Hélène de Beauvoir, the lesser known sister of feminist philosopher Simone, was a gifted painter who has been unfairly ...

The younger sister of Simone, Hélène fell victim to her sibling's long-casting shadow – but a London exhibition may see her ...

This powerful exhibition makes space for Hélène de Beauvoir to exist in the cultural consciousness apart from her more famous sister.

And climate science points towards figures that suggest more such events are waiting. These events strip away precious memories created over many years, and sometimes over lifetimes. They prompt us to ...

COMMENTARY: The roots of the current transgender movement and man-hating feminism can be traced back to the theories of two ...

Simone de Beauvoir (1908–1986), a trailblazing French philosopher, writer, and feminist, left an indelible mark on modern thought.She emerged as a key figure in existentialism and a pioneer in ...

Ali Smith is an author, playwright, academic and journalist. Her work includes the 2014 novelHow to Be Both and the seasonal quartet, ending with Summer (2020). Sixty years ago, the French writer’s ...

On one level, Mansfield Park is a fairytale transposed to the 19th century: Fanny Price is the archetypal poor relation who, through her virtuousness, wins a wealthy husband. But Jane Austen’s 1814 ...

Established in 1978, the Simone de Beauvoir Institute leads new research, teaching and thinking on women, gender, feminism, sexuality, race, oppression and social justice. In 2019, we began offering a ...

Offering two majors, one specialization, one certificate and two minors, the Simone de Beauvoir Institute provides training in critical thinking skills, analytical abilities and methodologies that ...

In her 1949 text The Second Sex, philosopher Simone de Beauvoir writes that, for many cultures, the home has represented values of tradition, safety and family. Inside its walls we preserve the ...