“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 philosophers).” — Jane Dryden
“I’ve learned so much about ableism in philosophy and academia from Shelley Tremain. I really recommend the Dialogues on Disability series, but all of Shelley’s work is incredibly valuable.” — Megan Dean
“Dialogues on Disability . . . might be viewed as what Ahmed would call a ‘willfulness archive’ . . . Yet I would rather draw on Ahmed’s martial metaphor and conceive of this series of interviews as an army: a collection of disabled arms locked in opposition to making the field whole, or an arsenal of sharpened spears ready to be hurtled at the edifice of the field of philosophy.” — Johnathan Flowers
“The Dialogues on Disability platform … has been very helpful to me, especially at times where I did not feel I belong in the world of academic philosophy.” — Disabled philosophy graduate student
“Shelley’s interviews are incisive and impactful inside and outside of the academy.” — Public Philosophy Network
This page is home to Dialogues on Disability, the acclaimed series of interviews that Shelley Tremain is conducting with disabled philosophers and posts to BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY on the third Wednesday of every month. The series is designed to provide a public venue for discussion with disabled philosophers about a range of topics, including their philosophical work on disability; the place of philosophy of disability vis-à-vis the discipline and profession; their experiences of institutional exclusion and personal and structural gaslighting in philosophy, in particular, and in academia, more generally; resistance to ableism, racism, sexism, and other apparatuses of power; accessibility; and anti-oppressive pedagogy.
From April 2015 to May 2021, Tremain coordinated, edited, and produced the Dialogues on Disability series without any institutional or other financial support. A Patreon account now supports the series, enabling Tremain to continue to create it. You can add your support for these vital interviews with disabled philosophers at the Dialogues on Disability Patreon account page here.
The installments in the Dialogues on Disability series from April 2015, beginning with the most recent, are as follows:
March 2023: Dialogues on Disability: Shelley Tremain Interviews Kristin Rodier
February 2023: Dialogues on Disability: OPENING THE ARCHIVES
January 2023: Dialogues on Disability: Shelley Tremain Interviews Johnathan Flowers
December 2022: Dialogues on Disability: Shelley Tremain Interviews Sofia Jeppsson
November 2022: Dialogues on Disability: Shelley Tremain Interviews Robert Chapman
October 2022: Dialogues on Disability: Shelley Tremain Interviews Gen Eickers
September 2022: Dialogues on Disability: Shelley Tremain Interviews Abigail Gosselin
August 2022: Dialogues on Disability: Shelley Tremain Interviews Eric Schliesser
July 2022: Dialogues on Disability: Shelley Tremain Interviews Maeve McKeown
June 2022: Dialogues on Disability: Shelley Tremain Interviews Stephanie Jenkins
May 2022: Dialogues on Disability: Shelley Tremain Interviews Andrea Pitts
April 2022: Dialogues on Disability: Shelley Tremain With Isaac (YunQi) Jiang (Seventh anniversary)
March 2022: Dialogues on Disability: Shelley Tremain Interviews Jane Dryden
February 2022: Dialogues on Disability: Shelley Tremain Interviews Mich Ciurria
January 2022: Dialogues on Disability: Shelley Tremain Interviews Adrian Ekizian Barton
December 2021: Dialogues on Disability: Shelley Tremain Interviews Raymond Aldred Redux
November 2021: Dialogues on Disability: Shelley Tremain Interviews Amandine Catala
October 2021: Dialogues on Disability: Shelley Tremain Interviews Emily Heydon
September 2021: Dialogues on Disability: Shelley Tremain Interviews Maeve O’Donovan
August 2021: Dialogues on Disability: Shelley Tremain Interviews Isaac (YunQi) Jiang
July 2021: Dialogues on Disability: Shelley Tremain Interviews Will Conway
June 2021: Dialogues on Disability: Shelley Tremain Interviews Christine Overall
May 2021: Dialogues on Disability: Shelley Tremain Interviews Élaina Gauthier-Mamaril
April 2021: Dialogues on Disability: Shelley Tremain With Alex Bryant (Sixth anniversary)
March 2021: Dialogues on Disability: Shelley Tremain Interviews Jennifer Scuro
February 2021: Dialogues on Disability: Shelley Tremain Interviews Gerald Moore
January 2021: Dialogues on Disability: Shelley Tremain Interviews Alex Bryant
December 2020: Dialogues on Disability: Shelley Tremain Interviews Laura Cupples
November 2020: Dialogues on Disability: Shelley Tremain Interviews Julie Maybee Redux
October 2020: Dialogues on Disability: Shelley Tremain Interviews Nathan Moore
September 2020: Dialogues on Disability: Shelley Tremain Interviews Michelle Ciurria
August 2020: Dialogues on Disability: Shelley Tremain Interviews Johnathan Flowers
July 2020: Dialogues on Disability: Shelley Tremain Interviews Paul Lodge
June 2020: Dialogues on Disability: Shelley Tremain Interviews Matthew Norman
May 2020: Dialogues on Disability: Shelley Tremain Interviews Quayshawn Spencer Redux
April 2020: Dialogues on Disability: Shelley Tremain With Alison Reiheld (Fifth anniversary)
March 2020: Dialogues on Disability: Shelley Tremain Interviews Karl Viertel
February 2020: Dialogues on Disability: Shelley Tremain Interviews Cecilea Mun
