In a recent dialogue with Sara Ahmed published in Sexualities, Judith Butler had the opportunity to reflect on the reception of Gender Trouble among academic philosophers at the time of its original publication. Describing herself as having attempted to write a book on the “philosophical foundations of gender,” Butler recalls how, in the name of disciplinary purity, philosophy departments at the time dismissed the writings of what would come to be called “queer theory” as non-philosophical. Following Butler, one might say that throughout its history queer theory has been disavowed in both the practice and institutions of philosophy—not unlike the non-normative bodies, genders and sexualities for which it has sought to account, queer theory has often been said to be incoherent, illegible and unintelligible. Nevertheless, as Butler observes, this disavowal also had at least one fortuitous consequence: many queer theorists, having been trained in departments of philosophy or philosophical traditions, but denied the institutional recognition of the titles “philosopher” and “philosophy,” were forced to develop interdisciplinary forms of solidarity, fashioning intellectual identities and traditions of thought that would have been otherwise impossible. Faced with what Butler describes as a kind of “disciplinary power or cruelty in academic life,” one might say that queer theory was forged from the fire of this ambivalent relation-without-relation to what has been called “philosophy.”
Given this state of affairs, while it might be and often has been tempting to disengage queer theorizing from philosophy altogether, the premise of this conference is that what distinguishes queer theory as a tradition for thinking non-normative sex and gender is the implicit claim that queer people have a certain right to philosophy, and that to insist on this right is to insist on the critique and transformation of the practice and institutions of philosophy. In this spirit, the organizers of this conference hope to facilitate a series of conversations surrounding the following questions: What philosophical traditions and resources have made queer theorizing possible? What sorts of blindnesses have characterized the philosophical foundations of queer theory? What new forms of solidarity might be forged among queer theory and other bodies of knowledge on the margins of philosophy (transgender studies, disability studies, the philosophy of race, etc.) What, if anything, should queer people expect from philosophy? Is it possible today (and if so, what does it mean) to be a queer philosopher?
In posing these questions, we hope to not only encourage the submission of papers that will further scholarly reflection on those traditions of philosophy germane to queer theory, but also to provide a space for students, activists, and scholars to critically reflect on the academic institutions in which they (do or do not) find themselves. Needless to say, submissions are encouraged from a diverse array of disciplinary and institutional affiliations.
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We invite the submission of papers no longer than 3,000 words prepared for a 20-25 minute presentation. Papers should be submitted as .pdf files and formatted for blind review. Please include as a separate document a cover letter including your name, paper title, institution and contact information.
Submissions should be sent to futuresofqueertheory@gmail.com by January 31, 2017
Possible Topics:
Queer phenomenology
The ethics of queer theory
Queer theory and the philosophy of race
Queer theory and intersectional feminism
Deconstruction and queer theory
Speech act theory and queer theory
Queer theory and disability studies
Queer thought and Black Lives Matter
The teaching of queer theory
The status of queers in philosophy
De-subjugated knowledge
Queer theory outside academia
The place of experience in queer theory
Philosophy, science, and queer theory
Queer theory in relation to postcolonial and decolonial theory
Queer theory and transgender studies
Queer theory and Marxism
Queer theory and French Feminism
A one-day workshop at Fordham University, NYC, intended to provide academic and networking opportunities for early career women working in Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy.
The workshop aims to achieve three goals: (1) to provide an opportunity for early career women working in the area to present their work and receive feedback, (2) to help foster networking opportunities with medieval philosophers working in the NYC area, and (3) to help increase the visibility of research in the area and women’s contributions to it.
Keynote speakers: Marilyn McCord Adams and Therese Scarpelli Cory.
Date: 22 April 2017
Location: Fordham University, 150 W 62nd St, New York, NY 10023
Organizers: Giorgio Pini, Zita V. Toth, Shane Wilkins.
