About the Ableism That Conditions Your Criticisms of Zoom (Again)

Due to the APA’s recent decision (go here and here) to eliminate online participation in its conferences and to the number of feminist and other philosophy conferences that have reverted to exclusionary in-person-only formats, I’ve reposted (from June 2022) this explanation of how ableism undergirds the veneration and continued production of in-person-only philosophy conferences and […]

Spinoza and Feminism: Seminar with Hasana Sharp, Zoom, Jun. 14, 2025, at 17:00 BST/12:00pm EST

Saturday June 14th, 17:00 BST/12:00pm ESTSee this page for details: https://culturepowerpolitics.org/from-marx-to-spinoza-affect-ideology-materiality/ This seminar is part of the series From Marx to Spinoza: Affect, Ideology, Materiality, convened by Andrew Goffey, Jason Read and Jeremy Gilbert, hosted by Culture, Power, Politics. The seminar will be held on Zoom, is free, and open to all. The link will be sent out […]

Virtual Summer School: Feminist Critiques of Kant’s Views on Women & Human Progress, Zoom, Jun. 13, 16, 18, 2025 

Virtual Summer School: Feminist Critiques of Kant’s Views on Women & Human Progress  Organized by Olga Lenczewska, co-taught by Helga Varden and Holly Wilson Session 1: June 13th (Friday), 10-12 EST (4-6pm CET) Topic: Women in Kant’s Writings – prof. Olga Lenczewska Session 2: June 16th (Monday), 10-12 EST (4-6pm CET) Topic: Kant on Women’s Moral & Political Nature – guest speaker prof. Helga Varden […]

Registration for Ethics After the Pandemic, Hybrid, Sat. Apr. 15, 2023

I have copied below the poster for Ethics After the Pandemic, the symposium taking place this Saturday at Salisbury University from 9:00am to 3:30pm EST. Karen Stohr and I will give keynotes in the morning and three panels will be held in the afternoon. To join the symposium by Zoom, go here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/43rd-annual-salisbury-university-philosophy-symposium-tickets-553421337117 Description of […]

Zoom Talk about MAiD and Abolishing Bioethics, Friday, Feb. 3, 2023, Online

A reminder that this Friday, that is, Friday, February 3rd, at 12:00pm, I will present a Zoom talk entitled “Bioethics De-Mystified: Disaster Ableism and the Utility of Epistemologies of Crisis” to the Department of Philosophy at Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM). The talk is part of the Webinaire Justice Épistémique // Epistemic Justice Webinar, an […]

Webinaire Justice Épistémique // Epistemic Justice Webinar

La Chaire de recherche du Canada sur l’injustice et l’agentivité épistémiques lance une nouvelle série de conférences en ligne, mettant de l’avant des chercheur-es sous-représenté-es en philosophie et dans le monde académique et/ou qui travaillent sur des questions liées aux groupes minorisés. Les séances auront lieu entièrement en ligne sur Zoom. La Chaire est ravie […]

Countdown to Philosophy, Disability and Social Change 3 (#PhiDisSocCh3), Zoom/Online, Dec. 6-9, 2022!

Here at BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY we are very happy because Philosophy, Disability and Social Change 3 – #PhiDisSocCh3 – is only a little over a week away! Philosophy, Disability and Social Change 3 (#PhiDisSocCh3) will take place December 6-8, 13:00-18:20 GMT/8:00-13:20 EST/5-10:20 PST and Dec. 9 13:00-19:00 GMT/8:00-14:00 EST/5:00-11:00 PST exclusively online. The conference, which is […]

Another Update on The Bloomsbury Guide to Philosophy of Disability

Some readers/listeners of BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY have asked about the upcoming publication of The Bloomsbury Guide to Philosophy of Disability. The production process has remained roughly on schedule: the book will be out in the late Spring/early Summer. The contributions to the collection have been edited and revised. I am extremely pleased with the outcomes. I […]

About the Ableism That Conditions Your Criticisms of Zoom (Again)

Due to the APA’s recent decision (go here andhere) to eliminate online participation in its conferences and to the number of feminist and other philosophy conferences that have reverted to exclusionary in-person-only formats, I’ve reposted (from June 2022) this explanation of how ableism undergirds the veneration and continued production of in-person-only philosophy conferences and workshops. […]