What could bio-communism be? Perhaps it is a form of communism where the workers, freed from the tyranny of capitalism has reconnected with their species-being (Gattungswesen)? Or rather a form of communism which aims to emancipate not only human but also non-human workers from their bonds? Maybe it is neither, and instead, it is a […]
CFP: Fourth Meeting of the Critical Genealogies Workshop, Richmond, Oct. 22-24, 2020 (deadline: Apr. 15, 2020)
The Fourth Meeting of the Critical Genealogies Workshop University of Richmond (Richmond, Virginia, U.S.A.) October 23–24, 2020 (full days of sessions both Fri & Sat plus a reception on Oct 22) The Critical Genealogies Workshop offers a venue for presenting, discussing, and engaging genealogical work in progress. Workshop goals include thematizing and reflecting on larger questions of research […]
CFP: philoSOPHIA 2020, Vanderbilt, May 17-20, 2020 (deadline: Dec. 15, 2019)
(A poster with the following information appears at the end of this post) A Society for Continental Feminism, 14th Annual Conference philoSOPHIA 2020 — Hosted by Vanderbilt University and Kelly Oliver Plenary Speakers: Kathryn Sophia Belle (Penn State), Lisa Guenther (Queen’s, Canada), Tracy Sharpley Whiting (Vanderbilt) Plenary Panel: New Perspectives on Disability: Kim Q. Hall, […]
GPS California: Gathering Philosophers in Southern California, University of Southern California, Nov. 23, 2019 (deadline for applications: Oct. 7, 2019)
Gathering Philosophers in Southern California A workshop aimed at building a more diverse philosophical community. GPS California is a new initiative for undergraduates, run by faculty and graduate students at the University of Southern California. The aim of this workshop is to bring together students from underrepresented groups, with a focus on women and other minorities, who […]
Authority, Depoliticization, Dehumanization Workshop, Kingston University London, Nov. 1, 2019
Authority, Depoliticization, Dehumanization WorkshopFriday 1 November 2019Free, no registration requiredCentre for Research in Modern European PhilosophyKingston University London “But a Present with neither a Future nor a Past is nothing but a ‘natural’ Present, non-human, non-historical, non-political. The domination of the Bourgeoisie is therefore simply the progressive disappearance of political reality as such – that […]
CFP: NYU Animal Studies Award and Workshop on Ending Factory Farming (deadline: Sept. 1, 2019)
NYU Animal Studies is thrilled to announce that we are now accepting submissions for a new award and workshop on ending factory farming. We invite graduate students and early career faculty (i.e., faculty within 5 years of graduation) in any field to submit new or recent (i.e., unpublished or published within one year of submission) […]
CFP: Origins, Lives and Afterlives of Energy Transitions in the Global South, Eindhoven, Jan. 23-24, 2020 (deadline: Aug. 15, 2019)
In the last decade, a range of social scientific and philosophical work has emerged on energy transitions in the global South. There are three gaps in this literature. First, much of the literature is concerned with transitions on the level of (inter)national energy systems, while there is less attention for the political and ethical consequences […]
‘Ezumezu’ and ‘African Philosophy as Critical Universalism’: Engaging African Intuitions for Normative Theory in a Pluriverse, Ebonyi State University, May 27-29, 2019
Special Workshop on the Nature and Significance of Postcolonial African Philosophy This special workshop on the nature and significance of Postcolonial African Philosophy is primarirly motivated by two recent publications. The first, Ezumezu: A System of Logic for African Philosophy and Studies(Springer 2019) by Jonathan O. Chimakonam PhD (Senior Lecturer, University of Calabar, Nigeria), articulates a […]
CFP: Political Philosophy and the Future of Capitalism, Waseda University, June 15-17, 2019 (deadline: Mar. 15, 2019)
A workshop on the theme Political Philosophy and the Future of Capitalism will be held at Waseda University, in Tokyo, from June 15 to 17, 2019. Confirmed speakers:Chiara Cordelli (University of Chicago)Martin O’Neill (University of York)Lucas Stanczyk (Harvard University) Questions about capitalism and its many discontents have acquired a new urgency in recent years. Economic […]
CFP: Workshop for Oxford Studies in Political Philosophy, Syracuse University, Aug. 21-23, 2019 (deadline: Mar. 30, 2019)
Keynote Speakers: Kwame Anthony Appiah (NYU), David Estlund (Brown), Sally Haslanger (MIT) We are now inviting submissions of full papers of between 7500 and 12000 words, including footnotes, to fill the remaining slots for the conference. Submitted papers will need to be fully anonymized. Up to two papers by the same author will be considered, as long as […]
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