Readings include discussions of what it is like to be perceived as undocumented, ethical quagmires affecting those who interpret for their family members, the difficulty of pursuing career success without compromising one’s cultural identity and values, the nature of citizenship, disputes about labels, the significance of language, and debates about the nature of Latinx identity.
Dialogues on Disability: Shelley Tremain Interviews Andrea Pitts Redux
Dear All, I very much regret to tell you that the interview that was originally scheduled for today has been postponed. Disabled people know that institutional time commitments and other arrangements must be regarded as flexible and subject to revision in order for disabled people (among others) to gain the social justice that privileged participants […]
Full List of Participants for Philosophy, Disability and Social Change 3, Online, Dec. 6-9, 2022
The planning for Philosophy, Disability and Social Change 3 is gearing up. I expect to post a preliminary program for the third edition of this pathbreaking online conference in September. Registration will open at that time. In the meantime, however, the full list of participants–presenters and chairs–of this exciting conference has now been finalized and […]
CFP: Ethics and Race, Great Lakes Philosophy Conference, Online, Apr. 14-16, 2023 (deadline: Jan. 1, 2023)
Great Lakes Philosophy Conference Ethics and Race Dates: April 14-16, 2023 Location: Virtual, via Microsoft Teams Keynote Speaker: Professor Naomi Zack, Lehman College Deadline for Submissions: January 1st, 2023 Notification of Acceptance: January 15th, 2023 Any paper that relates to the theme of “Ethics and Race,” broadly construed, will be considered. Topics might include, but […]
Dialogues on Disability: Shelley Tremain Interviews Andrea Pitts
Hello, I’m Shelley Tremain and I’d like to welcome you to the eighty-sixth 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 […]