Category: Panels and Conferences

  • Call for Course Proposals –  Hamilton College Summer Program in Philosophy

    The HCSPiP seeks proposals from creative philosophy instructors to lead one of three innovative two-week undergraduate seminars, tentatively scheduled for June 25 through July 8, 2023. Classes should be aimed at undergraduates, and be active, engaging, and inclusive for all participants. We are open to proposals for teaching any kind of philosophical content, utilizing any…

  • 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 first 5 weeks will be…

  • 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 (University of Pennsylvania) – “Stoic…

  • 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 disciplines can improve the teaching…

  • Disability at the 2019 Pacific APA

    Thursday Afternoon, 1:00–4:00 p.m. APA Committee Session: Book Symposium: Shelley L. Tremain, Foucault and Feminist Philosophy of Disability Arranged by the APA Committee on the Status of Women and co-sponsored by the Society for Philosophy and Disability Chair: Melinda Hall (Stetson University) Speakers: Devonya N. Havis (Canisius College) Jesse Prinz (The Graduate Center, CUNY) Chloë…

  • Disability at the 2018 Pacific APA

      THURSDAY AFTERNOON, March 29, 1:00 – 4:00 P.M. 5J APA Committee Session: Defining Disability Arranged by the APA Committee on Philosophy and Medicine Chair: Jennifer Hawkins (Duke University) Speakers: Adam Cureton (University of Tennessee) “Disability and the Importance of Personal Aims and Projects” Joseph Stramondo (San Diego State University) “Prioritizing the Pragmatic When Choosing…

  • Conference – Disability in Latin Medieval Philosophy and Theology

    This conference is organized by Scott Williams and Richard Cross.  It will take place at the University of Notre Dame from April 26-28, 2018. More information can be found at: https://philevents.org/event/show/39770 Please RSVP to Scot Williams (swillia8@unca.edu) by April 9th.

  • Sessions on Disability at the 2017 Eastern APA Meeting

    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) “The Moral Status of People with Severe Intellectual…

  • Sessions on Disability at the 2016 Eastern APA

    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 College of New Rochelle) “Ableist Implications of Diagnostics…

  • 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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