Christine Battersby
READER EMERITA IN PHILOSOPHY
ASSOCIATE FELLOW OF THE CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN PHILOSOPHY, LITERATURE & THE ARTS
I am a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (FRSA), and was the visiting Fleishhacker Chair of Philosophy at the University of San Francisco during April 2013.
My research is thoroughly interdisciplinary, and includes feminist aesthetics; feminist metaphysics; the sublime; women and creativity; trauma; memory and forgetfulness; friendship and other relational networks. I have a particular interest in the following writers: Beauvoir, Kant, Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, Sartre, Schopenhauer, May Sinclair and the poet H.D. (Hilda Doolittle).
During my past time at 糖心TV I was Director for the Centre for Research in Philosophy and Literature (2002-2005), as well as Course Convenor for the Centre of Women in Gender. I am currently on the Advisory Board for the The Edinburgh Critical Editions of the Works of May Sinclair (forthcoming).
A selection of my recent talks and interviews follows the list of published books and articles.
SINGLE AUTHOR BOOKS
, London and New York, Routledge, 2007.
ISBN p.b. 978-0-415-14811-5; ISBN h.b. 978-0-415-14810-8; eBook ISBN10: 0203945611; eBook ISBN13: 978-0-203-94561-2
, London: Polity Press; New York: Routledge, 1998. )
ISBN p.b. (UK) 9780745615554; ISBN h.b. (UK.) 9780745615547; ISBN p.b. (USA) 978-0-415-92036-0; ISBN h.b. (USA) 978-0-415-92035-3; ISBN eBook 978-0-203-72427-9 or 0203724275
Translated Extracts: 鈥楲a donna fenomenale鈥�, trans. Franco Restaino, in Adriana Cavarero and Franco Restaino (eds), Le filosofie femministe, Torino, Paravia, 1998, 249–51.
Anthologised Extract: 鈥楬er Body/Her Boundaries鈥�, , eds Janet Price and Margrit Shildrick, Edinburgh University Press, 1999, 341–58.
London: The Women's Press, 1989 (h.b. ISBN 0-7043-5039-4) and 1994 (revised ed. p.b. ISBN 0-7043-4300-2); Indiana University Press, 1990 (h.b. 0-253-31126-8; p.b. 0-253-20578-6).
Digital Publication, Bloomsbury Philosophy Library: Contemporary Aesthetics Collection. Replication of 1994 p.b. ed. (0-7043-4300-2); ISBN eBook 978-1-3509-2679-0 (online), 2022. DOI 10.5040/9781350926790
Translation, , trans. Kazuko Koike, Tokyo, Gendai Shokan, 1992, 357 pages (h.b. ISBN 4-7684--6608-7).
Anthologised Extracts:
— 鈥楢mongst the Ghosts鈥�, in , eds Diane Apostolos-Cappadona and Lucinda Ebersole, New York, Continuum Publishing Co, 1995, 27–41.
— 鈥楩rom Gender and Genius鈥� in , eds Alex Neill and Aaron Ridley, McGraw-Hill, 1995, 81–97.
— 鈥楩rom Gender and Genius鈥� in , ed. Carolyn Korsmeyer, Blackwell, 1998, 305–14.
— 鈥楾he Margins Within鈥� and 鈥楶ostmodernism and the Female Author鈥�, , ed. Eric Dayton, Peterborough,
— 鈥楾he Clouded Mirror鈥�, , eds Joseph J. Tanke and Colin Mcquillan, Continuum, 2012, 559–70. ISBN h.b. 1441138269; ISBN p.b.9781441138262.
EDITED JOURNALS
, eds Christine Battersby, Catherine Constable, Rachel Jones, Judy Purdom.
Women鈥檚 Philosophy Review (General Editor, Autumn 1996–2000). All issues archived here: . Responsible for editing and producing issues 17 (1997), 18 (1998), 19 (1998), 21 (1999), 23 (1999–2000), 24 (2000), also for publishing no 16 and Special Issues 20 (1998) & 22 (1999).
