Theme: Social ontology and the social sciences, and the method(s) of social ontology August 16-19, 2023, Stockholm University, Sweden Deadline for abstracts: January 30, 2023 Social Ontology is the internationally leading philosophical and philosophy-related interdisciplinary conference series on social and collective phenomena. Social Ontology 2023 in Stockholm particularly invites contributions on the nature and existence […]
Bioethics has Always Been Eugenic
A group of authors has just published a brief essay for the Monash Bioethics Review entitled “Can ‘eugenics’ be defended?” In the essay, the authors contend that bioethics discourse is polarized and politicized, and that this is a problem. While the goals of their essay seem to shift across the essay, the specific discussion they […]
CFA: Mellon Post-Doc in Food Studies and Higher Education (Deadline: June 15, 2021)
This is a call for applications to a term-limited postdoc with Stetson University’s Community Education Project, a position funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Applications are open to scholars in a variety of fields with an interest or experience in Food Studies. The original deadline of June 1st has been extended to June 15th, […]
Call For Proposals: Florida Prisons in Uncertain Times, Virtual Conference, Apr. 9-10, 2021 (extended deadline: Jan. 15, 2021)
I am a co-director of Stetson’s Higher Education in Prison program, Community Education Project (CEP). We are hosting a virtual conference, “Florida Prisons in Uncertain Times,” to be held on April 9 and 10, 2021. Here is our Call for Proposals. The deadline for submissions is January 15th, and you can submit your proposal here. We are focused in Florida […]
Call For Proposals: Florida Prisons in Uncertain Times, Virtual Conference, Apr. 9-10, 2021 (deadline: Dec. 7, 2020)
I am a co-director of Stetson’s Higher Education in Prison program, Community Education Project (CEP). We are hosting a virtual conference, “Florida Prisons in Uncertain Times,” to be held on April 9 and 10, 2021. Here is our Call for Proposals. The deadline for submissions is December 7th, and you can submit your proposal here. We are focused in […]
Teaching: COVID-19 Mini-Syllabus
I have been very quiet lately online – I left Facebook and have taken a break from blogging for some time. It’s been the most difficult semester of my working life – not that this is different from anyone else’s situation (and in fact I’m better off than most, which I understand and appreciate). I […]
Paper Phones and Anti-Capitalism
Have you heard of the paper phone? It works with Android via Google, and replaces your phone for the day (or longer). First, using the software, you select what elements you’d like to print from your phone. Once the sheet is printed – let’s say you decide to include the day’s weather, your primary contacts, […]
CFP: Stanford Center for Ethics in Society, Junior Scholars Workshop, Jun. 7-9, 2020 (deadline: Jan. 13, 2020)
The Center for Ethics in Society will host the third annual Junior Scholars Workshop at Stanford University on June 7-9, 2020. The workshop will feature the work of early career scholars in political philosophy, political theory, and moral philosophy and is open to graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and untenured junior faculty. This workshop seeks to […]
CFP: Images of the Rabble, Praktyka Teoretyczna [Theoretical Practice] Special Issue (abstract deadline Nov. 15, 2019)
Praktyka Teoretyczna [Theoretical Practice] is an open access bi-lingual journal hosted in Poland at the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan. The journal covers a broad array of subjects including political philosophy, history of ideas and social commentary. Currently they are working on a new issue, focusing on the question of rabble and its representations, planned to […]
New entry in the SEP: Critical Disability Theory
I am so glad to announce that my entry in the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy on Critical Disability Theory was published today! I look forward to continual engagement on the topics within the entry and the responsibility and privilege of updating the work.
BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY 