Hello, I’m Shelley Tremain and I would like to welcome you to the one hundred and twentieth 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 […]
Final CFP: Dimensions of Difference: Exploring Diversity, Complexity, and Connection in Thought and Practice, Leesburg, FL, Apr. 5-6, 2025 (deadline: Feb. 21, 2025)
Dimensions of Difference: Exploring Diversity, Complexity, and Connection in Thought and Practice “Difference is that raw and powerful connection from which our personal power is forged.” -Audre Lorde Deadline for Submissions: February 21st 2025 Deadline for Notification of Acceptance: February 23rd 2025 Location: Beacon College – Leesburg, FL Dates: April 5th & 6th, 2025 Keynote […]
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 […]
Some of Our Favourite Posts of 2024
As the year comes to a close, a review of some of our favourite posts from the year seems apropos. Yet the list below is by no means exhaustive of the fantastic posts made at BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY, especially insofar as the list does not include any of the wonderful Dialogues on Disability interviews that I […]
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 […]
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 Sofia Jeppsson (Redux)
After the outstanding events and radicalizing events that took place last week at Philosophy, Disability and Social Change 5, many of us need to wind down a bit. So, for this month’s installment of Dialogues on Disability, I am reposting Sofia Jeppsson’s very popular interview from December 2022. Look forward to a new installment of […]
Neurodiversity Global Seminar Series 2025
The Center for Neurodiversity Studies (CNS) at O.P. Jindal Global University (India) and the Centre for Neurodiversity and Development at Durham University (UK) cordially invite you to the Neurodiversity Global Seminar Series 2025. This year-long online seminar series aims to facilitate a global interdisciplinary dialogue on neurodiversity by bringing together researchers and practitioners from various cultural contexts. […]
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, Disability and Social Change 5 (#PhiDisSocCh5), Unapologetically Online, December 11-13, 2024: Final Program and Registration Information
Philosophy, Disability and Social Change 5 is free, will unapologetically take place online, and is open to everyone! This conference is co-organized by Shelley Tremain and Jonathan Wolff, with the support of the Blavatnik School of Government at Oxford University. Philosophy, Disability and Social Change 5 (#PhiDisSocCh5) comprises presentations by disabled philosophers whose cutting-edge research challenges […]
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