(How) Should The Question “Are Trans People Delusional?” Be Addressed?

Many readers and listeners of BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY will recognize that the title of this post includes the question that trans philosopher Talia Bettcher posed in a YouTube video of the same name which she produced and circulated on Facebook earlier in the week. When I saw the Facebook post about the video, I was worried. […]

CFEOI: CFP: Susan Stryker and Trans Studies, A Special Issue of Australian Feminist Studies (deadline: Feb. 16, 2025; May 1, 2025)

Expressions of interest are sought for contributions to a planned Special Issue (SI) of Australian Feminist Studies devoted to the topic of Susan Stryker and transgender studies. When Monsters Speak: A Susan Stryker Reader (2024) showcases the essential writings of Susan Stryker from the 1990s to the present; her scholarly work, her documentaries, zines, newsletters, etc. This SI invites […]

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 […]

Dialogues on Disability: Shelley Tremain Interviews Andrea Pitts Redux

Dear All, I very much regret to tell you that the interview that was originally scheduled for today has been postponed. Disabled people know that institutional time commitments and other arrangements must be regarded as flexible and subject to revision in order for disabled people (among others) to gain the social justice that privileged participants […]

CFA: Thinking Trans//Trans Thinking Conference 2025, Hybrid, Mar. 27-28, 2025 (deadline: Nov. 15, 2024)

Dates: Thursday, March 27th and Friday, March 28th, 2025 Location: Lafayette College in Easton, PA & Hybrid/Zoom Call for Proposals Submission Deadline: November 15, 2024 Notified for acceptance by Dec. 1, 2024 Keynote Speakers: Dr. Trish Salah (Queen’s University) and Dr. Nathan DuFord (Smith College) Trans philosophy, broadly construed, provides a space where trans people can think together […]

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 […]

Trans Philosophy – Two Upcoming Events

Zoom workshop Building a Trans Community in Philosophy September, 4-5, 2023 This online event is for and by trans philosophers from any area of philosophy. Registration via Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/building-a-trans-community-in-philosophy-tickets-706705203287?aff=oddtdtcreator The event is organised by the brand-new Taskforce for Gender Minorities by Minorities and Philosophy (MAP) International. For more information about the workshop, see: https://genderminorities.weebly.com/building-a-trans-community-in-philosophy.html For more information about the taskforce, see: https://genderminorities.weebly.com/ Please share widely in your relevant networks. […]

CFP: STRUCTURAL INJUSTICE IN PHILOSOPHY (deadline: Jul. 31, 2023)

Minorities and Philosophy (MAP) & Bloomsbury Academic Volume on Structural Injustice in Philosophy Editors: Milana Kostic (MAP), Maeve McKeown (University of Groningen), and Robin Zheng (University of Glasgow) Deadline for 500-word abstracts/pitches: 31 July 2023 We invite submissions on the use of structural injustice as a conceptual tool for explaining underrepresentation and related issues in […]

Dialogues on Disability: Shelley Tremain Interviews Gen Eickers

Hello, I’m Shelley Tremain and I’d like to welcome you to the ninety-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 with disabled philosophers […]