In-Person Philosophy Conferences as a Mask for Academic Imperialism

In an article published at CBC News on Friday, Natalie Stechyson writes the following: some employers in both the private and public sector are mandating that many workers have to come back full time.  As a growing number of Canadians once again find themselves cramming public transit and clogging highways to get to their workplaces, you might be wondering: […]

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 […]

How Do the PPN and DERPs Define Public Philosophy?

I felt both compelled and reluctant to email my friend Tracy Isaacs to express my dismay that she is on the program for the upcoming October conference of the Public Philosophy Network (PPN). The conference will take place in the epicenter of downtown Hamilton at a satellite campus of McMaster University that is located in […]

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 […]

CFP: Feminist Re-readings of Foucault, Hybrid, Nov. 7, 2025 (deadline: Jun. 18, 2025)

Since the 1980s, Michel Foucault’s legacy in feminist theory and practice has been the subject of sustained and critical debate. His analyses of power, subjectivation, biopolitics, and governmentality have opened up fertile conceptual avenues for thinking about gender, sex, and sexuality. Yet they have also prompted significant critique: the absence of a theory of patriarchy, […]

Philosophy of Disability: The Difference That It Makes, Beacon College, Apr. 6, 2025

[The text below comprises the keynote address that I gave (via Zoom) to the Dimensions of Difference Conference at Beacon College yesterday. The conference was organized by Professor Zachary Isrow who teaches in the Humanities and Philosophy Department at Beacon College.] ________________________________________________________________________________ Philosophy of Disability: The Difference that It Makes The presentation that I will […]

Dialogues on Disability on Wednesday, April 16, 2025, at 8am ET (Corrected)

“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 […]