Philosophy, Disability and Social Change, the open access, free, and online conference that Jonathan Wolff and I are organizing through the Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford, is less than 6 weeks away. Already, close to 600 people have registered for this pathbreaking conference. Have you? If not, follow the link given after the […]
Dialogues on Disability: Shelley Tremain Interviews Nathan Moore
Hello, I’m Shelley Tremain and I’d like to welcome you to the sixty-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 discussion with disabled philosophers […]
Feminist Philosophy of Disability at the Arché Feminist Philosophy and Social Theory Seminar, St. Andrews, Wednesday, November 4th, 2020
On Wednesday, November 4th, from 2-4p.m. GMT, I will present a paper on feminist philosophy of disability, denaturalizing disability, genealogy, Phineas Gage, nursing homes, and a few other things to the Arché Feminist Philosophy and Social Theory Seminar organized by the Department of Philosophy at The University of St. Andrews (Scotland). If you would like […]
Philosophy and Structural Gaslighting About Disability
Philosophers generally do not regard critical examination of disability as suitable to research and teaching in social metaphysics and social epistemology; nor do they, generally, appreciate the critical importance of philosophy of disability but rather remain resolute that philosophical inquiry about disability is appropriately and adequately conducted in the established subfield of bioethics. Indeed, a […]
Dialogues on Disability on Wednesday, October 21st, at 8 am EST
“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 “The Dialogues on Disability platform … has been very helpful to me, especially at times where I did not feel I belong in the world of […]
Philosophy, Disability and Social Change, Online, Dec. 9-11 – Registration Open!
I’m delighted to announce that the webpage is now up for “Philosophy, Disability and Social Change,” the conference that I am co-organizing with Jonathan Wolff. Hosted by the Blavatnik School of Government at the University of Oxford, the conference will take place online from December 9-11, 1pm-6:30/7pm GMT. The conference is FREE, open to everyone, […]
Andrea J. Pitts Reviews My Book
Andrea Pitts has written a wonderful review of Foucault and Feminist Philosophy of Disability for the Canadian Journal of Disability Studies. Andrea’s review appears in a special issue of CJDS devoted to transinstitutionalism. The Table of Contents for the special issue is here: https://cjds.uwaterloo.ca/index.php/cjds/issue/view/33 You can find Andrea Pitts’s review of my book here: https://cjds.uwaterloo.ca/index.php/cjds/article/view/651/910
What “Philosophy, Disability, and Social Change” Will Be and Do
We are currently at work to set up the webpage for “Philosophy, Disabiilty, and Social Change,” the online conference that will take place from December 9th-11th. I posted the draft program for the conference last week here. The final program is now set and the webpage for the conference should be operational very soon. Needless […]
Draft Program of Philosophy, Disability, and Social Change, An Online Conference Supported by The University of Oxford, Dec. 9-11, 2020
All times given are Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) which is five hours ahead of Eastern Standard Time (EST) and eight hours ahead of Pacific Standard Time (PST). Thus, the conference begins on Wednesday, December 9th at 1:00pm GMT, 8:00am EST, and 5:00am PST. Information about registration and web-links will be made available with the final […]
Dialogues on Disability: Shelley Tremain Interviews Michelle Ciurria
Hello, I’m Shelley Tremain and I’d like to welcome you to the sixty-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 […]
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