Still time to sign up for Ann Pang-White's lecture this afternoon, please do join us for what promises to be a fascinating talk on women's philosophy in the Ming dynasty

📣Calling all pedagogues and the pedagogically curious!📣 CFP for an exciting online workshop this autumn: Teaching Early Modern Women’s Writing Between Literature and Philosophy: Pedagogy and Practice Nov 11th-12th 2026 culturesofphilosophy.exeter.ac.uk/2026/05/14/8... Abstracts due 30th June

Now on @royalacademyarts.bsky.social: an #exhibition of the work of the 17th-century Brussels-based artist Michaelina Wautier. It shows the thematic breadth of her work, including a large mythological painting called 'The Triumph of Bacchus', religious artworks, and depictions of children.

Less that a month until our conference The Figure of the Female Philosopher in Early Modern Europe (4-5th June, University of Exeter) Attendance is free but limited: forms.office.com/e/shHr43XuHf

THIS TERM's PROGRAMME! Join us for 2 exciting events with Mélanie Lamotte, @lrhodges.bsky.social, @juliehardwick.bsky.social, and @roperlou.bsky.social Mondays, 17:30 @ihr.bsky.social Everybody welcome, in person or online--register for the zoom link: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/... #EarlyModern

Our lecture series continues this Thursday at 4.30 BST, with Ann Pang-White speaking on Two Early Modern Women Thinkers of China: Empress Renxiaowen and Madame Liu Please DM for the link or sign up here: forms.office.com/e/8V5WjGG3hN.

Less that a month until our conference The Figure of the Female Philosopher in Early Modern Europe (4-5th June, University of Exeter) Attendance is free but limited: forms.office.com/e/shHr43XuHf

Cover Reveal! Coming soon, open access, with Taylor & Francis. Edited by @cordeliabeattie.bsky.social, Suzanne Trill and @hagenilda.bsky.social.

The @royalhistsoc.org Funded Book Workshops are now open for applications for 2026-27! I honestly cannot recommend these enough: the workshop it facilitated for my second book was among the most positive and affirming days of my career. If you're thinking about it, do it! #skystorians

The Cultures of Philosophy project team has announced the programme for the conference ‘The Figure of the Female Philosopher in Early Modern Europe’, June 4-5, Knightley Building, University of Exeter. culturesofphilosophy.exeter.ac.uk/2026/04/28/7...

So excited to announce our next conference: The Figure of the Female Philosopher in Early Modern Europe (4-5th June) Please do join us in Exeter to hear our fantastic speakers explore this fascinating topic Attendance is free but very limited forms.office.com/e/shHr43XuHf #womenshist #philsky

3 PhD fellowships are available on the Travellers’ interactions in early modern Italy’ (TRAVEL) project, PI: @toffolosandra.bsky.social. 1 position at Padua (deadline: 20 May 2026), 1 at Trento (deadline: 26 May 2026), & 1 at Roma Tre (not yet open) #Skystorians rensoc.org.uk/announcement...

Our lecture series continues this afternoon at 4 UK with Professor Derval Conroy (UCD) speaking on “Constructing a Philosophy of Celibacy: Gabrielle Suchon’s Le Célibat volontaire ou la vie sans engagement (1700)” Please DM for the link or sign up here: forms.office.com/e/8V5WjGG3hN.

So excited to announce our next conference: The Figure of the Female Philosopher in Early Modern Europe (4-5th June) Please do join us in Exeter to hear our fantastic speakers explore this fascinating topic Attendance is free but very limited forms.office.com/e/shHr43XuHf #womenshist #philsky

Next Tuesday (28th April) CultPhil's Dutch expert Floris Veerhart will be presenting his exciting new research on the prison breaking, philosophy translating Johanna Dorothea Lindenaer #philsky #womenshist Sign up here: historyofwomenphilosophers.org/event/new-vo...

