Society for Philosophy and Disability Topic: Respecting People with Disabilities in Public and Private Life Date: Friday, January 6 9:00 a.m.–Noon Chair: Eva Kittay (Stony Brook University, SUNY) Speakers: John Vorhaus (University College, London) “Identity, Self-Respect, and People with Profound Cognitive Impairments” Alice Crary (The New School)
Read more →Eva Kittay and Richard M. Rubin will have a joint public discussion on philosophy and cognitive impairment sponsored by the New York Pragmatist Forum on Friday April 1 from 2-4pm at Fordham’s Lincoln Center Campus (113 W 60th St, New York, NY;Lowenstein 610). For further information, people should
Read more →Society for Philosophy and Disability: Philosophy of Disability: Ableism and Affect FRIDAY, JANUARY 15, 11:15 A.M.–1:15 P.M. Chair: Adam Cureton (University of Tennessee) Speakers: Joel Michael Reynolds (Emory University) “The Charmed Pendulum of Ability: Ethical Theory at the Intersections of Ableism and Affect” Jennifer Scuro (The
Read more →Our very own SPD board member, Professor Eva Kittay, has been elected to serve as Vice-President of the Eastern Division of the American Philosophical Association this year. She will serve as President of that division of the APA the following year. Please join us in congratulating Eva, who
Read more →Four of our five board members stood for reelection this year and all four were reappointed to their positions. They are: Adam Cureton, President David Wasserman, Vice-President Leslie Pickering Francis, Secretary/Treasurer Eva Kittay, Member-at-Large Please join me in congratulating our board members and in thanking them for
Read more →Call for Abstracts Metaphors in Use Third Annual Lehigh University Conference in Philosophy, October 8 & 9, 2015 Keynote Speakers: Elisabeth Camp, Rutgers; Bryan Van Norden, Vassar; Lynne Tirrell, U Mass, Boston SUBMISSION DEADLINE: JUNE 30, 2015 Metaphors do heavy lifting in philosophical thinking. Many of us
Read more →Some of you may be interested to know that our very own Board Member, Professor Eva Kittay, is on the Eastern APA ballot this year. More information about her and the other candidates is available here. In light of her academic work on disability as well as
Read more →APA Pacific Division, 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
Read more →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
Read more →Society for Philosophy and Disability: Disability in Interpersonal Contexts – Monday, Dec. 29, 1:30-4:30 Chair: Anita Silvers (San Francisco State University) Speakers: Virginia Warren (Chapman University) “Moral Disability, ‘Moral Injury’, and the Flight from Vulnerability” Adam Cureton (University of Tennessee) “Portraying One’s Disability in Public” Elizabeth Harman (Princeton University) “I’ll Be Glad
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