This is taking place tomorrow!

The next instalment of our online seminar series takes place 1 week today and it sounds fantastic! Follow the link to read Molly's abstract:

😀 'The Divine in Iris Murdoch’s Novels' Molly Bellamy
⏰ Online 15th April 2026, Wednesday, 3pm - 4.30pm BST
🔗 www.womeninparenthesis.co.uk/news/

Do you have a work in progress you want to share with our network?

The CALL FOR ABSTRACTS to our 2026/7 Online Seminar Series is now open. We welcome abstracts on topics within the Women in Parenthesis scope of interest. For more information, see our website: www.womeninparenthesis.co.uk/news/

The Oxford Quartet: Women Philosophers Against the Tide Explore the philosophy and friendship of Elizabeth Anscombe, Philippa Foot, Iris Murdoch and Mary Midgley

EVENT:

'The Oxford Quartet: Women Philosophers Against the Tide'

Friday, Apr 17 from 6:30pm to 8pm. With Celebrated actress, Annette Badland, and philosophers Constantine Sandis and Sasha Lawson- Frost

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-oxford...

We're excited to announce the publication of Board Member Cathy Mason's new book: "Iris Murdoch's Moral Philosophy: Reframing the True, the Real, and the Good"

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Thanks @domlash.bsky.social - we loved your talk.

Deadline coming up quickly! Please pass along to your students.

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A CfA for the 2nd Predoctoral Conference on the quartet in Manchester in June: deadline 20 February. For more information about how to submit and attend please see our website:

www.womeninparenthesis.co.uk/news/

A quick reminder that we have @domlash.bsky.social speaking to us in 1 week! Please come and join us online, information on our website linked below 😊

@domlash.bsky.social !

Come along to our next online seminar, in just under 2 weeks!

"Intention in Film after Anscombe" / Dominic Lash (Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge University).
🗓️ 18th February 2026, Wednesday, 3pm - 4.30pm GMT
📍Online via:
🔗 www.womeninparenthesis.co.uk/news/

#philosophy
#philsky

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A CfA for the 2nd Predoctoral Conference on the quartet in Manchester in June: deadline 20 February. For more information about how to submit and attend please see our website:

www.womeninparenthesis.co.uk/news/

In case you missed it, you can now watch Lawrence Blum's wonderful Christmas Lecture for our Seminar Series on Youtube: youtu.be/P-ZB7050R3E

Nat Dyer: 'Midgley amongst the economists' YouTube video by Women In Parenthesis

The recording of my talk about the philosopher Mary Midgley and economics is already online.

Thanks to the whole @inparenthesis.bsky.social team & to @philosophellie.bsky.social, @drelizabethmac1.bsky.social, @amytaggart.bsky.social, @iangr.bsky.social for joining!

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Next week is our special (online) Christmas Lecture with Lawrence Blum! Come along!

'Iris Murdoch, Dorothy Emmet, and Bernard Williams: Convergences and Divergences in Counter-Traditions in 20th Century British Moral Philosophy'

17th December, 3pm - 4.30pm BST

www.womeninparenthesis.co.uk/news/

the remarkable Sarah Lucas & Frits Gåvertsson & we’ll be flying the flag for @inparenthesis.bsky.social
Come to the beautiful @maynoothuniversity.ie for the 10th @swip-i.bsky.social - Ways of Knowing: Epistemologies & Pedagogies conference 2/2
#womeninphilosophy #midgley #foot #murdoch #anscombe

Mapping Connections Mapping Connections | In Parenthesis

With the help of scholars, we're mapping historical/philosophical connections to the Wartime Quartet.

Our latest Margaret Macdonald - written my philosopher Oliver Spinney. You can read it on our website!

www.womeninparenthesis.co.uk/quartet-biog...

Mary Midgley and Jane Goodall in 1989.

Goodall's influence is clear throughout Midgley's work and central to her claim that philosophy needs ethology

This looks like a fantastic talk for anyone in the area (wisconsin-madison)!

'The Life and Philosophy of Alice Ambrose' - a public lecture by Sophia Connell

philosophy.wisc.edu/event/public...

Looking forward to attending ‘Mary Midgley Amongst the Economists’ - the upcoming first seminar of @inparenthesis.bsky.social's 2025-6 series 👀
@natjdyer.bsky.social @philosophellie.bsky.social

Our speakers themes (see our website for full titles):

1. @natjdyer.bsky.social on Mary Midgley

2. Larry Blum on Iris Murdoch, Dorothy Emmet, and Bernard Williams

3. Dominic Lash on Elisabeth Anscombe

4. Molly Bellamy on Iris Murdoch

5. Freya Gerz Iris Murdoch and Elisabeth Anscombe

'The Wartime Quartet—Three years on'

A super interesting review by Megan Laverty in Philosophical Investigations! Read here:

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

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We're excited to announce our new Online Seminar Series for the 2025-6 academic year!! We have 5 fantastic talks coming up. For titles and abstracts see our website - and get the dates in your diary!

www.womeninparenthesis.co.uk/news/

#philsky #philosophy

Delighted to welcome @inparenthesis.bsky.social as Author Supporters for the End Sexism In Schools charity. Rachael & Clare stand with ESIS in calling for 50% of whole, taught class novels and reading lists in schools to be authored by women, with 50% the lead protagonist being women and girls.

One is the brilliant #EllieRobson @philosophellie.bsky.social on #MaryMidgley and #Animals! Not to be missed and again, what an incredible resource and gift #PhilosophyBites is #philosophy #philsky @inparenthesis.bsky.social
#Midgley

Unforgettable summer with #Midgley & the #philosophyinthewild project & reading heaps of #Murdoch in between. Excited to be teaching the Great Texts module @uniwinchester.bsky.social this semester with a focus on #Foot’s #NaturalGoodness & therefore big links to #Anscombe @inparenthesis.bsky.social

EVENT!

Midgley, Stebbing, and the History of Philosophy

17 July 2025
@UoNHumanities

Details: ianjameskidd.weebly.com/midgley-steb...

@thebshp.bsky.social
@inparenthesis.bsky.social
@philosophellie.bsky.social

#philosophy #history #stebbing #midgley

Super well done to the incredible pre-doctoral philosophers who presented papers and posters at our Wartime Quartet conference in Cambridge this weekend with fantastically inspiring keynotes from Jane Heal and Sabina Lovibond. Photos coming soon!
predoctoralwartimequartetconference.my.canva.site

A very moving final session on the work of Julius Kovesi - an ‘associate of the Quartet’ and a fascinating philosopher that I am so glad that I now know about. A superb paper and session by Alan Tapper @inparenthesis.bsky.social
#philsky
philpapers.org/rec/TAPJKA
www.juliuskovesi.com

Day 2! The Somerville Group: Influences, impact and legacy @lunduniversity.bsky.social #philsky #Midgley #Murdoch #Foot #Anscombe