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

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....

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

A break in proceedings to tour beautiful #LundCathedral #Lund. Also daren’t head home before a trip to get cardamom buns and going via the Lego store #Sweeden #Denmark #Midgley #Lego bricks #philsky

Wonderful to be at stunningly beautiful @lunduniversity.bsky.social for The Somerville Group: Influences, impact, & legacy conference. 100% worth a 3am start to be here for the start & keynote from the Philosopher Queens Clare Mac Cumhaill & Rachael Wiseman @inparenthesis.bsky.social #philsky

Just back from beautiful laid-back Lund. What a smorgasbord of brilliant work on Quartet(+) figures @lunduniversity.bsky.social, incl from MtQ's @philosophellie.bsky.social @drelizabethmac1.bsky.social

A quick reminder, this is happening tomorrow!

Join us next week for our final online seminar for this academic year! ‘Discussing Relationality Starting From G.E.M. Anscombe’ Chiara Pellegrini, University of Padua 3rd June 2025, 3pm - 4.30pm BST More info here: www.womeninparenthesis.co.uk/news/

TODAY: Josh and Ray explore the life & thought of Mary Midgley with Clare Mac Cumhaill from @durham-university.bsky.social, co-author of "Metaphysical Animals: How Four Women Brought #Philosophy Back to Life" – 11a on KALW 91.7 FM in San Francisco & www.kalw.org/show/philoso.... #PhilSky #WiseWomen

Check out this gorgeous record (olfactory and calligraphic!) of the 'multi-species' poem created by #philosophyinthewild’s #TeamRomania – together with USAMA ethology and human animal interaction students - at the European Bison reserve in Hateg #mixedcommunity www.notesfromabiscuittin.com/romania/

Just before Team Norway's workshop for sixth graders on the mutualism between humans and eider ducks on the Vega Archipelago takes place tomorrow in Lånan, an island cluster south of the Arctic circle, the interview w/Devon Fredericksen is out. Please read & share your thoughts. #Philosophyinthewild

Call for Abstracts: Women in Parenthesis 2025-6 online Work in Progress series! We welcome talks on the Wartime Quartet and connected figures! Have a look at the link below for previous talks Send 250 words to [email protected] by 31st July 2025! www.womeninparenthesis.co.uk/news/ #philsky

'Humans have always lived in 'mixed community' with other animals' (Mary Midgley) - our new 'philosophy in the wild' project explores the nature of 'mixed community' across 13 global sites! Check it out and please share widely. Next stop Norway! www.notesfromabiscuittin.com

'Humans have always lived in 'mixed community' with other animals' (Mary Midgley) - our new 'philosophy in the wild' project explores the nature of 'mixed community' across 13 global sites! Check it out and please share widely. Next stop Norway! www.notesfromabiscuittin.com

#philosophyinthewild project (if you don’t have #EloiseWilliams’ magical books in your life you need to remedy this now) 5/5 #philosophymatters #readingmatters #childrensvoicesmatter #animalsmatter #naturematters #philosophy #storytelling #reading #philsky #booksly notesfromabiscuittin.com

‘To an adult in formal dress, engaged on his statesmanly interactions, the fence is an insuperable barrier. Down below, where it is full of holes, it presents no obstacle at all. The young Homo sapiens, like those of other species present, scurry through it all the time.’ 1/5

Planting trees and plants in memory of some amazing women 💚

Slowly building my vintage Weil collection…

Team Romania 💚4 #PhilosophyintheWild had their first field trip to the #rewilding reservation for #Europeanbison - check out the documentary linked on our website for background and more information - and a small prize for those who can identify the species of ethical naturalism alive in the video.

Here's an interview with brilliant philosopher and teacher @drelizabethmac1.bsky.social who is leading Team Wales 4 #PhilosophyintheWild - explaining why listening is so crucial to improving relations, not just with humans but with all animals. #publicphilosophy #marymidgley #philosophywithchildren

Excellent International Women's Day newsletter from End Sexism in Schools. Lots of useful resources/information. @endsexisminschools.bsky.social us20.campaign-archive.com?e=e6baa488f2...

We are delighted to be working with philosopher-poet Mara-Daria Cojocaru (+dolphins, bison, bats & wolves) to explore Mary Midgley's #mixedcommunity. For 12-months an anthrozoological vasculum will collect multispecies poetry from 13 global sites. Find out more www.notesfromabiscuittin.com

New episode of the podcast, looking at the poems of Iris Murdoch! @irismurdoch.bsky.social open.spotify.com/episode/6vSu...

#PhilosophyInTheWild in #Pembrokeshire. Do join us and/or follow the project #philsky @inparenthesis.bsky.social 👇

This is happening tomorrow at 3pm! To join our network, visit our network page: mappingthequartet.org/admin/users #philsky #philosophy

Next week, 8th April, join us online for the penultimate speaker for our online Seminar Series: Nicola Holt, Oxford University ‘Iris Murdoch, Susanne Langer and the Great Transformer’ For more information on how to join visit our website: www.womeninparenthesis.co.uk/news/ #philsky #philosophy

A conference taking place in September on @irismurdoch.bsky.social - what a fantastic line up!

Elizabeth Anscombe did the right thing being the lone voice against that honorary doctorate for mass murderer Truman. The way Mac Cumhaill and Wiseman recount this anecdote, we are reminded it is not easy to stick by one's moral principles, especially if alone and social pressures are significant

It‘s six years today since I finished this picture of the fabulous Mary Midgley following her death. I should really get around to framing it so I can have her staring down at me while I work - a constant reminder not to bullshit or rationalise.

'In the 1950s, the philosopher Mary Midgley did something that, according to philosophical orthodoxy, she wasn’t supposed to do' Ellie Robson @philosophellie.bsky.social on Mary Midgley for @aeon.co aeon.co/essays/for-m...

We can't wait to read Greg's new book! #philsky

'Murdoch has more to offer on the subject of politics than the woolly Platonism often projected onto her.' Nikhil Krishnan on Iris Murdoch’s political progress

Fantastic!

Look out for our upcoming online seminars: 8th April: Nicola Holt, ‘Iris Murdoch, Susanne Langer and the Great Transformer’ 3rd June: Chiara Pellegrini, ‘Discussing Relationality Starting From G.E.M. Anscombe.' Sign up and find out more here: www.womeninparenthesis.co.uk/news/ #philsky

The life force & change maker that is #NicolaDavies has joined ‘Team Pembs’ & the Welsh leg of #NotesFromABiscuitTin & our #PhilosophyInTheWild project - finding hope in mixed communities. The project brings together #philosophers, #animalstudies scholars #writers #poets & #artists, & Nicola is 1/3

We're new to bluesky 👋 (women) In Parenthesis is a global research centre exploring Elizabeth Anscombe, Mary Midgley, Philippa Foot, Iris Murdoch and connected figures! We hold conferences, seminars and reading groups and are a growing network. Join in here: mappingthequartet.org #philsky

Did you know we have an Iris Murdoch Society Podcast with over sixty episodes to choose from? soundcloud.com/user-548804258

When in ‘the big smoke’ it’s important to go and visit one of your Queens! @irismurdoch.bsky.social #IrisMurdoch #PhilosopherQueen #WomenInPhilosophy