Each year the Society organizes a Conference after which the General Assembly is held. Here is the list of past conferences.
If you are a member, you can read the reviews of the Conferences (1983-2014) in Yolanda Patterson's newsletters.
From 2022, you can find the reviews online (the links are indicated when it is the case).
If you are a member, you can read the reviews of the Conferences (1983-2014) in Yolanda Patterson's newsletters.
From 2022, you can find the reviews online (the links are indicated when it is the case).
29th International Conference of the Simone de Beauvoir Society
"Beauvoir as a moral philosopher"
June 28-29 2024
Host: Manon Garcia and Esther Neuhann
final_program_beauvoir.pdf
28th International Conference of the Simone de Beauvoir Society
"Beauvoir and Post-Truth"
August 16-19 2023
Host: Erika Ruonakoski
Online review by JOONAS S. MARTIKAINEN.
27th International Conference of the Simone de Beauvoir Society (online)
"Rereading Beauvoir in the 21st century"
June 2-4 2022
Host : Deniz Durmuş and Dianna Taylor
Online Review by Maria Genova
27th International Conference of the Simone de Beauvoir Society
"Reading Beauvoir in the 21st century"
April 16-18, 2020, John Carroll University
Host: Deniz Durmuş
Update: due to the Covid19 crisis, the conference was cancelled last minute.
26th International Conference of the Simone de Beauvoir Society
"Beauvoir's Diverse Lineages of Existentialism"
June 3-5, 2019, George Washington University
Host: Tove Pettersen and the DLE II Conference
CFP
25th International Conference of the Simone de Beauvoir Society
"Simone de Beauvoir Today"
October 11-13, 2018, University of Paris, Diderot
Host: Tove Pettersen
CFP
Program
24th International Conference of the Simone de Beauvoir Society
"Simone de Beauvoir's Feminism(s)"
June 19-21, 2017, University of Haifa, Israel
Host: Sara Cohen Shabot
CFP
Program
23rd International Conference of the Simone de Beauvoir Society
“Solidarity and Social Justice: The Political Life and Writings of Simone de Beauvoir”
June 21-24, 2016, University of Wisconsin-Superior, Superior, WI
Host: Sarah LaChance Adams
CFP
Program
22nd International Conference of the Simone de Beauvoir Society
Diverse Lineages of Existentialism: Africana, Feminist, and Continental Philosophy
June 19-21, 2014, St. Louis, MO
Host: Margaret Simons, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
CFP
21st International Conference of the Simone de Beauvoir Society
“Reassessing Simone de Beauvoir’s Life and Works Five Years after The Centenary of Her Birth”
June 19-22, 2013, Alicante University, Spain
Hosts: M.I. Corbí Sáez, Maribel Peñalver Vicea, & M.A Llorca Tonda
CFP
Program
20th International Conference of the Simone de Beauvoir Society
“Simone de Beauvoir: Philosophy, Literature, and the Humanities”
June 20-23, 2012, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway and The University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
Hosts: Tove Pettersen and Annlaug Bjørsnøs
CFP
Program
19th International Conference of the Simone de Beauvoir Society
“Simone de Beauvoir: Interpretations and Translations for the 21st Century”
June 15-18, 2011, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR
Host: Bonnie Mann
CFP
Program
18th International Conference of the Simone de Beauvoir Society
“Simone de Beauvoir: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow”
June 23-26, 2010, Galleria Comunale d'Arte, Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy
Hosts: Andrea Duranti and Matteo Tuveri
CFP
Program
17th International Conference of the Simone de Beauvoir Society
“Simone de Beauvoir: Then and Now”
June 18-20, 2009, San José State University, San José, CA
