The analytical and critical tools we develop as analytic philosophers can be very useful to activists when applied to ethical and political discourse.
CFA: Mellon Post-Doc in Food Studies and Higher Education (Deadline: June 15, 2021)
This is a call for applications to a term-limited postdoc with Stetson University’s Community Education Project, a position funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Applications are open to scholars in a variety of fields with an interest or experience in Food Studies. The original deadline of June 1st has been extended to June 15th, […]
Bart Geurts’ Normative Pragmatics
According to Bart Geurt’s recent work, we, animals, use signals when we want others to behave in a certain way. Others, of course, need to also be motivated if we want them to do what we want. Thus, when we use signals we do not only express our desire to have others do something, but […]
My Philosophy Casting Call Interview
I was the first guest on the new Philosophy Casting Call podcast series hosted by Élaina Gauthier-Mamaril, a new contributor to BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY. You can listen to my interview with Élaina, which is entitled, “The State of Philosophy of Disabillity,” here or wherever you get your podcasts. Over the course of the interview, I talk […]
Billionaire Philanthropy: Immoral, Epistemically Corrupt, and Undemocratic (Guest post)
By Mich Ciurria Recently, news broke that the philosophy department at Bowling Green University has become a toxic environment due to infighting amongst faculty, following the controversial hiring of a new professor and the receipt of a $1.6 million grant from the Charles Koch Foundation. This infusion, notes the Chronicle of Higher Education, “could have […]
CFP: Feminist Perspectives on Moral Responsibility (Deadline: Oct. 30, 2022)
This is a call for papers for a special issue of Feminist Philosophy Quarterly on feminist approaches to moral responsibility guest edited by Michelle Ciurria. Feminist philosophy provides unique insight into the ontology, epistemology, psychology, pragmatics, and politics of responsibility. Unlike mainstream philosophy, feminist philosophy “originated in feminist politics and… included from the start discussion of feminist political […]
Philosophy Casting Call Podcast Teaser
Hello, all you lovely BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY readers! My name is Élaina Gauthier-Mamaril and I am the host of a new philosophy podcast that is dropping on 31 May 2021. As a disabled hapa woman philosopher, I wanted to use my love of the audio medium of podcasting to spotlight and amplify underrepresented philosophers. I am […]
A Patreon Account for Dialogues on Disability
With the vital encouragement of my friends, collleagues, and other supporters, and the crucial assistance of Alex Bryant, I am very pleased to announce the launch of a new Patreon account for the Dialogues on Disability interview series. The Dialogues on Disability Patreon page “welcome” below captures the motivation and rationale for the new Dialogues […]
Patreon and Dialogues on Disability (Updated)
UPDATE: The Dialogues on Disability Patreon page has now launched! You will find it here. In November, I told you that I was evicted. Many of you so very generously provided me with some financial assistance, with the guidance of my dear friend Susan Schweik who accepted aid for me through her Paypal account. Others […]
Reading Group on Foucault and Feminist Philosophy of Disability (late May-early Aug.)
It is my pleasure to let you know that Alex Bryant (McMaster/UBC) is coordinating a reading group on my book, Foucault and Feminist Philosophy of Disability, that will run from next week to early August. Alex has indicated on Twitter that anyone interested can still join the group by sending him a DM on Twitter […]