DIGITISED DPhil. THESIS
鈥楬ume鈥檚 Easy Philosophy: Ease and Inertia in Hume鈥檚 Newtonian Science of Man鈥�, University of Sussex, 1978. (British Library, via .) PLEASE NOTE British Library's EThOS site remains unavailable in 2024 after a serious ransomware attack in 2023. Access via the University of Sussex only until digital access is restored.
ARTICLES
Christine Battersby, 'Genius and Creativity: Revisiting the Debates', in Feminist Perspectives in Artistic Production and Theories of Art Courses 2016-2017 , eds Xabier Arakistain and Mendez Lourdes, 2025. Bilbao, Bizkaia, Spain, Article in English, pp. 772- 785; in Basque pp. 488- 503; in Spanish 630-45; ISBN 978-84-09-75351-2.
—'The Obscured Childhood Home: May Sinclair, Samuel Butler and the Problem of HeredityLink opens in a new window', in , eds Leslie de Bont, Isabelle Brasme and Florence Marie, 2024. Presses universitaires de la M茅diterran茅e - PULM (Collection 'Present Perfect), Montpellier, France, pp. 87-106 , ISBN 9782367815091.
—'Schopenhauer's Metaphysics and Ethics: Mapping Influences and Congruities with Feminist PhilosophersLink opens in a new window', in , eds . S Lettow and T. Pulkinnen, 2022, Palgrave Handbooks in German Idealism. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham., pp. 411-29; ISBN: 978-1137334749 h/b; 9783031131240 p/b; 1137334746. doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-13123-3_22.
—'Cavarero, Kant and the Arcs of Friendship', in , eds Clare Woodford and Tim Huzar, Fordham University Press, 2021, pp. 109-20; ISBN: 9780823290086 h/b; ISBN: 9780823290093 p/b; ISBN: 9780823290109 eBook.
—'Simone de Beauvoir, Stream of Consciousness and Philosophical Fiction: Becoming a Self in the First Draft of She Came to StayLink opens in a new window'. , eds. Rebecca Bowler and Claire Drewery, June 2020, e12553,
— '', published online, May Sinclair Society, open access, 12 May 2020.
— '', in , eds Kuisma Korhonen; Arto Haapala; Sara Hein盲maa; Kristian Klockars and Pajari R盲s盲nen, Lanham MD: Rowman and Littlefield (Lexington Books), 2018, pp. 51-65; ISBN 978-0-7391-4177-9 h/b; 978-0-7391-4179-3 eBook.
— '', Nietzsche-Studien: Internationales Jahrbuch f眉r die Nietzsche-Forschung, Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter, 46 (1), December 2017, pp. 114-134. doi:10.1515/nietzstu-2017-0109.
— 鈥楾he Man of Passion: Emotion, Philosophy and Sexual Difference鈥� in , eds Penelope Gouk & Helen Hills, Routledge, 2017, ebook version of 2005 publication, 9781315244471, pp. 139–53.
— 'Natality, Materiality, Maternity: The Sublime and the Grotesque in Contemporary Sculpture', in , eds Gill Rye, Victoria Browne, et al., New York: Routledge, 2017, ISBN-10: 1138648175; ISBN-13: 978-1138648173; ASIN: B073FQZJXC; 978-0367667757 (Kindle), pp. 70-82.
— 'Feminist Aesthetics and the Categories of the Beautiful and the Sublime', in , eds Ann Garry, Serene J. Khader, Alison Stone, New York: Routledge, 2017, ISBN 978-1138795921 (h/b); ISBN 978-0367257989 (p/b); ISBN 978-1315758152 (e-book), pp. 485-497.
— 'Gillian Howie's Situated Philosophy: Theorizing Living and Dying "In Situation"', in , eds D. Whistler and V. Browne, London: Bloomsbury Publishing, 2016, pp. 145-164, ISBN 9781474254120 hb; ISBN 9781350067295 (p/b); ISBN 9781474254144 (EPub & Mobi e-book); 9781474254137 (pdf e-book).
