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The International Simone de Beauvoir Society @beauvoirsociety.bsky.social · Aug 27

La Société fait sa rentrée !

RDV le 9 septembre pour la prochaine session des Beauvoir Webinar Series avec Janine Jones, Mickaella Perina et Françoise Vergès :

"Lieux de coercition : la plantation, la colonie, la métropole"

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Sites of Coercion: Plantation, Metropole, Colony / Lieux de coercition : la plantation, la métropole, la colonie. With Janine Jones, Mickaella Perina and Françoise Vergès

[Version française ci-dessous] [En] For this third session of 2025, we are delighted to welcome Janine Jones, guest editor of Simone de Beauvoir Studies ' Vol. 34, issue 2: Sites of Coercion:...

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The International Simone de Beauvoir Society @beauvoirsociety.bsky.social · Aug 27

The Society's back!

Join us on 9 September for the next session of the Beauvoir Webinar Series with Janine Jones, Mickaella Perina and Françoise Vergès :

"Sites of Coercion: Plantation, Colony, Metropole"

beauvoir.weebly.com/sessions/sit...

Sites of Coercion: Plantation, Metropole, Colony / Lieux de coercition : la plantation, la métropole, la colonie. With Janine Jones, Mickaella Perina and Françoise Vergès

[Version française ci-dessous] [En] For this third session of 2025, we are delighted to welcome Janine Jones, guest editor of Simone de Beauvoir Studies ' Vol. 34, issue 2: Sites of Coercion:...

beauvoir.weebly.com

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The International Simone de Beauvoir Society @beauvoirsociety.bsky.social · Aug 27

The Society's back!

Join us on 9 September for the next session of the Beauvoir Webinar Series with Janine Jones, Mickaella Perina and Françoise Vergès :

"Sites of Coercion: Plantation, Colony, Metropole"

beauvoir.weebly.com/sessions/sit...

Sites of Coercion: Plantation, Metropole, Colony / Lieux de coercition : la plantation, la métropole, la colonie. With Janine Jones, Mickaella Perina and Françoise Vergès

[Version française ci-dessous] [En] For this third session of 2025, we are delighted to welcome Janine Jones, guest editor of Simone de Beauvoir Studies ' Vol. 34, issue 2: Sites of Coercion:...

beauvoir.weebly.com

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The International Simone de Beauvoir Society @beauvoirsociety.bsky.social · Aug 27

La Société fait sa rentrée !

RDV le 9 septembre pour la prochaine session des Beauvoir Webinar Series avec Janine Jones, Mickaella Perina et Françoise Vergès :

"Lieux de coercition : la plantation, la colonie, la métropole"

beauvoir.weebly.com/sessions/sit...

Sites of Coercion: Plantation, Metropole, Colony / Lieux de coercition : la plantation, la métropole, la colonie. With Janine Jones, Mickaella Perina and Françoise Vergès

[Version française ci-dessous] [En] For this third session of 2025, we are delighted to welcome Janine Jones, guest editor of Simone de Beauvoir Studies ' Vol. 34, issue 2: Sites of Coercion:...

beauvoir.weebly.com

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The International Simone de Beauvoir Society @beauvoirsociety.bsky.social · Jul 29

We are delighted to announce that our 2026 conference will be hosted by Katja Čičigoj and will take place in Austria, May 28-29! Details and CFP online: beauvoir.weebly.com/2026-confere...

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The International Simone de Beauvoir Society @beauvoirsociety.bsky.social · Jul 29

Nous sommes ravies d'annoncer que notre conférence 2026 sera organisée par Katja Čičigoj et aura lieu en Autriche les 28-29 mai! Détails et appel en ligne : beauvoir.weebly.com/2026-confere...

