Publications

(1) “Descartes’ Conception of Freedom: Between Voluntarism and Intellectualism”, forthcoming in: Sonja Schierbaum, Jörn Müller (ed.): Voluntarism in Medieval and Early Modern Philosophy. London/New York: Routledge 2023. 

(2) „Elisabeth of Bohemia’s Neo-Peripatetic Account of the Emotions”, British Journal for the History of Philosophy, Volume 27, Issue 4, June 2019, 753-770.

(3) „Gewissen und Bewusstsein am Übergang zum 18. Jahrhundert”, in: Simon Bunke, Katerina Mihaylova (Hg.): Gewissen. Interdisziplinäre Perspektiven auf das 18. Jahrhundert. Würzburg 2015, 39-52.

Talks and Comments

(1)  “New Voices in the Canon - Why and How?” - Bielefeld, May 2023

(2) Comment on Pirmin Stekeler-Weithofer‘s „Was ist reflektierendes, was ist spekulatives Denken? Spurensuche bei Hegel“ - Munich, February 2023

(3)  Comment on James Conant’s “A resolute reading of Descartes” - Hamburg, November 2022

(4)  „Elisabeth von Böhmens Einfluss auf Descartes” - Würzburg, July 2022

(5) „Feministische Perspektiven auf Descartes’ Dualismus“ - Institutskolloquium Philosophie „Umbrüche“, Stuttgart, May 2022 (available online: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wbi7dbQMPVA)

(6) “Generosity and Self-Love in Descartes,“ Durham, Oct. 2021

(7) “Elisabeth’s Influence on Descartes’s Conception of the Good Life” – talk at the XXV. Kongress der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Philosophie, Erlangen, Sept. 2020 (postponed to Sept. 2021)

(8)  “Elisabeth’s Influence on Descartes’s Conception of Generosity and the Good Life” – Early Modern Exchange Group, online, August 2021

(9) “Descartes’s Conception of Freedom: Between Voluntarism and Intellectualism” – Conference Varieties of Voluntarism in Medieval and Early Modern Ethics, Würzburg, July 2020 (postponed to July 2021)

(10)  "Elisabeth of Bohemia and the Limits of (Self-)Knowledge", Hampton Court Workshop, London, June 2021

(11)  "Elisabeth of Bohemia and the Limits of (Self-)Knowledge", Workshop Women, Philosophy and Academia - Female intellectual identity in Early Modern Germany, Copenhagen, June 2021 (online)

(12) “Emotions and Knowledge in Elisabeth of Bohemia”, Talk Series: Early Modern Women on Knowledge, New Voices Project, Paderborn, June 2021 (online)

(13) “Elisabeth of Bohemia’s Influence on Descartes in the Correspondence and the Passions of the Soul” - British Society for the History of Philosophy 2020 Annual Conference: Women in the History of Philosophy, Durham, April 2021 (online)

(14) “Verstand versus Gefühl? Elisabeth von Böhmen und René Descartes zum Verhältnis von Emotionen und Rationalität“ – Bielefeld University, April 2021 (online)

(15) “Love and Self-Love in Descartes” – London Cartesian Circle, March 2021 (online)

(16) “Die Verbindungen zwischen Descartes‘ Erkenntnistheorie und Ethik“, EZUS, March 2021 (online)

(17)  “Autonomy and Self-Love in Descartes” - Mind, Body, Passion: The 10th NYC Workshop in Early Modern Philosophy, Fordham University, New York City, Dec. 2020 (online)

(18) “Jenseits des Cogito: Descartes’ metaphysische Ethik” – Guest Lecture, Ringvorlesung (Talk Series) Philosophie der Neuzeit, FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Oct. 2019

(19)  “Autonomy and Self-Love in Descartes” - HU-UHH Workshop, Hamburg, June 2019

(20)  “The Missing Link: Re-discovering the Sources of Elisabeth of Bohemia’s Neo-Peripatetic Account of the Emotions” - Women in Modern Philosophy, UERJ, Rio de Janeiro, June 2019

