Feminist Philosophy Reading Group
Current
Program Bern Autumn 2018/19
Mondays, 6:15-7:45pm, Room B225 ("Aquarium") at the Institute of Philosophy, Unitobler, Länggassstrasse 49a, 3012 Bern (2nd floor). For texts please email us: swip.switzerland@gmail.com.
Date |
Text |
| Monday, 24 September | Can Third Wave Feminism Be Inclusive? Intersectionality, It's Problems and New Directions (2007) by Naomi Zack |
| Monday, 8 October | Social exclusion in academia through biases in methodological quality evaluation: On the situation of women in science and philosophy (2015) by Anna Leuschner |
| Monday, 22 October |
Understanding Epistemic Normativity in Feminist Epistemology (2014) by Heidi Grasswick |
| Monday, 5 November | Against the Family: Personal Relationships and the Liberal State. Reading Workshop with Dr. Sabine Hohl (University of Bern) |
| Monday, 19 November |
On Respecting Animals, or Can Animals be Wronged Without Being Harmed? (2017). Reading Workshop with Dr. Angela Martin (University of Fribourg) |
| Monday, 3 December | Freiheit - Selbstbestimmung - Autonomie. (2018) Reading Workshop with Prof. Dr. Andrea Maihofer (University of Basel) |
Program Zurich Autumn 2018/19
Tuesdays, 4:15-6:00pm at room KO2-F-157, Universität Zürich, Rämistrasse 71. Registration at: swip.switzerland@gmail.com
Date |
Text |
| Tuesday, 25 September | Down Girl. The Logic of Misogyny, Chap. 1, by Kate Manne |
| Tuesday, 9 October | Down Girl. The Logic of Misogyny, Chap. 2, by Kate Manne |
| Tuesday, 23 October | Down Girl. The Logic of Misogyny, Chap. 3, by Kate Manne |
| Tuesday, 6 November | On Misogynoir. Citation, Erasure, and Plagiarism, by Moya Bailey & Trudy |
| Tuesday, 20 November | Paranoid Reading and Reparative Reading, or, You're so Paranoid, You Probably Think This Essay Is About You, by Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick: |
| Tuesday, 4 December | Performative Acts and Gender Constitution. An Essay in Phenomenology and Feminist Theory, by Judith Butler |
Spring 2018
Program Bern Spring 2018
Wednesdays, 6:15-7:45pm, Room B225 ("Aquarium") at the Institute of Philosophy, Unitobler, Länggassstrasse 49a, 3012 Bern (2nd floor). For texts please email us: swip.switzerland@gmail.com.
Date |
Reading |
| Wednesday, 28 February | Feminist readings of Thomas Hobbes. Reading workshop (g/e/f) with Laetitia Ramelet (University of Lausanne) |
| Wednesday, 14 March | Objectivity, Diversity, and Uptake: On the Status of Women in Philosophy (2017) by Michelle Ciurria |
| Wednesday, 28 March | Theories of domination within the family in the tradition of modern natural law: historical and feminist perspectives of interpretation. Reading workshop (g/e/f) with Prof. Dr. Simone Zurbuchen (University of Lausanne) |
| Wednesday, 11 April | Toward a Feminist Theory of Disability (1989) by Susan Wendell |
| Wednesday, 25 April |
State-Sponsored Injustice: The Case of Eugenic Sterilization. Reading workshop (g/e) with Dr. Jennifer Page (University of Zurich) |
| Wednesday, 9 May | Feminism in epistemology: Pluralism without postmodernism (2006) by Miranda Fricker |
| Wednesday, 23 May | Woman as a Politically Significant Term: A Solution to the Puzzle (2016) by Esa Diaz-Leon |
Program Lucerne Spring 2018
Sara Ahmed Reading Group: "Living a Feminist Life" (2017)
First meeting: Friday, 16 February, 6pm in room 3.B57 at the University of Lucerne, Frohburgstrasse 3, 6002 Lucerne (3rd floor). In case of interest please contact: leyre.urricelqui@unilu.ch (organiser) or swip.switzerland@gmail.com
Second meeting: Friday, 9 March, 6pm
Program Zurich Spring 2018
Tuesdays, 4:15-5:45pm, Philosophie-Fachvereinszimmer (KOL-F-116a), University of Zurich, Rämistrasse 71, 8006 Zurich (Floor F). For texts please email us: swip.switzerland@gmail.com.
