InterPhil: CFP: Critical Emancipations
__ Call for Papers Theme: Critical Emancipations Type: International Conference Institution: Higher Institute of Philosophy, KU Leuven Location: Leuven (Belgium) Date: 12.–13.5.2023 Deadline: 8.1.2023 __ The broad tradition of critical theory is historically, politically and theoretically committed to emancipation. But the modern notion of emancipation is also a contested concept. This is already apparent in Marx’s attempts to provide an alternative theory of emancipation to the liberal (Hägglund 2019) and the classical republican versions (Roberts 2018). Now that capitalism is back on the agenda (Fraser & Jaeggi 2018) and presenting new challenges in the form of an emerging platform economy (Muldoon 2022), crises of care and the climate (Fraser 2022) and ubiquitous economic precarity (Azmanova 2020), it is time reconsider both the nature and potential of this concept. Even though capitalism pervades all spheres of social life, it does not do so in univocal or homogenizing ways and neither is it the sole determining influence. It is thus unclear whether emancipation can carry the same meaning in, for instance, the sphere of production, surrounding migrant rights or in struggles over reproductive justice. A self-reflective tradition of critical theory should therefore take into account radical critiques of the Marxist idea of emancipation. Postcolonial scholars, for instance, criticize the philosophy of history present in Eurocentric notions of emancipation (Allen 2015) and show that anti-colonial struggles produced their own ideas of emancipation (Coulthard 2014; Getachew 2016). Feminists and queer critical theorists, to give another example, contest masculine ideas of emancipation (Von Redecker 2018) and encourage us to question the central place of waged labor in the movement for social emancipation (Weeks 2011; Bhattacharya 2017). Finally, this conference also wants to consider two fundamental challenges to the notion of emancipation. First and foremost, the irreparable damages caused by climate change in differential ways across the globe force us to question whether the idea of emancipation remains adequate for our times. To what extent were the achievements of emancipation in ‘developed countries’ dependent on the exploitation of nature (Mitchell 2011)? Which role can emancipation still play in climate struggles? And if not emancipation, how can we conceptualize political interventions from a distinctly critical theoretical perspective? Second, it also remains important to examine the ‘dialectic of emancipation’: the process through which emancipation turns into its opposite. How can we explain or prevent that emancipatory struggles end up constituting exclusionary regimes or committing acts of cruelty (Balibar 2014; 2015)? Possible research topics include: - Reconstructions of Marx’s theory and concept of emancipation: e.g. the critique of juridical and political emancipation; the relation between the concept of emancipation and concepts like alienation, exploitation, reification or freedom; comparisons with precursors and contemporaries of Marx - The concept of emancipation in the broad critical theoretical tradition: e.g. the concept of emancipation in the Frankfurt School; French phenomenological or (post-)structuralist Marxism; the Budapest School; (Post-)Operaismo; etc. - The concept of emancipation in feminist, postcolonial or black radical traditions: feminist, queer, postcolonial or black radical reformulations of the concept of emancipation (e.g. Fanon, Federici, Robinson); anti-colonial or indigenous struggles and the reconfiguration of Marxist ideas of emancipation; the relation and conflicts between difference and universalism in the concept of emancipation - Contemporary transformations and political intervention: emancipatory politics in light of ecological, democratic, and economic crises; contemporary theories of migration and emancipation; emancipation in the age of digital transformations - Emancipation and political repertoires: the relation between emancipation and different political strategies and tactics (e.g. strikes, occupations, riots, disobedience); organizational forms and emancipation; emancipation and violent/non-violent resistance within the Marxist tradition Keynote speakers - Martin Hägglund (Yale University) - Eva von Redecker (University of Verona; Humboldt University of Berlin) - William Clare Roberts (McGill University) Organizational details If you are interested in participating in this conference, please submit an anonymized abstract for 20 min presentations (max. 500 words), along with an email including your name, title, and affiliation to: criticalemancipati...@kuleuven.be Deadline for abstract submissions: 8 January 2023 If accepted, you are invited to develop your abstract into a full paper. We also encourage junior scholars and scholars
InterPhil: CFP: Considering Violence
__ Call for Papers Theme: Considering Violence Type: International Conference Institution: Shirley and Leslie Porter School of Cultural Studies, Tel Aviv University Location: Tel Aviv (Israel) Date: 18.–19.6.2023 Deadline: 10.2.2023 __ One witnesses and experiences violence everywhere one turns – in the physical, material, spatial, temporal, structural, psychological, symbolic, and epistemic domains. In Gore Capitalism, Valencia Sayak claims that “[v]iolence and its spectacularization now cut across all fields of knowledge and action; it has become the preeminent model for the analysis of contemporary reality.” Hence, the renewed academic interest in violence that has been burgeoning in recent decades in various disciplines is not surprising. However, the theory and critical study of violence remain lacking in many fields. Even when violence is discussed and analyzed, it tends to be isolated by academic barriers preventing us from comprehending this phenomenon or comparing it across different fields. Aims & Objectives We thus plan a two-day interdisciplinary conference at Tel Aviv University dedicated to rethinking violence. This conference is conducted in