It’s a big weekend for DERPs and their conferences. You may recall (as I indicated here) that DERPs is the acronym for Disabled Exclusionary Righteous Philosophers, the term that I coined to refer to philosophers who (apparently without shame) variously organize, attend, participate in, promote, or fund inaccessible– that is, exclusionary–and unsustainable philosophy conferences. Here […]| BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY
Forgive me if I’ve shunned so long Your gentle greeting, earth and air! Emily Brontë En tiempos recientes se ha vuelto cada vez mas común, en filosofía de la mente, explorar la hipótesis de que las emociones y afectos que tradicionalmente se consideran negativas como el enojo, la tristeza, aburrimiento, etc. en realidad no lo […]| BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY
Hello, I’m Shelley Tremain and I would like to welcome you to the one hundred and twenty-seventh installment of Dialogues on Disability, the series of interviews that I am conducting with disabled philosophers and post to BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY on the third Wednesday of each month. The series is designed to provide a public venue for […]| BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY
The Slurring Terms Across Languages (STAL) network (https://sites.google.com/view/stalnetwork/home), an international and interdisciplinary network whose primary aim is to promote work on slurs, pejoratives, expressives and evaluative terms from less studied languages, invites you to the first talk of the 2025-2026 academic year, given by Luvell Anderson (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign) and entitled “Theories of Reclamation”. […]| BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY
A post on Bluesky drew my attention to Annette Baier’s famous article “Trust and Antitrust,” which appeared in Ethics in 1986. Many feminist philosophers (and others) regard this article as a pivotal contribution to feminist philosophy, ethics, and indeed, feminist ethics. For the longest time, I have questioned why no philosopher, and certainly no (straight?) […]| BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY
“I have read almost all of your interviews and they are always wonderful. … I am really looking forward to the next installment of Dialogues on Disability.” — Adrian Piper “… a major contribution to our understanding of the field and the people in it.” — Vanessa Wills “I’ve learned so much about ableism in philosophy […]| BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY
In July, Sara Aronowitz and Reza Hadisi authored a petition calling on the American Philosophical Association (APA) to condemn the war crimes and atrocities in Gaza, express solidarity with Palestinian scholars, and honor the APA’s commitment to the mission of Scholars at Risk (SAR). The petition currently has almost 500 signatures. A few weeks later, the APA board […]| BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY
As readers and listeners of BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY may recall, I organized the first five editions of Philosophy, Disability, and Social Change conferences (links to the videos of which are availa…| BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY
10 posts published by shelleytremain, Axel Barcelo, and Mich Ciurria during September 2025| BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY
Image: a circle that comprises four pairs of hands with fingers outstretched. At the centre of the circle, in capital letters, the words “EVERY CHILD MATTERS”. THE STORY OF ORANGE SHIRT DAY (from The Orange Shirt Society website) Orange Shirt Day is a legacy of the St. Joseph Mission (SJM) Residential School (1891-1981) Commemoration Project […]| BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY
Many readers and listeners of BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY will recognize that the title of this post includes the question that trans philosopher Talia Bettcher posed in a YouTube video of the same name which she produced and circulated on Facebook earlier in the week. When I saw the Facebook post about the video, I was worried. […]| BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY
We look for stable values mostly for economic reasons: deliberation takes time, attention and other similar limited resources. Thus, even though successful deliberation delivers the right kind of l…| BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY
The US is a rising fascist regime. Migrant workers are being sent to international concentration camps. Trump is threatening to send addicts and Mad People to modern-day “lunatic asylums.…| BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY
Bloomsbury Academic is seeking books that integrate crip studies and transgender studies for Bloomsbury Academic’s Trans Studies book series, written by scholars from any discipline in the h…| BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY
1. A Cartography of Philosophy on/of Disability – Introduction by Chiara Montalti & Brunella Casalini ( 2. The Epistemological Significance of Blindness in Plato’s Rep…| BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY
Hello, I’m Shelley Tremain and I would like to welcome you to the one hundred and twenty-sixth installment of Dialogues on Disability, the series of interviews that I am conducting with disabled ph…| BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY
If you are a new reader/listener of BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY or unfamiliar with work that I have published in other contexts, you likely do not know that, over a number of years, I have devoted a gr…| BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY
Science is such a problematic philosophical phenomenon because of its double nature: on the one hand, it has had some astonishing epistemological successes, i.e., it has given us some wonderful obj…| BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY
Some Canadian and other LGBTQ+ philosophers have circulated posts on various platforms about a document issued by Haven, a group at University of Toronto-Scarborough that works on immigration polic…| BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY
