Author: Adam Cureton
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CFA – Metaphors in Use
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 take it for granted that you can’t get…
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Our Board Member, Eva Kittay, is on the Eastern APA ballot
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 her support of many disability-related causes, I am…
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Three disability sessions at the 2015 Pacific APA
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 Ho (National University of Singapore and University of…
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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…
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Two Sessions on Disability at the 2014 Eastern APA in Philadelphia
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 I Did It”: Reasoning and the Testimony of the…
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JOB: Director of the Parr Center for Ethics, 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,…
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CFP – Special Issue of the International Journal of Christianity and Education on Disability.
Simon Hayhoe asked us to post the following Call for Papers for a new journal called the International Journal of Christianity and Education for its special issue on disability. Information about the journal Call for papers for special issue on disability
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CFA – The Second Annual Lehigh University Conference in Philosophy – Philosophy Unbound
Call for Abstracts The Second Annual Lehigh University Conference in Philosophy Philosophy Unbound Thursday October 23—Friday 24, 2014 Keynote speaker: Louise Antony, University of Massachusetts Amherst The Lehigh University Philosophy Department invites submissions for our Second Annual Conference in Philosophy. We are interested in submissions that challenge, redraw, or even erase traditional divisions either within…
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Job – Assistant Professor of Philosophy, SUNY New Paltz
The philosophy department at SUNY New Paltz asked us to post a link to their job ad so as to encourage applications from a diverse pool of candidates. http://philjobs.org/job/show/2711
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Job – Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Western Washington University
The philosophy department at Western Washington University asked us to post a link to their job ad so as to encourage applications from a diverse pool of candidates. http://philjobs.org/job/show/2675