— 'Recollections of Micheal Farrell's "A Shorter History: Auvers-sur-Oise 1982"', in Imagining a University: Fifty Years of the University of 糖心TV Art Collection, published by Mead Gallery, The University of 糖心TV, distributed by Manchester, Cornerhouse Publications, 2015, ISBN 978-0-9570404-7-2, 64-65.
— '' in The Encyclopedia of Aesthetics (2nd ed.), ed. Michael Kelly, Oxford University Press, 2014. Print ISBN-13: 9780199747108; eISBN: 9780199747115.
— 'H.D., The Postmodern and the Mending of Time: The Air War and "May 1943"', in , eds H茅l猫ne Aji et al., Paris: Presses Universitaires de Paris Ouest, 2014, ISBN 978-2-84016-193-6, pp. 19-26.
— '"', in , ed. Diana V. Almeida, Bern, Switzerland: Peter Lang, 2013, ISBN 978-3-0343-1072-7 pb, ISBN 978-3-0351-0549-0 eBook, 15-32.
, in Nigel Llewellyn and Christine Riding (eds.), The Art of the Sublime, Tate Art Research Publications, January 2013. Online republication of 2010 essay.
— 'Kierkegaard, The Phantom of the Public and the Sexual Politics of Crowds', in , eds Alison Assiter and Margherita Tonon, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2012, ISBN13: 978-1-4438-4061-3; ISBN 1-4438-4061-0, 27 - 44.
— , Women: A Cultural Review, 2011, vol. 22, nos 2-3, pp. 125 - 142. Special Issue on Situating the Self and on my work.
— '"Behold the Buffoon": Dada, Nietzsche's Ecce Homo and the Sublime', Tate Papers, Spring 2010, Issue 13.
— , Times Higher Education, 10 September 2009.
— '', online (2009) publication of 2000 article from Christine Battersby, Catherine Constable, Rachel Jones and Judy Purdom (eds), Going Australian: Reconfiguring Feminism and Philosophy, Hypatia, 2000, 15 (2), 1–17.
— , Women: A Cultural Review, 2006/7, vol. 17, no 3, pp. 290 - 309.
— 鈥楾he Man of Passion: Emotion, Philosophy and Sexual Difference鈥� in , eds Penelope Gouk & Helen Hills, Ashgate, 2005, ISBN 9780754630586, pp. 139–53.
— 鈥樷��In the Shadow of his Language鈥�: May Sinclair鈥檚 Portrait of the Artist as Daughter
鈥�, , 2002, nos 33/4, 102–20.
— 鈥楾error, Terrorism and the Sublime: Rethinking the Sublime after 1789 and 2001鈥�, , pp. 67–89.
— 鈥榠n Christine Battersby, Catherine Constable, Rachel Jones and Judy Purdom (eds), Going Australian: Reconfiguring Feminism and Philosophy, Hypatia, 2000, 15 (2), 1–17.
— 鈥楤irth, Death and Metaphysics鈥�, The Philosopher鈥檚 Magazine 1999, no 7, 49–50.
— 鈥楬ow to Radicalise Kant: Feminism, Difference and Artistic Taste鈥� in Aesthetic Theory, Art and Popular Culture, ed. Jostein Gripsrud, Bergen, H酶yskole Forlaget, Kulturstudier 8, Nordic Academic Press, 1999, 11–32.
— 鈥楽ituating the Aesthetic: A Feminist Defence鈥�, , ed. Eric Dayton, Peterborough,
— 'Genius and Feminism' in (1st ed.), ed. Michael Kelly, Oxford University Press, 1998, vol. 2, 292–299.
— 鈥楽ituating the Aesthetic: A Feminist Defence鈥�, Thinking Art: Beyond Traditional Aesthetics, in Feminist Art Criticism: Selected Texts, ed. Ivan Strugar, Zagreb, Croatia, Centre for Women, 1998. Reprint of 1991 article.
— 鈥楽tages on Kant鈥檚 Way: Aesthetics, Morality and the Gendered Sublime鈥�, , eds Naomi Zack, Laurie Shrage, Crispin Sartwell, Blackwell 1998, 227–44. Anthologised version of 1995 article (without appended translation).
