I have copied below the preliminary program for Philosophy, Disability and Social Change 5 which takes place online December 11-13, 2024, 13:00-18:00 GMT/UK Time (=ET+5). Information about registration for this event will appear here soon. Check back often! (All times in GMT/UK Time=ET +5) WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 11 13:00-13:05 INTRODUCTIONS Jonathan Wolff (Blavatnik School of Government, […]
30% Off The Bloomsbury Guide to Philosophy of Disability During This Back-To-School Sale!
Now is your chance to pick up copies of The Bloomsbury Guide to Philosophy of Disability, the cutting-edge resource for your teaching and research, at an additional discount. Assign the book to your students! Until October 6, 11:59pm ET, Bloomsbury Publishers is offering a 30% discount on its books in its back-to-school sale, including The […]
Dialogues on Disability on Wednesday, September 18, 2024 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 “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 […]
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 […]
Update on Philosophy, Disability and Social Change 5, Dec. 11-13, 2024
This week, I am putting together the program for the fifth edition of the Philosophy, Disability and Social Change conference. You should expect the program to look quite different than it has in past years. For I have reformatted both the overall structure of the conference and the structure of sessions themselves to enable a […]
Krushil Watene: Indigenous Philosophy and Intergenerational Justice, Oct.17, 2024, 3-5pm AEST, Online
Thursday 17 October 2024 3 – 5pm AEST Ngāti Manu, Te Hikutu, Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei, Tonga, University of Auckland Waipapa Taumata Rau This lecture details several insights for the pursuit and realisation of intergenerational justice that Indigenous philosophies contain. Following an explanation of some key Māori concepts in particular, I outline an intergenerational orientation that […]
Marginalized Body Epistemologies and 4E Embodied Cognition, Oct. 4-6, 2024, Spelman/Online
PROGRAM Marginalized Body Epistemologies and 4E Embodied Cognition Spelman College, October 4-6 Friday: 5-6: Meet and greet 6-7:15- Keynote Elena Clare Cuffari “Truth in Language: Gendered Practices of Participation and Power,” Department of Psychology, Embodied Approaches to Communication and Cognition Lab, Franklin and Marshall College Dinner on your own (Recommended@ Lee and White area or Castleberry […]
Race in the Modern World II: Decolonisation and the Future of Race, Sept. 2-3, 2024, Macquarie University/Online
The Macquarie University Ethics & Agency Research Centre is organising a two-day interdisciplinary workshop on decolonisation and the future of race. This is a hybrid workshop (both in-person and online). Date: September 2nd & 3rd Location: Macquarie University, Michael Kirby Building (17 Wally’s Walk), Moot Court (Level 2). Link to register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/race-in-the-modern-world-part-2-decolonisation-and-the-future-of-race-tickets-989987538377?aff=oddtdtcreator In this workshop, we bring together a diverse range of scholars to […]
AI Ethics in Africa, Sept. 14, 2024, 3pm SAT, Online
A-day Virtual Colloquium on AI ETHICS IN AFRICA September 14, 2024 15:00/3 pm (South Africa Time) and 14:00/2 pm (Nigeria Time) Description In recent years, there has been a rapid development in Artificial intelligence (AI). Some of these developments include smartphones, factory arms, autonomous cars, AI wristwatches, ChatGPT4, griefbots, robot surgeons, and robot lawyers. This […]
Special Issue of Canadian Journal of Disability Studies on MAiD (vol. 13, no. 2, 2024)
I am very happy to inform you that Canadian Journal of Disability Studies (CJDS) has published a special issue on the theme “Medical Assistance in Dying; Resistance in Canada”. The issue comprises testimonials of many of the leading theorists and activists who publicly organize against MAiD and the very real dangers that the eugenic policies […]