New article by Stephen Bowd, drawing on letters by dozens of women in northern Italy around the 1st phase of the Italian Wars (1494–1530). It shows how military activity, female agency and dynastic identity were closely allied in their letters. #EarlyModern 🗃️ onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/S9XNMD...

It’s here! Publication day for my @boydellandbrewer.bsky.social @catholicismsem.bsky.social book. Click here for disgruntled ministers, canny bookwomen, and a world of Catholic print that was more complex and multiconfessional than you could have ever imagined. boydellandbrewer.com/book/print-a...

CfP: Teaching Early Modern Women’s Writing Between Literature and Philosophy

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

"Why Machiavelli Matters Now". Join Stephen Bowd and Alexander Lee, in conversation with Brian Maxson, as they celebrate the publication their new book with friends, colleagues and well-wishers. 18 June 2026, 12:00EDT/17:00BST/18:00CEST #SRSlyGood #Skystorians rensoc.org.uk/announcement...

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

📢 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/

NEW TITLE | Science in the Salon: Atoms and Animals in Madeleine de Scudéry’s 'Conversations' (1680–92): An Essay and Translation by Helena Taylor Read freely online, or purchase a copy: www.openbookpublishers.com/books/10.116... #OAbooks #OpenAccess

It was an honour to celebrate the 25th Week of Italian Language in the World at the Italian Institute of Culture in Edinburgh, with a talk on early modern feminism, the Italian canon and translation. Special thanks to Prof Davide Messina for the conversation!

The most stimulating week of the summer has come to an end! Very grateful for the opportunity to attend the superbly organised Summer School in Women’s History of Philosophy in Copenhagen

Great event coming up in Germany: a full-day workshop as part of the GAP.12 Congress in Düsseldorf, with keynotes by Lisa Shapiro (McGill) and Frederique Janssen-Lauret (Manchester) More info: gap12.de

Feeling incredibly inspired by the brilliant speakers and wide range of transnational, interdisciplinary talks at our conference on early modern women writing natural philosophy!

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

Rebecca Walker’s brilliant comparative study of Sapienza and Ferrante is hot off the press! Looking forward to delving into my copy.

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”

Since so many of us are at #RenSa25 it's a good time to give this a little boost: go.bsky.app/Cqqbspt

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...

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...

Call for Conference Papers Thrilled to share the CfP for Women’s Scientific Literatures: The Poetry and Poetics of #EarlyModern Natural Philosophy 26–27th June 2025, ARU, Cambridge Deadline for submissions: Monday 3rd March 2025. Please share widely! scientificpoetry.org/news/2025/ca...

Women, Spaces, Freedom - forthcoming conference in Vicenza 21-23 May 25. Please spread the word! www.palladiomuseum.org/en/courses/w...

It’s out! Today is publication day for Gender and the Book Trades, from the conference of the same name in June 2021. Huge thanks to everyone who contributed and read drafts of this behemoth's xxii + 492 pages. We are so proud of it and hope you enjoy. brill.com/edcollbook/t...

Research fellow @carlottamoro.bsky.social is in the beautiful Palermo state archives this week tracking down networks of learned Sicilian women #womenshistory #earlymodern

Women Writing Natural Philosophy in Early Modern Europe: Spaces and Exchanges (Exeter, 2-4 June 25) Deadline: 29 Nov Please see our website for our exciting #cfp! We've had some incredible submissions so far culturesofphilosophy.exeter.ac.uk/2024/08/05/p... #skystorians #philosophy #histsci

We’ve gathered on the sunny Exeter campus today for our first workshop on methodologies with collaborators joining from Australia and Denmark. On the agenda today: can mysticism be philosophy? Was it a good thing to be a “savant” in 17th cent France? Why is Cavendish so popular now?