I was visiting the web-page of the Philosophy Department at the University of Western Ontario, and noticed that they had an open call for papers for an upcoming graduate student conference on feminist philosophy (Sept. 18-20). The Keynote speaker is Alice MacLachlan (York University).
Here is an excerpt of their description of the conference: “This conference aims [...]
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This Thing Called Race…
Posted in General Interest, Race and Gender on April 14, 2009 | 1 Comment »
… is the title of tonight’s philosophy slam hosted by JU. The presentation will be given by Dr. C.W. Dawson, Jr., of Bethune-Cookman College. The slam begins at 7:30 and will be held at the London Bridge Pub, Downtown on the corner of Adams and Ocean. For more information e-mail aaxelss@jacksonville.edu .
Alison Des Forges (1942-2009)
Posted in Ethics, General Interest, Political Theory, Race and Gender on February 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A memorial notice can be found here.
Des Forges, born in Schenectady, New York, in 1942, began working on Rwanda as a student and dedicated her life and work to understanding the country, to exposing the serial abuses suffered by its people and helping to bring about change. She was best known for her award-winning account [...]
Podcast: The Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
Posted in Ethics, Philosophy of Law, Political Theory, Race and Gender on January 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Here’s an AALS podcast on the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. This podcast has three speakers, Tim Coulter, Angelique Eaglewoman and G.W. Rice. While listening to the podcast, it’s helpful to look at the UN Declaration, as speakers refer to various articles in their discussions.
Tim Coulter discusses how the Declaration got started, why [...]
The Native Vote: Post-Election
Posted in General Interest, Political Theory, Race and Gender on November 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
In a historic year for native voters, one might wonder how the native vote affected the election. Here’s a report:
Despite an unprecedented outreach by president-elect Barack Obama and the Democratic Party, some states with significant Indian populations safely sided with Republican John McCain on election day.
Indian voters have played a difference in close elections, especially [...]
President Obama
Posted in General Interest, Political Theory, Race and Gender, tagged Obama on November 5, 2008 | 14 Comments »
God bless the new President of the United States!
Now let us do all we can do to help him uphold his oath to protect and defend the Constitution of the United States! Let those of us who pray, pray for him, and let all of us ensure that he hears the voice of the American [...]
Haslanger on Bloggingheads
Posted in Ethics, Feminist Philosophy, General Interest, Race and Gender on November 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Here’s an interesting discussion with Sally Haslanger (MIT).
(HT: Leiter)
Pornography Symposium
Posted in Ethics, Feminist Philosophy, Race and Gender on October 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The Symposia in Race, Gender and Philosophy has a new symposium on Anne Eaton’s “A Sensible Anti-Porn Feminism” with commentary by Patrick D. Hopkins, Rae Langton, Ishani Maitra, Laurie Shrage. Check it out here (Spring no. 2).
Jender at Feminist Philosophers comments:
Eaton’s paper is an exceptionally careful exploration of what a sensible anti-porn feminism should look [...]
The Native Vote: Clips from the Blogosphere
Posted in Ethics, General Interest, Political Theory, Race and Gender on September 25, 2008 | Comments Off
As longtime readers know, I’ve been blogging about American Indian political issues here for almost a year now. Yet I have only just begun to scratch the surface. I take it as a given that these issues are relevant to folks working in political philosophy, ethics, and so forth. I also understand these issues aren’t [...]
Women Philosophers Update
Posted in General Interest, News & Notes, Race and Gender on June 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
A while back, I interviewed Professor Emerita Kate Lindemann about the website women-philosophers.com.
Professor Lindemann has added many new women philosophers to the website since that time and I encourage you to check out all the interesting information on the site.
There is also information about how to incorporate the work of women philosophers into your courses. [...]
