Tag: disability
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APA to End Experiment with Online Divisional Meetings
The American Philosophical Association (APA) has been experimenting with holding one of its three major conferences entirely online. The organization has now announced that,…
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Scholarships for Dyslexic Graduate Students
A proofreading and writing consultancy developed by a pair of philosophers is offering a set of modest scholarships for graduate students with dyslexia.
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One of Philosophy’s Most Influential Public Voices May Lose His Own
“Basically, the parts of my brain that tell my mouth how to produce speech are gradually shutting down. Over time my speech is likely…
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Philosophy Professor vs. University on Accommodations
A philosophy professor at Queen’s University in Canada has been booted from the logic course she was teaching owing to a dispute between her…
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Inaugural Anita Silvers Prize Awarded
Kevin Mintz, a postdoctoral scholar at the Stanford Center for Biomedical Ethics, is the winner of the first Anita Silvers Prize.
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Dyslexia, Dysgraphia, and Academic Philosophy (guest post)
An undergraduate student in philosophy has been wondering whether their dyslexia gives them a strong reason to avoid pursuing graduate study and a career…
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What a Cancellation Looks Like (guest post)
“Most readers will find what happened to this professor horrifying and wrong…”
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Journal of Philosophy of Disability to Begin Accepting Submissions
The Journal of Philosophy of Disability, the creation of which was announced earlier this year, will begin accepting submissions next week.
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Peter Singer Talk in New Zealand Cancelled by Venue (Updated)
SkyCity, a hotel and entertainment complex in Auckland, New Zealand, that was scheduled to host a talk this June by Peter Singer, the Ira W.…
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New: The Journal of Philosophy of Disability
The Journal of Philosophy of Disability is a new, peer-reviewed, open-access journal dedicated to questions regarding disability, broadly construed.
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Addressing Philosophy Departments’ Lack of Diversity
The Demographics in Philosophy project will be holding a session at the upcoming Pacific Division Meeting of the American Philosophical Association (APA) in Vancouver.
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Accessible Conferences and Lectures
The British Philosophical Association (BPA), together with the Society for Women in Philosophy, UK (SWiP UK), have created guidelines for making philosophy conferences and…
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Minorities and Philosophy (MAP) Seeking Organizers
Minorities and Philosophy (MAP), a 104-chapter network of philosophy graduate students “that aims to examine and address issues of minority participation in academic philosophy,” is…
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Stubblefield Pleads Guilty (Update: Sentenced to “Time Served”)
[See UPDATE 3, below] Anna Stubblefield, the former professor of philosophy at Rutgers University-Newark whose October 2015 conviction for sexually assaulting a disabled man was overturned…
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When To Engage With Harmful Ideas
Are some ideas so harmful or offensive that scholars should not work on them, or even bother to respond to them? And if so,…
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An Easy Way To Make Your Presentation Materials Accessible To People With Disabilities
Some people are visually impaired in a way that interferes with their ability to read handouts or see presentation slides (e.g., PowerPoint). Adam Cureton,…
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McMahan & Singer: Stubblefield Is A Victim Of Injustice (updated)
In an essay at The New York Times’ “The Stone,” two of the most prominent living moral philosophers—Jeff McMahan, White’s Professor of Moral Philosophy at Oxford…
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Peter Singer Event Disrupted By Protestors
A University of Victoria event last week featuring philosopher Peter Singer (Princeton), organized by the university’s Effective Altruism club, was disrupted by protestors objecting to…
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Disability Studies Quarterly Is Reviewing Stubblefield’s Articles
A philosophy professor who wishes to remain anonymous wrote to the editor of Disability Studies Quarterly in the wake Anna Stubblefield’s conviction for aggravated sexual assault…