Neurodiversity Lite is Still Evolving

By Robert Chapman When we talk about “neurodiversity lite” in academia or research, we’re usually talking about psychologists or psychiatrists who appropriate neurodiversity paradigm terminology while failing to adhere to the liberatory commitments and ethos of the neurodiversity movement. Prototypical neurodiversity lite leaders tend to be already established researchers at prestigious universities working on, say, […]

CFP: Feminist Re-readings of Foucault, Hybrid, Nov. 7, 2025 (deadline: Jun. 18, 2025)

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, […]

Quote of the Week (and It’s Only Thursday): UBC Philosopher Andrew Irvine, Settler Denialism, and the Emboldened Right in Canadian Academe

This week’s quote-of-the-week post (though it’s only Thursday) addresses the rise of the right in Canadian philosophy and Canadian academia in general. In particular, I want to point out that today’s menu at Canada’s right-wing national publication, The National Post, includes an op-ed by UBC Okanagan philosopher Andrew Irvine, one of four UBC faculty members […]

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 […]

Virtual Summer School: Feminist Critiques of Kant’s Views on Women & Human Progress, Zoom, Jun. 13, 16, 18, 2025 

Virtual Summer School: Feminist Critiques of Kant’s Views on Women & Human Progress  Organized by Olga Lenczewska, co-taught by Helga Varden and Holly Wilson Session 1: June 13th (Friday), 10-12 EST (4-6pm CET) Topic: Women in Kant’s Writings – prof. Olga Lenczewska Session 2: June 16th (Monday), 10-12 EST (4-6pm CET) Topic: Kant on Women’s Moral & Political Nature – guest speaker prof. Helga Varden […]

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 […]

Philosophy of Disability: The Difference That It Makes, Beacon College, Apr. 6, 2025

[The text below comprises the keynote address that I gave (via Zoom) to the Dimensions of Difference Conference at Beacon College yesterday. The conference was organized by Professor Zachary Isrow who teaches in the Humanities and Philosophy Department at Beacon College.] ________________________________________________________________________________ Philosophy of Disability: The Difference that It Makes The presentation that I will […]

Dialogues on Disability on Wednesday, April 16, 2025, at 8am ET (Corrected)

“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 […]