(21)  Comment on Dan Garbers “Spiritualizing Matter: Perception and Appetite in a Material World” - Vitalism in Early Modern Philosophy, Cambridge University, March 2019

(22) “The Two-Component Model of Cartesian Freedom” - Early Modern Conceptions of Freedom, Rationality and Practical Reasons, Hamburg, Feb. 2019

(23)  “Descartes on Freedom and the Ability to Do Otherwise” - Early Modern Philosophy Workshop, Harvard University, Sept. 2018

(24)  “The Passions in Descartes” – Guest Lecture, University of Sydney, Sept. 2018

(25)  “Freedom and Free Will in Descartes” – Guest Lecture, University of Sydney, Sept. 2018

(26)  “Empowerment” - Women Mentoring Workshop, University of Sydney, Sept. 2018

(27)  “Autonomy and (Self-)Love in Descartes” - Workshop Rethinking Autonomy, University of Sydney, Sept. 2018

(28) “The Two-Component Model of Cartesian Freedom” - Early Career Workshop in the History of Philosophy, University of Sydney, Aug. 2018

(29) “’Your presence brought the cure…’: Aristotelian Elements in Elisabeth of Bohemia’s Account of the Emotions” - Elisabeth of Bohemia: A Workshop on Women and Early Modern Philosophy, Paderborn, May 2018

(30) “’What am I?’ Descartes's moral notion of personhood” - 11th Nordic Workshop in Early Modern Philosophy, Helsinki, May 2018

(31) “Elisabeth of Bohemia on Happiness and the Social Dimension of (Moral) Action” - Socialising Minds, KNIR Rom, Feb. 2018

(32)  “A Woman’s Point of View? Elisabeth of Bohemia’s Neo-Peripatetic Ethics” - SWIP Colloquium, Berlin, Dec. 2017

(33)  Comment on Lukas Langs “A Problem of Priority for Reid” - Early Career Workshop on Scepticism, Hamburg, Nov. 2017

(34) “Vita Activa versus Vita Contemplativa: Elisabeth of Bohemia on Dependence, Independence and Happiness” - Women in Early Modern Philosophy, Lehigh University, Oct. 2017

(35) “An Ethics Born of Displacement – Descartes and Elisabeth on Ethical Thought and Moral Action under Adverse Conditions” - Renaissance Displacements: Migrants and Truth Production, 1500-1700, Princeton University, May 2017

(36)  “What’s Love Got to Do With It? Love and the Mind-Body Union in Descartes” - From Love to the Infinite, HU Berlin, Juliy2016

(37)  “All You Need is Love: The Mind-Body Union and Unity of Love in Descartes” - Princeton-Humboldt Graduate Student Workshop, Princeton University, Feb. 2016

(38) “Cartesian Freedom as Rational Self-Determination” - Workshop on Medieval and Early Modern Philosophy, HU Berlin, May 2015

(39) “What am I? Descartes’s Conception of Personhood” - International Graduate Workshop in the History of Philosophy, Princeton University, Feb. 2015

(40)  “Descartes’s Conception of Personhood” - SEMPY Colloquium, Yale University, Nov. 2014

(41)  “Freedom and Judgment in Descartes” - International Graduate Workshop in the History of Philosophy, Princeton University, Feb. 2014

(42)  “Freedom as the Reign of Reason? Descartes’ Theory of Judgment” - Berlin-Toronto-Groningen Workshop in Medieval and Early Modern Philosophy, Groningen, Dec. 2013

(43) “‘Conscientia’ as ‘Consciousness’ between 1640 and 1720 – Descartes, Thomasius, Wolff” - „Transformationen des Geistes” Final Conference, HU Berlin, Oct. 2013

(44)  “Descartes and Strawson” - Research Seminar in Early Modern Philosophy with Martha Brandt Bolton, HU Berlin, June 2013

(45)“Gewissen und Bewusstsein am Übergang zum 18.Jahrhundert” -Conscience between Emotion and Reason, Paderborn, Oct. 2012