BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY and Ethically Speaking at The Center for Ethics at the University of Central Florida (UCF) ENTHUSIASTICALLY INVITE YOU TO: Philosophy, Disability, and Social Change 6 (#PhiDisSocCh6) January 28-30, 2026, Online The Philosophy, Disability and Social Change conference series, now in its sixth year, comprises workshops, roundtables, and panel presentations by disabled philosophers and their allies whose […]
Dialogues on Disability: Shelley Tremain Interviews Emily R. Douglas
Hello, I’m Shelley Tremain and I would like to welcome you to the one hundred and thirtieth 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 […]
Dialogues on Disability on Wednesday, December 17, 2025
“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 “… a major contribution to our understanding of the field and the people in it.” — Vanessa Wills “I’ve learned so much about ableism in philosophy […]
Show Your Support for Philosophy Disability, and Social Change 6 (#PhiDisSocCh6)
With Jonathan Wolff’s retirement earlier this year, came the end of Oxford University’s support for the Philosophy, Disability, and Social Change conference series. Henceforth, the primary sponsors/funding bodies of Philosophy, Disability, and Social Change are the Center for Ethics and Department of Philosophy at The University of Central Florida. Nevertheless, the team behind Philosophy, Disability, […]
Draft Program of Philosophy, Disability, and Social Change 6 (#PhiDisSocCh6), Online, Jan. 28-30, 2026
Here is the draft program of the upcoming edition of Philosophy, Disability, and Social Change: Philosophy, Disability, and Social Change 6 (#PhiDisSocCh6). Registration for the conference will open soon. Check back frequently! Philosophy, Disability, and Social Change 6 (#PhiDisSocCh6) January 28-30, 2026 (All times are EST = GMT – 5hr; CET – 6hr; CST + […]
Dialogues on Disability: Shelley Tremain Interviews Will Conway
Hello, I’m Shelley Tremain and I would like to welcome you to the one hundred and twenty-eighth 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 […]
News about Philosophy, Disability, and Social Change 6
As December approaches, readers/listeners of BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY may be wondering why they have been given so little information about the upcoming sixth edition of the Philosophy, Disability, and Social Change online conference series. I want to remind you, therefore, that Philosophy, Disability, and Social Change 6 will unapologetically take place online from January 28 to […]
Theorising Disability and Neurodivergence. Philosophical Foundations and Challenges, Special Issue of “Azimuth. Philosophical Coordinates in Modern and Contemporary Age” (deadline: Jan. 15, 2026)
This is a kind reminder of the CfP below for a special issue “Azimuth. Philosophical Coordinates in Modern and Contemporary Age” (Issue 1/2026), co-edited by Matteo Santarelli (University of Bologna) and Chiara Montalti (University of Bologna) Theorising Disability and Neurodivergence. Philosophical Foundations and Challenges Disability and neurodivergence have garnered growing interest in philosophy, as evidenced by several essays and […]
Feminist Exclusions and Why You Need This Encyclopedia
My work as editor of the Philosophy and Theory of Disability area of The Oxford Encyclopedia of Disability Studies is winding down. Overall, the experience of putting together this collection of articles has been remarkably valuable. The authors whom I selected and recommended to write for the encyclopedia have produced outstanding pieces on their respective […]
DERPs and Their Exclusionary Conferences
It’s a big weekend for DERPs and their conferences. You may recall (as I indicated here) that DERPs is the acronym for Disabled Exclusionary Righteous Philosophers, the term that I coined to refer to philosophers who (apparently without shame) variously organize, attend, participate in, promote, or fund inaccessible– that is, exclusionary–and unsustainable philosophy conferences. Here […]