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 …
Epistemic Injustice and Asylum
Our centre member Megan Blomfield will be part of a panel discussion on "Epistemic Injustice and Asylum", alongside Sanjana Govindarajan (The University of Groningen, Netherlands), Leonie Smith (The University of Manchester, UK) and Kerri Woods (The University of Leeds, UK). The event will take place online on the 4th of September, 4:00 PM – 6:00 …
Max Hayward on “Why Bertrand Russel’s argument for idleness is more relevant than ever”
In a recently published article in the New Statesman our centre member Max Hayward reflects on Bertrand Russel's "In Praise of Idleness". Russel is writing in the context of the Great Depression, where "idleness was an unavoidable reality for the millions who had lost their jobs. Russell realised that his society didn’t just need to …
Center Member Max Khan Hayward on how “Cummings is bringing us closer to a zero-trust society”
A while back, at the beginning of June, our center member Max Khan Hayward had an article published in politics.co.uk. In the introduction to his article, Max writes: "Boris Johnson and Dominic Cummings won a referendum and an election by importing Donald Trump's divisive politics to Britain. Now they're mired in the same anti-elite rhetoric …
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