The Centre for Global and Comparative Philosophies is pleased to invite you to the 27th Lecture in the SOAS World Philosophies Lecture Series. The Lecture will be delivered by Rianna Oelofsen, Associate Professor at University of Fort Hare, South Africa. This lecture will be hybrid, and we encourage all who can to attend in person. […]
Virtual Summer School: Feminist Critiques of Kant’s Views on Women & Human Progress, Zoom, Jun. 13, 16, 18, 2025
Virtual Summer School: Feminist Critiques of Kant’s Views on Women & Human Progress Organized by Olga Lenczewska, co-taught by Helga Varden and Holly Wilson Session 1: June 13th (Friday), 10-12 EST (4-6pm CET) Topic: Women in Kant’s Writings – prof. Olga Lenczewska Session 2: June 16th (Monday), 10-12 EST (4-6pm CET) Topic: Kant on Women’s Moral & Political Nature – guest speaker prof. Helga Varden […]
New Book on Technology and Equality
This post is intended to announce the much-anticipated publication (Rowman & Littlefield) next month of Technology and Equality*, edited by Sven Ove Hansson and Colleen Murphy. I am delighted that this important book includes my chapter “Disability and Technology? No, Disability as Technology,” the penultimate version of which you can find on my PhilPeople page […]
Waseda Workshop on Sexuality: Japanese and International Perspectives, Online, Oct. 12-13, 2024
Waseda Workshop on Sexuality: Japanese and International Perspectives October 12 – 13 *Held online. Please register for ZOOM below. Official language is English October 12 (Sat), 2024: 10:00-17:20 (Japan Standard Time) https://list-waseda-jp.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_LzbNkJAmTJ-t9gKRlH_93Q (Registration for Day 1. Please register now) 9:30 – 10:00 Welcome Reception 10:00 – 10:10 Introduction (Thomas Spiegel) 10:10 – 11:30 Kasumi Nakamura […]
Ableist Language and Other Everyday Assaults on Disabled People
This return to a post of January 2019 is a reminder that the use of ableist language is not merely about a certain choice of words but rather produces (and reproduces) certain ableist ontologies and epistemologies. Some philosophers and theorists of disability continue to employ the ableist term people with disabilities which has been dubbed […]
Philosophy and Theory of Disability in The Oxford Research Encyclopedia in Disability Studies-Updated
As I indicated in an earlier post, I am the Area Editor for Philosophy and Theory of Disability of The Oxford Research Encyclopedia in Disability Studies that Oxford University Press is developing for its Digital Reference Publications. I am very happy to report that the formation of the area is well underway and that many […]
Philosophy and Theory of Disability in The Oxford Encyclopedia in Disability Studies-An Update
As I indicated in an earlier post, I am the Area Editor for Philosophy and Theory of Disability of The Encyclopedia in Disability Studies that Oxford University Press is developing for its Digital Reference Publications. I am very happy to report that the formation of the area is well underway and that many of your […]
Quote of the Week (and It’s Only Thursday): Alex Byrne on Gender and Disability
The quote of the week for this week (though it’s only Thursday) extends my examination, in previous “quote of the week” posts, of the distinctly tendentious ways in which philosophers deploy ableist language to signify allegedly natural defect with respect to a purportedly universal intelligence and the material and institutional effects of these discursive practices. […]
Quote of the Week (and It’s Only Thursday): Judith Butler on Gender and Philosophy
The quote of the week for this week (though it’s only Thursday) ushers in the publication of Judith Butler’s first book on gender in a decade: Who’s Afraid of Gender? Readers and listeners of my work on the apparatus of disability recognize how formative Butler’s claims about the performativity of gender and nonjuridical forms of […]
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 […]
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