— 'Her Blood and his Mirror: Mary Coleridge, Luce Irigaray and the female self', in Richard Eldridge (ed) , Cambridge University Press, 1996.
— 'Just Jamming: Irigaray, Painting & Psychoanalysis' in , ed Katy Deepwell, Manchester University Press, 1995.
— 鈥楽tages on Kant鈥檚 Way: Aesthetics, Morality and the Gendered Sublime鈥� in , eds Peggy Z. Brand and Carolyn Korsmeyer, University Park, PA, The Pennsylvania University Press, 1995, 88–114.
— 鈥楢ntinomies: The Art of Evelyn Williams鈥�, , The Mead Gallery, University of 糖心TV, Catalogue Essay, 1994.
— 鈥楢n Enquiry concerning the Humean Woman鈥�, in David Hume: A Critical Assessment, ed. Stanley Tweyman, Routledge, 1995, 6 vols. Anthologised 1981 article.
— 鈥楾he Female Sublime鈥�, Women鈥檚 Art Magazine 1995, no. 58, 8–10.
— 鈥楪ender and the Picturesque: Recording Ruins in the Landscape of Patriarchy鈥� in , eds Jane Brettle and Sally Rice, Manchester University Press, 1995, 78–95.
— 鈥楿nblocking the Oedipal: Karoline von G眉nderode and the Female Sublime鈥� in , eds Sally Ledger, Josephine McDonagh and Jane Spencer, New York, London, Harvester Wheatsheaf, 1995, 129–143.
— 鈥榃omen of Substance鈥�, Everywoman (May), 1995, 22–3.
— 鈥樷�淚 am not a Philosopher鈥�: Simone de Beauvoir and the Delirium of Genius鈥�, Women鈥檚 Philosophy Review, 1994 (November), no 12, 36–42.
— 鈥楬er Body/her Boundaries: Gender and the Metaphysics of Containment鈥� in The Body, ed. A. E. Benjamin, Special issue of Journal of Philosophy and the Visual Arts 1993, 4, 30–39.
— 鈥楢 Different View鈥�, Art and Design 7, 1992, nos 3/4, 24-31.
— 鈥樷�淗ermaphrodites of Art and Vampires of Practice鈥�: Problems of Women in Architecture鈥� in Architecture/ Space/Painting, ed. A. E. Benjamin, Special issue of Journal of Philosophy and the Visual Arts 1992, 3, 26–35.
— 鈥楶hilosophy: The Recalcitrant Discipline鈥�, Women: A Cultural Review 1992, 3 (2), 121–32.
— 鈥楻oars of Lionesses鈥�, The Higher (Times Higher Education Supplement) no. 1017 (1 May 1992), 18. Reprinted in Women in Philosophy Newsletter, no 7 (1992).
— 鈥楾he Architect as Genius: Feminism and the Aesthetics of Exclusion鈥�, alba: Scotland鈥檚 Magazine for the Visual Arts 1991, vol. 1, no. 3, 9–17.
— 鈥楻ecent Work in Feminist Philosophy鈥�, Philosophical Books 1991, 32, 193–201.
— 鈥楽ituating the Aesthetic: A Feminist Defence鈥�, Thinking Art: Beyond Traditional Aesthetics, eds A. E. Benjamin and P. Osborne, London, Institute of Contemporary Arts, ICA Documents no. 10, 1991, 31–43.
— 鈥楧irty Words for the Tate鈥�, Women Artists Slide Library Journal, 1990, 33, 4–8.
— 鈥楪enius and 鈥淭he Female Sex鈥� in the Eighteenth Century鈥�, Oxford, The Voltaire Foundation, Studies on Voltaire and the Eighteenth Century, 1989, no. 264, Transactions of the Seventh International Congress on the Enlightenment, Budapest, 1987 vol. 2, 909–12.
— 鈥楳 and P, and M and F鈥�, in D. W. Miller (ed.), To Myself from Others, University of 糖心TV, 1987.
— 'Father Nature in Ancient Rome鈥�, in Archives of International Conference on Women鈥檚 History, Amsterdam, 1986.
