Orange Shirt Day (National Day of Truth and Reconciliation in Canada)

Description of image above: shows an orange t-shirt which depicts two eagle feathers tied together and “EVERY CHILD MATTERS” at top. In the middle, the t-shirt reads: “Orange Shirt Day” September 30. Below the date, appears this message: “Orange Shirt Day recognizes the harm done to generations of children by the Indian Residential Schools and […]

Neurodiversity and Neurodivergence: The Epistemic, Political, and Ethical Dimensions of Conceiving Differences versus Deficits, Online/Bayreuth, Oct. 10-11, 2024

This workshop brings together people working in various areas of philosophy whose work pertains to research on neurodiversity  and neurodivergence or has implications for our understanding of it. The neurodiversity movement emerged in the early 1990s as a joint action of activist autistic individuals who, through online connections, began raising awareness of various problems associated […]

Philosophy, Disability and Social Change 5 (#PHIDISSOCCH5), Online, December 11-13, 2024: Final Program and Registration Information

I’m very happy to announce that the final program and registration information are available for Philosophy, Disability and Social Change 5 (#PHIDISSOCCH5), which I am organizing with Jonathan Wolff and with the support of the Blavatnik School of Government at Oxford University. Philosophy, Disability and Social Change 5 is free, will take place online, and […]

Preliminary Program for Philosophy, Disability and Social Change 5, Online, December 11-13, 2024

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, […]

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 […]