My chapter on enhancement and disability for the Oxford Handbook on Philosophy and Disability is now published and available online. Check it out! Here’s the information: “Second Thoughts on Enhancement and Disability,” by Melinda C. Hall The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy and Disability, edited by David T. Wasserman and Adam Cureton Abstract and Keywords Transhumanist […]
Feminist Philosophy of Disability: A Genealogical Intervention
Today is International Women’s Day; so, I’m happy to tell you that my article “Feminist Philosophy of Disability: A Genealogical Intervention” has now been published in The Southern Journal of Philosophy, Vol. 57, No. 1, pp. 132-158. The article draws upon my book Foucault and Feminist Philosophy of Disability and also identifies feminist philosophy of […]
CFP: Inaugural Issue of Interconnections/Interconnexions (deadline: Mar. 31, 2019)
We are pleased to announce the inaugural issue of Interconnections: Journal of Posthumanism / Interconnexions: revue de posthumanisme. Our peer-reviewed, international, bilingual, open-access, interdisciplinary journal is devoted to theorizing what it means to think beyond both historical and current conceptions of ‘the human’ in ways that transcend the traditionally anthropocentric parameters of the humanities and social […]
CFP: International Association for Environmental Philosophy, Pittsburgh, Nov. 2-4, 2019
Following the 58th Annual Meeting of the Society for Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy (SPEP), Pittsburgh Marriott, Pittsburgh, PA 2019 Keynote Speaker ELI CLARE Author of Brilliant Imperfection: Body-Mind Restoration and Ecosystem Restoration IAEP offers a forum for the philosophical discussion of our relation to the environment. We embrace a broad understanding of environmental philosophy including […]
The Wits Centre for Critical Diversity Studies and Philosophy of Disability as Critical Diversity Studies
In October, I will give a keynote at the 2019 annual conference of the Wits Centre for Diversity Studies (WICDS) at the University of Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa. The theme of the conference this year is “Disabling Normativities.” The 2017 conference that WICDS held, which was entitled “Troubling Seasons of Hate” and among whose […]
Dialogues on Disability on Wednesday, Feb. 20th, 2019, at 8 a.m. 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 […]
Beyond Inclusive Syllabi
[Occasionally, I will (re)post to BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY essays, data, or other information that I previously posted on the Discrimination and Disadvantage blog. The following post appeared on Discrimination and Disadvantage in October of last year.] Nondisabled white women are generally included whenever philosophers wish to identify various underrepresented groups in the profession. Indeed, these women are generally given priority […]
Another Reason To Get Foucault and Feminist Philosophy of Disability – 30% Off!
Some readers and listeners of BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY may recall that one of our first posts was an announcement about the book symposium on Foucault and Feminist Philosophy of Disability that will take place at the upcoming Pacific APA in Vancouver. In recognition of this event, the University of Michigan Press will take 30% off the […]
CFP: Glasgow MAP Workshop 2019 – Us and Them: Violence, Discrimination and Minorities, University of Glasgow, Apr. 11-12, 2019 (deadline: Mar. 4, 2019)
Keynote speakers: Mona Simion, University of St. Andrews Alessandra Tanesini, Cardiff University The Minorities and Philosophy chapter of the University of Glasgow is pleased to announce its annual workshop. This year, we will focus on violence and discrimination as experienced by minorities. Members of minorities, here broadly understood, are subjected to systematic forms of violence at the personal […]
Writing Foucault and Feminist Philosophy of Disability
I enjoyed reading Sarah Tyson’s recent guest post about why she wrote her new book, Where Are the Women? Why Expanding the Archive Makes Philosophy Better. Since, in preparation for the Pacific APA, I have been thinking about my reasons for writing Foucault and Feminist Philosophy of Disability, and, furthermore, because I think that […]
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