Friday, August 29, 2025, marks the twentieth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, a weather event that rapidly became a significant social and political catastrophe kill…| BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY
Friends will know that my main areas of specialization are moral responsibility and critical disability theory. The following is a draft of my forthcoming entry, “Disability and Moral Responsibilit…| BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY
This week’s quote-of-the-week post (though it’s only Thursday) addresses the historical legacy of ableism at Hypatia: A Journal of Feminist Philosophy. To open our discussion in th…| BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY
ActforPal invites academics & allies worldwide to a webinar in solidarity with colleagues in Gaza. This is an open and inclusive space. This is an open and inclusive space where anyone can spea…| BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY
“I have read almost all of your interviews and they are always wonderful. … I am really looking forward to the next installment of Dialogues on Disability.” — Adrian Piper “… a major con…| BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY
As I indicated in an earlier post, I am the Area Editor for Philosophy and Theory of Disability of The Oxford Research Encyclopedia in Disability Studies that Oxford University Press is developing …| BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY
Faithful readers and listeners of BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY may recall that I am curating the Philosophy and Theory of Disability area of The Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Disability Studies that O…| BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY
Pli: The Warwick Journal of Philosophy invites submissions for its thirty-eighth issue, which will explore how questions of gender and sexuality (and, more broadly, Women’s Studies and Feminis…| BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY
Hello, I’m Shelley Tremain and I would like to welcome you to the one hundred and twenty-fourth installment of Dialogues on Disability, the series of interviews that I am conducting with disabled p…| BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY
I felt both compelled and reluctant to email my friend Tracy Isaacs to express my dismay that she is on the program for the upcoming October conference of the Public Philosophy Network (PPN). The c…| BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY
Our new open book will revolve around the tenuous concept of crime (as a limit) in light of: – the lives and works of artists & philosophers subjected to criminalisation/persecution ̵…| BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY
Resistance as a response to structure has been—and will be—an answer as long as structural systems, power dynamics, social frameworks, and institutional frameworks govern bodies. Scholars lik…| BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY
Ramones and Philosophy: Edited By: Christopher M. Innes Abstracts of essays are requested on the 1970s to 1990s American punk rock band the Ramones. Essays will become part of chapters in…| BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY
Decolonization & Global Justice22nd, 23rd, 24th of January, 2026 University of OregonEugene, Oregon Call For Participation Decolonization and Global Justice will be a three-day, transdisci…| BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY
It’s hard to believe that Elizabeth Barnes continues to position herself as a credible authority with respect to critical philosophical work on disability and even philosophy of disability mo…| BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY
Here is some additional summer reading/listening for avid fans of BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY. The essay that appears below is forthcoming as a chapter in Genealogy: A Genealogy, edited by Verena Erlen…| BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY
I want to remind readers/listeners of BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY that I am now a coeditor of FOUCAULT STUDIES which has recently become publishing partners with Penn Press. The journal aims to incorpo…| BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY
As most readers and listeners of BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY will by now know, yesterday Canadian voters elected the incumbent (neoliberal) Liberal Mark Carney to be the next Prime Minister. Canadian v…| BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY
Since the 1980s, Michel Foucault’s legacy in feminist theory and practice has been the subject of sustained and critical debate. His analyses of power, subjectivation, biopolitics, and governmental…| BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY
Hello, I’m Shelley Tremain and I would like to welcome you to the tenth-anniversary installment of Dialogues on Disability, the series of interviews that I have conducted with disabled philosophers…| BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY
Special Editor: Lucia Morawska (Richmond, The American International University in London) “The Polish Journal of Aesthetics” Volume 77 (2/2026) Submission deadline: 30 Septem…| BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY
Virtual Summer School: Feminist Critiques of Kant’s Views on Women & Human Progress Organized by Olga Lenczewska, co-taught by Helga Varden and Holly Wilson Session 1: June…| BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY
[The text below comprises the keynote address that I gave (via Zoom) to the Dimensions of Difference Conference at Beacon College yesterday. The conference was organized by Professor Zachary Isrow …| BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY
“I have read almost all of your interviews and they are always wonderful. … I am really looking forward to the next installment of Dialogues on Disability.” — Adrian Piper “I’ve learned …| BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY
My mother has been in the hospital for the past month, in and out of intensive care; so, my time to post on BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY has been constrained. In addition, I have been writing responses …| BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY
