For many years, the Student Philosophical Society has been organizing the traditional Philosophical Marathon, a week-long series of whole-day lectures that accompany UNESCO’s World Day of Philosophy. The marathon goes on as an uninterrupted weekly series of lectures and takes place on the premises of the Faculty of Arts. In 2019 it will take place […]
Sexual Violence and Disability: A Comment on “Sexual Harassment in Philosophy” (posted at PEA Soup)
The post below was originally articulated as a comment on the PEA Soup blog in response to the first part of its two-part series entitled “Sexual Harassment in Philosophy,” written by Janice Dowell and David Sobel. You can find the first post in the series and my comment on it here. _______________________________________________________________ I have written […]
Guesting at BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY
If you promised to write a guest post for BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY during the northern summer break, now is a good time to follow up on that promise! Melinda and I would love to put more guest posts on the blog, so if you have an idea for a post that fits with the general approach […]
CFP: Philosophical Society of South Africa (PSSA) Conference 2020, KwaZulu-Natal, Jan. 13-15, 2020 (Extended deadline: Sept. 15, 2019)
The 2020 conference of the PSSA will take place between Monday 13th and Wednesday 15th January, and be held at the Fern Hill Hotel in the KZN midlands. (Additional details about the venue appear below.) The conference is hosted by the Philosophy discipline at University of KwaZulu-Natal. We solicit titles and abstracts (150-250 words) long, for inclusion […]
Some Notes on Dembroff on Hacking, Disability, and Kinds of People
This morning I quickly looked at Robin Dembroff’s “Real Talk on the Metaphysics of Gender,” which is forthcoming in a special issue of Philosophical Topics edited by Takaoka and Manne. In this post, I want to mention a few problems that I noticed on my first quick read of Dembroff’s article. I hope that if […]
CFP: Philosophy Born of Struggle, Grand Rapids, MI, Nov. 1-2, 2019 (Extended deadline: Aug. 31, 2019)
The 25th Philosophy Born of Struggle conference will be held at Embassy Suites by Hilton in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Philosophy Born of Struggle asks for papers or roundtable/panel proposals on neglected philosophers whose works can be considered contributions to philosophies born of struggle. Keynote speaker: Juliet Hooker We welcome submissions inspired by the conference theme. […]
CFP: NYU Animal Studies Award and Workshop on Ending Factory Farming (deadline: Sept. 1, 2019)
NYU Animal Studies is thrilled to announce that we are now accepting submissions for a new award and workshop on ending factory farming. We invite graduate students and early career faculty (i.e., faculty within 5 years of graduation) in any field to submit new or recent (i.e., unpublished or published within one year of submission) […]
CFP: Philosophy and Borders, Oxford, Nov. 6, 2019 (deadline: Sept. 30, 2019)
Philosophy and Borders, Refugee Studies Centre, Wed. Nov. 6, 1pm – 7pm The Philosophy and Borders working group aims to bring together researchers in the fields of ethics, political theory, and social science on the topic of borders and migration. This includes researchers working on topics related to nation-states, nationalism, citizenship, territory, immigration, and forced migration. This […]
Dialogues on Disability: Shelley Tremain Interviews Joe Rachiele
Hello, I’m Shelley Tremain and I’d like to welcome you to the fifty-third 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 discussion with disabled philosophers […]
Ableism and the Epistemic Supremacy of Nondisabled Philosophers
Whether on the street or in the mall, the first lessons about disabled people that (nondisabled) parents and other (nondisabled) adults generally convey to children are in some respects prohibitive, usually imparted in hushed tones: don’t stare at that handicapped person; don’t look at her like that; it’s not polite to stare; just act like […]
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