Datum |
Lektüre |
| Tuesday, 27 February | Gender and Race: (What) Are They? (What) Do We Want Them To Be? by Sally Haslanger |
| Tuesday, 13 March | What Knowledge Is and What It Ought To Be: Feminist Values and Normative Epistemology. by Sally Haslanger |
| Tuesday, 27 March |
Ontology and Social Construction. by Sally Haslanger |
| Tuesday, 10 April | Demarginalizing the Intersection of Race and Sex: A Black Feminist Critique of Antidiscrimination Doctrine, Feminist Theory and Antiracist Politics. by Kimberlé Crenshaw |
| Tuesday, 24 April |
Stop Thinking So Much About 'Sexual Harassment'. by Jennifer Saul |
| Tuesday, 08 May | Implicit Bias, Stereotype Threat, and Women in Philosophy. by Jennifer Saul |
| Tuesday, 22 May |
Kolonialisierte Körper und Köpfe. by Oyeronke Oyewumi |
Autumn 2017
Program Bern Autumn 2017
Wednesdays, 6-8pm (except Special Session 4-6pm), Room B225 ("Aquarium") at the Institute of Philosophy
Unitobler, Länggassstrasse 49a, 3012 Bern (2nd floor). For texts please email us: swip.switzerland[at]gmail.com.
Date |
Reading |
| Wednesday, 27 September | Stop Thinking So Much About "Sexual Harrassment" (2014) by Jennifer Saul |
| Wednesday, 11 October | Gender Justice v. The “Invisible Hand” of Gender Bias in Law and Society (2016) by Elizabeth Beaumont |
| Wednesday, 25 October | Five Faces Of Oppression (2004) by Iris Marion Young |
| Wednesday, 8 November | Toward a Field of Intersectionality Studies: Theory, Applications, and Praxis (2013) by Sumi Cho, Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw and Leslie McCall |
| Wednesday, 22 November / Special Session (4-6pm) |
Reading Workshop with Prof. Dr. Anne Meylan (University of Basel) on the topic of "Responsibility for Believing" |
Spring 2017
Readings SWIP Bern
- Rejecting Beliefs, or Rejecting Believers? On the Importance and Exclusion of Women in Philosophy. Author: Geoffrey S. Holtzman, 2016.
- Epistemic Justice and Democratic Legitimacy. Author: Susan Dieleman, 2015.
- Essence of Culture and a Sense of History: A Feminist Critique of Cultural Essentialism. Author: Uma Narayan, 1998.
- Women, Welfare and the Politics of Need Interpretation. Author: Nancy Fraser, 1987.
- Gender Concepts and Intuitions. Author: Mari Mikkola, 2009.
- Cases of Value Judgments in Science: A General Argument, with Lessons from a Case Study of Feminist Research on Divorce. Author: Elizabeth Anderson, 2004.
Current
Program Bern Autumn 2018/19
Mondays, 6:15-7:45pm, Room B225 ("Aquarium") at the Institute of Philosophy, Unitobler, Länggassstrasse 49a, 3012 Bern (2nd floor). For texts please email us: swip.switzerland@gmail.com.
Date |
Text |
| Monday, 24 September | Can Third Wave Feminism Be Inclusive? Intersectionality, It's Problems and New Directions (2007) by Naomi Zack |
| Monday, 8 October | Social exclusion in academia through biases in methodological quality evaluation: On the situation of women in science and philosophy (2015) by Anna Leuschner |
| Monday, 22 October |
Understanding Epistemic Normativity in Feminist Epistemology (2014) by Heidi Grasswick |
| Monday, 5 November | Against the Family: Personal Relationships and the Liberal State. Reading Workshop with Dr. Sabine Hohl (University of Bern) |
| Monday, 19 November |
On Respecting Animals, or Can Animals be Wronged Without Being Harmed? (2017). Reading Workshop with Dr. Angela Martin (University of Fribourg) |
| Monday, 3 December | Freiheit - Selbstbestimmung - Autonomie. (2018) Reading Workshop with Prof. Dr. Andrea Maihofer (University of Basel) |
Program Zurich Autumn 2018/19
Tuesdays, 4:15-6:00pm at room KO2-F-157, Universität Zürich, Rämistrasse 71. Registration at: swip.switzerland@gmail.com
Date |
Text |
| Tuesday, 25 September | Down Girl. The Logic of Misogyny, Chap. 1, by Kate Manne |
| Tuesday, 9 October | Down Girl. The Logic of Misogyny, Chap. 2, by Kate Manne |
| Tuesday, 23 October | Down Girl. The Logic of Misogyny, Chap. 3, by Kate Manne |
| Tuesday, 6 November | On Misogynoir. Citation, Erasure, and Plagiarism, by Moya Bailey & Trudy |
| Tuesday, 20 November | Paranoid Reading and Reparative Reading, or, You're so Paranoid, You Probably Think This Essay Is About You, by Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick: |
| Tuesday, 4 December | Performative Acts and Gender Constitution. An Essay in Phenomenology and Feminist Theory, by Judith Butler |
Spring 2018
Program Bern Spring 2018
Wednesdays, 6:15-7:45pm, Room B225 ("Aquarium") at the Institute of Philosophy, Unitobler, Länggassstrasse 49a, 3012 Bern (2nd floor). For texts please email us: swip.switzerland@gmail.com.
