SCHEDULE FOR TODAY’S EVENTS: (All times shown are in EST) Wednesday, January 28, 2026 10:00am-10:10am Welcome to #PhiDisSocCh6 Shelley Lynn Tremain (BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY) and Melinda Hall (Central Florida) 10:10am-12:10pm Panel: The Politics of Identity and Identification Caroline Christoff (Muskingum), “The Normativity of Neurodiversity: How Atypical Behavior Impacts Identity” August Gorman (Oakland), “Am I the Problem? […]
About the Ableism That Conditions Your Criticisms of Zoom (Again)
Due to the APA’s recent decision (go here and here) to eliminate online participation in its conferences and to the number of feminist and other philosophy conferences that have reverted to exclusionary in-person-only formats, I’ve reposted (from June 2022) this explanation of how ableism undergirds the veneration and continued production of in-person-only philosophy conferences and […]
Philosophy, Disability, and Social Change 6 (#PhiDisSocCh6), Unapologetically Online, Jan. 28-30, 2026, 10am ET-4pm ET
The Philosophy, Disability, and Social Change conference series is, by many accounts, the best, the most exciting, the most informative, the most progressive, and generally the most important event on the philosopher’s calendar. This year’s edition of the conference series promises to be as vital as, if not even more vital than, past editions of […]
APA Tells Disabled Philosophers to F*ck Off (In a Manner of Speaking)
Earlier this week, the American Philosophical Association (APA) announced that it would discontinue its 2+1 experiment, the “experiment” whereby one of its three annual conferences would be held online and hence be accessible to disabled philosophers and other groups of philosophers otherwise excluded from the association’s events. You can read the stated rationale for this […]
CFA: Identity and Ideology: An Open Dialogue Between Mexican and Japanese Philosophy, Online, Mar. 4-6, 2026
Call for Abstracts Identity and Ideology: An Open Dialogue between Mexican and Japanese Philosophy Online Conference | March 4–6, 2026 The Department of Philosophy at the University of Guanajuato and the International Assoc. for Japanese Philosophy invite the submission of abstracts addressing topics from or toward Mexican and/or Japanese Philosophy, including but not limited to: […]
Philosophy, Disability, and Social Change 6 (#PhiDisSocCh6), Unapologetically Online, Jan. 28-30, 2026: Final Program and Registration!
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 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 + […]
More News About Philosophy, Disability, and Social Change 6 (#PhiDisSocCh6)
Conference organization and planning continues! Yesterday, I met with Melinda Hall (School of Interdisciplinary Studies, University of Central Florida-UCF) and Jonathan Beever (Center for Ethics, University of Central Florida-UCF), as well as Jamie Morris, our illustrious tech expert who resolved some outstanding questions with respect to the platform and logistics of the conference. We are […]
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