Dear all, A reminder that on Monday 5th November at 11am, Women in Philosophy will host Professor Susan James (Birkbeck) speaking on "Mary Wollstonecraft and Women's Rights". The talk will run for an hour (30 mins for presentation, and 30 mins for questions) and we'll go for an informal lunch afterwards. The talk will be held in Newnham College, Barbara White Room.
Here is the abstract: "An obvious way to protect women against inequality and exploitation is, it seems, to make sure that they have appropriate rights. But as we know from experience, this strategy isn't as straightforward as it at first appears. What would rights have to be like in order to fulfil this role? I'll argue that they would need to be realisable claims, and will trace this view in the writings of Mary Wollstonecraft." The full termcard can be found below. Everybody from any department/gender is welcome. Best, Emily Thomas _______________________________________ Dear all, I'm pleased to announce the Women in Philosophy termcard for Michaelmas 2012. WIP is a cross-departmental group supported by the Philosophy and HPS Faculties that aims to provide a forum for networking and celebrating the work that women philosophers are doing here at Cambridge and elsewhere. For further details, please see our webpage: http://www.phil.cam.ac.uk/news_events/Women_in_Philosophy_Society.pdf Our events this term will be as follows: Mon 15th Oct 11am: An informal social to welcome new and old WIP attendees. Tea and cake at Michaelhouse Cafe (on Trinity Street) - look for us upstairs. Mon 29th Oct 11:30am: "On Studying Philosophy at Graduate Level", a panel featuring short talks and discussion with current graduates in Philosophy and HPS Faculties, aimed at final year undergraduates who are considering studying philosophy at masters level and want to know more about what it would be like. To be held at Newnham College, Lucia Windsor Room. Mon 5th Nov 11:00am: Professor Sue James (Birkbeck) "Mary Wollstonecraft and Women's Rights". To be held at Newnham College, Barbara White Room. Wed 28th Nov 11:30am: Professor Catherine Wilson (York) "Human Evolution and the Theory of Women?". To be held at Newnham College, Barbara White Room. All events will last one hour, and everybody - from any department or gender - is welcome to attend. _____________________________________________________ Sent by the CamPhilEvents mailing list. To unsubscribe or change your membership options, please visit the list information page: http://bit.ly/CamPhilEvents Posts are archived here: http://bit.ly/CamPhilEventsArchive
