Febbraio 2017
International Association for the Study of the Philosophy of Edith Stein
CALL FOR PAPERS International Association for the Study of the Philosophy of Edith Stein in collaboration with the University of Portland and the McNerney-Hanson Endowed Chair in Ethics presents the Fourth Bi-Annual International Conference Applications & Implications: Ethics and Metaphysics in Edith Stein’s Philosophy June 8, 9, 10, 2017, University of Portland, USA Guest Speakers: Sarah Borden Sharkey (Wheaton College), Michael F. Andrews (University of Portland), Christof Betschart (University of Fribourg, Switzerland) and Suzanne M. Batzdorff Edith Stein (1891–1942) never…
Per saperne di più »CFP: Women, Nature, & Colonies
Power, Reproduction, and Unpaid Work/Energy in the Capitalist World-Ecology World-Ecology 2017: Binghamton, USA Third annual conference of the World-Ecology Research Network 21-22 July, 2017, Binghamton University, Binghamton, NY We welcome proposals for individual papers as well as paper sessions, book sessions, and panel discussions. Inquiries and proposals may be sent to: worldecology2017@gmail.com Deadline for proposals: 15 February, 2017: worldecology2017@gmail.com. Two important currents of critical thought have gained special prominence over the past decade: the Marxist critique of capitalist ecology, and…
Per saperne di più »“Literature, Translation, and Mediation by and for Children: Gender, Diversity, and Stereotype”
CALL FOR PAPERS “Literature, Translation, and Mediation by and for Children: Gender, Diversity, and Stereotype” Università di Bologna, Campus di Forlì, 25-26-27 ottobre 2017 Il convegno internazionale è organizzato da MeTRa, Centro Studi interdisciplinari sulla Mediazione e la Traduzione a opera di e per ragazze/i. Gli interessi di ricerca del Centro MeTra sono molteplici e spaziano dalle problematiche linguistiche, pedagogiche e interculturali connesse alla traduzione di testi orientati a un pubblico di giovani lettrici/lettori e spettatrici/spettatori, alla riflessione critica sul…
Per saperne di più »Gender, work, organisation and nonhuman animals
A CfP for Gender, Work and Organisation. The special issue deadline is the end of February 2017 and the special issue aims to address the potential for feminist perspectives to enhance our understanding of work and nonhuman animals. Submissions may address questions such as: · How can feminist theory be used to reveal and understand the gendered labour of human and nonhuman animals within organizations? · In what ways can the feminist critical post-humanist and post-anthropomorphist approaches of thinkers like…
Per saperne di più »Giving Life to Politics: The Work of Adriana Cavarero
Centre for Applied Philosophy, Politics, & Ethics (CAPPE) University of Brighton Interdisciplinary Conference Giving Life to Politics: The Work of Adriana Cavarero 19th June - 21st June 2017 Keynote Speakers Adriana Cavarero Judith Butler Bonnie Honig This three-day conference is a sustained engagement with, and celebration of, the life work of Italian feminist philosopher Adriana Cavarero. It also marks the publication of her most recent text Inclinations: A Critique of Rectitude (Stanford University Press, 2016). Adriana Cavarero has been at…
Per saperne di più »Marzo 2017
Appel de textes 31.2 – FEMMES, FÉMINISMES et PHILOSOPHIES
FEMMES, FÉMINISMES et PHILOSOPHIES Sous la direction de Diane Lamoureux, Naïma Hamrouni et Ryoa Chung En 2016, la philosophie représente toujours l’une des rares disciplines des sciences humaines surreprésentée par des hommes et imprégnée d’une culture que certaines personnes dépeignent comme particulièrement hostile aux femmes et aux valeurs traditionnellement associées au féminin (voir, par exemple, Haslanger (2008) et Hutchison et Jenkins (2013)). Malgré la reconnaissance grandissante de la philosophie féministe et des réflexions philosophiques inspirées par le féminisme dans le…
Per saperne di più »Confini: la riflessione femminista
DEP. Deportate, esuli, profughe. Rivista telematica di studi sulla memoria femminile http:www.unive.it/dep Confini: la riflessione femminista Convegno internazionale 30 novembre/1 dicembre 2017 Richiesta di contributi per il convegno e per un numero speciale di DEP in uscita nel luglio 2018 Nell’ambito delle 16 giornate di attivismo contro la violenza di genere promossa dall’ONU (UniTe to end violence against women http://www.un.org/en/women/endviolence/), la rivista “DEP. Deportate, esuli, profughe” organizza un convegno internazionale sul tema dei confini nelle teorie femministe. Il confine, una…
Per saperne di più »Politics of the Sensate Subject – Judith Butler
The 5 th Graduate Conference in Political Theory of Sciences Po Paris will be held on June 28-29, 2017. Each year, the conference brings together young political theorists representing a variety of traditions and methods to discuss the work of one prominent author. This edition will focus on the work of Judith Butler (Maxine Elliott Professor, UC Berkeley), who will be out keynote speaker. A well-known public intellectual, Judith Butler has explored the disquieting relationship between subjects and norms through…
Per saperne di più »FEMINISMS IN REVOLUTION
EDITORS: FÉLIX BOGGIO ÉWANJÉ-ÉPÉE, MORGANE MERTEUIL, MATTHIEU RENAULT. PRÉSENTATION Feminism and revolution: juxtaposing the two terms seems to go without saying. Who could deny that feminism is indeed revolutionary? In the collective consciousness, whether in reference to specific historical sequences or in more general terms, feminism points to a radical transformation in, to start with, social, legal, and cultural relations. Yet, in research as well as in activism, feminism is rarely grasped in and through the angle of its own…
Per saperne di più »Fourth Annual Conference by Women in Philosophy
For the fourth year in a row, the Conference by Women in Philosophy will be held in Amsterdam. This year’s conference will take place on Monday 3 July 2017 at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. The goal of the conference is to provide a platform for undergraduate and graduate women philosophers to present their work to their peers. In this way we hope to create an opportunity for young women philosophers to inspire and motivate one another and to forge potentially…
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