Annual Minorities and Philosophy (MAP) Lecture with Azita Chellappoo on “Fatphobia as Method”

Sheffield's MAP chapter is holding its annual Minorities and Philosophy (MAP) Sheffield Lecture with Dr. Azita Chellappoo (The Open University), who will be talking about Fatphobia as Method. Feminist Epistemology and Knowledge Production in 'Obesity Science' When? - Friday 6th of May 2022, 2:30-4:30 GMT Where? - University of Sheffield, Diamond Work Room 3 and …

Updates from some of our centre members

We have some exciting updates from some of our centre members who recently graduated – engaged in both practical and theoretical ways! Jane Gatley was recently awarded a Society for Applied Philosophy short-term postdoctoral fellowship to work on two papers: one about conceptual engineering and education, and one about cultural capital in education. For this …

Pride month

It's pride month, and a good opportunity to draw attention to the fantastic Trans Philosophy Project. It functions as support for "events (e.g., conference, symposia, and lecture series) and resource initiatives. Events aim to facilitate the development of work in trans philosophy across a broad range of research areas, including metaphysics, epistemology, phenomenology, social/political philosophy, …

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 …

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 …