Women Writers

Aisling joined the Department of Philosophy at Harvard in the fall of 2024. She received her B.S. in mathematics from Saint Michael’s College and her M.A. in philosophy from Virginia Tech. She is particularly interested in early modern philosophy of mind...

Courtney is broadly interested in early modern disability and medicine. Her Master’s thesis focused on an underutilized religious commentary written by a blind woman in 16th century Germany. The main purpose of her thesis was to better understand the...

Janet Gyatso works on intellectual history and literature in early modern Tibet. Her books include Being Buddhist in a Human World: An Intellectual History of Medicine in Early Modern Tibet (2015) and Apparitions of the Self: The Secret Autobiographies of...

Region: Europe; North America
Time: 17th Century; 18th Century
Theme: Colonialism; French Literature; Intellectual History; Women Writers

• Regions: Atlantic World; Britain; England; Europe; France
• Times: 17th century; 18th century; 19th century
• Themes: British Literature; Cultural History; French Literature; History of Art and Architecture; History of the Body; History of the Book; History of...

• Region: Britain
• Time: 15th Century; 16th Century; 17th Century
• Theme: British Literature; Cultural History; Cryptography; History of the Book; Women Writers