Hypatia (journal)

Hypatia
DisciplineFeminist philosophy
LanguageEnglish
Edited byKatharine Jenkins, Aidan McGlynn, Simona Capisani, Aness Kim Webster, Charlotte Knowles
Publication details
History1983–present
Publisher
FrequencyQuarterly
0.712[1] (2017)
Standard abbreviations
ISO 4Hypatia
Indexing
ISSN0887-5367 (print)
1527-2001 (web)
LCCN87655721
JSTOR08875367
OCLC no.243426299
Links

Hypatia: A Journal of Feminist Philosophy is a peer-reviewed academic journal published quarterly by Cambridge University Press. As of January 2024, the journal is led by co-editors Katharine Jenkins, Aidan McGlynn, Simona Capisani, Aness Kim Webster, and Charlotte Knowles. Book reviews are published by Hypatia Reviews Online (HRO). The journal is owned by a non-profit corporation, Hypatia, Inc.[2] The idea for the journal arose out of meetings of the Society for Women in Philosophy (SWIP)[3][4] in the 1970s. Philosopher and legal scholar Azizah Y. al-Hibri became the founding editor in 1982, when it was published as a "piggy back" issue of the Women's Studies International Forum.[5] In 1984 the Board accepted a proposal by Margaret Simons to launch Hypatia as an autonomous journal, with Simons, who was guest editor of the third (1985) issue of Hypatia at WSIF, as editor. The editorial office at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville handled production as well until Simons, who stepped down as editor in 1990, negotiated a contract with Indiana University Press to publish the journal, facilitating the move to a new editor.[6][7]

Hypatia became involved in a damaging dispute in 2017 when its associate editors published an unauthorized apology for the journal's publication of an article on transracialism, after the author and article were criticized on social media.[8] The episode pointed to a significant breakdown of communications within Hypatia's editorial team.[9][10][11] The journal responded by setting up a task force to restructure its governance.[12] It was the subject of further controversy in 2018 when it accepted a satirical hoax article for publication, one of several written as part of the grievance studies affair. The hoaxes were exposed by The Wall Street Journal before Hypatia was able to publish the article.[13]

  1. ^ "Hypatia". Wiley Online Library (until 2019).
  2. ^ "Hypatia Inc". ProPublica. 9 May 2013. Archived from the original on 12 March 2020.
  3. ^ Trebilcot, Joyce (1990). "Foreword". In al-Hibri, Azizah Y.; Simons, Margaret A. (eds.). Hypatia Reborn: Essays in Feminist Philosophy. Bloomington and Indianapolis: Indiana University Press. pp. ix–x. ISBN 0-253-32744-X.
  4. ^ "Hypatia: A Journal of Feminist Philosophy". Society for Women in Philosophy. Archived from the original on 17 August 2020. Retrieved 29 March 2018.
  5. ^ Al-Hibri, Azizah Y (22 October 2009). "A Journal of Her Own: Hypatia Founders and Editors". 25th Anniversary Conference: Feminist Legacies/Feminist Futures, University of Washington. 00:05:50–00:08:15 – via Vimeo.
  6. ^ Ann Garry, Presentation Notes, Hypatia Conference, University of Oregon, September 2023
  7. ^ Gruen, Lori; Wylie, Alison (Fall 2010). "Feminist Legacies/Feminist Futures: 25th Anniversary Special Issue—Editors' Introduction". Hypatia. 25 (4): 725–732. doi:10.1111/j.1527-2001.2010.01141.x. JSTOR 40928652. S2CID 145153119.
  8. ^ Singal, Jesse (2 May 2017). "This Is What a Modern-Day Witch Hunt Looks Like". New York.
  9. ^ McKenzie, Lindsay; Harris, Adam; Zamudio-Suaréz, Fernanda (6 May 2017). "A Journal Article Provoked a Schism in Philosophy. Now the Rifts Are Deepening". The Chronicle of Higher Education.
  10. ^ Brubaker, Rogers (18 May 2017). "The Uproar Over 'Transracialism'". The New York Times.
  11. ^ Cite error: The named reference Schuessler19May2017 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  12. ^ Weinberg, Justin (13 November 2017). "Hypatia Board Announces Task Force". Daily Nous.
  13. ^ Scheussler, Jennifer (4 October 2018). "Hoaxers Slip Breastaurants and Dog-Park Sex Into Journals". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 12 October 2018.