Press Release for New Zine: Being Trans in Philosophy

‘We Are Not Trans in a Theoretical Way’: 22 Trans Philosophers and Philosopher-Parents of Trans Kids Speak Out on Academic Philosophy’s Impact on Trans Lives in the Discipline and Beyond Being trans is not a controversial idea but a lived reality. A new zine released today collects 22 first-personal accounts of what it is actually […]

CFP: Trans Philosophy, An Issue of TSQ: Transgender Studies Quarterly (deadline: Apr. 29, 2025)

TSQ: Transgender Studies Quarterly: 13.2: Trans Philosophy Guest Editors: Perry Zurn and Talia Mae Bettcher In “Can the ‘Other’ of Philosophy Speak?” Judith Butler argues that the discipline of philosophy has lost itself to its evil twin: the excluded philosophical engagements occurring outside of that discipline, often under the name “Theory.” From the very outset, trans […]

CFA: Trans/Feminist Philosophy: Pasts, Presents, Futures, University of Guelph, Aug. 14-16, 2024 (deadline: Mar. 15, 2024)

The Canadian Society for Trans Philosophy (CSTP) and the Canadian Society for Women in Philosophy (CSWIP) invite the submission of abstracts for inclusion in our upcoming conference, “Trans/Feminist Philosophy: Pasts, Presents, Futures.” The conference will be held August 14-16, 2024, at the University of Guelph. We encourage interdisciplinary submissions, as well as submissions which challenge […]

Philosophy, Disability and Social Change 4 (#PhiDisSocCh4), Online, Dec. 14-15, 2023-Registration Open!

Philosophy, Disability and Social Change 4 (#PhiDisSocCh4) comprises presentations by disabled philosophers whose cutting-edge research challenges members of the philosophical community to (1) think more critically about the metaphysical and epistemological status of disability; (2) closely examine how philosophy of disability is related to the tradition and discipline of philosophy; and (3) seriously consider how philosophy […]

Dialogues on Disability on Wednesday, November 15, 2023, at 8am 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 “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 August Gorman

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

Dialogues on Disability: Centennial Edition

Hello, I’m Shelley Tremain and I would like to welcome you to the 100th 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 […]