Keynote: Elizabeth Brake Today’s families differ widely in their form, internal organisation, lifestyle and values. At the same time, liberal states are in need of binding rules that serve to protect individuals’ and particularly children’s rights. Challenges arise when liberal values or socially recognized norms conflict with particular ways of organising family life, for instance, […]
CFP: The Sexual Politics of Freedom, University of Galway, May 22-23, 2020 (deadline: Feb. 21, 2020)
Keynote speakers: Prof Ratna Kapur (QMUL) and Prof Linda Martín Alcoff (CUNY) At stake in framing the theme of this conference in terms of ‘the sexual politics of freedom’ as opposed to ‘the politics of sexual freedom’ is to draw our attention to the ways in which the politics of freedom has always been implicated in sexual […]
CFP: Political and Scientific Aspects of Veganism, University of Zagreb, May 29-June 1, 2019 (deadline: Apr. 30, 2019)
Organized by Nous, Philosophy Graduate Students’ Association Veganism as a subject has increasingly been featured in the media. The Guardian, The New York Times and other prominent media outlets write about veganism more and more often due to the increase in the number of people who identify as vegan. According to polls, in the US […]
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