response to the current (glocal) state of affairs while also following the humanist traditions of thought, critique, and resistance regarding violence. The conference has three key objectives: providing an interdisciplinary venue for multiple perspectives, articulations and manifestations of violence; exchanging thoughtful feedback for the participants’ research; and developing new understandings of violence. We see the three objectives as interrelated and imminent for each other's success. In this open call for papers and applications, we intentionally do not predefine the concept of violence so that different conceptualizations can be pursued. We view the conceptualization process as affecting the concept's implications. Thus, a significant emphasis will be put on the question, “What is violence?". However, this question is subjected to specific conditions - geographically, disciplinary, discursively, etc. - under which one may generate different answers. We will therefore place another emphasis on contextualizing violence. Several central pillars are to be addressed at our conference. First, we cannot ignore the local and ongoing issue of Palestine/Israel while also accounting for the wider theoretical frame of postcolonialism, settler colonialism, decolonization, and violence. A second imperative pillar is how violence operates regarding sexualized, gendered, and queer bodies. Third, we will examine the idea of violence perpetrated against animals and other non-humans. Lastly, we will inquire about our arena – the academy – and its affinities to types of violence. These four broad thematic considerations will hold the grounds to explore violence from varied perspectives, including, but not limited to, material, epistemic, ontological, symbolic, and institutionalized violence. Our inquiry into violence will not ignore the political and ethical issues of resistance and the justification of violence: What does resistance have to do with violence? Can violence sometimes be justified, and what constitutes, if any at all, its legitimacy? To address these questions and others, the conference will examine different perspectives on (non-)violence and resistance in relation to the contexts in which they occur. Conference Structure The conference will host several types of meetings and activities. These will include workshops, panels, roundtables, and a keynote lecture. - Workshops dealing with foundational problems concerning research on violence will be held as interactive discussions led by one or a few facilitators. The main aim of these workshops is to support participants in developing their own research. - Roundtables and Panels are sessions that include short presentations of a few papers. These sessions will address current issues and new theorizations while allowing an open discussion between the audience and the participants. - Keynote lecture by Dr. Daniel Loick (University of Amsterdam). The conference will be held mainly in English, with the possibility of Hebrew and Arabic sessions. Due to its international nature and following COVID-19 recommendations, the conference will be held in a hybrid format. Please inform us through the application form if you are interested in participating in-person or online. Eligibility We invite scholars to send paper proposals - either work in progress or published - to be presented in panels and roundtables. We also welcome scholars whose research is related to the idea of violence to apply for participation in the conference’s workshops. We highly encourage young scholars and advanced graduate students to apply for the workshops. - Participants interested in presenting a paper
InterPhil: CFA: Summer Institute on Global Geographies of Knowledge
__ Call for Applications Theme: Global Geographies of Knowledge Subtitle: Creating, Representing, and Commodifying Ideas Across Early Modern Places (1400-1800) Type: NEH Summer Institute Institution: Saint Louis University Location: St. Louis, MO (USA) Date: 26.6.–21.7.2023 Deadline: 3.3.2023 __ The early modern world was characterized by the integration and fragmentation of space that arose from the increasing mobility and interaction of peoples and objects. “Global Geographies of Knowledge” focuses on the fluid processes of encountering and transmitting ideas about peoples and objects in physical and imaginary landscapes. Conversely, this Institute also analyzes how such ideas affected the human and nonhuman relations with specific sites and environments. We seek to bring together higher education faculty and advanced PhD students from around the country to deepen their knowledge and research using critical ways of thinking spatially in the humanities and social sciences and to develop innovative ways of applying them to themes in world history and cultures of knowledge in the classroom. To foster this inquiry, the institute directors have invited eight renowned guest faculty from diverse humanistic disciplines to lead master classes and deliver themed lectures. In addition to these sessions, participants will pursue a project connecting their research and/or teaching to institute themes. The institute’s 30 participants will make regular use of the collections and spaces of the university’s libraries and special collections, as well as local partner institutions including the Saint Louis Art Museum, the Missouri Botanical Garden, and the Jesuit Archives and Research Center. The institute will be held on Saint Louis University’s beautiful North Campus located in Midtown St. Louis and adjacent to the city’s vibrant Arts District. Application Please upload both a CV (no more than 5 pages) and a cover letter (no more than 2 pages) and fill out each box at our website: https://geographiesofknowledge.org/apply/ Be sure to include answers to the following questions in your cover letter: - How do you envision your teaching and/or research interacting with notions of space? - How did you hear about the Global Geographies of Knowledge Summer Institute? - Have you participated in a NEH Summer Institute for Higher Education Faculty before? In addition, please solicit two letters of recommendation. All applications are due by March 3, 2023. Applicants will be notified of the status of their application on April 3, 2023. Individuals must send in their acceptance of an offer to participate in the Institute by April 14, 2023. Please email geographiesofknowle...@gmail.com with questions or if you experience technical difficulties in applying. Directors Claire Gilbert Email: claire.gilb...@slu.edu Fabien Montcher Email: fabien.montc...@slu.edu Charles Parker Email: charles.par...@slu.edu Website: http://www.geographiesofknowledge.org __ InterPhil List Administration: https://interphil.polylog.org InterPhil List Archive: https://www.mail-archive.com/interphil@list.polylog.org/ __
InterPhil: CFP: Philosophy across Boundaries
