Wise Women

Wise Women is a sixteen-episode series about women in philosophy from antiquity to the twentieth century, generously funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities. The first season focuses on historical figures from the fifth century to the nineteenth century, and the second focuses on contemporary philosophers. Each episode spotlights a different philosopher and features a different guest scholar in conversation with the hosts. While you may have heard of some of the philosophers featured in the series, many names will be unfamiliar; but this is part of the story we want to tell. Wise Women is a celebration of philosophy’s unsung heroines, and an opportunity to bring attention to these women’s often overlooked and underrated contributions to philosophy and beyond.

Season 1

Hypatia of Alexandria with Edward Watts from the Univertsity of California San Diego

Hildegard von Bingen with Jennifer Bain from Dalhousie University

Elisabeth of Bohemia with Lisa Shapiro from McGill University

Margaret Cavendish with Karen Detlefsen from the University of Pennsylvania

Mary Astell with Allauren Forbes from McMaster University

Im Yunjidang with Hwa Yeong Wang from Duke Kunshan University

Mary Wollstonecraft with Sylvana Tomaselli from the University of Cambridge

Nísia Floresta with Nastassja Pugliese from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro

Season 2

Anna Julia Cooper with Kathryn Sophia Belle from the Collegium of Black Women Philosophers

Emma Goldman with Candace Falk from the Universityof California Berkeley

Simone Weil with Rebecca Rozelle-Stone from the University of North Dakota

Elizabeth Anscombe with Rachael Wiseman from the University of Liverpool

Iris Murdoch with Eva-Maria Düringer from the University of Tübingen

Mary Midgley with Clare Mac Cumhaill from Durham University

Philippa Foot with John Hacker-Wright from the University of Guelph

Judith Jarvis Thomson with Elizabeth Harman from Princeton University

Wise Women (s1)

Episode Title	Guest	Related Content
Hypatia of Alexandria	Edward Watts, Professor of History, University of California San Diego	Ancient Renaissance Woman
Hildegard von Bingen	Jennifer Bain, Professor of Musicology and of Gender and Women's Studies, Dalhousie University	Mystic, Composer, Polymath
Elisabeth of Bohemia	Lisa Shapiro, Professor of Philosophy, McGill University	The Philosophical Princess
Margaret Cavendish	Karen Detlefsen, Professor of Philosophy and Education, University of Pennsylvania	Margaret the First
Mary Astell	Allauren Samantha Forbes, Professor of Philosophy and of Gender and Social Justice, McMaster University	The First English Feminist
Im Yunjidang	Hwa Yeong Wang, Professor of Philosophy, Duke Kunshan University	The First Confucian Feminist
Mary Wollstonecraft	Sylvana Tomaselli, Professor of History, St. John's College, Cambridge University	A Vindication of Mary Wollstonecraft
Nísia Floresta	Nastassja Pugliese, Professor of Education and of Philosophy, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro	Brazil's First Feminist?