CFEOI: CFP: Susan Stryker and Trans Studies, A Special Issue of Australian Feminist Studies (deadline: Feb. 16, 2025; May 1, 2025)

Expressions of interest are sought for contributions to a planned Special Issue (SI) of Australian Feminist Studies devoted to the topic of Susan Stryker and transgender studies. When Monsters Speak: A Susan Stryker Reader (2024) showcases the essential writings of Susan Stryker from the 1990s to the present; her scholarly work, her documentaries, zines, newsletters, etc. This SI invites […]

Dialogues on Disability: Shelley Tremain Interviews Lori Gruen

Hello, I’m Shelley Tremain and I would like to welcome you to the one hundred and nineteenth installment of Dialogues on Disability, the series of interviews that I am conducting with disabled philosophers and post to BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY on the third Wednesday of each month. The series is designed to provide a public venue for […]

CFA: Erkko Conference: The Diverse Academy, Helsinki/Online, Jun. 12-13, 2025 (deadline: Mar. 14, 2025)

Erkko Conference: The Diverse Academy12–13 June 2025, Helsinki Collegium for Advanced StudiesDeadline for submission: 14 MarchOrganized by Helen Beebee, Jane and Aatos Erkko Visiting Professor in Studies on Contemporary Society This conference will explore issues relating to diversity within academia. We welcome papers on that broad topic, from a theoretical or practical perspective (or both), that […]

Dialogues on Disability on Wednesday, February 19, at 8 am ET

“I have read almost all of your interviews and they are always wonderful. …  I am really looking forward to the next installment of Dialogues on Disability.” — Adrian Piper “I’ve learned so much from Shelley Lynn Tremain’s Dialogues on Disability through the years (and found out about so much exciting work being done by disabled […]

Final CFP: Dimensions of Difference: Exploring Diversity, Complexity, and Connection in Thought and Practice, Leesburg, FL, Apr. 5-6, 2025 (deadline: Feb. 21, 2025)

 Dimensions of Difference: Exploring Diversity, Complexity, and Connection in Thought and Practice  “Difference is that raw and powerful connection from which our personal power is forged.” -Audre Lorde  Deadline for Submissions: February 21st 2025 Deadline for Notification of Acceptance: February 23rd 2025 Location: Beacon College – Leesburg, FL  Dates: April 5th & 6th, 2025  Keynote […]

Ableism and Admissions in Philosophy

Later this month, people in Ontario will vote in a provincial election and determine whether the current premier, Doug Ford, and his Progressive Conservative Party will continue to govern. In my riding, Hamilton Centre, the provincial seat is currently held by Sarah Jama, a disabled Black Muslim woman. Sarah, who was initially elected as a […]

Quote of the Week (and It’s Only Thursday): Undoing Ableism in Scholarship on Foucault

This week’s quote-of-the-week post (though it’s only Thursday) draws attention to the marginalization of Foucauldian scholarship on disability and the continuing absence of critical philosophical work on disability in Foucault scholarship–both lacunae whose constitution I have worked to ameliorate–as well as highlights some of the initiatives to redress this exclusion in which allies in Foucault […]

Gender, DEI, the NIH, and Neutrality: Who Cares?

The past week has been a whirlwind. The inauguration of Donald Trump to the Office of the U.S. Presidency on January 20 will go down in history as a flashpoint that precipitated sweeping social and cultural shifts in the United States and beyond. Already we have witnessed the promulgation of executive orders from the highest […]

New Book on Technology and Equality

This post is intended to announce the much-anticipated publication (Rowman & Littlefield) next month of Technology and Equality*, edited by Sven Ove Hansson and Colleen Murphy. I am delighted that this important book includes my chapter “Disability and Technology? No, Disability as Technology,” the penultimate version of which you can find on my PhilPeople page […]