__ Call for Papers Theme: Philosophy across Boundaries Type: 25th World Congress of Philosophy Institution: International Federation of Philosophical Societies (FISP) Italian Philosophical Society (SFI) Sapienza University of Rome Location: Rome (Italy) Date: 1.–8.8.2024 Deadline: 1.11.2023 __ Philosophy across Boundaries is the general theme of the 25th World Congress of Philosophy, that will be held in Rome, Italy, from August 1st to August 8th, 2024. Under the joint responsibility of the International Federation of Philosophical Societies, the Italian Philosophical Society, and Sapienza University of Rome, the 25th World Congress intends to foster scholarly and public reflections on the future of our societies. By questioning human beings and their diverse ways of thinking, agency, and relationships, along with the social, economic, political, technological, and cultural destiny of our common world, it will: - Use philosophical reflections as a springboard for public discourses on urgent shared concerns, including inequalities, cultural and gender diversity, natural environment, justice, rights, and political transformations on a global scale. - Enlarge the scope of philosophical debates to involve representatives of the sciences, economy, information, medicine and public health, technology, and public institutions. - Actively encourage and defend diversity in all forms by bringing together ideas, traditions, and people from all continents and regions. - Dismantle rigid cultural and disciplinary boundaries by focusing on the complex interconnectedness of human civilizations from antiquity to the present. The 2024 Congress invites shared reflections and discussions on the models we would like our societies to be inspired by. It encourages large participation of students and young scholars from all continents and regions. It will provide a unique opportunity to present and share diverse philosophical concerns from all regions of the world. Finally, it is committed to pluralism and it aims at engaging reflectively and critically with the struggles of our time, addressing its main ethical, social, political, and spiritual concerns. We intend to hold the whole Congress in presence. The Congress will focus on five Spheres of Boundaries, each of which will include one Plenary Session and two Symposia. There will also be eighty-nine Sections for Contributed Papers, Endowed lectures, Special lectures, Round tables, Invited sessions, Society sessions, and Student sessions. Submissions 1. Registration and submissions are open. Registration to the Congress is now open and available through the website of the Congressm. Online submission of contributed papers is also possible through the website. Please note that anyone can submit a paper to one of the 89 sections of the Congress; instructions about the modalities of online submission can be found on the website. Please feel free to write to the Secretariat of the Congress for any particular query. 2. Round tables. Proposals for round tables are welcome. Please send your proposals either through the submission platform of the website. Please note that, according to WCP rules, round tables panelists should proceed from three different nationalities at least and that the standard duration for round tables is 2 hours. 3. Student sessions. The Programme Committee of the Congress is working to enhance students sessions in the programme. These sessions are meant to help graduate and undergraduate students from different countries discuss their ongoing researchers with prominent international scholars. Additional information about these sessions will be provided at the beginning of 2023. At this stage, all members of Fisp network are encouraged to promote and support students’ participation in the Congress. 4. Society sessions. Member societies, associations, and institutes of Fisp can hold their own sessions during the Congress. Society sessions may include scholarly symposia, administrative meetings, assemblies, and any other format that a society might choose to adopt; they imply no additional costs. As the number of available rooms may not be unlimited, though, it is advisable to submit requests as early as possible. November 1st, 2023 is the deadline for submitting contributed papers and for proposals for round tables, workshops, and student sessions. Papers and proposals received after this deadline, but before February 1st, 2024, may be accepted depending on availability. Contact: 25th World Congress of Philosophy WCP Secretariat Email: secretar...@wcprome2024.com Web: https://wcprome2024.com __ InterPhil List Administration: https://interphil.polylog.org InterPhil List Archive: https://www.mail-archive.com/interphil@list.polylog.org/
InterPhil: CONF: Decolonizing Epistemic Injustice and Implicit Bias