Host: Dominique van Hooff
CFP
16th International Conference of the Simone de Beauvoir Society
"The Legacies of Simone de Beauvoir"
June 13-15, 2008, Northumbria University, Newcastle, England
Hosts: Allison Holland and Susan Bainbrigge
CFP
15th International Conference of the Simone de Beauvoir Society
“Autour de Simone de Beauvoir”
June 2007, Collège Jean-de-Brébeuf, Montréal, Canada
Host: Suzanne Roy
14th International Conference of the Simone de Beauvoir Society
“Simone de Beauvoir Twenty Years Later”
June 2006 Casa dei Teatri, Rome, Italy
Host: Simona Barello
13th International Conference of the Simone de Beauvoir Society
“Simone de Beauvoir Returns to California”
June 2005, Monterey Institute of International Studies, Monterey, California
Host: Gisele Kapuscinski
12th International Conference of the Simone de Beauvoir Society
“Coast to Coast with Simone de Beauvoir”
June 2004, Claremont, California
Host: Judy Miles
11th International Conference of the Simone de Beauvoir Society
“De Beauvoir à Sartre, de Sartre à Beauvoir”
June 2003, Paris, France
Hosts: Lilianne Lazar and Sandrine Daupine in collaboration with Michel Rybalka of le Groupe d'Études Sartriennes
10th International Conference of the Simone de Beauvoir Society
“Simone de Beauvoir Returns to Italy”
June 2002, Turin/Torino, Italie
Host: Simona Barello
9th International Conference of the Simone de Beauvoir Society
“Engaging with Simone de Beauvoir”
June 2001, St-John's College, Oxford University, England
osts: Elizabeth Fallaize et Ursula Tidd
8th International Conference of the Simone de Beauvoir Society
“Simone de Beauvoir: L'engagement d'une oeuvre et d'une vie/A Lifetime of Commitment and Writing”
June 200, Trent University, Toronto, Canada
Host: Helene Benbaruk
7th International Conference of the Simone de Beauvoir Society
“The Second Sex Turns Fifty”
June 1999, Lisbon, Portugal
Host: Maria Joao Frazao
6th International Conference of the Simone de Beauvoir Society
“Beauvoir at 90: A Reevaluation”
June 1998, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Host: Sylvie Rockmore
5th International Conference of the Simone de Beauvoir Society
"Simone de Beauvoir: Witness to Century”
June 1997, Northern Kentucky University and Cincinatti Ohio
Host: Barbara Klaw
4th International Conference of the Simone de Beauvoir Society
“Simone de Beauvoir Ten Years On”
June 1996, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland
Hosts: Tommy Murtagh and Terry Keefe
3rd International Conference of the Simone de Beauvoir Society
“Simone de Beauvoir and Other Worlds”
June 1995, Palo Alto, California
Host: Yolanda Patterson
2nd International Conference of the Simone de Beauvoir Society
“Simone de Beauvoir and Women Writers throughout the Centuries”
June 1993, Palo Alto, California
Host: Yolanda Patterson
1st International Conference of the Simone de Beauvoir Society
“The Legacy of Simone de Beauvoir”
June 1991, Palo Alto, California
Host: Yolanda Patterson
"Beauvoir as a moral philosopher"
June 28-29 2024
Host: Manon Garcia and Esther Neuhann
final_program_beauvoir.pdf
28th International Conference of the Simone de Beauvoir Society
"Beauvoir and Post-Truth"
August 16-19 2023
Host: Erika Ruonakoski
Online review by JOONAS S. MARTIKAINEN.
27th International Conference of the Simone de Beauvoir Society (online)
"Rereading Beauvoir in the 21st century"
June 2-4 2022
Host : Deniz Durmuş and Dianna Taylor
Online Review by Maria Genova
27th International Conference of the Simone de Beauvoir Society
"Reading Beauvoir in the 21st century"
April 16-18, 2020, John Carroll University
Host: Deniz Durmuş
Update: due to the Covid19 crisis, the conference was cancelled last minute.