Date |
Reading |
| Wednesday, 28 February | Feminist readings of Thomas Hobbes. Reading workshop (g/e/f) with Laetitia Ramelet (University of Lausanne) |
| Wednesday, 14 March | Objectivity, Diversity, and Uptake: On the Status of Women in Philosophy (2017) by Michelle Ciurria |
| Wednesday, 28 March | Theories of domination within the family in the tradition of modern natural law: historical and feminist perspectives of interpretation. Reading workshop (g/e/f) with Prof. Dr. Simone Zurbuchen (University of Lausanne) |
| Wednesday, 11 April | Toward a Feminist Theory of Disability (1989) by Susan Wendell |
| Wednesday, 25 April |
State-Sponsored Injustice: The Case of Eugenic Sterilization. Reading workshop (g/e) with Dr. Jennifer Page (University of Zurich) |
| Wednesday, 9 May | Feminism in epistemology: Pluralism without postmodernism (2006) by Miranda Fricker |
| Wednesday, 23 May | Woman as a Politically Significant Term: A Solution to the Puzzle (2016) by Esa Diaz-Leon |
Program Lucerne Spring 2018
Sara Ahmed Reading Group: "Living a Feminist Life" (2017)
First meeting: Friday, 16 February, 6pm in room 3.B57 at the University of Lucerne, Frohburgstrasse 3, 6002 Lucerne (3rd floor). In case of interest please contact: leyre.urricelqui@unilu.ch (organiser) or swip.switzerland@gmail.com
Second meeting: Friday, 9 March, 6pm
Program Zurich Spring 2018
Tuesdays, 4:15-5:45pm, Philosophie-Fachvereinszimmer (KOL-F-116a), University of Zurich, Rämistrasse 71, 8006 Zurich (Floor F). For texts please email us: swip.switzerland@gmail.com.
Datum |
Lektüre |
| Tuesday, 27 February | Gender and Race: (What) Are They? (What) Do We Want Them To Be? by Sally Haslanger |
| Tuesday, 13 March | What Knowledge Is and What It Ought To Be: Feminist Values and Normative Epistemology. by Sally Haslanger |
| Tuesday, 27 March |
Ontology and Social Construction. by Sally Haslanger |
| Tuesday, 10 April | Demarginalizing the Intersection of Race and Sex: A Black Feminist Critique of Antidiscrimination Doctrine, Feminist Theory and Antiracist Politics. by Kimberlé Crenshaw |
| Tuesday, 24 April |
Stop Thinking So Much About 'Sexual Harassment'. by Jennifer Saul |
| Tuesday, 08 May | Implicit Bias, Stereotype Threat, and Women in Philosophy. by Jennifer Saul |
| Tuesday, 22 May |
Kolonialisierte Körper und Köpfe. by Oyeronke Oyewumi |
Autumn 2017
Program Bern Autumn 2017
Wednesdays, 6-8pm (except Special Session 4-6pm), Room B225 ("Aquarium") at the Institute of Philosophy
Unitobler, Länggassstrasse 49a, 3012 Bern (2nd floor). For texts please email us: swip.switzerland[at]gmail.com.
Date |
Reading |
| Wednesday, 27 September | Stop Thinking So Much About "Sexual Harrassment" (2014) by Jennifer Saul |
| Wednesday, 11 October | Gender Justice v. The “Invisible Hand” of Gender Bias in Law and Society (2016) by Elizabeth Beaumont |
| Wednesday, 25 October | Five Faces Of Oppression (2004) by Iris Marion Young |
| Wednesday, 8 November | Toward a Field of Intersectionality Studies: Theory, Applications, and Praxis (2013) by Sumi Cho, Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw and Leslie McCall |
| Wednesday, 22 November / Special Session (4-6pm) |
Reading Workshop with Prof. Dr. Anne Meylan (University of Basel) on the topic of "Responsibility for Believing" |
Spring 2017
Readings SWIP Bern
- Rejecting Beliefs, or Rejecting Believers? On the Importance and Exclusion of Women in Philosophy. Author: Geoffrey S. Holtzman, 2016.
- Epistemic Justice and Democratic Legitimacy. Author: Susan Dieleman, 2015.
- Essence of Culture and a Sense of History: A Feminist Critique of Cultural Essentialism. Author: Uma Narayan, 1998.
- Women, Welfare and the Politics of Need Interpretation. Author: Nancy Fraser, 1987.
- Gender Concepts and Intuitions. Author: Mari Mikkola, 2009.
- Cases of Value Judgments in Science: A General Argument, with Lessons from a Case Study of Feminist Research on Divorce. Author: Elizabeth Anderson, 2004.