__ Conference Announcement Theme: Decolonizing Epistemic Injustice and Implicit Bias Type: International Workshop Institution: University of Tromsø Location: Tromsø (Norway) – Online Date: 25.–26.1.2023 __ The workshop establishes a connection between the topic of epistemic injustice and decolonial theories, which have so far been treated relatively separately. It thus contributes to making the cross-connections between the two topics obvious and thus accessible for further scientific analysis. It addresses three main questions of this important relationship: - To what extent can theories of epistemic injustice be applied to fields of inquiry in decolonial theories? - To what extent are theories of epistemic injustice and decolonial theories necessarily to be thought of together, especially in relation to social inequality and our academic practices of theorizing? - To what extent do theories of epistemic injustice themselves need to be decolonized? While theories of epistemic injustice are have reached a wide audience and are being investigated in detail , as can be seen from the increasing number of books, papers, workshops, and seminars being offered on the topic, there is still little significant research on the intersection of epistemic injustice and decolonial theories. The edited collection is intended to contribute to closing three gaps in the academic discourse: (A) To highlight the importance of decolonial research in the field of epistemic injustice and to explore the relation between decolonial theory and theories of epistemic injustice; (B) to enrich the debate on epistemic injustice with non-Western experts on epistemology and/or decolonial theory; and (C) to critically investigate the ways in which the debate on epistemic injustice and our academic and, more generally, epistemic practices have to be decolonialized themselves. Speakers are: - Fabian Schuppert: Decolonising climate justice: On the epistemic injustice of neo-colonial climate politics - Veli Mitova: Can Theorising Epistemic Injustice Help Us Decolonise? - Hilkje Hänel: Epistemic Decolonization in the midst of Europe? - Ezgi Sertler & Elena Ruiz: Theories of Epistemic Colonialism - Gaile Pohlhaus: An Epistemology of the Oppressed: Resisting and Flourishing under Epistemic Oppression - Amandine Catala: Decolonizing Social Memory: Epistemic Injustice and Political Equality - Desirée Lim: Substantive and Procedural Epistemic Injustice - Dennis Masaka: Overcoming Epistemic Injustice in Africa: A Global South Perspective - Kerstin Reibold: Knowledge-specific forms of epistemic injustice and the remnants of colonialism - Karl Landström: On Epistemic Freedom and Epistemic Injustice - Caroline Marim: Decolonizing Epistemic Injustice: Ambivalent or Multiple Borders? - Elad Lapidot: Europe’s Suppressed Jewish Episteme - Ekata Bakshi: In Search of a “Truly-Feminist” Agency? Rethinking Feminist Epistemology in the Context of Partition-Induced Forced Migration in India - Kjersti Fjørtoft If you like to attend (online or in person), please sign up here: https://forms.gle/NnvrXRtvmadfogg26 Website of the workshop: https://en.uit.no/tavla/artikkel/796917/workshop_decolonizing_epistemic_injustice_and_im __ InterPhil List Administration: https://interphil.polylog.org InterPhil List Archive: https://www.mail-archive.com/interphil@list.polylog.org/ __
InterPhil: PUB: War and Philosophy
__ Call for Publications Theme: War and Philosophy Publication: Journal of Continental Philosophy Date: Special Issue Deadline: 28.4.2023 __ The Journal of Continental Philosophy is now accepting submissions on the topic “War and Philosophy.” “What is a state of war? What is a civil war? And if the death penalty is abolished within a country in peacetime, what is going to define the enemy, the public enemy, as Rousseau says, and wartime? External war and civil war? I leave in reserve here what stands at the heart of the problem: not only the definition of the exception, of the state of exception, but of war and the state of war.” (Jacques Derrida, The Death Penalty, Vol. I, pp. 125–6) “What is a state of war?” The phrase suggests at least two things: a condition of war, or a state which wars. War is defined in statutes, conventions, constitutions. Just as Derrida’s meditations on the death penalty situate it at the centre of philosophy, so war might occupy a central role in understanding contemporary societies and life. What is it? Where is it? How does it constitute a state? How do philosophy and art respond to this condition? Contributions addressing these questions are welcome: scholarly articles (including translations), interviews, round table discussions, works of literature. Manuscripts should be no longer than 10,000 words (excluding footnotes). Please refer to this link for more details on submissions guidelines: https://www.pdcnet.org/jcp/Submission-Guidelines Submissions deadline: April 28, 2023 Please send submissions and proposals to: j...@westernsydney.edu.au Journal website: https://www.pdcnet.org/jcp __ InterPhil List Administration: https://interphil.polylog.org InterPhil List Archive: https://www.mail-archive.com/interphil@list.polylog.org/ __
InterPhil: JOB: Professor of Indian Philosophy
__ Job Announcement Type: Professor of Indian Philosophy Institution: Faculty of Philosophy, University of Oxford Location: Oxford (United Kingdom) Date: from September 2023 Deadline: 16.1.2023 __ The Faculty of Philosophy are seeking to appoint an Associate Professor or Professor in Indian Philosophy, in association with a Tutorial Fellowship at Lady Margaret Hall. The successful candidate will have an area of specialisation in Indian Philosophy, together with a broad range of philosophical interests. This post is available from 1 September 2023, or as soon as possible thereafter. This is a permanent appointment (subject to an initial probation). Salary range: £50,300 - £67,541 p.a. plus substantial college allowances, including a housing allowance of £10,055 per annum. An additional salary payment of £2,931 per annum would be payable upon award of the title of full Professor (without change to the duties of the post). The successful candidate will be expected to engage in advanced research and must be able to provide research-led teaching and supervision at all levels, undergraduate and graduate. The successful candidate will also be expected to provide small-group undergraduate teaching for Lady Margaret Hall, in the form of tutorials, on a range of subjects at both introductory and advanced levels (please see the further details for required teaching expertise). Candidates