The Canadian Society for Trans Philosophy (CSTP) and the Canadian Society for Women in Philosophy (CSWIP) invite the submission of abstracts for inclusion in our upcoming conference, “Trans/Feminist Philosophy: Pasts, Presents, Futures.” The conference will be held August 14-16, 2024, at the University of Guelph. We encourage interdisciplinary submissions, as well as submissions which challenge […]
Request for Some Assistance (in Advance of the Eastern APA)
Dear All, On the eve of my departure to the Eastern APA in New York, I am distraught and would be extremely grateful if someone (preferably a privileged philosopher) were to offer some assistance. As you may have read in previous posts at BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY, I am scheduled to present at the Eastern APA on […]
Dialogues on Disability on Wednesday, January 17, 2024, 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 […]
CFP: Compositing Man: Worldly-ecologies & Life/Death Affirming Perspectives (deadline: Mar. 15, 2024)
Compositing Man: Worldly-ecologies & Life/Death Affirming PerspectivesGuest Editors: Xalli Zúñiga & Stephanie Rivera BerruzphiloSOPHIA: Journal of Transcontinental Philosophy Feminism The colonial dynamics by which global capitalism asserts its dominance, establishing itself as the Earth’s prevailing economic system, give rise to metabolic rifts that tamper with the relations that make life possible. Through colonization, global capitalism […]
CEASEFIRE NOW!
Image: 4 squares of lines, one inside the other, at the centre of the squares are the words “Cease” and “Fire,” the former above the latter
Capitalist Elites Are Capturing Higher Education: Where Are the Critics?
Philosophers need to speak up about the capture of philosophy by capitalist elites, with the help of corporate shills in the profession. The term “elite capture” is used by Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò to describe “how political projects can be hijacked in principle or in effect by the well-positioned and resourced,” as well as “how public […]
Bantu Ontology and the Ontological Turn, SOAS, University of London/Online, Oct. 27, 14:00-16:00 (UK Time)
The Centre for Global and Comparative Philosophies is pleased to invite you to the 18TH LECTURE in the SOAS World Philosophies Lecture Series. The Lecture will be delivered by Angela Roothaan, Associate Professor at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. Here are the details: Title: Bantu Ontology and the Ontological Turn – a discussion of the (non)-relation between anthropological theory […]
CFP: Teaching in Hostile Contexts (deadline: Feb. 15, 2024)
Teaching in Hostile Contexts Edited ByAlida Liberman Paper Submission Deadline: Thursday, February 15, 2024 American Association of Philosophy Teachers Studies in Pedagogy is an anonymously peer-reviewed annual journal dedicated to publishing thematically focused volumes of original works on teaching and learning in philosophy. We are seeking traditional essays, short personal reflections, and practical resources about the topic […]
A Philosophical Defense of Youth Suffrage
The following is an edited translation of an interview that I gave to Die Tageszeitung, a cooperative-owned German daily newspaper. The interviewer was Valérie Catil. A philosopher on children’s right to vote For the philosopher Mich Ciurria, not letting children vote is a form of discrimination. She demands voting rights from birth. Wochentaz: Dr. Ciurria, the governing parties […]
Hermeneutic Vanity
We finally make a word in. We finally get to say something about us, about our experience. They finally get quiet for just an instant and we are heard. But they are so used to it always being about them, about their lives, their values, their experiences that they immediately interpret our words in a […]
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