Join us online tomorrow (9 am BST/6 pm AEST) for a lecture from @dalianassar.bsky.social on "Diotoma's Daughters: Women Philosophers on Love, Beauty, Goodness and Truth in the Early Romantic Period" sign up here: forms.cloud.microsoft/e/8V5WjGG3hN

📢 The @cultphil.bsky.social team is thrilled to announce that our podcast, The Impossible Salon, hosted by Helene von Tabouillot, is now available on our website, YouTube Music, Amazon, Spotify, and Apple. culturesofphilosophy.exeter.ac.uk/podcasts/

Huaping Lu-Adler and I are organizing another Zoom talk series on Slavery in Early Modern Philosophy this semester! It's open to the public; please spread the word / consider attending. The schedule, registration info, and recordings of (most) past talks are linked below. #philsky #academicsky

Next Thursday at 4 pm UK we'll be continuing our lecture series with a talk from Natacha Fabrri on "Claiming the Heavens: Women, Astronomy, and Intellectual Authority in Seventeenth-Century Europe" - and there's still time to sign up for this and our other forthcoming talks! #womenshistory

There's still time to sign up for our next online lecture this Thursday at 4 pm UK/ 11 am EST: Prof Cecilia Rosengren (University of Gothenburg) ”Women as agents of the Enlightenment in 18th-century Gothenburg” Sign up here: forms.office.com/e/8V5WjGG3hN #womeninphilosophy #womenshistory

There's still time to sign up for our next online lecture this Thursday at 4 pm UK/ 11 am EST: Prof Cecilia Rosengren (University of Gothenburg) ”Women as agents of the Enlightenment in 18th-century Gothenburg” Sign up here: forms.office.com/e/8V5WjGG3hN #womeninphilosophy #womenshistory

An exciting new translation of de Scudéry from CultPhil PI Helena Taylor @openbookpublish.bsky.social! Science in the Salon: Atoms and Animals in Madeleine de Scudéry’s 'Conversations' (1680–92) An Essay and Translation Available open access here: www.openbookpublishers.com/books/10.116...

So looking forward to the first instalment of our 2026 lecture series this week Thurs 29th Jan 4pm - Natalia Zorilla Sirlin “Origin Stories of gender inequality in Early Modern Feminist Philosophy” There’s still time to sign up for, please do join us: forms.office.com/e/8V5WjGG3hN

Very excited for this conference next summer! #CFP (deadline 28 Feb) Clio Reframed: Women Writing History, 1500-1750 at Oxford 18-19 June 2026. #earlymodern 🗃️ clioreframed.hcommons.org/call-for-pap...

Wonderful to have the opportunity to catch up on @sandrineankara.bsky.social lecture for @thebshp.bsky.social on Mary Astell, the language of freedom, & chattel slavery www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRy1...

Recordings are now available of Jane Ohlmeyer's excellent RHS Anniversary Lecture: 'Visible | Invisible: Voices of Women in Early Modern Ireland' bit.ly/3MdjXEn Jane's lecture was given on 21 November and is available to watch or listen to again. #Skystorians 1/2

New book announcement! A Feast of Fruit and Flowers: Women Still Life Painters of the C17th & Beyond Bryn Critz Schockmel with contributions by Catherine Powell-Warren, Joaneath Spicer & Eve Straussman-Pflanzer To order, email [email protected] #newbooksaboutwomenartists

We're so excited to announce our new lecture series for 2026 "Women Writing Knowledge: Philosophy in the Early Modern World" Please do join us online for an incredible selection of talks by leading scholars working on #womeninphilosophy Sign up here: forms.office.com/e/8V5WjGG3hN

ARCHIVAL FUNDING: Ann Ball Bodley Visiting Fellowship in Women’s History, to use Bodleian Libraries collections to advance scholarship in women’s history, of any geographical area and historical period. Deadline 28th Nov. www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/csb/fellowsh...

For grad students and recent PhD's: The Center for Netherlandish Art, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston is hosting a virtual “office hours” on the topic of applying for fellowships on Friday, November 7, 2025, 10:30–11:30 am (EST) Sign up at www.mfa.org/event/cna-of...

Workshop this afternoon!

