Past events

• 24 Oct. 2025, 13:10-17:30

  Made by men for men? Transforming academia for the benefit of more people

  The policy event concludes a two-day conference, “A Matter of Justice. Women’s Access to Higher Education in Denmark and in the International Context - Past, Present, and Future".

• 23 Oct. - 24 Oct. 2025

  A Matter of Justice: Women’s Access to Higher Education in Denmark and in the International Context - Past, Present, and Future

  Two-day conference.

• 9 Oct. 2025, 16:00-18:00

  Defying the Oracle: The Philosophy of Alice Ambrose

  INSPIRE lecture by Dr Sophia Connell (Birkbeck, University of London).

• 18 Aug. - 22 Aug. 2025

  Copenhagen Summer School in Women’s History of Philosophy

  Summer school.

• 18 June - 20 June 2025

  How women shaped the Nordic Enlightenment I

  Conference.

• 5 Feb. 2025, 14:00-15:30

  Rousseau on Human Equality and Gender Inequality

  Research presentation by Xuehui Xu (PhD Fellow, Zhejiang University/University of Copenhagen).

• 14 Nov. - 15 Nov. 2024

  Spiritual Equality in Early Modern Europe: Gender, Religion, and Philosophy

  Workshop on the role of religion in early modern (approx. 1600-1800) debates concerning equality between the sexes.

• 29 Oct. 2024, 16:00-18:00

  Thinking women: some thoughts on recovering women philosophers

  INSPIRE lecture by Sarah Hutton (University of York).

• 19 Sept. 2024, 14:00-16:00

  Center launch: INSPIRE

  Launch of the Center for Interdisciplinary Research on Women in the History of Philosophy (INSPIRE)

• 21 June 2024, 14:00

  Philosophy as Passion for Knowledge: What kind of history of philosophy for the 21st century?

  Inaugural lecture by Professor Sabrina Ebbersmeyer.

• 5 June 2024, 14:00-15:30

  Reading seminars

  The reading seminars focus on questions concerning women and the history of philosophy.

• 8 May 2024, 15:00-17:00

  'Die unendliche Masse des Urseins': On Sophie Mereau’s metaphysical reflections

  Research presentation and reading seminar.

• 6 May 2024, 10:00

  Copenhagen-Jyväskylä Workshop on Women in Early Modern Philosophy

  Workshop