Below you will find the preliminary program for the amazing Philosophy, Disability, and Social Change 3 (#PhiDisSocCh3) conference that takes place December 6-8, 13:00-18:20 GMT/8:00-13:20 EST/5-10:20 PST and Dec. 9 13:00-19:00 GMT/8:00-14:00 EST/5:00-11:00 PST. Registration and additional information for this pathbreaking conference will be made available soon! The schedule below (and henceforth) is in GMT.
TUESDAY 6 DECEMBER
13:00–13:05 Welcome and opening remarks
- Co-hosts: Jonathan Wolff (Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford) and Shelley Lynn Tremain (BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY)
13:05–13:55 Session 1 North American Gore Capitalism: Ablenationalism and Necropolitics Across Three Settler States
- Presenter: Andrea J. Pitts (University of North Carolina, Charlotte)
- Chair: Shelley Lynn Tremain (BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY)
14:05–14:55 Session 2 Disability, Ableism, Class, and Chronic Fatigue
- Presenter: Mich Ciurria (University of Missouri-St. Louis)
- Chair: Tommy J. Curry (University of Edinburgh)
15:05-15:55 Session 3 Marx, Alienation, and Mental Health
- Presenter: Robert Chapman (Sheffield Hallam University)
- Chair: Jonathan Wolff (Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford)
15:55-16:30: BREAK
16:30-17:20 Session 4 Moral Appraisal of Behaviour as Disability Access Ethics
- Presenter: August Gorman (Oakland University)
- Chair: Cecilea Mun (Purdue University)
17:30-18:20 Session 5 The Senses of Access
- Presenter: Corinne Lajoie (Pennsylvania State University)
- Chair: Sally Haslanger (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
WEDNESDAY 7 DECEMBER
13:00-13:05 Informal meet and greet
13:05–13:55 Session 1 The Socially Inadequate: COVID Long-Haulers and Eugenic Social Engineering
- Presenter: Élaina Gauthier-Mamaril (University of Edinburgh)
- Chair: Will Conway (Stony Brook University)
14:05-14:55 Session 2 Non-WhiteCis Life and the Eugenic Present
- Presenter: Catherine Clune-Taylor (Princeton University)
- Chair: Melinda C. Hall (Stetson University)
15:05-15:55 Session 3 Im/patients: Crip Waiting in Times of Crisis
- Presenter: Emily R. Douglas (Athabasca University)
- Chair: Lauren Guilmette (Elon University)
15:55-16:30 Break
16:30-17:20 Session 4 Putting Dietary Restrictions on the Table: On Hospitality and Ableism at Shared Meals
- Presenter: Megan A. Dean (Michigan State University)
- Chair: Licia Carlson (Providence College)
17:30-18:20 Session 5 Species Trouble: Tensions between Animal Studies and Disability Studies
- Presenter: Lori Gruen (Wesleyan University)
- Chair: R.A. Briggs (Stanford University)
THURSDAY 8 DECEMBER
13:00-13:05 Informal meet and greet
13:05-13:55 Session 1 Philosophers in Armchairs Conceive of Things
- Presenter: Sofia Jeppsson (University of Umeå )
- Chair: Maeve McKeown (University of Groningen)
14:05-14:55 Session 2 Emotional Marginalization
- Presenter: Gen Eickers (University of Bayreuth)
- Chair: Emily Parker (Towson University)
15:05-15:55 Session 3 Where Does Psychiatry’s Authority Come From?
- Presenter: Justin Garson (Hunter College and The Graduate Center, CUNY)
- Chair: Melinda C. Hall (Stetson University)
15:55-16:30 Break
16:30-17:20 Session 4 Gut Issues and Resources from Disability Theory
- Presenter: Jane Dryden (Mount Allison University)
- Chair: Anna Mudde (University of Regina)
17:30-18:20 Session 5 What Is It Like to Be a Fat Philosopher? A Phenomenology of Bodies Out of Line and Out of Place
- Presenter: Kristin Rodier (Athabasca University)
- Chair: Jorge Sanchez-Perez (University of Alberta)
FRIDAY 9 DECEMBER
13:00-13:05: Informal meet and greet
13:05-13:55 Session 1 New Movement in Philosophy: Philosophy of Disability
- Presenter: Shelley Lynn Tremain (BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY)
- Chair: Verena Erlenbusch-Anderson (Syracuse University)
14:05-14:55 Session 2 Epistemic Injustice and Epistemic Authority on Autism
- Presenter: Amandine Catala (Université du Québec à Montréal)
- Chair: Nathan Moore (No affiliation)
15:05-15:55 Session 3 Nocebos Talk Back
- Presenters: Suze Berkhout (University of Toronto) and Ada Jaarsma (Mount Royal University)
- Chair: Eric Winsberg (University of South Florida)
15:55-16:30 Break
16:30-17:20 Session 4 Transformative Justice and Disability Justice
- Presenter: Audrey Yap (University of Victoria)
- Chair: Alex Bryant (University of British Columbia)
17:30-18:20 Session 5 Disabled Philosophy and the Need for Citational Violence
- Presenter: Johnathan Flowers (California State University, Northridge)
- Chair: Luvell Anderson (Syracuse University)
18:20-19:00 Close of conference and conference social