British Postgraduate Philosophy Association Workshop: Women in Modern and Contemporary Philosophy

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British Postgraduate Philosophy Association

By Labeeba Miah, MA Philosophy Student and BPPA Democracy and Outreach Officer.

The University of Liverpool had the pleasure of hosting the BPPA (British Postgraduate Philosophy Association) Women in Modern and Contemporary Philosophy Workshop in honour of Women’s History Month.

With talks from:

Veronika Puhah (National University of Kyiv/University of Glasgow): Relevance of Feminist Methodologies of History of Philosophy outside Western Philosophy

Chiara Zucchelli (King’s College London): The Harms of Contraception & The Moral Permissibility of Abortion: Extending Thomson’s Argument beyond the Violinist, the Coat, and People Seeds

Scott Ryan Udall (University of Edinburgh): Dreaming of Paradox: Sor Juana’s Poetic Cosmology

Keynote address: Dr. Colin Chamberlain (University College London): Move Your Body! Cavendish on Self-Motion

The event was an absolute pleasure, and the university are so honoured to have hosted such amazing talks from people all over the world.