Last week, Daily Nous reported that a proposal to cut the philosophy programme at the University of Kent was approved. In the late summer and fall of 2023, we saw the impassioned notices on Daily Nous and in other forums about the closing of the Dianoia Institute. Two weeks ago, I and others commented on […]
CFP: Politics of Self-Care in an Unjust World (deadline: Aug. 1, 2024)
This special issue of Hypatia focuses on philosophical, social, and political analyses, and draws ethical boundaries using a feminist framework that should be in place when we engage in self-care practices. Self-care is a healthy, restorative, self-respecting, and affirming practice. It is primarily an intentional act of grounding, establishing safety, and building protective boundaries to grow and […]
Dialogues on Disability: Shelley Tremain Interviews Kate Manne
Hello, I’m Shelley Tremain and I would like to welcome you to the one hundred and eighth 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 […]
Lecture by Johnathan Flowers: Gender as Affect: A Cross-Cultural Aesthetics of Gender, SOAS/Zoom, Mar. 22, 2024, 16:00 GMT
The Centre for Global and Comparative Philosophies is very pleased to invite you to the 21st Lecture in the SOAS World Philosophies Lecture Series. The Lecture will be delivered by Johnathan Flowers, Assistant Professor of Philosophy, California State University, Northridge Title: Gender as Affect: a Cross-Cultural Aesthetics of Gender Summary This talk will bring together Japanese Aesthetics and American […]
Dialogues on Disability on Wednesday, March 20, 2024, at 8 a.m. 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 “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 […]
(Why) You Should Stop Elevating Disabled Men in Philosophy
I was relieved that Mich Ciurria controlled the peer-review process for the forthcoming special issue of Feminist Philosophy Quarterly that they guest edited. The reviewer reports that I received, although I did not agree with all the remarks made therein, were instructive and convinced me to expand upon and rearrange claims in the submission in […]
CFA: Trans/Feminist Philosophy: Pasts, Presents, Futures, University of Guelph, Aug. 14-16, 2024 (deadline: Mar. 15, 2024)
The Canadian Society for Trans Philosophy (CSTP) and the Canadian Society for Women in Philosophy (CSWIP) invite the submission of abstracts for inclusion in our upcoming conference, “Trans/Feminist Philosophy: Pasts, Presents, Futures.” The conference will be held August 14-16, 2024, at the University of Guelph. We encourage interdisciplinary submissions, as well as submissions which challenge […]
Update on the Upcoming Eastern APA, Technology, and Philosophy of Disability
Yesterday, I posted on BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY about my computer problems in advance of the Eastern APA, requesting assistance from tech savvy philosophers who would be in New York for the meeting there this week. As I said in the post, computer mishaps have long been among my worst nightmares: writing for a broad audience is […]
CFP: First Feminist Philosophy of Physics Workshop, University of Michigan/Hybrid, Jun. 20-21, 2024 (deadline: Jan. 19, 2024)
We invite submissions from scholars at all career stages to the first Feminist Philosophy of Physics Workshop, to be held on June 20-21, 2024 at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor and hybrid on Zoom. We welcome submissions to present talks (20 min or 30 min), to organize panel or workshop discussions, as well as […]
CFP: The Philosophy of Sexual Violence (deadline: Dec. 1, 2023)
We invite full submissions for an edited Routledge volume, The Philosophy of Sexual Violence Eds. Yolonda Wilson (Saint Louis University) and Georgi Gardiner (University of Tennessee) Submission Deadline: 1st December 2023 We welcome submission of standard academic essays (5,000-10,000 words). We also keenly encourage philosophical submissions with innovative or alternative formats, such as: We also welcome submission […]
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