New Perspectives in Feminist Epistemology: Haraway and Barad

van der Tuin, I. (Invited speaker)

Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk › Academic

Description

Contribution to PhD-course 'Women Philosophers From Antiquity Until the 21th Century'

Period	16 Oct 2015
Held at	Onderzoeksschool Wijsbegeerte, Netherlands

Keywords

feminist epistemology
new materialism
donna haraway
karen barad

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The course consists of five days in which the students are chronologically introduced into the thought of female philosophers, from Antiquity, the Middle-Ages, Renaissance and Early Modernity, 19th century, 20th century to the most recent developments. All periods will be introduced with special attention to the social/cultural position of women thinkers in that era. In addition, a few female philosophers will be singled out for further introduction and text-reading. The course will be taught by specialists in the time-period under scrutiny, among others dr. Marije Martijn (antiquity), prof. dr. Anneke Mulder-Bakker and dr. Veerle Fraeters (Middle-Ages), dr. Veronica Vasterling (19th and 20th century), dr. Annemie Halsema (20th century), Nathanja van den Heuvel, Ma. and dr. Iris van der Tuin (recent trends in philosophy of science), Azille Coetzee, Ma. (African feminism).