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Personal profile
Biography
I am Associate Professor in the Monash Philosophy Department, and Director of the Philosophy Graduate Research Program.
I was awarded my PhD at Monash in 2000. I have been the recipient of two research fellowships from the Australian Research Council: an Australian Postdoctoral Fellowship (2004-07) and a Future Fellowship (2010-16). In 2018, I was elected a Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities.
Research interests
My main area of specialisation is the history of philosophy, with a particular focus on women philosophers of the early modern period (c. 1650-1750).
I have written on early modern theories of virtue, the ethical and religious foundations of women's rights, historical conceptions of the self, the Lockean idea of slavery, and connections between feminism and Cartesianism in the seventeenth century.
My books include: Women Philosophers of the Seventeenth Century (Cambridge University Press, 2002); A History of Women's Political Thought in Europe, 1600-1800 (with Karen Green, Cambridge University Press, 2009); and The Philosophy of Mary Astell (Oxford University Press, 2015).
My edited books include: Virtue, Liberty and Toleration (with Karen Green, Springer 2007); Mary Astell's Christian Religion (CRRS & Iter, 2013); Women and Liberty, 1600-1800: Philosophical Essays (with Karen Detlefsen, Oxford University Press, 2017); and Women Philosophers of Seventeenth-Century England: Selected Correspondence (Oxford University Press, 2019), and Women Philosophers of Eighteenth-Century England: Selected Correspondence (Oxford University Press, 2020).
I am currently engaged in an ARC-funded Discovery Project on the philosophical foundations of women's rights (1600-1750), with D. Brown and M. Deslauriers
My past research projects include a Future Fellowship project on the ethical thought of seventeenth-century feminist philosopher Mary Astell (2010-16), and a Discovery Project on women and liberty in the early modern and enlightenment periods, with K. Green and K. Detlefsen (2014-2019).
For further information about my research (including an up-to-date list of publications), please go to my personal webpage.
Related Links:
- jacquelinebroad.com (includes CV and downloadable papers)
- Academia profile
- Google scholar profile
- ResearchGate
- PhilPapers
Supervision interests
I am interested in supervising postgraduate students who would like to work on early modern philosophy and the history of feminism and ethical thought.
Please do get in touch if you have a project in mind.
Research area keywords
- Early modern philosophy
- History of feminism
- Women philosophers
- History of philosophy
- Seventeenth-century philosophy
- Eighteenth-century philosophy
- Feminist history of philosophy
- Mary Astell
- John Locke
- René Descartes
- History of ethical thought
- History of political thought
Network
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Projects
The Philosophical Foundations of Women's Rights: A New History, 1600-1750
Broad, J., Brown, D. & Deslauriers, M.
1/04/19 → 31/03/22
Project: Research
Women on liberty: from the early modern period to the enlightenment (1650-1800)
Broad, J., Green, K. & Detlefsen, K.
Australian Research Council (ARC)
2/01/14 → 31/12/19
Project: Research
Mary Astell (1666-1731): An Historical-Intellectual Role Model for Women in Philosophy
Australian Research Council (ARC)
29/03/10 → 1/09/16
Project: Research
The Political Thought of European Women: 1400-1800
Green, K. & Broad, J.
Australian Research Council (ARC)
1/01/04 → 5/01/06
Project: Research
Research Output
Damaris Masham on women and liberty of conscience
Broad, J., 2019, Feminist History of Philosophy: The Recovery and Evaluations of Women's Philosophical Thought. O'Neill, E. & Lascano, M. P. (eds.). Cham Switzerland: Springer, p. 319-336 18 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (Book) › Research › peer-review
Mary Astell’s critique of Pierre Bayle: atheism and intellectual integrity in the Pensées (1682)
Broad, J. S., 2019, In : British Journal for the History of Philosophy. 27, 4, p. 806-823 18 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Selfhood and Self-government in Women’s Religious Writings of the Early Modern Period
Broad, J., 2019, (Accepted/In press) In : International Journal of Philosophical Studies. 18 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Citation
(Scopus)
The early modern period: Dignity and the foundation of women's rights
Broad, J., 2019, The Wollstonecraftian Mind. Bergès, S., Hunt Botting, E. & Coffee, A. (eds.). Abingdon Oxon UK: Routledge, p. 25-35 11 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (Book) › Research › peer-review
Women Philosophers of Seventeenth-Century England: Selected Correspondence
Broad, J., 2019, Oxford UK: Oxford University Press. 296 p.Research output: Book/Report › Book › Research › peer-review
Prizes
Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities
Broad, Jacqueline (Recipient), 2018
Prize: Election to learned society
Activities
Arctic Circle Seminar in Early Modern Philosophy
Jacqueline Broad (Invited speaker)
18 Aug 2019
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Contribution to workshop, seminar, course
Locke Studies (Journal)
Jacqueline Broad (Editorial board member)
2019 → …
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Editorial responsibility
Journal of the History of Philosophy (Journal)
Jacqueline Broad (Peer reviewer)
2019 → …
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Peer review responsibility
University of California Los Angeles
Jacqueline Broad (Visiting academic)
25 Apr 2019 → 26 Apr 2019
Activity: Visiting an external institution types › Visiting an external academic institution
UCLA Philosophy Workshop
Jacqueline Broad (Invited speaker)
26 Apr 2019
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Contribution to workshop, seminar, course