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  The International Simone de Beauvoir Society
Each year the Society organizes a Conference after which the General Assembly is held. Here is the list of past conferences.
27th International Conference of the Simone de Beauvoir Society
"Reading Beauvoir in the 21st century"
April 16-18, 2020, John Carroll University
Host: Deniz Durmu
ş
Update: due to the Covid19 crisis, the conference was cancelled.


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
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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 a Sartre, de Sartre a 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
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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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