Ableism, Animals, and Apparatuses by Shelley Lynn Tremain, Ph.D. Presented at Spécisme et Autres Discriminations / Speciesism and Other Discriminations, Online, Aug. 30-31, 2021 To increase the accessibility of my presentation, I have now posted it to BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY, the philosophy blog that I mentioned yesterday. The link that I have now put in the chat […]
Spécisme et Autres Discriminations / Speciesism and Other Discriminations, Online, Aug. 30-31, 2021
On August 31, I will make a presentation in this two-day free online conference, postponed from last year due to the pandemic, which is organized by Centre de recherche en éthique (CRÉ) and Groupe de recherche en éthique environnementale et animale (GRÉEA). My presentation, which is entitled “Ableism, Animals, and Apparatuses,” will be part of […]
CFP: Wild Animal Ethics, St. Andrews, Sept. 24-25, 2020 (deadline: May 31, 2020)
The Senate Room, University of St. Andrews Organisers: Ben Sachs, Mara van der Lugt Confirmed Speakers Alasdair Cochrane (University of Sheffield) Julia Driver (University of Texas-Austin/University of St. Andrews) Molly Gardner (Bowling Green State University) Oscar Horta (Universidade de Santiago de Compostela) Josh Milburn (University of Sheffield) Mara van der Lugt (University of St. Andrews) […]
CFP: Animalia, University of Alberta, May 8-9, 2020 (deadline: Jan. 5, 2020)
University of Alberta Philosophy Graduate and Postgraduate Conference May 8-9, 2020 Edmonton, Alberta, Canada We invite graduate students and postgraduates to submit papers to this year’s philosophy graduate and postgraduate conference taking place on May 8-9, 2020 at the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada. This year we will analyze, discuss and criticize the relationships, similarities […]
CFP: Animalhouse: Animals and Their Environs, New School for Social Research, Apr. 23-24, 2020 (deadline: Dec. 31, 2019)
Keynote Speakers: Cary Wolfe (Rice) and Lori Gruen (Wesleyan) This conference seeks to explore the relationship between animals and their environs, as well as the philosophical traditions that speak to these complex notions. We invite participants to question if and how philosophy’s treatment of animals and their environs can help us make sense of our […]
CFP: NYU Animal Studies Award and Workshop on Ending Factory Farming (deadline: Sept. 1, 2019)
NYU Animal Studies is thrilled to announce that we are now accepting submissions for a new award and workshop on ending factory farming. We invite graduate students and early career faculty (i.e., faculty within 5 years of graduation) in any field to submit new or recent (i.e., unpublished or published within one year of submission) […]
CFP: Animal Ethics: Questioning the Orthodoxy (deadline: Sept. 30, 2019)
Guest editors: Herwig Grimm and Susana Monsó (Messerli Research Institute Vienna) It has become commonplace to refer to the success of animal ethics and the animal turn in philosophy. Since Singer and Regan published their ground-breaking works more than forty years ago, animal ethics has become an institutionalised field of research. This is mirrored in the appearance of entire journals, book series, text […]
CFP: Posthuman Agency, 4th Global Posthuman Symposium, NYU, Apr. 30-May 2, 2020 (deadline: Dec. 31, 2019)
We are delighted to announce the 4th Posthuman Global Symposium, to be held at New York University, New York, USA*. This Symposium is dedicated to exploring the importance of posthuman agency in the interrelated significations of human and non-human realms. We intend to spark a deep and multilayered analysis of posthuman agency both as praxis […]
Ph.D. Summer School: Zoophthoria: The Exploitation and Destruction of Animals, Milan, Sept. 4-5, 2019 (registration deadline: Jun. 30, 2019)
A Ph. D. Summer School will be held at the University of Milan on September 4th-5th; it is open to Ph. D. Students, Doctors of Philosophy or research fellows (assegnisti) whose research concerns antispeciecism, animal rights, animalism and, in general, Philosophy as an instrument to think and fight against animal exploitation. As a title for […]
CFA: Just Animals? The Future of the Political Turn in Animal Ethics, University of Manchester, Sept. 9-11, 2019 (deadline: May 15, 2019)
We invite submission of abstracts for a workshop entitled ‘Just Animals? The Future of the Political Turn in Animal Ethics’, which will take place at the MANCEPT Workshops in Political Theory at the University of Manchester, England, from 9-11 September 2019. Selected speakers will have an hour to present their paper, including Q&A. Please note […]
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