January 2020: Dialogues on Disability: Shelley Tremain Interviews Emily R. Douglas
December 2019: Dialogues on Disability: Shelley Tremain Interviews Raymond Aldred
November 2019: Dialogues on Disability: Shelley Tremain Interviews Kristina Lebedeva
October 2019: Dialogues on Disability: Shelley Tremain Interviews Kelly Oliver
September 2019: Dialogues on Disability: Shelley Tremain Interviews Alison Reiheld
August 2019: Dialogues on Disability: Shelley Tremain Interviews Joe Rachiele
July 2019: Dialogues on Disability: Shelley Tremain Interviews Lissa Skitolsky
June 2019: Dialogues on Disability: Shelley Tremain Interviews Tommy Curry
May 2019: Dialogues on Disability: Shelley Tremain Interviews Adam Cureton
April 2019: Dialogues on Disability With Shelley Tremain (Fourth anniversary)
March 2019: Dialogues on Disability: Shelley Tremain Interviews August Gorman
February 2019: Dialogues on Disability: Shelley Tremain Interviews Richard Moore
January 2019: Dialogues on Disability: Shelley Tremain Interviews Grace Joy Cebrero
December 2018: Dialogues on Disability: Shelley Tremain Interviews Damion Kareem Scott Redux
November 2018: Dialogues on Disability: Shelley Tremain Interviews Gen Eickers
October 2018: Dialogues on Disability: Shelley Tremain Interviews C Dalrymple-Fraser
September 2018: Dialogues on Disability: Shelley Tremain Interviews Lori Gruen
August 2018: Dialogues on Disability: Shelley Tremain Interviews Stephen Yablo
July 2018: Dialogues on Disability: Shelley Tremain Interviews Julie Maybee
June 2018: Dialogues on Disability: Shelley Tremain Interviews Catherine Clune-Taylor
May 2018: Dialogues on Disability: Shelley Tremain Interviews Eric Winsberg
March 2018: Dialogues on Disability: Shelley Tremain Interviews Christine Wieseler
February 2018: Dialogues on Disability: Shelley Tremain Interviews Jesse Prinz Redux
January 2018: Dialogues on Disability: Shelley Tremain Interviews Megan Dean
December 2017: Dialogues on Disability: Shelley Tremain Interviews Grace Joy Cebrero
November 2017: Dialogues on Disability: Shelley Tremain Interviews Kit Connor
October 2017: Dialogues on Disability: Shelley Tremain Interviews Brian Montgomery
September 2017: Dialogues on Disability: Shelley Tremain Interviews Lissa Skitolsky
August 2017: Dialogues on Disability: Shelley Tremain Interviews Ladelle McWhorter
July 2017: Dialogues on Disability: Shelley Tremain Interviews Melinda Hall
June 2017: Dialogues on Disability: Shelley Tremain Interviews Devonya Havis
May 2017: Dialogues on Disability: Shelley Tremain Interviews Quayshawn Spencer
March 2017: Dialogues on Disability: Shelley Tremain Interviews Anne D’Arcy
February 2017: Dialogues on Disability: Shelley Tremain Interviews Whitney Mutch
January 2017: Dialogues on Disability: Shelley Tremain Interviews Jake Jackson
December 2016: Dialogues on Disability: Shelley Tremain Interviews Joseph Stramondo
November 2016: Dialogues on Disability: Shelley Tremain Interviews Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò
October 2016: Dialogues on Disability: Shelley Tremain Interviews Cecilia Mun
September 2016: Dialogues on Disability: Shelley Tremain Interviews Elvis Imafidon
August 2016: Dialogues on Disability: Shelley Tremain Interviews Karl Viertel
July 2016: Dialogues on Disability: Shelley Tremain Interviews Audrey Yap
June 2016: Dialogues on Disability: Shelley Tremain Interviews Joshua Knobe
May 2016: Dialogues on Disability: Shelley Tremain Interviews Bryony Pierce
April 2016: Dialogues on Disability: Shelley Tremain With Bryce Huebner (First anniversary)
March 2016: Dialogues on Disability: Shelley Tremain Interviews Christine Overall
February 2016: Dialogues on Disability: Shelley Tremain Interviews Jesse Prinz
January 2016: Dialogues on Disability: Shelley Tremain Interviews Andrea Nicki
December 2015: Dialogues on Disability: Shelley Tremain Interviews Damion Kareem Scott
November 2015: Dialogues on Disability: Shelley Tremain Interviews Nancy Stanlick
October 2015: Dialogues on Disability: Shelley Tremain Interviews Joshua St. Pierre
September 2015: Dialogues on Disability: Shelley Tremain Interviews Ray Aldred
August 2015: Dialogues on Disability: Shelley Tremain Interviews Anne Waters
July 2015: Dialogues on Disability: Shelley Tremain Interviews Maeve O’Donovan
June 2015: Dialogues on Disability: Shelley Tremain Interviews Tommy Curry
May 2015: Dialogues on Disability: Shelley Tremain Interviews Zara Bain
April 2015: Dialogues on Disability: Shelley Tremain Interviews Bryce Huebner
Shelley Tremain acknowledges that the land on which she sits to conduct these interviews is the traditional ancestral territory of the Haudenosaunee and Anishinaabeg nations. The territory was the subject of the Dish with One Spoon Wampum Belt Covenant, an agreement between the Iroquois Confederacy and the Ojibwe and allied nations around the Great Lakes. Tremain offers these interviews with respect for and in solidarity with Indigenous peoples of so-called Canada and other settler states who, for thousands of years, have held sacred the land, water, air, and sky, as well as their inhabitants, and who, for centuries, have struggled to protect them from the ravages and degradation of colonization and expropriation.
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