This week’s quote-of-the-week post (though it’s only Thursday) addresses the historical legacy of ableism at Hypatia: A Journal of Feminist Philosophy. To open our discussion in the post, consider an excerpt from Shelley’s introduction to The Bloomsbury Guide to Philosophy of Disability. The introduction, which is entitled “Situating Philosophy of Disability in/out of Philosophy,” offers a summary […]
WITH LOVE & SOLIDARITY TO THE UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO ENCAMPMENT
Image below: photo of members of The University of Toronto encampment and supporters, including labour unions, at a rally this morning outside of Convocation Hall on The University of Toronto, St. George campus, not far from the location of the encampment. People, some under umbrellas, are gathered around a speaker at a microphone on the […]
FEMMSS8, Online, Jun. 6-7, 2024: Program and Registration Information
FEMMSS and Douglas College Present FEMMSS8:A Workshop on Technologies and Feminist ThoughtJune 6th and 7th 2024Register here to attend this workshop: https://douglascollege-ca.zoom.us/meeting/register/u5Ikdemuqj8iEtCgL4l2QqWNXT4RX8_p8FRj Schedule:June 6th:7:30-7:50am Vancouver (10:30-10:50am Toronto) 20 min break12:40-2:10pm Catherine Hundleby Keynote Speaker (3:40-5:10pm Toronto) June 7th:7:30-7:50am Vancouver (10:30-10:50am Toronto)
Upcoming Symposium on Empire of Normality: Neurodiversity and Capitalism, Jun. 3-7, 2024 (Updated)
A symposium on Robert Chapman’s groundbreaking new book, Empire of Normality: Neurodiversity and Capitalism, will take place on BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY from June 3-7, 2024. The symposium will comprise commentaries on the book by Mich Ciurria, Jane Dryden, Johnathan Flowers, and Sofia Jeppsson, as well as a response to these comments by Robert Chapman. From Monday […]
Quote of the Week (and It’s Only Thursday): Hypatia’s Ableist Legacy, co-authored with Nora Berenstain
This week’s quote-of-the-week post (though it’s only Thursday) addresses the historical legacy of ableism at Hypatia: A Journal of Feminist Philosophy. To open our discussion in the post, consider an excerpt from Shelley’s introduction to The Bloomsbury Guide to Philosophy of Disability. The introduction, which is entitled “Situating Philosophy of Disability in/out of Philosophy,” offers a summary […]
How Canadian Philosophy Plays a Vital Role in the Project of Eugenics: Or, Gender, Schafer, and Other Nondisabled White Male Bioethicists
I’m always disappointed when I see Canadian feminist philosophers contribute to and reproduce the significant role that philosophy in Canada and Canadian bioethicists in particular play in the legacy of eugenics in Canada and the exclusion of disabled philosophers and philosophy of disability that this legacy requires and sustains. Given the systemic and structural character […]
Quote of the Week (and It’s Only Thursday): Hypatia’s Ableist Legacy, co-authored with Nora Berenstain
This week’s quote-of-the-week post (though it’s only Thursday) addresses the historical legacy of ableism at Hypatia: A Journal of Feminist Philosophy. To open our discussion in the post, consider an excerpt from Shelley’s introduction to The Bloomsbury Guide to Philosophy of Disability. The introduction, which is entitled “Situating Philosophy of Disability in/out of Philosophy,” offers a summary […]
Dialogues on Disability: Shelley Tremain Interviews Shay Welch
Hello, I’m Shelley Tremain and I would like to welcome you to the one hundred and tenth installment of Dialogues on Disability, the series of interviews that I am conducting with disabled philosophers and post to BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY on the third Wednesday of each month. The series is designed to provide a public venue for […]
Quote of the Week (and It’s Only Thursday): Hypatia’s Ableist Legacy, co-authored with Nora Berenstain
This week’s quote-of-the-week post (though it’s only Thursday) addresses the historical legacy of ableism at Hypatia: A Journal of Feminist Philosophy. To open our discussion in the post, consider an excerpt from Shelley’s introduction to The Bloomsbury Guide to Philosophy of Disability. The introduction, which is entitled “Situating Philosophy of Disability in/out of Philosophy,” offers a summary […]
Philosophy of Disability in the Oxford Research Encyclopedia in Disability Studies
As a contribution to its Digital Reference publications, Oxford University Press is developing a new online Encyclopedia in Disability Studies whose editor-in-chief is David Bolt. Katie Skaal at OUP has asked me to be Area Editor for Philosophy and Theory of Disability of this online resource. In my role as Area Editor, I will recommend […]
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