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  • Workshop Series – DIScourse

    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 the spring). The…

  • Job: Lecturer in Philosophy, University of Maine

    The University of Maine’s Department of Philosophy seeks a dynamic, innovative teacher to join our small, collegial, pluralistic department at Maine’s flagship land and sea grant institution. We invite applicants for an ongoing academic-year lecturer position anticipated to start August 29, 2022. Essential duties and responsibilities include, but are not…

  • Job: Assistant Professor in Philosophy, University of Maine

    Position: Assistant Professor in Philosophyhttps://umaine.hiretouch.com/job-details?jobID=73199&job=assistant-professor-of-philosophy The University of Maine’s Department of Philosophy seeks a dynamic, innovative scholar and teacher to join our small, collegial, pluralistic department at Maine’s flagship land and sea grant institution. We invite applicants for a tenure-track, academic-year position as assistant professor with an area of specialization…

  • Job: Assistant Professor of Philosophy Position at SUNY Oswego

    Assistant Professor of Philosophy Position at SUNY Oswego The Department of Philosophy at the State University of New York at Oswego invites applications for the position of Assistant Professor of Philosophy.  Date of Appointment:  August 2022. Area of Specialization: Epistemology.    Area of Competence: Open. The Assistant Professor of Philosophy will have a strong research trajectory…

  • Job: Assistant Professor – University of Georgia – AOS: Ethics and/or Social and Political Philosophy, AOC: Data Ethics

    The Department of Philosophy at the University of Georgia invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor in Ethics and/or Social and Political Philosophy beginning August 2022. This position is part of a multi-year Presidential Hiring Initiative across the university which will hire 50 faculty to develop a new research focus…

  • Job: Department Chair, Philosophy and Religion, Appalachian State University

    The Department of Philosophy & Religion at Appalachian State University invites applications from senior scholars for the position of Department Chair beginning July 1, 2022. This is a tenure-track, 9-month position with 12-month duties. Applicants must: (1) have a Ph.D. in the fields of either Philosophy or Religious Studies; (2)…

  • Essay Prize

    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 the five years…

  • Change in SPD leadership

    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 term, which ends…

  • SPD Partners with The Journal of Philosophy of Disability

    We are pleased to report that the Society for Philosophy and Disability has established a partnership with the new Journal of Philosophy of Disability. We will support and promote JPD, encourage all members of SPD to submit their work to it, and otherwise aim to continue promoting philosophical research on…

  • Disability at the 2020 Central APA

    Society for Philosophy and Disability – Thursday, February 27 2020, 10:00am-NoonTopic: Stoicism, Justice, Health, and Disability: Themes from the Work of Lawrence C. Becker Chair: Adam Cureton (University of Tennessee) Speakers: Christie Hartley (Georgia State University) – “Becker on the Tough Crowd and Justice for the Disabled” Susan Sauvé Meyer…

  • Two TT Positions – UCSB

    APPOINTMENT: July 1, 2020AOS: Ethics or Social/Political/Legal PhilosophyAOC: Open The Department of Philosophy invites applications for two positions in Ethics or Social/Political/Legal Philosophy · Applicants for the Open Rank Professor position should apply to JPF01564,http://recruit.ap.ucsb.edu/apply/JPF01564. We invite applicants at the assistant, associate, and full levels. A complete application will include a…

  • Call for Proposals – AAPT Conference on Teaching Philosophy

    Conference dates and location 22-25 July, 2020 Otterbein University Westerville, Ohio (near Columbus) Topics Interactive workshops related to teaching and learning philosophy at any educational level are welcome. We encourage creative approaches to individual or panel workshops on: Innovative and successful teaching strategies, course/ assignment design How work in other…

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