CALL FOR PAPERS
7th Annual New York City Workshop
in Early Modern Philosophy
Fordham University
Lincoln Center Campus
12th Floor Lounge
May 13-14, 2017
Keynote Speakers:
François Duchesneau (Université de Montréal)
Christia Mercer (Columbia)
Anja Jauernig (NYU)
The workshop aims to foster exchange and collaboration among scholars, students, and anyone with an interest in Early Modern Philosophy. We welcome presentations of papers on any topic in early modern philosophy (roughly covering the period 1600-1800).
Please submit abstracts of 250-300 words to newyorkcityearlymodern@gmail.com no later than January 15, 2017.
Fordham’s Lincoln Center campus is located on the western side of Manhattan at 60th Street and Columbus Avenue, about two blocks from Columbus Circle at the southwest corner of Central Park. More details about the program, accommodation options, and other practical matters will be made available On This Website.
Conference Organizers:
Ohad Nachtomy, Bar-Ilan (ohadnachtomy@mac.com)
Reed Winegar, Fordham (bwinegar@fordham.edu)
The 2017 Departmental Faculty Lecture will be delivered by Prof. Giorgio Pini on September 12 at 4:30 pm in Flom Auditorium of the Walsh Family Library. The lecture is free and open to the public.
Society for the Metaphysics of Science
3rd Annual Conference
Fordham University
After its successful first meeting at Rutgers University, Newark in 2015, and even more successful second meeting at the University of Geneva in 2016, the Society for the Metaphysics of Science (SMS) will be holding its third annual conference on October 5-7, 2017 at Fordham University.
Our keynote speaker will be
Michael Strevens (NYU)
In addition, Jessica Wilson (U Toronto) will deliver a presidential address.
All other sessions will comprise submitted papers.
As well as various presentations, the conference will also feature an organizational meeting of the Society which will elect officers, continue to make various policies, plan future conferences, etc. Both those interested in presenting papers and/or participating in the Society are invited to the conference.
For more information on the society, see the Society for the Metaphysics of Science web page. SMS also has a faceboook page.
At the conference, presentations will be 30 minutes, with a 10 minutes comment, 5 min reply, and 15 minutes for Q&A. Submissions should be on a topic in the metaphysics of science broadly construed, of no more than 4,500 words and should include an abstract of ~150 words and a word count. All papers must employ gender-neutral language and be prepared for blind review.
Submissions must be made using the EasyChair online submission system at
https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=sms2017
The submission deadline is March 1, 2017. Notifications of acceptance
will be delivered by May 15, 2017. Selected speakers should confirm
their participation before May 22, 2017. The conference will have a $50 registration fee for faculty and post-docs, $10 for graduate students, $1 for emeritus faculty.
The Society would like to thank the Department of Philosophy at Fordham University for support.
Contact mkistler at the domain univ-paris1.fr for further information.
Valia Allori (Northern Illinois U)
Laura Franklin-Hall (New York U)
Carl Gillett (Northern Illinois U)
Thomas Pradeu (CNRS and U Bordeaux)
Johanna Wolff (LMU Munich)
Local Arrangements Chair:
The Minorities and Philosophy (MAP) Chapters of Columbia, The New School, Rutgers, CUNY, NYU, and Princeton invite submissions from graduate students and postdoctoral fellows from underrepresented groups for a workshop series (NY-MAPWorks) in spring 2018.
Dates: Jan 30th (NYU), Feb. 20th (New School), March 6th (CUNY), April 17th (Columbia), May 8th (NYU), 7-9:30pm.
Submission Guidelines:
To apply, please compete the following by December 15th, 2017:
- Send an extended abstract of 750-1,000 words (.pdf or .doc), prepared for blind review, suitable for a 25-30 minute presentation to a general philosophical audience to nymapshop@gmail.com.
- Provide your contact information by completing this google form.
Applications will only be accepted from individuals from groups underrepresented in academic philosophy.