26th International Conference of the Simone de Beauvoir Society
"Beauvoir's Diverse Lineages of Existentialism"
June 3-5, 2019, George Washington University
Host: Tove Pettersen and the DLE II Conference
CFP
25th International Conference of the Simone de Beauvoir Society
"Simone de Beauvoir Today"
October 11-13, 2018, University of Paris, Diderot
Host: Tove Pettersen
CFP
Program
24th International Conference of the Simone de Beauvoir Society
"Simone de Beauvoir's Feminism(s)"
June 19-21, 2017, University of Haifa, Israel
Host: Sara Cohen Shabot
CFP
Program
23rd International Conference of the Simone de Beauvoir Society
“Solidarity and Social Justice: The Political Life and Writings of Simone de Beauvoir”
June 21-24, 2016, University of Wisconsin-Superior, Superior, WI
Host: Sarah LaChance Adams
CFP
Program
22nd International Conference of the Simone de Beauvoir Society
Diverse Lineages of Existentialism: Africana, Feminist, and Continental Philosophy
June 19-21, 2014, St. Louis, MO
Host: Margaret Simons, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
CFP
21st International Conference of the Simone de Beauvoir Society
“Reassessing Simone de Beauvoir’s Life and Works Five Years after The Centenary of Her Birth”
June 19-22, 2013, Alicante University, Spain
Hosts: M.I. Corbí Sáez, Maribel Peñalver Vicea, & M.A Llorca Tonda
CFP
Program
20th International Conference of the Simone de Beauvoir Society
“Simone de Beauvoir: Philosophy, Literature, and the Humanities”
June 20-23, 2012, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway and The University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
Hosts: Tove Pettersen and Annlaug Bjørsnøs
CFP
Program
19th International Conference of the Simone de Beauvoir Society
“Simone de Beauvoir: Interpretations and Translations for the 21st Century”
June 15-18, 2011, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR
Host: Bonnie Mann
CFP
Program
18th International Conference of the Simone de Beauvoir Society
“Simone de Beauvoir: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow”
June 23-26, 2010, Galleria Comunale d'Arte, Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy
Hosts: Andrea Duranti and Matteo Tuveri
CFP
Program
17th International Conference of the Simone de Beauvoir Society
“Simone de Beauvoir: Then and Now”
June 18-20, 2009, San José State University, San José, CA
Host: Dominique van Hooff
CFP
16th International Conference of the Simone de Beauvoir Society
"The Legacies of Simone de Beauvoir"
June 13-15, 2008, Northumbria University, Newcastle, England
Hosts: Allison Holland and Susan Bainbrigge
CFP
15th International Conference of the Simone de Beauvoir Society
“Autour de Simone de Beauvoir”
June 2007, Collège Jean-de-Brébeuf, Montréal, Canada
Host: Suzanne Roy
14th International Conference of the Simone de Beauvoir Society
“Simone de Beauvoir Twenty Years Later”
June 2006 Casa dei Teatri, Rome, Italy
Host: Simona Barello
13th International Conference of the Simone de Beauvoir Society
“Simone de Beauvoir Returns to California”
June 2005, Monterey Institute of International Studies, Monterey, California
Host: Gisele Kapuscinski
12th International Conference of the Simone de Beauvoir Society
“Coast to Coast with Simone de Beauvoir”
June 2004, Claremont, California
Host: Judy Miles
11th International Conference of the Simone de Beauvoir Society
“De Beauvoir à Sartre, de Sartre à Beauvoir”
June 2003, Paris, France
Hosts: Lilianne Lazar and Sandrine Daupine in collaboration with Michel Rybalka of le Groupe d'Études Sartriennes
10th International Conference of the Simone de Beauvoir Society
“Simone de Beauvoir Returns to Italy”
June 2002, Turin/Torino, Italie
Host: Simona Barello
9th International Conference of the Simone de Beauvoir Society
“Engaging with Simone de Beauvoir”
June 2001, St-John's College, Oxford University, England
osts: Elizabeth Fallaize et Ursula Tidd
8th International Conference of the Simone de Beauvoir Society
“Simone de Beauvoir: L'engagement d'une oeuvre et d'une vie/A Lifetime of Commitment and Writing”
June 200, Trent University, Toronto, Canada
Host: Helene Benbaruk
7th International Conference of the Simone de Beauvoir Society
“The Second Sex Turns Fifty”
June 1999, Lisbon, Portugal
Host: Maria Joao Frazao
6th International Conference of the Simone de Beauvoir Society
“Beauvoir at 90: A Reevaluation”
June 1998, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Host: Sylvie Rockmore
5th International Conference of the Simone de Beauvoir Society
"Simone de Beauvoir: Witness to Century”
June 1997, Northern Kentucky University and Cincinatti Ohio
Host: Barbara Klaw
4th International Conference of the Simone de Beauvoir Society
“Simone de Beauvoir Ten Years On”
June 1996, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland
Hosts: Tommy Murtagh and Terry Keefe
3rd International Conference of the Simone de Beauvoir Society
“Simone de Beauvoir and Other Worlds”
June 1995, Palo Alto, California
Host: Yolanda Patterson
2nd International Conference of the Simone de Beauvoir Society
“Simone de Beauvoir and Women Writers throughout the Centuries”
June 1993, Palo Alto, California
Host: Yolanda Patterson
1st International Conference of the Simone de Beauvoir Society
“The Legacy of Simone de Beauvoir”
June 1991, Palo Alto, California
Host: Yolanda Patterson
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