must demonstrate a research record of international standing in Indian Philosophy appropriate to the stage of their career; the ability to deliver excellent teaching; the ability to supervise graduate students; and a willingness to undertake administration and pastoral responsibilities on behalf of Lady Margaret Hall and of the University. Candidates should hold a completed doctorate, or a completed doctoral dissertation submitted for examination by the advertised closing date for this position, in Philosophy or a closely related field. Applications are particularly welcome from women and black and minority ethnic candidates, who are under-represented in academic posts in Oxford. All applicants will be judged on merit, according to the selection criteria. The closing date for applications is 12 noon on 16 January 2023. Interviews are expected to be held in mid to late February 2023. For further details on this post, including the job description and details on how to apply please access the link below: https://my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecruit/erq_jobspec_version_4.display_form?p_company=10&p_internal_external=E&p_display_in_irish=N&p_process_type=&p_applicant_no=&p_form_profile_detail=&p_display_apply_ind=Y&p_refresh_search=Y&p_recruitment_id=162392 __ InterPhil List Administration: https://interphil.polylog.org InterPhil List Archive: https://www.mail-archive.com/interphil@list.polylog.org/ __
InterPhil: PUB: Gender, Body, and Colonialism from a Global Perspective
__ Call for Publications Theme: Gender, Body, and Colonialism from a Global Perspective Subtitle: Ruptures and Continuities in a Long Duration Publication: Edited Volume Deadline: 15.2.2023 __ This collection of essays takes a global approach to exploring the complexities of the body, gender, and work through the lens of colonialism. By using colonialism as a lens, scholars are able to demonstrate that the experiences of women at work in relation to their bodies forsakes temporality. We are seeking scholarship that will take us around the world to investigate the ways in which power, capital, and race impact women’s work experiences in the context of colonialism. Considering different types of colonial and postcolonial societies, the articles will also address the possible connections on the women’s work experience in a long duration. The essays will be workshopped over the course of two in-person mini-conferences (hybrid is an option of necessary) that will also include a public facing event. - May 22-26, 2023 - Federal Fluminense University, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - October 23-27, 2023 – University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Illinois, US - May 2024 – Submit full draft to press. The goal of these mini-conferences will be to work collaboratively to create a published collection of essays that are in conversation with one another as well as to build relationships among scholars working in different times and geographies. Proposals must include: - A 500 word abstract; - Recent CV; - Contact information and affiliation; & - Whether or not you are able to attend the mini-conferences in person Proposals due: February 15, 2023 Email Proposals to Elisa Fruhauf Garcia and Emily E. LB. Twarog. Please note: At this time, there is no funding to assist with travel to Brazil and the US. Each mini-conference will include a public facing event in which each scholar will receive an invitation from the host campus to participate in an effort to assist you in securing funding from your home university. Co-Editors: Elisa Fruhauf Garcia Fluminense Federal University Email: elisagar...@id.uff.br Emily E. LB. Twarog University of Illinois Email: etwa...@illinois.edu __ InterPhil List Administration: https://interphil.polylog.org InterPhil List Archive: https://www.mail-archive.com/interphil@list.polylog.org/ __
InterPhil: CFP: Life beyond the Anthropocene
__ Call for Papers Theme: Life beyond the Anthropocene Subtitle: The Human and Ecological Attunement Type: International Conference Institution: Centre for Philosophy and Culture, King's University College, Western University Location: London, ON (Canada) Date: 17.–19.3.2023 Deadline: 15.1.2023 __ The depth, scale, and urgency of our contemporary ecological precipice cannot be denied. In less than a century humanity has more radically transformed and exploited the Earth than all previous generations combined and thus far the 21st century has only intensified this exploitation. The manifestations are well-known: dependence on fossil fuels andplastics; industrial scale deforestation;rapid extraction and depletion of natural resources including freshwater, proliferation of toxic waste products, etc. To these geophysical symptoms and mechanisms can be added increasing and rampant socioeconomic inequity and widespread spiritual malaise and alienation. As ecosystems collapse and species go extinct, the continued survival and well-being of human and nonhuman life forms on Earth cannot be taken for granted. Indeed, the exponential rate of consumption, exploitation, and destruction leads to the real possibility of global resource wars coupled with increasing mechanisms of state security to maintain severe inequality. However, despite glimmers and whispers of dawning alternatives, there is little indication of widespread collective action. At this critical moment, we appear paralyzed by a crisis in human self- understanding and an inability to imagine the human outside the framework of Homo economicus. Many mainstream proposed responses to the ecological crisis are largely rooted in a Neo-Liberal framework of monetization and profit-making. Green energy and sustainable models of resource management, along with geoengineering schemes of carbon capture and economic strategies of carbon trading and offsets, are touted as new frontiers for financial investment, with returns pitched in both moral and economic terms. Such tactics fail to address the fundamental problem of human understanding. The changes needed cannot be brought about by continuing to think within an economic model of subjectivity largely responsible for the escalation of the Anthropocene in the last century. Instead, confronting these complex challenges requires rethinking and renewing fundamental understanding of what it means to be human. Such elemental scrutiny has long been the province of religion and philosophy. And yet, both religion and philosophy have just as often functioned as forces of division and modes of justification for hierarchy and domination. Nevertheless, and despite necessary critiques of the overreach and harms of false universalizing, we believe the time is right for renewed projects seeking to articulate transcendental or universal conditions of the human, even as such projects must never lose touch with the concrete singularity, difference, and value of each particular life. Can we learn to understand such unique singularity not as a mode of separation, but rather as an expression of the interconnectedness of life that the philosopher Glenn Albrecht calls “sumbios” (living together)? As the present crisis makes starkly clear, despite differences in vulnerability and culpability, all humanity, and indeed all life, share a fundamental dependency on the Earth and its climates. Moreover, if it is increasingly clear that paradigmatic transformations are necessary for more authentically symbiotic relation with each other and all life forms, this does not mean beginning from a blank slate or jettisoning the inheritance of the world’s religious and philosophical traditions. Nor must it be approached through the false and damaging dichotomy that posits sciences and faiths as mutually exclusive opponents. Rather, what is needed is a dual project of revisioning and rediscovering what remains relevant from the past for the novel present and future. Could the possibility of a planetary scale transformation inspire deepened reflection, renewal, and cultivation of what is valuable in our diverse heritages and traditions? Instead of positioning differing traditions as competitors for the sole mantle of authority, could we work with their different lenses in the process of creatively synthesizing or collaborating towards a new culture and human understanding? With such questions in mind, the Centre for Philosophy and Culture (formerly the Centre for Advanced Research in European Philosophy) will host an international conference from March 17 to 19th, 2023 bringing together scholars, philosophers and visionaries to explore vital questions of human self-understanding. Can we transform prevailing conceptions of the human to become a contributing, and not dominating, participant in the life of the planet? What seeds can be found in our respectiv
InterPhil: PUB: Contested Categories in the Context of Migration
__ Call for Publications Theme: Contested Categories in the Context of Migration Publication: Ethnic and Racial Studies Date: Special Issue Deadline: 15.1.2023 __ International migration is a particularly fruitful site for examining categories and processes of categorization. On the one hand, states use categories such as age, gender, sexuality, religion, marital status, and nationality to manage migrants’ entry, reception, legal status, and access to resources, making categorization extremely consequential for individual migrants. On the other hand, categories often differ greatly between migrants’ home countries and receiving states in terms of, for example, their historical genesis, bureaucratic documentation, and socio-political relevance. As a result, governments, the public, and other actors involved in processes of migration negotiate categories under extremely high stakes and often within unequal and shifting power relations. Migration scholars must thus pay attention to systems of categorization to understand the management of migration and migrants’ own lived experiences, and scholars interested in categorization should recognize migration as a site where existing categories can be seen with rare clarity, and novel and emerging categories can be identified. In this special issue, we want to highlight this nexus between migration and categorization, with two interconnected goals: to better understand the experience and governance of migration through the categories that shape both, and to better understand the social construction of categories and their fluid, context-dependent nature by examining them in the particularly revealing context of migration. We are especially interested in how individuals make sense of, navigate, and oppose categorization. While more attention has been paid to how categories shape migration policies, research only just begins to explore how those subjected and placed within particular categories reinforce or resist these categories. We invite transdisciplinary contributions — based on quantitative or qualitative empirical research, or theoretical in nature — that engage with particular categories or processes of categorization in the context of migration. Topics may include: - What is the role of categories and categorization in migration governance? - How do meanings of social categories shift during processes of migration? - How do migrants navigate categories across origin and destination countries? - How are categories and processes of categorization negotiated and resisted? - How do migrants contest categorizations they disagree with? - How do the coloniality of knowledge and migrants’ resources affect their ability to articulate other categories? Please submit abstracts of max. 500 words and a short bio by January 15, 2023 to bia...@mmg.mpg.de Authors of selected abstracts will be notified by February 15, 2023 and included in a Special Issue proposal to Ethnic and Racial Studies. Pending approval in March 2023, selected authors will be invited to submit a full paper and to participate in a writing workshop in Göttingen or Berlin, Germany, taking place in summer 2023 and hosted by the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity. The deadline for invited papers (up to 9,000 words, including references) will be September 15, 2023. Special Issue Editors: Ulrike Bialas Max Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity Email: bia...@mmg.mpg.de Johanna Lukate Max Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity Email: luk...@mmg.mpg.de Steven Vertovec Max Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity Email: verto...@mmg.mpg.de Further information: https://think.taylorandfrancis.com/special_issues/contested-categories-migration/ Journal website: https://www.tandfonline.com/journals/RERS20 __ InterPhil List Administration: https://interphil.polylog.org InterPhil List Archive: https://www.mail-archive.com/interphil@list.polylog.org/ __
InterPhil: CFP: Borders and Boundaries
__ Call for Papers Theme: Borders and Boundaries Type: 2023 IARPT Conference Institution: Institute for American Religious and Philosophical Thought (IARPT) Catholic Academy of Berlin Location: Berlin (Germany) Date: 12.–15.6.2023 Deadline: 15.2.2023 __ The Institute for American Religious and Philosophical Thought (IARPT) is pleased to announce its 2023 international meeting, which will be held at the Katholische Akademie in Berlin on June 12-15 2023. The theme of the meeting is borders and boundaries. Keynote and plenary speakers include Sigurd Bergmann, Anne-Laure Amilhat Szary, Terrence Deacon, John Thatamanil, Robert Yelle, Marcia Pally, Matthew Bagger, and Randall Auxier. As sites of power manifested, borders and boundaries characterize some of the prevailing developments of our time, encompassing families separated, hope and hopelessness, and the limits of civil and political order. Christian Parenti has written that “the border becomes a text from which to read the future — or a version of it” (2011). This conference theme finds inspiration in Parenti’s metaphor, both by recognizing a radical openness to the present situation and insisting on the capacity of theology, philosophy, ethics, and other associated disciplines to rewrite better outcomes and mitigate those that are catastrophic. This conference program invites an interdisciplinary and integrative look at these dynamics. In the fluidity of the contemporary global order, attending to relationships among forms of bordering offers lessons on how to reimagine borders and boundaries more justly and with greater sensitivity to both ecological systems and human communities, religious or otherwise. Particularly welcome are proposals for papers that explore political, religious, ecological, or analytical borders, which can be defined as follows and linked to some (non-exhaustive) potential paper topics: - Religious borders/boundaries can be defined as points at which the contrasts between religious traditions become explicit and self-conscious to the members of the cultures in question or to third parties, giving rise to narratives that reinforce said contrasts. Possible paper topics include: approaches to interreligious dialogue, the theological “spatial turn,” the limits of the secular/post-secular, political theologies regarding land and territory, or peace/violence in interreligious terms. - Political borders/boundaries can be defined as demarcations between neighboring sovereign territories, in which sovereignty is typically understood according to the (contested) norms of the Westphalian system, i.e., as mutually recognized, mutually excluded, and uniformly distributed within each territory in question. Possible paper topics include: the proliferation of walls, changing patterns of sovereignty, cartographic practices, and postcolonial dynamics, as well as various theoretical perspectives. - Ecological borders/boundaries can be defined as thresholds concerning human interaction with more-than-human biological and climatic systems, challenging as well as reinforcing such terms as “nature” and “culture” and traversing the limits of the human. Possible paper topics include: the Anthropocene, planetary boundaries ecology, biosemiotics, or ecotheologies. - Analytical borders/boundaries can be defined either as distinctions between analytical approaches, i.e., academic disciplines, or as distinctions which are themselves of a predominantly analytical character, i.e., logical or metaphysical distinctions. Possible paper topics include: approaches to interdisciplinarity, paradox, continuity/discontinuity, spatial or temporal boundaries considered as such, or theories of entanglement. By examining and layering these forms of bordering in succession, the program for the conference represents a structure by which the various types of borders can be analyzed and compared. To do so is to invite inquiries into the dynamics of interreligious interaction, territorial sovereignty, and the human relationship with nonhuman nature within planetary systems. Any paper that speaks to some aspect of the above question is welcome, but we particularly welcome papers that engage with one or more of the core traditions of IARPT: pragmatism, process thought, naturalism/empiricism, and liberal theology. Moreover, as always, we will consider proposals that do not address the conference theme but are related to the intellectual traditions that are of special interest to IARPT. Proposals should contain a descriptive title and a brief (no more than 500 words) but informative and readable description of the paper to be presented. Proposals should also include a brief (150-word) biographical sketch of their authors. Proposals should envision paper readings of approximately twenty minutes followed by moderated questions from the audience. All proposals should be sent
InterPhil: CFP: Corporate Accountability for Gross Human Rights Violations