— 鈥楢n Enquiry concerning the Humean Woman鈥�, Philosophy, 1981, 56, 303–12.
— 鈥楢n Enquiry concerning the Humean Woman鈥� in Transactions of the Fifth International Congress on the Enlightenment, Pisa, 1979 , no. 18 (1981), The Voltaire Foundation, 1964–7.
— 鈥楬ume, Newton and 鈥淭he Hill called Difficulty鈥濃�� in , ed. S. C. Brown, Sussex, Harvester, Royal Institute of Philosophy Lectures vol. 12, 1979, 31–55.
— 鈥楾he Dialogues as Original Imitation: Cicero and the Nature of Hume鈥檚 Skepticism鈥� in , eds D. F. Norton, N. Capaldi and W. L. Robison,
— 鈥楳orality and the Ik鈥�, Philosophy 1978, 53, no. 204, 201–14.
— co-author Peter Wren Howard, The Tibetan Wheel of Life, Peter Wren Howard Publications, 1972, corrected ed. 1976.
RECENT TALKS AND INTERVIEWS
Christine Battersby, '', Interviewed by Rick Lewis, December 2022/January 2023, Philosophy Now, Issue 153, Theme Issue on Creativity, 12-13.
—'Genius, Creativity and Feminism', The Philosophy Project, Invited Lecture on Feminist Aesthetics for a Certificate Course on Feminist Philosophy, University of Delhi, Online, 9 August 2021. .
—'"I'm Incorrigible!" Schopenhauer, Idealism and May Sinclair', IAPh 2021 (Conference on History of Women Philosophers and Scientists), University of Paderborn, Germany, Online, 20 July 2021.
—'With Schopenhauer at the Front: Sinclair鈥檚 War Journal and Related Texts,' Networking May Sinclair, Universit茅 de Nantes, France, Online, , 24 June 2021.
—'Continental Philosophy and Feminist Philosophy: Slipping Through the Gaps,' 糖心TV Continental Philosophy Conference, 2020-21, Keynote TalkLink opens in a new window, 24 March 2021.
— 'With Schopenhauer at the Front: The Case of May Sinclair', Society for European Philosophy/Forum for European Philosophy Conference, Staffordshire University, Online, 31 October 2020.
—, by Lili Zarzycki, The Architectural Review, 20 March 2020, Digital Edition on Masculinities.
—'The Pregnant Grotesque: Contextualising the Portrayal of Pregnancy in Contemporary Sculpture', Performing Identities Seminar, Department of Philosophy, State University of Milan, 28 May 2019.
—'Schopenhauer', Contribution to a conversation about Schopenhauer's philosophy with Professor Christopher Janaway and Dr Christopher Ryan organised by the Forum for European Philosophy in conjunction with the Society of European Philosophy, London School of Economics, 3 May 2019. Podcast: Listen or on .
—'Cavarero, Kant and "Somebody to Lean On": Verona, K枚nigsberg and the Relational Self', Plenary for 7th Annual Conference of The Society for Women in Philosophy, Ireland, Dublin City University, 26-28 April 2019.
—'Beauvoir鈥檚 Early Passion for Schopenhauer: On Becoming a Self', Forum Penser avec Simone de Beauvoir Aujourd'hui, Universit茅 Paris Diderot, Paris, 11 October 2018.
—'Simone de Beauvoir, Stream of Consciousness and Becoming a Self: Two Unpublished Chapters from She Came to Stay', Stream of Consciousness Centenary Conference, Sheffield Hallam University, 27 July 2018.
— 'The Sublime at Sea: From the Infinity of Surface to the Oceans of the Anthropocene', Keynote for Conference on the 21st-Century Sublime, University of 糖心TV, 17 July 2018.
— 'Cavarero, Kant and the Relational Self', Inaugural 糖心TV Continental Philosophy Conference (on Identity and Community: Metaphysics, Politics and Aesthetics), University of 糖心TV, 28 June 2018.
