Since the 1980s, Michel Foucault’s legacy in feminist theory and practice has been the subject of sustained and critical debate. His analyses of power, subjectivation, biopolitics, and governmentality have opened up fertile conceptual avenues for thinking about gender, sex, and sexuality. Yet they have also prompted significant critique: the absence of a theory of patriarchy, […]
CFP: The Aesthetics of Disaster (deadline: 30 Sept. 2025)
Special Editor: Lucia Morawska (Richmond, The American International University in London) “The Polish Journal of Aesthetics” Volume 77 (2/2026) Submission deadline: 30 September 2025 The special issue of The Polish Journal of Aesthetics, titled “The Aesthetics of Disaster,” aims to examine the intricate relationship between art, tragedy, and human experience in the contemporary global context. Inspired by Susan Sontag’s […]
CFA: Disability and Rights: The Possibilities and Limits of Rights Discourse under Neoliberalism, Zoom, 13-14 Jun. UK Time (deadline: 11 Apr., 2025, 5 pm UK Time)
This is a two half-day conference organised by Disability Law and Social Justice Stream of the Socio-Legal Studies Association and Marxism and Disability Network scholars, and kindly funded by the Socio-Legal Studies Association and University of Leicester. The conference will take place online (using the Zoom platform) on: ● Friday, 13th June 2025, 12:30-17:30 BST […]
CFP: Policing, Policy, and Philosophy Initiative Symposium, Online, May 30, 2025 (deadline: Mar. 21, 2025)
The Policing, Policy, and Philosophy Initiative (3PI) will host its second symposium on May 30, 2025. This virtual symposium will feature research at the intersection of policing and philosophy, with a particular interest in work that speaks to policy debates. All philosophical work on policing is welcome. Potential topics include but are not limited to […]
CFEOI: CFP: Susan Stryker and Trans Studies, A Special Issue of Australian Feminist Studies (deadline: Feb. 16, 2025; May 1, 2025)
Expressions of interest are sought for contributions to a planned Special Issue (SI) of Australian Feminist Studies devoted to the topic of Susan Stryker and transgender studies. When Monsters Speak: A Susan Stryker Reader (2024) showcases the essential writings of Susan Stryker from the 1990s to the present; her scholarly work, her documentaries, zines, newsletters, etc. This SI invites […]
CFA: Erkko Conference: The Diverse Academy, Helsinki/Online, Jun. 12-13, 2025 (deadline: Mar. 14, 2025)
Erkko Conference: The Diverse Academy12–13 June 2025, Helsinki Collegium for Advanced StudiesDeadline for submission: 14 MarchOrganized by Helen Beebee, Jane and Aatos Erkko Visiting Professor in Studies on Contemporary Society This conference will explore issues relating to diversity within academia. We welcome papers on that broad topic, from a theoretical or practical perspective (or both), that […]
Final CFP: Dimensions of Difference: Exploring Diversity, Complexity, and Connection in Thought and Practice, Leesburg, FL, Apr. 5-6, 2025 (deadline: Feb. 21, 2025)
Dimensions of Difference: Exploring Diversity, Complexity, and Connection in Thought and Practice “Difference is that raw and powerful connection from which our personal power is forged.” -Audre Lorde Deadline for Submissions: February 21st 2025 Deadline for Notification of Acceptance: February 23rd 2025 Location: Beacon College – Leesburg, FL Dates: April 5th & 6th, 2025 Keynote […]
CFP: Critical/Feminist Philosophy of Emotion, Special Issue of Passion (deadline: May 1, 2025)
Passion: Journal of the European Philosophical Society for the Study of Emotion Critical/Feminist Philosophy of Emotion Special Issue Call for Papers Following the excellent pre-conference workshop on Feminist Philosophy of Emotion at the 2024 EPSSE conference in Lisbon, the call for papers for the special issue on this topic is now open! This special issue […]
CFP: The Palgrave Handbook on Frantz Fanon (deadline: Feb. 1, 2025)
The Palgrave Handbook on Frantz Fanon welcomes proposals related to the Afro-Martinican psychiatrist, intellectual, and revolutionary Frantz Omar Fanon. The handbook will provide students and scholars across many fields with a compendium of excellent scholarship that will enrich their engagements with Fanon’s life, work, and ideas. We seek to offer new interpretations that challenge old […]
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 […]
BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY 