To honor the life and work of philosopher María Cristina Lugones (1944-2020) the Editorial Team of the feminist-philosophy journal Hypatia has curated an online issue featuring many of Lugones' key work which were previously published in Hypatia. This comes alongside a translated tribute honoring her life and contributions. From the tribute: "Until her death in …
Blog post by Jules Holroyd and Kathy Puddifoot on “Epistemic Injusitce and Implicit Bias”
The authors of several chapters from the recently published book "An Introduction to Implicit Bias: Knowledge, Justice, and the Social Mind" (2020), edited by Erin Beeghly and Alex Madva, wrote some blog posts on their contributions for The Brains Blog! A post co-authored by our centre-co-director Jules Holroyd, together with Kathy Puddifoot, has been published …
Hypathia Reading List, APA-blog “Black Issues in Philosophy” and “The Ethics of Black Lives Matter” video series
Marking Juneteenth, the feminst philosophy journal Hypathia, has decided to contribute a two part curated online issue, "featuring previously published work by Black feminist scholars, which is made available freely, without subscription." The first part of the issue highlights Black feminists’ reflections on the discipline of philosophy. Check it out here! The second part is …
Posts on Racial Justice, Anti-Racist Action for Philosophers and Solidarity on The Philosophers’ Cocoon
The Philosophers' Cocoon is currently publishing a series of posts on racial justice, asking what anti-racist actions philosophers can take. It includes a post referencing passages of Myisha Cherry's new paper "Solidarity Care: How to Take Care of Each Other in Times of Struggle"; one written by Johnathan Flowers on "How do we support Black …
Trans Day of Visibility
March 31st is International Transgender Day of Visibility. This day is dedicated to bringing "attention to the accomplishments of trans people around the globe while fighting cissexism and transphobia by spreading knowledge of the trans community." It's a day to show support for the trans community. In light of this, we wanted to (re-)share two …
Northern Diversity Forum Workshop#1 – Nov. 21st
The Northern Diversity Forum (NDF) is a new initiative with the aim to run a regular workshop series with focus on philosophical issues surrounding the notions of equality, diversity, and decolonization, as well as issues related to under-representation in the discipline - and their first workshop and launch event is coming up! When? November 21st …
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Two events you don’t want to miss on the 31st of October!
Two exciting events are coming up on the 31st of October! In the afternoon, the Education and Philosophy Seminar Series is putting on the following talk: Charlotte Haines Lyon (York St John University): "Unpicking the neoliberal noose: working towards democratic parent engagement in a primary school" 2pm-3.30pm Humanities Research Institute Seminar Room, Upper Hanover Street …
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Event in August: Decriminalization and Sex Work
Centre member and PhD student Rosa Vince is putting on an event on Decriminalization and Sex Work on Tuesday the 6th of August, 13:45 - 17:15. The workshop will be an interdisciplinary event, exploring legal approaches to sex work. Among other things, this includes examining the impact these different approaches have on the workers themselves: …
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What our members have been up to
The Center for Engaged Philosophy is nothing without its members. In the following, we want to draw your attention to some selected things our members have been up to over the course of the last academic year – engaged in both practical and theoretical ways! 🙂 Earlier this year, center member Megan Blomfield participated in …
Supporting Our Transgender Peers in Philosophy
Some recent discussions in academic philosophy have pointed to the negative impact of certain debates about gender and identity, in particular on transgender philosophers (for example, here and here). In light of this, The Philosopher's Cocoon published an article written by centre-members Isela González Vázquez, Jules Holroyd and Rory Wilson, discussing "the kinds of support …
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