The writing below is the text of my (online) keynote presentation to FEMINIST RE-READINGS OF FOUCAULT, Sciences Po, Paris, November 7, 2025. _____________________________________________________________________________________ A Feminist Re-Reading of Foucault Through the Apparatus of Disability/A Feminist Re-Reading of the Apparatus of Disability Through Foucault SECTION I: Why Foucault? My philosophical work is centrally concentrated in philosophy of […]
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 […]
Poster for Feminist Re-readings of Michel Foucault, Paris, 7–8 Nov 2025, Hybrid
Image: The title of the conference in French across the top-half of the poster amidst two multi-coloured outstretched hands. At the bottom of the poster, my name as the keynote speaker and the address of the venue and institutional supporters. The conference program can be found here: https://biopoliticalphilosophy.com/2025/10/20/feminist-re-readings-of-michel-foucault-hybrid-7-8-nov-2025-sciences-po/
Feminist Re-readings of Michel Foucault, Hybrid, 7–8 Nov 2025, Sciences Po
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 […]
Philosophy, Disability, and Social Change 6 (#PhiDisSocCh6)!
As readers and listeners of BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY may recall, I organized the first five editions of Philosophy, Disability, and Social Change conferences (links to the videos of which are available here) with the support of Jonathan Wolff under the auspices of the Alfred Landecker Chair in the School of Government at the University of Oxford. […]
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: […]
Vital Links to Captioned Videos of Five Editions of the Philosophy, Disability and Social Change (#PhiDisSocCh) Conference
If you are searching for new material in philosophy of disability to add to your course syllabus or need some inspiration, motivation, and profoundly fresh ideas and arguments for your own research, ponder no more. Below, I have copied the links to all the captioned videos of five years of the Philosophy, Disability and Social […]
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 […]
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