✨Excitingly my monograph now has a cover!✨ It’s out in November @bloomsburyhist.bsky.social, which means there will finally be a whole book on Hortense Mancini’s salon, the eager few will be relieved to know. It comes with an academic price tag £££ but will be Open Access. Library orders welcome 🙏

In #Edinburgh on Thursday evening? @carlottamoro.bsky.social will be speaking about Early Modern Feminism at the Italian Institute of Culture - drawing on her work editing and translating women writing about male tyrant and female excellence iicedimburgo.esteri.it/en/gli_event...

International Society for the History of Philosophy of Science -- #HOPOS 2026 Ohio State University, Columbus (OH) 22 to 26 June 2026 NEW Submission Deadline: 15 October 2025, 11:59 (PT) & remote option for scholars unable to travel to US hopos2026.dryfta.com. #HPS #philsky 🗃️

My book launch is next week! Please do come along 😊

REGISTRATION OPEN! Now more than ever, research is reshaping our view of women’s roles in the early modern book trade. Join us in Antwerp (5–7 Nov 2025) for our conference Women & the Household in the #earlymodern Book Trade. Register here: tinyurl.com/womenbooktrade #rarebooks #bookhistory 💙📚📜

My first co-curated exhibit opens this evening @bodleianlibraries.bsky.social! TREASURED is a treasures exhibition that questions the very notion. It's also the first at the #Bodleian with around 50% non-Western material. Those in #Oxford can visit starting tomorrow, 6 June. And it's free!

Snippets from the terrific talks and conversations we’ve been having at Cultures of Philosophy in Exeter the past few days on women and natural philosophy - featuring a cameo from Saint-Évremond in a paper not by me! Bravo @cultphil.bsky.social

Next Friday! CEMS Colloquium on #earlymodern war narratives. Join us for a day of panels. kingsearlymodern.co.uk/events/lamen... @kingsartshums.bsky.social @kingsenglish.bsky.social @kingshistory.bsky.social

We’re so looking forward to bringing together some incredible scholars in Exeter next week for our conference: Women Writing Philosophy in Early modern Europe - Spaces and Exchanges

We are delighted to announce the program for our summer conference: Women Writing Philosophy in Early Modern Europe: Spaces and Exchanges, to be held in Exeter 2-4 June

Hugely looking forward to the Cultures of Philosophy conference in June - on early modern women's engagement with natural philosophy, and all things salons, academies, and networks! 💫

We are delighted to announce the program for our summer conference: Women Writing Philosophy in Early Modern Europe: Spaces and Exchanges, to be held in Exeter 2-4 June

Fellow #Renaissance #earlymodern #skystorians of women's #diplomatichistory! The CFP for women + diplo strategy panel AND roundtable on approaches to women and EM diplomacy at #16thc #16thCentury Society in Portland! Royals, merchants, ambass's wives (+ sisters, nieces, daughters), servants, nuns

Final day of #RSA2025 calls for pancakes and a team debrief after our roundtable yesterday - thank you to all who came! We’re looking forward to more events centring women in early modern philosophy

Thank you to everyone who came to our #RSA_2025 roundtable! We feel newly invigorated by the discussion & by the advice from esteemed colleagues to “drive the car like we stole it”

The CultPhil team are preparing for Boston! We'd love to see you at our #RSA2025 roundtable "Women Writing Philosophy in 17th century Europe" on Friday afternoon There'll be chameleons, divine wetnurses, recently uncovered manuscripts, and arguments against tyranny rsa.confex.com/rsa/2025/mee...

Congratulations to CultPhil Italianist @carlottamoro.bsky.social who has a new article out in Renaissance Quarterly on martyrdom, mysticism, & protofeminism in Lucrezia Marinella's Holocausto d’amore della vergine Santa Giustina (1648) #womenshistory #earlymod www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Next week @carlottamoro.bsky.social & @crevans.bsky.social will speak at the Center for Translating Cultures seminar - Pregnant with Thought: Women Writing Philosophy in Early Modern England and Italy Please join us if you’re in Exeter! Wed 26 Feb, 15.30 www.exeter.ac.uk/research/cen...

Happy #ValentinesDay! Alice Thornton often referred to her husband as 'dearest heart' and sometimes with the symbol ❤️. See our post: thornton.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/posts/blog/2... @exploreyourarchive.bsky.social #EYALove #EarlyModern 🗃️ 📜