Female Voices, Media, and Modes of Communication in Theology and Philosophy

Spring of 2026

Organisateur(s)


Female Voices, Media, and Modes of Communication in Theology and Philosophy

In Spring 2026, Saint Joseph University of Beirut (USJ) joins the University of Paderborn and the University of Lorraine in organizing the New Voices Talk Series within the international network New Voices on Women in the History of Philosophy.

This series explores communication not merely as a mode of expression, but as a form of power. From private correspondence and literary writing to public lectures, activism, and contemporary digital platforms, women have continually developed innovative ways to assert intellectual presence, negotiate legitimacy, and challenge exclusion. By situating contemporary digital phenomena within longer historical trajectories, the seminar examines how media, authority, and tradition intersect in shaping theological and philosophical discourse.

This partnership underscores USJ’s commitment to interdisciplinary research, sustained international collaboration, and the support of early-career scholars.

Scientific Organizing Committee

  • Dr. Marguerite El Asmar Bou Aoun, Assistant Professor and Coordinator of the Research Unit on the Religious Phenomenon, Saint Joseph University of Beirut (USJ)
  • Dr. Daniel Fischer, Associate Professor in Modern History at the University of Lorraine (INSPE/CRULH)
  • Dr. Jil Muller, Deputy Head of the Center for the History of Women Philosophers and Scientists, and Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Paderborn University (HWPS/UPB).
  • Dr. Katia Raya, Assistant Professor Beirut Engineering College (ESIB) at Saint Joseph University of Beirut (USJ)

The program


28.04.2026, 4.30-6pm (Paris time): 2 lectures

Floris Verhaart – Johanna Dorothea Lindenaer: Memoirist, Translator, and Religious Polemicist
Margaret Matthews – Rhetoric, Method, and Genre in Gabrielle Suchon’s Treatise on Ethics and Politics

05.05.2026, 4.30-6pm (Paris time): 2 lectures

Elodie Pinel – Vernacular Theology and Authority: Marguerite Porete, Mechthild of Magdeburg, Hadewijch of Antwerp
Lila Braunschweig – A Voice of One’s Own: Philosophizing as Feminized Subjects (Impostor Syndrome & Authority)

12.05.2026, 4.30-6pm (Paris time): 2 lectures

Elżbieta Filipow – Women’s Writing of Harriet Taylor Mill and its Various Modes of Self-expression
Shamoni Sarkar – Karoline von Günderrode: Fragmentation, Philosophy, and Early German Romanticism

19.05.2026, 4.30-6pm (Paris time): 2 lectures

Maxim Demin – Philosophy, God-Seeking, and Developmental Psychology: Stolitsa and Volkovich in Late Imperial Russia
Patricia Guevara Wozniak – The Metaphysical Tenacity of Barbara Skarga – Metaphysics in Totalitarianism

02.06.2026, 4.30-6pm (Paris time): 2 lectures

Jake Nicholas Brooks – Autonomy Beyond Kant: Butler, Tronto, and Interdependence
Kaimé Guerrero Valencia – Intervening Assemblages of Trans-formation/Action: Beatriz Nascimento (1942-1995)

09.06.2026, 4.30-6pm (Paris time): 2 lectures

Marianne Najm Abou-Jaoude – Beneficent Communication as Power
Roula Azar Douglas – Women’s Digital Voices and the Reconfiguration of Public Debate

 

For further information about the talks and the speakers, please visit the webpage:
ttps://historyofwomenphilosophers.org/new-voices-online-talk-series-female-voices-media-and-modes-of-communication-in-theology-and-philosophy/



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