In this episode, Danna Aduna, assistant professor of philosophy at the University of the Philippines: Baguio, tells Élaina why she no longer wants to teach male philosophers and how she gets creative with assigned syllabi by experimenting with different ways of running her classrooms. Content note: This episode contains non-graphic discussions of sexual harassment, sexual […]
Philosophy, Disability, and Social Change 3 #PhiDisSocCh3
It seems as if the Philosophy, Disability, and Social Change 2 Conference took place only recently. But almost three months have gone by since the first day of that conference! I am currently editing and correcting the transcript for the videos of that conference which can be found here. Nevertheless, Jonathan Wolff and I have […]
Philosophies of Disability and the Global Pandemic
If you were away from your computer early in the New Year, you may have missed my previous post about the special issue of International Journal of Critical Diversity Studies on this theme that I guest edited. The issue, which is open access, includes my introduction to the issue and my article on philosophy of […]
Dialogues on Disability on Wednesday, March 16th, at 8 am EDT
“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 […]
Is racism really that different from classism, ableism, etc?
They are all social system of group oppression, and this is no superficial ontological feature. Thus the question can be neither whether they are different or not, nor even how deep these differences go. The question has to be how useful is it to treat these systems together, and when it is good to separate them or treat them in smaller groups
CFP: Conference on Philosophy and Non-Monogamies, Pomona College, Nov. 11-13, 2022 (deadline: Mar. 31, 2022)
The last few years have witnessed a burgeoning interest in monogamy and non-monogamy within academic philosophy. While practices of non-monogamy are certainly not new, and philosophical discussion thereof has been ongoing in many contexts, this conference aims to bring together those currently engaged in philosophical work in this area, and help shape the agenda for […]
CFP: Ways of Being in the World: An Introduction to the Indigenous Philosophy of Turtle Island (deadline: May 15, 2022)
Call for Papers: Ways of Being in the World: An Introduction to the Indigenous Philosophy of Turtle Island. Timeline: Book chapters due May 15, 2022. This book is under contract with Broadview Press. Original publication was planned for 2022, but has now been pushed to 2023. Complications due to the global Covid 19 pandemic have made […]
Philosophy Casting Call s02e02: From Aristotle to Waste Colonialism w/Jesi Taylor Cruz
Please enjoy my conversation with Black Jewish philosopher Jesi Taylor Cruz on waste colonialism, flourishing, and anti-colonial philosophy. You might notice the sounds of life, aka seagulls on my side and the hustle and bustle of New York and the coos of a small human on Jesi’s side. I hope this only adds to your […]
Peter Singer and the Mystique of Bioethics: An Addendum About Academic Freedom in Philosophy
As I indicated in Part 1, many of the heated discussions in philosophy about academic freedom have revolved around the question of whether universities should extend invitations for speaking engagements to Peter Singer whose claims about infanticide and disabled infants most philosophers find reprehensible. In contrast to the reception of Singer’s work, feminist bioethics and […]
Dialogues on Disability: Shelley Tremain Interviews Mich Ciurria
Hello, I’m Shelley Tremain and I’d like to welcome you to the eighty-third 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 discussion with disabled philosophers […]
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