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 […]
Dialogues on Disability on Wednesday, January 15, 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 […]
Call for Applications: Feminist Decolonial Politics Workshop, Villanova University, Jun. 3-6, 2025 (deadline: Feb. 1, 2025)
Figure of Study: Joy James It is with great pleasure that we announce that we are now welcoming applications for the 2025 Feminist Decolonial Politics Workshop. The workshop will take place in person and online. We are very excited to be reading the work of Joy James. James has written numerous books and articles which […]
New (Year’s) Update on Special Issue of FPQ on Foucault and Feminist Philosophy
I have finished adjudicating abstracts submitted for the special issue of Feminist Philosophy Quarterly on the theme “Foucault and Feminist Philosophy,” an issue that will be published in 2026 to commemorate the centennial of Foucault’s birth on October 15, 1926. Close to forty abstracts/proposals were submitted to be considered for the issue. I was very […]
Some of Our Favourite Posts of 2024
As the year comes to a close, a review of some of our favourite posts from the year seems apropos. Yet the list below is by no means exhaustive of the fantastic posts made at BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY, especially insofar as the list does not include any of the wonderful Dialogues on Disability interviews that I […]
Update on Submissions to Foucault and Feminist Philosophy: Other Perspectives and Approaches
This post is intended to provide an update on the status of the special issue of Feminist Philosophy Quarterly on the theme “Foucault and Feminist Philosophy: Other Perspectives and Approaches.” The deadline for submission of abstracts for this special issue has passed. I received more than 35 abstracts in response to the CFA for the […]
CFA: Critical Neurodiversity Studies: Directions/Intersections/Contradictions, Durham/Online, Jun. 24-26, 2025 (deadline: Feb. 28, 2025)
Critical Neurodiversity Studies: Directions/Intersections/Contradictions24–26 June 2025, Durham University, UKDeadline for submissions: 28 February 2025 While traditional theory describes the world, critical theory seeks to radically transform it. This conference seeks to harness the momentum of the new generation of neurodivergent scholar activists working collectively towards a critical turn in neurodiversity theory and research. While the first […]
Yoga Philosophy
From the Yoga Philosophy Institute: Yoga Philosophy (yogaphilosophy.com) was founded in 2019 by Dr. Shyam Ranganathan: professional philosopher, scholar of South Asia, translation expert, and translator of the Yoga Sūtra. Since then it has grown to offer the internet’s only Yoga and Philosophy education based on standards of professional philosophy courses and research. The mandate […]
Neurodiversity Global Seminar Series 2025
The Center for Neurodiversity Studies (CNS) at O.P. Jindal Global University (India) and the Centre for Neurodiversity and Development at Durham University (UK) cordially invite you to the Neurodiversity Global Seminar Series 2025. This year-long online seminar series aims to facilitate a global interdisciplinary dialogue on neurodiversity by bringing together researchers and practitioners from various cultural contexts. […]
CFA: Foucault and Feminist Philosophy: Other Perspectives and Approaches, A Special Issue of Feminist Philosophy Quarterly (deadline: Dec. 18, 2024)
This CFA invites abstracts of 750 words (max.) for a peer-reviewed special issue of Feminist Philosophy Quarterly on the theme, “Foucault and Feminist Philosophy: Other Perspectives and Approaches.” The issue will be published in 2026 to commemorate the centennial anniversary of Michel Foucault’s birth on October 15, 1926. Accepted abstracts must be developed to articles […]
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