—'Re-imagining Creativity: Individuality without Individualism', University of Dundee Undergraduate Humanities Conference 2018, University of Dundee, 24 March 2018.
— 'Beauvoir鈥檚 Early Passion for Schopenhauer: Of Soap-Bubbles, Disappearance and After-Effects', Christina Research Seminar, Gender Studies Programme in the Department of Philosophy, History, Culture and Art, University of Helsinki, 5 December 2017.
— 'Genius and Creativity: Revisiting the Debates', Public Lecture for Course on 'Feminist Perspectives in Artistic Production and Theories of Art (6th ed.) () , Azkuna Zentroa (Art Centre), Arriqu铆bar Plaza, 4, 48010 Bilbao, Spain, 28 October 2017.
— 'Cavarero, Kant and the Arcs of Friendship', Conference on Giving Life To Politics: The Work of Adriana Cavarero, The Centre for Applied Philosophy, Politics, and Ethics (CAPPE), University of Brighton, Conference Presentation, 20 June 2017.
— 'Gillian Howie's Situated Philosophy: Theorizing Living and Dying "In Situation"', Arts & Humanities Research Institute and Philosophy Seminar, Dundee University, 22 March 2017.
— 'Female Creativity and Temporal Discontinuity: Slips and Skips of Remembrance in Nietzsche and Freud', Nietzsche, Feminism and Psychoanalysis Conference, Kingston University, 26 November 2016.
— 'Beauvoir鈥檚 Early Passion for Schopenhauer: Of Soap-Bubbles, Disappearance and After-Effects', AHRC Funded Workshop on German idealism and Early French Philosophy, Philosophy Department, Royal Holloway, University of London, Senate House London, 16 June 2016.
— 'Of Cyborgs, Robots and the Ethics of Drone Warfare', Research Seminar, Materialist Ecological Architectures, Bartlett School of Architecture, University College London, 18 March, 2016.
— 'Of Cyborgs, Robots and the Ethics of Drone Warfare', Staff and Graduate Research Seminar, Philosophy Department, George Mason University, Arlington, Virginia, USA, 10 September, 2015.
— 'Authenticity and the Art Gallery Experience: Van Gogh鈥檚 Children, Micheal Farrell, Heidegger and Sartre', European Society for Aesthetics, Dublin, Conference Presentation, 11 June 2015.
— 'Three Models of Creativity: Individuality without Individualism', We (not I): On Creativity and Value, Symposium, South London Gallery, 2 May, 2015. Link to plus and
— 'Philosophy, Feminism and the Female Self', Minorities and Philosophy Society (Inaugural Event), The Philosophy Department, The University of Stirling, 17 April 2015.
— 'Drone Warfare on Stage': A discussion with Lucy Ellinson, Performer of the Monologue Grounded by George Brant, Studio, 糖心TV Arts Centre, 8 October 2015.
— 'H.D., Modernity and the Mending of Time: 鈥淢ay 14 says the Calendar鈥� (in 1943 and 2014)', Centre for Research in Philosophy, Literature and the Arts, University of 糖心TV, Coventry, 14 May 2014.
—'Cultures of Creativity: Shifting the Frame', Royal Institute of Philosophy Public Lecture, St Mary's University, Twickenham, London, 19 February 2014.
—'Gillian Howie's Situated Philosophy: Theorising the Intersections of Self, Body and World', Contribution to Feminism, Materialism, Critical Theory: A Symposium in Honour of Gillian Howie (1965-2013), University of Liverpool, 16 December 2013.
— 'H.D., The Postmodern and the Mending of Time: The Air War and "May 1943"', contribution to a Panel at H.D. and Modernity: An International Conference, 脡cole Normale Sup茅rieure, Paris, 7 December 2013.
— 'Of Cyborgs, Robots and the Ethics of Drone Warfare', Public Lecture, Trinity College, Dublin, 12 November 2013.
— 'Natality, Materiality, Maternity: The Sublime and The Grotesque in Contemporary Sculpture', Plenary Lecture at a Conference on Motherhood in post-1968 European Women's Writing: Cross-Cultural and Interdisciplinary Dialogues, Senate House, London, 25 October 2013.