2025 LATINA/X FEMINISMS ROUNDTABLE April 4-5th 2025 University at Buffalo, NY (both in-person & via Zoom) ***All participants are expected to attend all sessions (virtually or in-person) of the…| BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY
This week’s quote-of-the-week post (though it’s only Thursday) addresses the historical legacy of ableism at Hypatia: A Journal of Feminist Philosophy. To open our discussion in th…| BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY
Hello, I’m Shelley Tremain and I would like to welcome you to the one hundred and twentieth installment of Dialogues on Disability, the series of interviews that I am conducting with disabled philo…| BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY
On April 6, I will give a keynote address (via Zoom) entitled “Philosophy of Disability: The Difference That It Makes” to the Dimensions of Difference Conference at Beacon College, in L…| BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY
The Policing, Policy, and Philosophy Initiative (3PI) will host its second symposium on May 30, 2025. This virtual symposium will feature research at the intersection of policing and philosophy, wi…| BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY
“I have read almost all of your interviews and they are always wonderful. … I am really looking forward to the next installment of Dialogues on Disability.” — Adrian Piper “I’ve learned …| BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY
Hello, I’m Shelley Tremain and I would like to welcome you to the one hundred and nineteenth installment of Dialogues on Disability, the series of interviews that I am conducting with disabled phil…| BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY
“I have read almost all of your interviews and they are always wonderful. … I am really looking forward to the next installment of Dialogues on Disability.” — Adrian Piper “I’ve learned …| BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY
Later this month, people in Ontario will vote in a provincial election and determine whether the current premier, Doug Ford, and his Progressive Conservative Party will continue to govern. In my ri…| BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY
The following is the script for my presentation at St. Louis University on 01/31/2025 at 2pm. My slides with alt text can be found here: Crip-pessimismDownload “The true philosophy of history thus …| BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY
This week’s quote-of-the-week post (though it’s only Thursday) draws attention to the marginalization of Foucauldian scholarship on disability and the continuing absence of critical phi…| BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY
The past week has been a whirlwind. The inauguration of Donald Trump to the Office of the U.S. Presidency on January 20 will go down in history as a flashpoint that precipitated sweeping social and…| BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY
This post is intended to announce the much-anticipated publication (Rowman & Littlefield) next month of Technology and Equality*, edited by Sven Ove Hansson and Colleen Murphy. I am delighted t…| BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY
This week’s quote-of-the-week post (though it’s only Thursday) addresses the historical legacy of ableism at Hypatia: A Journal of Feminist Philosophy. To open our discussion in th…| BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY
Hello, I’m Shelley Tremain and I would like to welcome you to the one hundred and eighteenth installment of Dialogues on Disability, the series of interviews that I am conducting with disabled phil…| BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY
The following is the script for my presentation at the Eastern APA on 01/11/2025. This is a revised version of an earlier presentation, edited to focus on a common foundation of Strawson’s exempted…| BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY
“I have read almost all of your interviews and they are always wonderful. … I am really looking forward to the next installment of Dialogues on Disability.” — Adrian Piper “I’ve learned …| BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY
This week’s contribution to the quote-of-the-week thread (though it’s only Wednesday) considers the extent to which nondisabled philosophers and nondisabled feminist philosophers in par…| BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY
Hello, I’m Shelley Tremain and I would like to welcome you to the one hundred and fifteenth installment of Dialogues on Disability, the series of interviews that I am conducting with disabled philo…| BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY
I am putting the finishing touches on “Disabling Bioethics: Notes Toward An Abolitionist Genealogy,” my contribution to Genealogy: A Genealogy, edited by Verena Erlenbusch-Anderson and …| BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY
Hello, I’m Shelley Tremain and I would like to welcome you to the one hundred and fourteenth installment of Dialogues on Disability, the series of interviews that I am conducting with disabled phil…| BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY
1. Introduction Philosophers tend to focus on the ‘tragedy of disability,’ the oppressions and exclusions faced by disabled people. There is good reason for this, inasmuch as disabled people must d…| BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY
Dear All, I very much regret to tell you that the interview that was originally scheduled for today has been postponed. Disabled people know that institutional time commitments and other arrangemen…| BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY
As I recently pointed out on BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY, October 15, 2026, will mark the centennial anniversary of Michel Foucault’s birth, with plans underway to commemorate Foucault in a varie…| BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY
My colleague Angeles Eraña an me have recently seen our chapter on the Zapatista emancipatory project and tzotzil ontology finally in print, now that The Oxford Handbook of Applied Philosophy of La…| BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY
“I have read almost all of your interviews and they are always wonderful. … I am really looking forward to the next installment of Dialogues on Disability.” — Adrian Piper “I’ve le…| BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY
