Mich Ciurria’s double special issue of Feminist Philosophy Quarterly, whose theme is “Revolutionizing Responsibility,” has now been published (online). The issue comprises thirteen peer-reviewed articles (including my article “When Moral Responsibility Theory Met My Philosophy of Disability”) plus an introduction by Mich. The full double issue is here: https://ojs.lib.uwo.ca/index.php/fpq/issue/view/1686 Many congratulations to Mich for this […]
WITH LOVE & SOLIDARITY TO THE UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO ENCAMPMENT
Image below: photo of members of The University of Toronto encampment and supporters, including labour unions, at a rally this morning outside of Convocation Hall on The University of Toronto, St. George campus, not far from the location of the encampment. People, some under umbrellas, are gathered around a speaker at a microphone on the […]
FEMMSS8, Online, Jun. 6-7, 2024: Program and Registration Information
FEMMSS and Douglas College Present FEMMSS8:A Workshop on Technologies and Feminist ThoughtJune 6th and 7th 2024Register here to attend this workshop: https://douglascollege-ca.zoom.us/meeting/register/u5Ikdemuqj8iEtCgL4l2QqWNXT4RX8_p8FRj Schedule:June 6th:7:30-7:50am Vancouver (10:30-10:50am Toronto) 20 min break12:40-2:10pm Catherine Hundleby Keynote Speaker (3:40-5:10pm Toronto) June 7th:7:30-7:50am Vancouver (10:30-10:50am Toronto)
Upcoming Symposium on Empire of Normality: Neurodiversity and Capitalism, Jun. 3-7, 2024 (Updated)
A symposium on Robert Chapman’s groundbreaking new book, Empire of Normality: Neurodiversity and Capitalism, will take place on BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY from June 3-7, 2024. The symposium will comprise commentaries on the book by Mich Ciurria, Jane Dryden, Johnathan Flowers, and Sofia Jeppsson, as well as a response to these comments by Robert Chapman. From Monday […]
Philosophy of Disability in the Oxford Research Encyclopedia in Disability Studies
As a contribution to its Digital Reference publications, Oxford University Press is developing a new online Encyclopedia in Disability Studies whose editor-in-chief is David Bolt. Katie Skaal at OUP has asked me to be Area Editor for Philosophy and Theory of Disability of this online resource. In my role as Area Editor, I will recommend […]
Upcoming Symposium on Empire of Normality: Neurodiversity and Capitalism, Jun. 3, 2024
As I indicated in a previous post, a symposium on Robert Chapman’s groundbreaking new book, Empire of Normality: Neurodiversity and Capitalism, will take place on BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY on June 3. The symposium will comprise commentaries on the book by Mich Ciurria, Jane Dryden, Johnathan Flowers, and Sofia Jeppson, as well as a response to these […]
YOGA-ANTICOLONIAL PHILOSOPHY: An Overview (Guest post)
YOGA-ANTICOLONIAL PHILOSOPHY: An Overview By Shyam Ranganathan Who Is This Book For? I wrote Yoga—Anticolonial Philosophy: An Action Focused Guide to Practice (Singing Dragon 2024) for students of Yoga and philosophy in the broad sense. It is written for people who have a practice of “yoga” or teach yoga, or are interested in the history […]
Tracy Isaacs: Meat-Eating as Ideology and “Meat-Eaters’ Fragility,” Online, Apr. 15, 2024, 15:15 CET/ 9:15 EST
The Collective Ethics Seminar: Online Presentation – 15 April 2024 – 15.15 – 16.45 CET / 09.15 – 10.45 EST Tracy Isaacs (Western University) – Meat-Eating as Ideology and “Meat-Eaters’ Fragility“ Abstract: Two major lines of reasoning yield the result that we should give up animal products. The first draws attention to the vast animal suffering […]
Dialogues on Disability, Ninth-Anniversary Installment, on Wednesday, April 17, at 8 a.m. 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 “The Dialogues on Disability platform … has been very helpful to me, especially at times where I did not feel I belong in the world of […]
From Philosophy of m/Madness to m/Mad Philosophy, Oxford, Sept. 25-26, 2024
EVENT DESCRIPTION The conference will explore what it means to think about m/Madness philosophically. The title reflects our interest in ‘madness’ as both a speculative (lower case ‘m’) and a practical (upper case ‘M’) term. Furthermore, it reflects our interest in the different ways in which m/Madness might be approached – either as an object […]
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