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Kate Kirkpatrick @philosofemme.bsky.social · Jul 10

🚨 New publication alert! 🚨

‘The Opium of the Lasses: Beauvoir’s Revaluation of Love in The Second Sex’

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The Opium of the Lasses: Beauvoir’s Revaluation of Love in The Second Sex

Abstract. This paper argues that Beauvoir’s The Second Sex offers a genealogy of the morality of sexual hierarchy in which love plays a central role. In di

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The International Simone de Beauvoir Society @beauvoirsociety.bsky.social · Jun 25

CFP/AAC : Beauvoir et "La lesbienne" / Beauvoir and "The lesbian"
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The International Simone de Beauvoir Society @beauvoirsociety.bsky.social · Jun 19

📚 Book Fair 6
Feminism and the Cinema of Experience
🕐 5:30pm- 6:30pm
👥 Lori Jo Marso and Sophia Millman.

📚 Foire aux livres 6
Feminism and the Cinema of Experience
🕐 17h30-18h30
👥 Lori Jo Marso et Sophia Millman.

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The International Simone de Beauvoir Society @beauvoirsociety.bsky.social · Jun 19

Panel 16 – Receptions and Legacies of Beauvoir’s Thought
🕐 3:15pm–4:10pm
👥 With: Ana Maria Alves, David Risse

Panel 17 – Towards an Ethical and Intersectional Feminist Praxis
🕐 4:25pm–5:20pm
👥 With: Alexander Antonopoulos, Adèle Cassigneul & Marine Rouch

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The International Simone de Beauvoir Society @beauvoirsociety.bsky.social · Jun 19

Panel 16 – Réceptions et héritages de la pensée beauvoirienne
🕐 15h15–16h10
👥 Ana Maria Alves, David Risse

Panel 17 – Vers une praxis féministe éthique et intersectionnelle
🕐 16h25–17h20
👥 Alexander Antonopoulos, Adèle Cassigneul & Marine Rouch

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The International Simone de Beauvoir Society @beauvoirsociety.bsky.social · Jun 19

Panel 14 –Resisting Patriarchy (2): Capitalism, Neoliberalism, Power
🕐 11:00am–12:15pm
👥 With: Susan Pickard, Emma McNicol, Erika Ruonakoski

Panel 15 - Reflecting on Childhood, Old Age, and Class
🕐 2:00pm–3:15pm
👥 With: Sonia Kruks, Tong Wei, Adelle Goldenberg

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The International Simone de Beauvoir Society @beauvoirsociety.bsky.social · Jun 19

Panel 14 – Résister au patriarcat (2) : capitalisme, néolibéralisme, pouvoir
🕐 11h00–12h15
👥 Susan Pickard, Emma McNicol, Erika Ruonakoski

Panel 15 – Penser l’enfance, la vieillesse et la classe
🕐 14h00–15h15
👥 Sonia Kruks, Tong Wei, Adelle Goldenberg
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The International Simone de Beauvoir Society @beauvoirsociety.bsky.social · Jun 18

📚 Book Fair 5
Playing the Scene of Religion: Beauvoir and Faith
🕐 5:20pm-6:20pm
👥 Karen Zoppa and Alyson Brickey.

Panel 13 – Facing Death, (im)mortality, and the Prospect of the End of the World
🕐 6:30pm–7:25pm
👥 With: Kiki Berk, Mary Townsend

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The International Simone de Beauvoir Society @beauvoirsociety.bsky.social · Jun 18

📚 Foire aux livres 5
Playing the Scene of Religion: Beauvoir and Faith
🕐 17h20-18h20
👥 Karen Zoppa et Alyson Brickey.

Panel 13 – Faire face à la mort, la (l’im)mortalité et à la perspective de la fin du monde
🕐 18h30–19h25
👥 Kiki Berk, Mary Townsend

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The International Simone de Beauvoir Society @beauvoirsociety.bsky.social · Jun 18

Panel 11 – Articulating Marxism, Existentialism, and Feminism
🕐 2:55pm – 3:50pm
👥 With: Elaine Stavro, Thomas Chesworth

Panel 12 – Sex, Love, and Consent in a Cisheteropatriarchy
🕐 4:05pm–5:20pm
👥 With: Ons Othmani, Fedra Cabrera Solano

Booklet:

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The International Simone de Beauvoir Society @beauvoirsociety.bsky.social · Jun 18

