Keynote Speakers Avigail Eisenberg, University of Victoria Stephen Gardiner, University of Washington Catherine Lu, McGill University Conference Theme The concept of structural injustice is one that has been given a lot of attention by political philosophers in recent years. Iris Young defined structural injustice as a kind of moral wrong that is distinct from unjust, […]
CFP: Philosophy and/of Inclusion-MAP CEU, Central European University, May 3-4, 2019 (deadline: Apr. 7, 2019)
Description: The CEU chapter of Minorities and Philosophy (MAP) is planning a two-day symposium organized around the topic of underrepresented or oppressed demographics within philosophy and academia, and society in general. Through presented work and facilitated workshops, we want this symposium to highlight standpoint specific thinking and experiences addressing the issues of inequality and inclusion, […]
CFA: Black Panther and Philosophy (deadline: June 4, 2019)
Call for Abstracts Black Panther and Philosophy Edited by Edwardo Pérez and Timothy E. Brown The Blackwell Philosophy and Pop Culture Series To propose ideas for future volumes in the Blackwell series please contact the Series Editor, William Irwin, at williamirwin@kings.edu If you have comments or criticisms for the series, please contact the series editor after […]
CFA: Annual Conference of SWIP-Ireland, Dublin City University, Apr. 26-28, 2019 (deadline: Mar. 8, 2019)
7th Annual Conference and General Meeting of SWIP-Ireland 26-28 April, 2019 Dublin City University, Ireland Conference Theme: Gender and Philosophy SWIP-Ireland invites abstracts for papers that engage with the topic of gender and philosophy, broadly construed, from all philosophical traditions and approaches. The confirmed keynote speakers are: Charlotte Witt (University of New Hampshire) Christine Battersby (University of Warwick) […]
CFP: Workshop for Oxford Studies in Political Philosophy, Syracuse University, Aug. 21-23, 2019 (deadline: Mar. 30, 2019)
Keynote Speakers: Kwame Anthony Appiah (NYU), David Estlund (Brown), Sally Haslanger (MIT) We are now inviting submissions of full papers of between 7500 and 12000 words, including footnotes, to fill the remaining slots for the conference. Submitted papers will need to be fully anonymized. Up to two papers by the same author will be considered, as long as […]
Indigenous/Settler, Princeton University, Apr. 4-6, 2019
This conference takes place in Lenapehoking, on the unceded and occupied lands of the Lenape. Our gathering acknowledges and pays respect to Lenape ancestors, peoples today, and the Lenape future to come – across Lenapehoking and the Lenape diaspora. From this local site of Lenapehoking – and from the ground of Princeton’s colonial condition – […]
CFP: The Erotics of Nonsexualities: Intersectional Approaches (deadline: Aug. 19, 2019)
Special Issue of Feminist Formations Guest edited by Ela Przybylo and Kristina Gupta Submission deadline: August 19, 2019 This special issue seeks to bring into conversation intersectional work on erotics and on nonsexualities. The word erotics, derived from the ancient Greek eros, marks a way of thinking intimacy, relating, and kinship that can include but is […]
CFP: MAP Group Session, Creating Inclusive Spaces, Pacific APA, Apr. 19, 2019 (deadline: Feb. 1, 2019)
We are seeking paper abstracts and proposals for mini-workshops or advice sessions related to this theme. Possible topics include sexual harassment, advising and mentorship dynamics, cultivating ecologies of support, division of emotional and professional labor in academia, the effects of implicit bias in academic spaces, and other related topics. Each session will last for about […]
Using Phineas Gage for Questions on Personal Identity and Other Topics in Philosophy of Mind, Experimental Philosophy, Cognitive Science, etc.
Philosophers generally take disabilities (plural) and impairments to be self-evident, natural, and politically neutral human characteristics or attributes that certain people possess and embody. In recent years, however, a growing number of philosophers have challenged this view, consolidating an area of philosophy for which I coined the name “philosophy of disability.” Many philosophers of disability, […]
Ableist Language and Other Everyday Assaults on Disabled People (or, Stop Talking About “People with Disabilities”!)
Language, a ubiquitous sociopolitical mechanism, operates intentionally and nonsubjectively, and can produce microaggressions whose effects are far-reaching. Language, Lane Greene remarks, is a genius system with no genius. “Bound by rules, yet constantly changing,” Greene notes, “language might be the ultimate self-regulating system, with nobody in charge” (Greene 2018). In systems of language, words and […]
