Three Disability Sessions at the 2015 Pacific APA, Vancouver April 1-4, 2015
Group Session: Society for Philosophy and Disability: Puzzles about Disability
Saturday, April 4, 9:00-11:30am (Session G9L)
Authors:
Margaret Battin (University of Utah)
Leslie Pickering Francis (University of Utah)
Anita Silvers (San Francisco State University)
Discussants:
Sara Goering (University of Washington)
Anita Ho (National University of Singapore and University of British Columbia)
Susan Wendell (Simon Fraser University)
Invited Symposium: Eugenics and Philosophy (Session #39)
Wednesday, April 1, 9am (Session 1D
Chair:
Robert A. Wilson (University of Alberta)
Speakers:
Leslie Pickering Francis (University of Utah), "Bioethics and Eugenics"
Matt Haber (University of Utah), "Normal Variation, Normal, and Variation"
Adam Cureton (University of Tennessee), "Parents with Disabilities"
Group Session: Society for the Philosophy of Sex and Love: Sex and Disability
Wednesday, April 1, 6:00-9:00pm (Session G2J)
Chair:
Andria Bianchi (University of Waterloo)
Speakers:
Jami Anderson (University of Michigan-Flint), “Consent, Sexual Desire, and Impairment”
Ruth Sample (University of New Hampshire), “I See SPED People: Male Traits as Disability”
Raymond Aldred (McGill University), “Thinking about Sex, Body, and Pleasure with Disability in Mind” ...
APA Pacific Division, Vancouver April 1-4, 2015
Invited Symposium: Eugenics and Philosophy (Session #39) Wed 1st April, 9am, Session 1D
Chair:
Robert A. Wilson (University of Alberta)
Speakers:
Leslie Pickering Francis (University of Utah), "Bioethics and Eugenics"
Matt Haber (University of Utah), "Normal Variation, Normal, and Variation"
Adam Cureton (University of Tennessee), "Parents with Disabilities" ...
Call for Participants for a workshop on "The Scope of Eugenics"
The Scope of Eugenics. The Canadian-based project Living Archives on Eugenics in Western Canada is pleased to announce a mentoring workshop for students and early career scholars that may be of interest to philosophers of disability. Banff Centre, Alberta, May 22-25, 2015. Substantial funding available for all participants, and an opportunity to contribute to the Encyc module at eugenicsarchive.ca . Please see scopeofeugenics.wordpress.com for more details, including the full call for proposals (due March 1st), or contact the workshop director, Professor Rob Wilson, rwilson.robert@gmail.com . ...
JOB: Parr Center for Ethics at UNC Chapel Hill
The Department of Philosophy within the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is searching for a tenured professor (Associate or Full) who also will become the Director of the Parr Center for Ethics.
We are searching for an accomplished philosopher working in moral theory and practical ethics, and the preferred start date is July, 2015. It is important that the candidate have proven administrative skills, a deep commitment to the mission of the Parr Center, and the ability to work collaboratively across schools and disciplines.
For information about the Parr Center and its mission, please consult parrcenter.unc.edu/. The Parr Center Director is a full member of the Philosophy Department, with a teaching load of 1 course per semester, undergraduate and graduate. The Director will also be involved in thesis supervision and have other standard non-teaching duties such as graduate and undergraduate mentorship and participation in the Philosophy Department’s vigorous intellectual life. Salary competitive.
Review of applications will begin on December 10, 2014 and continue until the position is filled. Direct inquiries should be made to Professor Geoffrey Sayre-McCord: sayre-mccord@unc.edu.
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is an equal opportunity employer. Minorities and women are encouraged to apply.
For further information, please visit the website: philjobs.org/job/show/3489 ...
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The UNC Philosophy Department and the Parr Center for Ethics are recognizing some of our remarkable undergraduate students, in a spotlight, who are applying their studies in philosophy to the real-world.
