Graduate students Sabrina Leeds and Sara Purinton are co-organizing a Philosophy and Disability Workshop, called the DIScourse. Beginning September 1st, the DIScourse will meet on Thursdays from 11:30am – 1:00pm Eastern for the duration of the fall semester (the group will poll for a new day/time in
Read more →The Society for Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy has a new paper prize. The S. Kay Toombs Prize is for the best paper addressing disability, ableism, research in philosophy of disability, and/or research in critical disability studies by a junior scholar (scholar who has earned a PhD in
Read more →David Wasserman is SPD’s new President. Adam Cureton stepped down so that he can focus on chairing the newly created APA Committee on the Status of Disabled People in the Profession. The Board of Directors asked David, who was Vice President of SPD, to finish out Adam’s
Read more →We were very sad to learn that Anita Silvers, a founding member of the SPD Board of Directors, passed away. Anita was a guiding light in Philosophy of Disability, and Philosophy more generally. She was also a tireless advocate, a wonderful teacher and a mentor and friend
Read more →We were deeply saddened to hear that Lawrence C. Becker has died. He was an excellent philosopher, a model of grace and resilience, an admirable person, and a good friend to many of us. Becker made significant and lasting theoretical contributions to the philosophy of disability. He
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 →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 →Short version: $60,000 + $5,000 research and travel funds. Feb 1 deadline. The President’s Diversity Initiative at the University of Delaware, in collaboration with the Center for the Study of Diversity, invites applications from recent Ph.D. graduates for two postdoctoral positions. The purpose is to promote early
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