Accepted participants will be notified by January 14th. For further details, see our philpapers posting at https://philevents.org/event/show/37294.
The Minorities and Philosophy (MAP) Chapters of Columbia, The New School, Rutgers, CUNY, NYU, and Princeton invite submissions from graduate students and postdoctoral fellows from underrepresented groups for a workshop series (NY-MAPWorks) in spring 2018.
Dates: Jan 30th (NYU), Feb. 20th (New School), March 6th (CUNY), April 17th (Columbia), May 8th (NYU), 7-9:30pm.
Submission Guidelines:
To apply, please compete the following by December 15th, 2017:
- Send an extended abstract of 750-1,000 words (.pdf or .doc), prepared for blind review, suitable for a 25-30 minute presentation to a general philosophical audience to nymapshop@gmail.com.
- Provide your contact information by completing this google form.
Applications will only be accepted from individuals from groups underrepresented in academic philosophy.
Accepted participants will be notified by January 14th. For further details, see our philpapers posting at https://philevents.org/event/show/37294.
Fordham University Graduate Conference
The Fordham Philosophical Society invites current graduate students to submit abstracts for presentation at its upcoming conference. Our topic this year is identity and we welcome submissions from all philosophical fields and interests. Some possible areas of exploration include: logical identity, the politics of identity, identity and difference, identity and narrative, personal identity, and other themes related to the critical study of identity.
The Fordham Philosophical Society is a consciously pluralistic organization and welcomes submissions from all philosophical perspectives including, but not limited to, Ancient Philosophy, Medieval Philosophy, Modern Philosophy, Pragmatism, Analytic Philosophy, Process Philosophy, Neo-Thomism, Critical Theory, Phenomenology, Psychoanalysis, and Postmodern Philosophy.
Submission Deadline: December 4, 2017
Submissions should be in the form of maximum 300 word abstracts for a paper of 3000 words with a presentation of 30 minutes. To facilitate blind review, do not include any identifying information in the abstract, but instead include your name, institutional affiliation, and phone contact in the body of your email.
All submissions and questions should be emailed to fordhamgradconference@gmail.com.
The Minorities and Philosophy (MAP) Chapters of Columbia, The New School, Rutgers, CUNY, NYU, and Princeton invite submissions from graduate students and postdoctoral fellows from underrepresented groups for a workshop series (NY-MAPWorks) in spring 2018.
Dates: Jan 30th (NYU), Feb. 20th (New School), March 6th (CUNY), April 17th (Columbia), May 8th (NYU), 7-9:30pm.
Submission Guidelines:
To apply, please compete the following by December 15th, 2017:
- Send an extended abstract of 750-1,000 words (.pdf or .doc), prepared for blind review, suitable for a 25-30 minute presentation to a general philosophical audience to nymapshop@gmail.com.
- Provide your contact information by completing this google form.
Applications will only be accepted from individuals from groups underrepresented in academic philosophy.
Accepted participants will be notified by January 14th. For further details, see our philpapers posting at https://philevents.org/event/show/37294.
The Minorities and Philosophy (MAP) Chapters of Columbia, The New School, Rutgers, CUNY, NYU, and Princeton invite submissions from graduate students and postdoctoral fellows from underrepresented groups for a workshop series (NY-MAPWorks) in spring 2018.
Dates: Jan 30th (NYU), Feb. 20th (New School), March 6th (CUNY), April 17th (Columbia), May 8th (NYU), 7-9:30pm.
Submission Guidelines:
To apply, please compete the following by December 15th, 2017:
- Send an extended abstract of 750-1,000 words (.pdf or .doc), prepared for blind review, suitable for a 25-30 minute presentation to a general philosophical audience to nymapshop@gmail.com.
- Provide your contact information by completing this google form.
Applications will only be accepted from individuals from groups underrepresented in academic philosophy.
Accepted participants will be notified by January 14th. For further details, see our philpapers posting at https://philevents.org/event/show/37294.