political Friendship' in History of Political Thought!

A philosopher dismissed by men as Voltaire’s mistress

'Inherent to du Châtelet’s rejection of disciples and followers was a suspicion of male geniuses.'

Geertje Bol on a philosopher dismissed by men as Voltaire’s mistress

The panels for Monday, March 3rd include: 10:30 am - 12:00 pm : “Silencing the female monster: Gournay on slander and public life” Anik Waldow (University of Sydney) 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm “Early Modern English Women on The Politics of Talent and Ambition” Geertje Bol (Ghent University) 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm: “Tyranny begins at home: the housewife/slave analogy put to good use” Sandrine Berges (Bilkent University/ University of York) The panels for Tuesday, March 4th Include: 10:00 am - 11:30 am :“Macaulay & Wollstonecraft: An Epistemology of Political Resistance” Elena Gordon (University of Jyväskylä) & Allauren Forbes (McMaster University) 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm :“Margaret Cavendish’s Unreal Estate: Monstrous Properties and Unreal Interiors” Torrey Shanks (University of Toronto) 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm : “Marriage as Slavery: The Influence of Oroonoko on Early English Feminism” Mary Jo MacDonald (University of Jyväskylä)

Delighted to share the programme for the upcoming "Monsters and Domesticity" workshop at the University of Jyväskylä.

Last chance –– deadline is today!

One week left to apply for the 2025 Women in the History of Political Thought conference –– to take place at this lovely monastery in the middle of Ghent (as if you needed more reasons to apply!) For more info and the CfP see womeninhpt.com/call-for-pap...

There is still time to apply! Deadline is January 24th.

Call for papers. Women in the History of Political Thought conference. To be held on May 7th-9th in Ghent Belgium. Submit abstracts to womeninhpt@gmail.com by January 24th for consideration.

Delighted to share our call for papers for the 2025 Women in the History of Political Thought conference. We welcome papers related to women's contributions to political thought. We look forward to receiving your submissions! womeninhpt.com