Be Inspired! Lecture: Philosophy Professor Jenny Saul on Being a Woman in a Male-Dominated Field

Because Philosophy is within the Humanities, not STEM, most people are surprised to learn that it’s male-dominated. In fact, philosophy is only 24% female in the UK and 17% female in the US– figured that look like some of the most male-dominated STEM subjects.

Jenny will reflect on her experiences as a woman in philosophy, and how these drew her into several different sorts of academic activism and research. She founded the blog What is it Like to be a Woman in Philosophy; and the blog Feminist Philosophers, with its Gendered Conference Campaign. She co-authored the first ever report on Women in Philosophy in the UK (2011) and the British Philosophical Association/Society for Women in Philosophy UK Good Practice Guidelines for Women in Philosophy– now adopted by dozens of departments and learned societies. This work on women in philosophy gave rise to an interest in implicit bias, which led to a research project culminating in two edited volumes for Oxford University Press. In addition, she became very involved in trying to call attention to and end sexual harassment in philosophy, well before the Me Too movement became well known.

Jenny will discuss the various (interlinked) directions that her research and activism in these areas has taken her.

Tuesday 2nd October
Lecture 18:00
Wine Reception 19:00
Minerva Building: MB0603, Jackson Lecture Theatre

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