Theorising Disability and Neurodivergence. Philosophical Foundations and Challenges, Special Issue of “Azimuth. Philosophical Coordinates in Modern and Contemporary Age” (deadline: Jan. 15, 2026)

This is a kind reminder of the CfP below for a special issue “Azimuth. Philosophical Coordinates in Modern and Contemporary Age” (Issue 1/2026), co-edited by Matteo Santarelli (University of Bologna) and Chiara Montalti (University of Bologna) Theorising Disability and Neurodivergence. Philosophical Foundations and Challenges Disability and neurodivergence have garnered growing interest in philosophy, as evidenced by several essays and […]

CFP: THEORISING DISABILITY AND NEURODIVERGENCE. PHILOSOPHICAL FOUNDATIONS AND CHALLENGES, Special issue of Azimuth: Philosophical Coordinates in Modern and Contemporary Age (deadline: Jan. 15, 2026)

“THEORISING DISABILITY AND NEURODIVERGENCE. PHILOSOPHICAL FOUNDATIONS AND CHALLENGES” (ed. by Chiara Montalti and Matteo Santarelli) Disability and neurodivergence have garnered growing interest in philosophy, as evidenced by several essays and collected volumes recently published, not so rarely by disabled and/or neurodivergent scholars (among others, see the work by Robert Chapman, Adam Cureton, Alan Jurgens, Shelley […]

CFP: THEORISING DISABILITY AND NEURODIVERGENCE. PHILOSOPHICAL FOUNDATIONS AND CHALLENGES, Special issue of Azimuth: Philosophical Coordinates in Modern and Contemporary Age

“THEORISING DISABILITY AND NEURODIVERGENCE. PHILOSOPHICAL FOUNDATIONS AND CHALLENGES” (ed. by Chiara Montalti and Matteo Santarelli) Disability and neurodivergence have garnered growing interest in philosophy, as evidenced by several essays and collected volumes recently published, not so rarely by disabled and/or neurodivergent scholars (among others, see the work by Robert Chapman, Adam Cureton, Alan Jurgens, Shelley […]

Neurodiversity Lite is Still Evolving

By Robert Chapman When we talk about “neurodiversity lite” in academia or research, we’re usually talking about psychologists or psychiatrists who appropriate neurodiversity paradigm terminology while failing to adhere to the liberatory commitments and ethos of the neurodiversity movement. Prototypical neurodiversity lite leaders tend to be already established researchers at prestigious universities working on, say, […]

Dialogues on Disability on Wednesday, March 19, 2025, 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 “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 […]

Neurodiversity and Neurodivergence: The Epistemic, Political, and Ethical Dimensions of Conceiving Differences versus Deficits, Online/Bayreuth, Oct. 10-11, 2024

This workshop brings together people working in various areas of philosophy whose work pertains to research on neurodiversity  and neurodivergence or has implications for our understanding of it. The neurodiversity movement emerged in the early 1990s as a joint action of activist autistic individuals who, through online connections, began raising awareness of various problems associated […]

Marginalized Body Epistemologies and 4E Embodied Cognition, Oct. 4-6, 2024, Spelman/Online

PROGRAM Marginalized Body Epistemologies and 4E Embodied Cognition Spelman College, October 4-6 Friday: 5-6: Meet and greet 6-7:15- Keynote Elena Clare Cuffari “Truth in Language: Gendered Practices of Participation and Power,” Department of Psychology, Embodied Approaches to Communication and Cognition Lab, Franklin and Marshall College  Dinner on your own (Recommended@ Lee and White area or Castleberry […]

Dialogues on Disability on Wednesday, June 19, 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 […]

Dialogues on Disability: Shelley Tremain Interviews Amelia Hicks

­­Hello, I’m Shelley Tremain and I would like to welcome you to the one hundred and seventh 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 […]