As friends of BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY by now know, 2026 is the centenary of Michel Foucault’s birth in 1926. In a recent post, I wrote: Facebook is buzzing in anticipation of the publication of The Foucauldian Mind in September to commemorate the centennial anniversary of Michel Foucault’s birth. Edited by the illustrious Daniele Lorenzini, this landmark text has […]
Proposal for Oxford Handbook of Feminist Philosophy of Disability
As I noted in last week’s anniversary installment of Dialogues on Disability, Katie Staal, Senior Acquisitions Editor at Oxford University Press, recently encouraged me to submit a proposal for a handbook on feminist philosophy of disability. I submitted the proposal, about which Katie was very enthusiastic and has sent out for review, earlier today. It […]
A Gender Icon Strikes Back
The latest issue of Weekend Reads, the supplement of The Chronicle of Higher Education, includes an episode of College Matters, the publication’s podcast, with Judith Butler. In the podcast, Butler gives a brief synopsis of their groundbreaking characterization of gender as performative and its impact on gender studies and queer theory, and then goes on […]
Dialogues on Disability: Shelley Tremain With Élaina Gauthier-Mamaril and Emily R. Douglas
Hello, I am Shelley Tremain and I would like to welcome you to the eleventh-anniversary 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 about […]
Philosophy and Theory of Disability in The Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Disability Studies!
On April 9, The Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Disability Studies (ORE) — a mammoth project whose contents will appear online on a rolling basis — was launched! As readers/listeners of BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY may recall, I edited/curated the Philosophy and Theory of Disability Area of the ORE (go here). Yesterday, several authors who wrote for the […]
Dialogues on Disability on Wednesday, April 15, 2026, 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 “… a major contribution to our understanding of the field and the people in it.” — Vanessa Wills “I’ve learned so much about ableism in philosophy […]
Indigenous Philosophy in Conversation with V.F. Cordova, Hybrid, May 13-14, 2026
A workshop revisiting Viola Cordova’s landmark book, How It Is. We will have papers from ten scholars of American Indian philosophy as well as roundtable discussions. Registration is free but required. To register email connolly@jhu.edu. https://philosophy.jhu.edu/event/indigenous-philosophy-in-conversation-with-v-f-cordova/ Speakers: Janella Baxter Sam Houston State University Brian Burkhart California State University Sarah Kizuk Skidmore College Ashley Lance (unaffiliated) Getty Lustila Northeastern University John R Miller University of […]
First Symposium on Indigenous Philosophy across the Americas: Epistemologies and Ontologies outside the Settler Colonial Hegemony, U Penn/Online, Mar. 20, 2026
Symposium Description How we as human persons understand and relate to the world has long been fodder for contention. In the pursuit of absolute, universal truths, the occidental philosophical canon has found itself in a rigid dogmatism that casts out the roles of spirituality, land, and the-more-than-human-world in the formation of our understanding of reality. […]
Revisit or Catch What You Missed of Philosophy, Disability, and Social Change 6: The Videos!
As I indicated in previous posts here at BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY, the latest edition of the Philosophy, Disability, and Social Change conference series, namely, Philosophy, Disability, Social Change 6, was an outstanding event, exceeding the hopes and expectations of our organizing team and providing participants and attendees with memorable and highly rewarding experiences. Attendance at Philosophy, […]
Update on Special Issue of FPQ on Foucault and Marginalized Feminist Approaches and Perspectives
Facebook is buzzing in anticipation of the publication of The Foucauldian Mind in September to commemorate the centennial anniversary of Michel Foucault’s birth. Edited by the illustrious Daniele Lorenzini, this landmark text has 44 chapters written by important scholars of Foucault’s work. I am delighted to be in their company by contributing my chapter “Foucault: […]
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