⏰ EXTENDED DEADLINE! Call for nominations for SdBS Featured Translation 2024 Nominate an exceptional article already published in a language other than French deserving to be known by Francophone readers. A one-page letter is sufficient. Deadline is now on APRIL 30, 2024.

⏰ REPORT DE LA DATE LIMITE Appel à candidature pour le prix Patterson 2024. Soumettez un article original en français apportant une contribution remarquable aux études beauvoiriennes. Concours rouvert jusqu'au 30 AVRIL 2024. Plus de détails : brill.com/view/journals/…

⏰ EXTENDED DEADLINE! Call for nominations for SdBS Featured Translation 2024. Nominate an exceptional article already published in a language other than French deserving to be known by Francophone readers. Deadline: April 30th. brill.com/view/journals/…...

Have you read The Second Sex? Ever wondered: Why is this so confusing? What kind of Marxist is Beauvoir? Why is there so much psychoanalysis? Here’s a new essay in which I share where some of my recent wondering has led me. journal.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/articles/12/1a…

“In contemporary life, desire is aroused in us from all directions… Marketers, cult leaders, politicians, pick-up artists, and others exploit our tendency to be called hither.” iai.tv/articles/simon…

The program of our 29th International Conference (org. Manon Garcia and Esther Neuhann) is OUT! beauvoir.weebly.com/2024-conferenc…

Beauvoir and Politics: Book Symposium and Launch Tuesday, 25 June Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin Link below for info and registration ⬇️

Call for paper! is-ih.com/news/call-for-…

♦ Open Call for Submissions ♦ At Simone de Beauvoir Studies we are passionate about advancing scholarship on themes relevant to Simone de Beauvoir’s legacy. We look forward to reading your submissions. brill.com/view/journals/…

On this episode of Nigel Warburton 🇺🇦 #FreeUkraine, Kate Kirkpatrick discusses the life and work of Simone de Beauvoir. "Reading [Beauvoir's diaries] shows that before Beauvoir met Sartre, she was already interested in the question of what it means to become a self." podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/adnan…

Sartre and the café waiter - my latest ⁦⁦The New European - Think Without Borders⁩ column theneweuropean.co.uk/everyday-philo…

"[Beauvoir] motivates us to find the courage to face our existence sincerely. Ignorance and illusions can be comforting, but truth is vastly more fulfilling." Excerpt - 'How to Be Authentic: Simone de Beauvoir and the Quest for Fulfillment' Dr Skye Cleary. bigthink.com/thinking/can-w…

New excerpt from my book "How to Be Authentic: Simone de Beauvoir & the Quest for Fulfillment" Big Think about authentic happiness bigthink.com/thinking/can-w…

In this video Ellie Anderson, the co-host of the Overthink Podcast unpacks Simone de Beauvoir's existential philosophy of ambiguity, freedom, and oppression in The Ethics of Ambiguity. youtube.com/watch?v=hw6ZIx…

In 'Beauvoir and Belle. A Black Feminist Critique of The Second Sex,' Kathryn Sophia Belle, Ph.D. centers feminist frameworks, discourses, and vocabularies of Black women and other Women of Color that existed prior to and have continued to exist after The Second Sex. youtube.com/watch?v=cwiyOT…

Simone de Beauvoir Studies seeks to broaden its scope and strengthen its impact by publishing book reviews by scholars not yet involved with the journal. We seek reviewers from all disciplines and at any career stage. Please contact Sophia Millman at [email protected].

♦ Submission FAQ ♦ A: No, it is not necessary for submissions to directly mention Beauvoir or reference her work, but they must demonstrate connections to her legacy in content or style. If you are in doubt, please do not hesitate to contact us and we would be happy to help!

I’ve been looking forward to this! Correspondence with five “ordinary” women about adolescence, lesbianism, contraception, coupledom, domestic violence, anti-colonialism, racism, and more.

5 years ago today *Becoming Beauvoir* was first published. Thank you to everyone who has read it, rooted for it, translated it, and written publicly and privately to respond to it. 🙏

This SuperSalon discussion with Kate Kirkpatrick delves into the moral vision that Beauvoir proposes for loving and being loved well, as well as how her groundbreaking work continues to resonate in contemporary discussions on gender and relationships. youtube.com/watch?v=cMZWH_…