Sabrina Ebbersmeyer

German female philosopher

Sabrina Ebbersmeyer is a German philosopher and Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Copenhagen. She is known for her work on the philosophy of the Renaissance and early modern period. She was president of the European Society for Early Modern Philosophy from 2019 until 2022.

Education and career

Ebbersmeyer has studied at University of Hildesheim, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, and Technical University of Berlin, receiving with her Ph.D. in philosophy from Hildesheim University in 1999. As of 2014 she is an associate professor at the University of Copenhagen. From 2019 until 2022 Ebbersmeyer was the president of the European Society for Early Modern Philosophy.^[1]

Work

Ebbersmeyer is a known for her work in scholar in Renaissance and Early Modern philosophy, and women in the history of philosophy.^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]

Selected publications

Ebbersmeyer, Sabrina; Hutton, Sarah, eds. (2021-10-07). Elisabeth of Bohemia. Cham: Springer. ISBN 978-3-030-71526-7.^[6]
Lines, David A.; Ebbersmeyer, Sabrina, eds. (2013-03-31). Rethinking Virtue, Reforming Society: New Directions in Renaissance Ethics, c.1350 - c.1650. Turnhout: Brepols Publishers. ISBN 978-2-503-52524-2.^[7]
Ebbersmeyer, Sabrina (2010-05-19). Homo agens: Studien zur Genese und Struktur frühhumanistischer Moralphilosophie (in German) (1st ed.). Berlin: De Gruyter. ISBN 978-3-11-022576-1.^[8]
Ebbersmeyer, Sabrina; Kessler, Eckhard; Schmeisser, Martin (2007). Ethik des Nützlichen: Texte zur Moralphilosophie im italienischen Humanismus (in German). Wilhelm Fink. ISBN 978-3-7705-4382-3.^[9]

References

^ "Sabrina Ebbersmeyer". comm.ku.dk. 2005-03-30. Retrieved 2023-05-18.
^ Ebbersmeyer, Sabrina (2020-05-03). "From a 'memorable place' to 'drops in the ocean': on the marginalization of women philosophers in German historiography of philosophy". British Journal for the History of Philosophy. 28 (3): 442–462. doi:10.1080/09608788.2019.1677216. ISSN 0960-8788. S2CID 211936729.
^ Ebbersmeyer, Sabrina (2020). "An Inventory of the Extant Correspondence of Elisabeth of Bohemia, Princess Palatine (1618–1680)". Journal of the History of Philosophy. 58 (2): 325–398. doi:10.1353/hph.2020.0041. ISSN 1538-4586. S2CID 216256449.
^ Ebbersmeyer, Sabrina (2021-01-02). ""There remains nothing to lose for the one who has lost liberty": liberty and free will in Arcangela Tarabotti's (1604–1652) radical criticism of the patriarchy". Intellectual History Review. 31 (1): 7–26. doi:10.1080/17496977.2020.1855948. ISSN 1749-6977. S2CID 231821970.
^ Ebbersmeyer, Sabrina; Paganini, Gianni (2021-01-02). "Where are the female radicals?". Intellectual History Review. 31 (1): 1–6. doi:10.1080/17496977.2021.1874598. ISSN 1749-6977. S2CID 231821983.
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Review of Elisabeth of Bohemia
- Wilkin, Rebecca (2022-12-12). "Elisabeth of Bohemia (1618–1680): A Philosopher in her Historical Context: edited by Sabrina Ebbersmeyer and Sarah Hutton. Women in the History of Philosophy and Science, vol. 9. Springer Nature Switzerland AG, 2021, 218 pp., $64.99 (hb), ISBN 978-3-030-71526-7". Intellectual History Review: 1–3. doi:10.1080/17496977.2022.2149446. ISSN 1749-6977.
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Reviews of Rethinking Virtue
- Villani, Nicolas Stone (2014). "Review of Rethinking Virtue, Reforming Society: New Directions in Renaissance Ethics, c. 1350–c. 1650". The Sixteenth Century Journal. 45 (2): 427–429. ISSN 0361-0160. JSTOR 24245774.
- Roick, Matthias (2014). "Review of Rethinking Virtue, Reforming Society: New Directions in Renaissance Ethics, c. 1350–1650". Renaissance Quarterly. 67 (2): 652–654. doi:10.1086/677474. ISSN 0034-4338. JSTOR 10.1086/677474. S2CID 163864707.
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Review of Homo agens
- Paganini, Gianni (2011). "Review of Homo agens. Studien zur Genese und Struktur frühhumanistischer Moralphilosophie, "Quellen und Studien zur Philosophie", Bd 95". Bruniana & Campanelliana. 17 (2): 611–613. ISSN 1125-3819. JSTOR 24337657.
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Review of Ethik des Nützlichen
- Gallagher, Daniel B; Ebbersmeyer, Sabrina; Keßler, Eckhard (2008). "Review of Ethik-Wissenschaft oder Lebenskunst? Modelle der Normenbegründung von der Antike bis zur Frühen Neuzeit / Ethics-Science or Art of Living? Models of Moral Philosophy from Antiquity to the Early Modern Era. Pluralisierung & Autorität 8, Sabrina Ebbersmeyer, Eckhard Keßler". Renaissance Quarterly. 61 (2): 645–646. doi:10.1353/ren.0.0054. ISSN 0034-4338. JSTOR 10.1353/ren.0.0054. S2CID 170722527.