Panel 11 – Articuler marxisme, existentialisme et féminisme
🕐 14h55–15h50
👥 Elaine Stavro, Thomas Chesworth

Panel 12 – Sexe, amour et consentement en contexte cishétéropatriarcal
🕐 16h05–17h20
👥 Ons Othmani, Fedra Cabrera Solano

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The International Simone de Beauvoir Society @beauvoirsociety.bsky.social · Jun 18

Panel 9 – Friendship Between Girls and Women as Resistance
🕐 12:30pm–1:45pm
👥 With: Beatriz Chaves, Talia Fell

Panel 10 – Religion and Atheism: Choice, Gender, and Feminisms
🕐 2:00pm –2:55pm
👥 With: Timothy Stock, Uladzislaŭ Ivanoŭ

Booklet:

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The International Simone de Beauvoir Society @beauvoirsociety.bsky.social · Jun 18

Panel 9 – L’amitié entre filles et femmes comme résistance
🕐 12h30–13h45
👥 Beatriz Chaves, Talia Fell

Panel 10 – Religion et athéisme : choix, genre et féminismes
🕐 14h00–14h55
👥 Timothy Stock, Uladzislaŭ Ivanoŭ

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The International Simone de Beauvoir Society @beauvoirsociety.bsky.social · Jun 18

Panel 8 – The Concept of Situation and Contemporary Feminisms
🕐 9:30am–10:25am
👥 With: Anna Ceschi, Shaïma Giboire

📚 Book Fair 4
L’Expérience de l’oppression. Une phénoménologie du sexisme et du racisme
🕐 10:30am- 11:30am
👥 Mickaëlle Provost and Marine Rouch.
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The International Simone de Beauvoir Society @beauvoirsociety.bsky.social · Jun 18

Panel 8 – Le concept de situation et les féminismes contemporains
🕐 9h30–10h25
👥 Anna Ceschi, Shaïma Giboire

📚 Foire aux livres 4
L’Expérience de l’oppression. Une phénoménologie du sexisme et du racisme
🕐 10h30- 11h30
👥 Mickaëlle Provost et Marine Rouch.
Booklet
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The International Simone de Beauvoir Society @beauvoirsociety.bsky.social · Jun 17

Panel 7 – To the Roots of Political Decision-Making
🕐 5:45pm – 7:00pm
👥 With: Christine Noël-Lemaître, Patricia Moynagh, Cara Greene

📚 Book Fair 3
Becoming a Woman. Beauvoir and the Politics of Trans Existence
🕐 7:05pm-8:05pm
👥 Megan Burke and Sophia Millman.

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The International Simone de Beauvoir Society @beauvoirsociety.bsky.social · Jun 17

Panel 7 – Aux racines de la prise de décision politique
🕐 17h45–19h00
👥 Christine Noël-Lemaître, Patricia Moynagh, Cara Greene

📚 Foire aux livres 3
Becoming a Woman. Beauvoir and the Politics of Trans Existence
🕐 19h05-20h05
👥 Megan Burke et Sophia Millman.

The International Simone de Beauvoir Society @beauvoirsociety.bsky.social · Jun 17

Panel 5 – Resisting Patriarchy (1): Myths, Bad Faith, and Authenticity
🕐 2:30pm – 3:45pm
👥 With: Filipa Melo Lopes, Marie Loslier Simon, Jennifer McWeeny

Panel 6 – Resisting the Right and Far Right
🕐 4:30pm–5:45pm
👥 With: Raphaël Ehrsam, Kelli Fuery, Kat Fuller

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The International Simone de Beauvoir Society @beauvoirsociety.bsky.social · Jun 17

Panel 5 – Résister au patriarcat (1) : mythes, mauvaise foi et authenticité
🕐 14h30–15h45
👥 Filipa Melo Lopes, Marie Loslier Simon, Jennifer McWeeny

Panel 6 – Résister aux droites et extrêmes droites
🕐 16h30–17h45
👥 Raphaël Ehrsam, Kelli Fuery, Kat Fuller
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