Hello, I am Shelley Tremain and I would like to welcome you to the eleventh-anniversary 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 discussion with disabled philosophers about […]
Philosophy and Theory of Disability in The Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Disability Studies!
On April 9, The Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Disability Studies (ORE) — a mammoth project whose contents will appear online on a rolling basis — was launched! As readers/listeners of BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY may recall, I edited/curated the Philosophy and Theory of Disability Area of the ORE (go here). Yesterday, several authors who wrote for the […]
Dialogues on Disability on Wednesday, April 15, 2026, at 8 am ET
“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 […]
Quote of the Week: Katy Fulfer on Aph Ko on BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY
As readers/listeners of BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY may recall, I am guest editing an issue of Feminist Philosophy Quarterly to commemorate the centennial anniversary of Foucault’s birth on October 15, 1926. If all goes as planned, the issue will appear in September 2026. In my role as guest editor, I am working with FPQ editor Katy Fulfer, […]
The Making of Oppression and Another (Outdated and Outmoded) SEP Entry on Disability that You Should Ignore
In a recent post on BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY, Mich Ciurria wrote: To regard race, animality, and disability as “intersecting” oppressions rather than one and the same oppression is, on [Aph] Ko’s view, politically and epistemically harmful, because it sows divisions, precludes solidarity, and obscures a deeper understanding of domination. “Animal,” she clarifies, “is a label. It’s […]
Dialogues on Disability: Robert Chapman and Mich Ciurria Interview Shelley Tremain (Tenth-anniversary Edition) Redux
Due to unexpected circumstances, the Dialogues on Disability interview originally scheduled as March’s installment will not be posted today. In its stead, I have posted the interview that began this tenth-anniversary year of the series, namely, the installment from last April in which Robert Chapman and Mich Ciurria interviewed me for the series. Dialogues on […]
Reminder about the CFP for NASSP and CSWIP Conference, Joy, Care, and Resistance (deadline: March 15, 2026)
The extended deadline for this conference was Sunday, March 15. The scheduled keynotes for the conference are Quill Kukla and Kate Norlock. This post is a strident reminder that if you submitted an abstract to the CFP, you can nevertheless withdraw it and, in doing so, demonstrate both your solidarity with disabled philosophers and other […]
Disabled Feminist Academics Are Marginalized, Exploited, and Excluded in Every Context and at Every Level of the University
As readers and listeners of BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY have witnessed, many, if not most, of my posts on the blog are concerned to identify the mechanisms, practices, and strategies by and through which the exclusion of disabled philosophers and the marginalization of philosophy of disability are produced. To take just one example, in a recent post, […]
Revisit or Catch What You Missed of Philosophy, Disability, and Social Change 6: The Videos!
As I indicated in previous posts here at BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY, the latest edition of the Philosophy, Disability, and Social Change conference series, namely, Philosophy, Disability, Social Change 6, was an outstanding event, exceeding the hopes and expectations of our organizing team and providing participants and attendees with memorable and highly rewarding experiences. Attendance at Philosophy, […]
Update on Special Issue of FPQ on Foucault and Marginalized Feminist Approaches and Perspectives
Facebook is buzzing in anticipation of the publication of The Foucauldian Mind in September to commemorate the centennial anniversary of Michel Foucault’s birth. Edited by the illustrious Daniele Lorenzini, this landmark text has 44 chapters written by important scholars of Foucault’s work. I am delighted to be in their company by contributing my chapter “Foucault: […]
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