— 'Moses, Isis, Helen and the Religions of the Sublime', contribution to a Seminar on Modernism and Religion, Modernist Studies Association Conference, University of Sussex, 31 August 2013
— 'What Did She Love? Grimm Reality, H.D.'s Everyday and the Mending of Time', contribution to a Panel on War and the Everyday, Modernist Studies Association Conference, University of Sussex, 30 August 2013.
— 'Theatrical Encounters: Metaphysics and the Sexed Self', invited contribution to a Symposium on Metaphysical Speculation in Contemporary Drama, co-organised by Chris Megson (Royal Holloway), Vicky Angelaki (University of Birmingham) and Elizabeth Tomlin (University of Birmingham), at the University of London, 9 July 2013.
— 'Of Cyborgs, Robots and the Ethics of Drone Warfare', Public Lecture, The University of San Francisco, 12 April 2013.
— Contribution to a Roundtable on the Effects of War on Society, Philosophy Department, The University of San Francisco, 10 April 2013.
— 'Struck by the Forgotten: Trauma and the Sublime in Nietzsche and Freud', Staff Seminar, Philosophy Department, The University of San Francisco, 9 April 2013.
—'The Poetry of H.D.', Undergraduate Seminar on War in Literature, Philosophy and Film, Philosophy Department, The University of San Francisco, 8 April 2013.
— 'A-Life, AI and B-Life: The Cognitive Sciences, Bare Life and Birthed Life', San Francisco Bay Area Feminist Workshop, 6 April 2013.
— 'Of Cyborgs, Robots and the Ethics of Drone Warfare', University of the West of England Philosophy Staff and Graduate Seminar, 6 March 2013.
— 'Natality, Materiality, Maternity: The Sublime and The Grotesque in Contemporary Sculpture', Seminar in MA Course in Gender, Culture and the Media, Goldsmith's University, 25 October 2012.
— 'Sea Changes: The Ebbs and Flows of the Oceanic Sublime', Plenary Lecture at a Symposium on Rona Lee: That Oceanic Feeling (art exhibition), John Hansard Gallery, Southampton, 13 October 2012.
— Roundtable contribution to The Political Aesthetics of Power and Protest, workshop linked to the Gendered Ceremony and Ritual in Parliament programme, 糖心TV University, 25 September 2012.
—Response to Ranjana Thapalyal, 'Crossing Cultures in Fleshy Metaphysics' (on Hinduism, metaphysics, and art education), Pedagogical Encounters: Feminist Philosophy and Education, The University of Dundee, Scotland, 22 June 2012, Engendering Dialogue III: Feminist Thought and Contemporary Debates in Art, Science and Education.
— 'By a Woman Wrought: Do We/Should We Still Care?', Plenary Lecture, Seeing Things Differently: Art, Philosophy and the Futures of Feminism, The University of Dundee, Scotland, 30 March 2012; Engendering Dialogue II: Feminist Thought and Contemporary Debates in Art, Science and Education.
— 'Re-appropriating Kant for Feminism', Debate with Rachel Jones (Dundee) and Stella Sandford (Kingston), The Oxford Forum for European Philosophy, Oxford, 10 February 2012.
— 'Natality, Materiality, Maternity: The Sublime, The Grotesque and the Art of Marc Quinn', Staff and Graduate Seminar, Braga, Portugal, 21 June 2011.
— 'By a Woman Wrought: Do We/Should We Still Care?', Plenary Lecture, University of Lisbon Centre for English Studies, Lisbon, Portugal, 17 June 2011, .
— 'A-Life, AI and B-Life: The Cognitive Sciences, Bare Life and Birthed Life', Plenary Lecture, Conference on Bodies of Thought: Fleshy Subjects, Embodied Minds and Human Nature, Royal Society of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland, 11 June 2011; one of series of conferences on Engendering Dialogue: Feminist Thought and Contemporary Dialogue in Art, Science and Education, .
— Seminar on Chs 5 & 6 of The Sublime, Terror & Human Difference, Critical Theory & Spiritual Practice (Graduate Seminar), University of Oxford, 19 May 2011.
— 'Struck by the Forgotten: Trauma and the Sublime in Nietzsche and Freud', Centre for Research in Philosophy, Literature and the Arts, University of 糖心TV, Coventry, 7 December 2010.
— 'Kierkegaard, The Phantom of the Public and the Sexual Politics of Crowds', Plenary Speaker, Kierkegaard and the Political, University of the West of England, Bristol, 15 April 2010.
— 'But What if the Object Started to Emerge?', Doctoral Research Seminar, University of the Arts, London, 12 March 2010.
— '"Behold the Buffoon": Dada, Nietzsche's Ecce Homo and the Sublime', 'Wrong From The Start', Modernism and the Sublime, Tate Britain, 30 November 2009.
— 'Philosophy, Feminism and the Female Self', Philosophy Research Seminar, Oxford Brookes University, 25 November 2009.
— 'Natality, Materiality, Maternity: The Sublime, The Grotesque and the Art of Marc Quinn', 'The Friday Event', Public Lecture, Glasgow School of Art, 13 November 2009.
— 'The Sublime and Birth-Works', Seminar for graduate and undergraduate students, Glasgow School of Art, 13 November 2009.
— 'Celebrating Other Philosophers: Methodology, History and Philosophical Debate', Situated Selves: Phenomenology, Law and Aesthetics -- Celebrating the Work of Christine Battersby', Department of Philosophy, University of Liverpool, 30 - 31st October 2009.
— 'Natality, Materiality, Maternity: The Sublime, The Grotesque and the Art of Marc Quinn', Natality, Embodiment and the Maternal: Feminist Conversations', Keynote Speaker, University of Dundee Philosophy Conference, 28 - 29 May 2009.
— 'Harriet Hosmer, Laocoon and the Sublime' for an undergraduate course on Victorian Women, Travel and Europe, University of Cyprus, Nicosia, 20 March 2009.
— 'Nietzsche's Ecce Homo as Autobiography' for an undergraduate course on Truth and Language in Modern Autobiographical Texts, University of Cyprus, Nicosia, 19 March 2009.
— 'Struck by the Forgotten: Trauma and the Sublime in Nietzsche and Freud', Open Lecture/Seminar, University of Cyprus, Nicosia, 18 March 2009.
— 'Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Marble Faun and the Picturesque' for an undergraduate course on Victorian Women, Travel and Europe, University of Cyprus, Nicosia, 17 March 2009.
— 'Philosophy, Feminism and the Female Self', Rugby School, 12 February 2009.
— 鈥楾he Sublime and Nietzsche', Gloucestershire Philosophical Society, Cheltenham Spa, 14 January 2009.
— 'The Female Sublime and the Feminine Sublime: Contemporary Problems concerning the Representation of Birth (The Case of Marc Quinn)', Penser le sublime au XXIe si猫cle, International Workshop I, FMSH/ EHSS/ CEHTA/ Maison Suger, Universit茅 de Paris X Nanterre/ British Academy/ DAAD, Fondation de Maison des Sciences de l'Homme, Paris, 16 September 2008.
— 鈥楽ublime Mystery, Memory and Modes of the Belated: Nietzsche, Freud and the Discourses of Trauma鈥�, Plenary Speaker, Trauma and the Sublime Conference, University of Swansea, 7 August 2008.
— '鈥淟et the Devil wear Black鈥�: Fate, Affirmation and the Laughter of Hamlet in Nietzsche and Schopenhauer鈥�, Nietzsche Workshop, University of 糖心TV, 5 June 2008.
— 鈥楾he Shocking Difference: Encountering the Other鈥�, Special Honours Undergraduate Lecture/Seminar, The University of Dundee, 20 March 2008.
— 鈥楽artre, Deleuze and the Ontology of Make-Up鈥�, Staff and Graduate Seminar, University of Dundee, 19 March 2008
— 鈥楴ietzsche, the Sublime and the Shock of the Old鈥�, Philosophy Society, Heythrop College, London, 5 March 2008.