__ Call for Papers Theme: Corporate Accountability for Gross Human Rights Violations Subtitle: Actors, Visions, Strategies Type: International Conference Institution: National School of Political Science and Public Administration (SNSPA) Movement Engaged Research Hub, George Mason University Location: Bucharest (Romania) Date: 25.–26.5.2023 Deadline: 25.1.2023 __ In the past ten years an increasing number of NGOs, trade unions, grassroots communities, data scientists, whistleblowers, investigative journalists, principled-issue networks, university-based research hubs or “labs,” and other civil society actors have started to develop strategies to hold economic actors accountable for their direct involvement or complicity in gross human rights violations across the globe. These actors have been instrumental in putting on the national and international agendas the need for sanctioning multinational and transnational corporations and domestic companies implicated in massive infringement of human rights, ranging from genocide and war crimes, to torture and forced labor, and to extreme environmental degradation. Nevertheless, the academic literature on corporate accountability has paid too little attention to the variety of actors involved in these efforts, with their diverse repertoires of action and their different visions for human rights, economic globalization and development. This international conference aims to fill this gap by exploring the role of national civil societies and transnational advocacy networks in the struggle for corporate accountability. We argue that in order to understand what happens in this emergent field of activism, it is necessary to profile the agents that shape this field and to connect their visions of corporate liability to their professional and regional backgrounds, as well as their political goals. Participants are invited to reflect on a variety of actors and networks seeking justice across the world, and the ways their strategies are informed by different national and regional contexts, and diverse ideological and professional understandings of accountability processes. The conference is open to research on this large spectrum of actors and their repertoires of actions, including, but not limited to, advocacy for regional and international treaties, criminal and civil litigations, boycotts, divestment campaigns, truth commissions, formal declarations, whistleblowing, shadow accounting, shareholder activism, developing social disclosure standards, physical occupation of assets and other forms of direct action. We encourage proposals on the following topics, but other, non-listed themes are welcome: - How do different actors around the globe mobilize for corporate accountability, what repertoires do they adopt, whom do they address, and with what results? - How do different local, national, regional, transnational and/or trans-local contexts, with their diverse political, socio-economic and cultural diversity affect strategies of corporate accountability? - How do different visions of human rights, democratization, development, and economic globalization impact strategies of and/or organizational alliances for corporate accountability? - To what extent do professional interests and competition for funding affect and fragment actors’ particular agendas for corporate accountability, their repertoires of action, and/or their choices to pursue (or not) certain legal or movement campaign strategies? - What is the interplay between national and transnational mobilizations of advocacy groups? Please submit your proposal including authors’ names, email addresses and affiliations, a short CV and an abstract of around 300 words by 25 January 2023. The conference organizers will provide a response to the proposals by 30 January 2023. Selected participants will be invited to submit their papers (max. 7,000 words including tables, figures, and references) by 10th May, 2023. Papers presented at this conference will be considered for publication (in English) in a special issue of an international academic journal or an edited volume at a prestigious university press. Please, submit paper abstracts to: corpacco...@politice.ro For additional information, please contact Raluca Grosescu: raluca.grose...@politice.ro Funding opportunities for travel and accommodation are available, but we ask that contributors also explore funding opportunities at their home institutions. Contact: Raluca Grosescu National School of Political Science and Public Administration Email: raluca.grose...@politice.ro Web: https://cssr.gmu.edu/events/13834 __ InterPhil List Administration: https://interphil.polylog.org InterPhil List Archive: https://www.mail-archive.com/interphil@list.polylog.org/
InterPhil: TOC: Ethical issues of the nation and nationalism in Central Europe in historical contexts
__ Table of Contents Theme: Ethical issues of the nation and nationalism in Central Europe in historical contexts Publication: Ethics & Bioethics Date: Volume 12, Issue 3-4 (December 2022) __ We are happy to announce that a new issue of the journal Ethics & Bioethics (in Central Europe) has already been published. It is focused on the topic of nation and nationalism (with the target article by Professor Miroslav Hroch, a world-renowned expert on the subject) with an emphasis on the experience of Central Europe (and Ukraine) in history, but also in the present. You can find the full issue of the journal on the following website: https://sciendo.com/issue/EBCE/12/3-4 Contents Editorial Wendy Drozenová (108–110) Morality and the nation: Was the birth of the European nation an immoral deviation? Miroslav Hroch (111–127) Nation and language: Magyar and Slovak ideas of common good (The first half of the 19th century) Vasil Gluchman (128–144) Responsibility and idea of Slavism in Kollár’s and Štúr’s thinking Pavol Krištof (145–153) The nation, Slavism, and Russia in the national emancipation conception of Svetozár Hurban Vajanský Marcel Martinkovič (154–165) Philosophical and geopolitical resources for ethical justification of the national and state revival of the suppressed nations in Central Europe Miloslav Bednář (166–172) The crisis of modern man in the light of Masaryk’s national philosophy Jan Svoboda (173–182) The vice of nationality and virtue of patriotism in 17th century Czech Lands Kateřina Šolcová (183–189) The question of the ethical issues of the nation in the community of nations: Inspiration of the Polish Pope John Paul II Inocent-Mária V. Szaniszló (190–198) The national identity and Orthodox Church: The case of contemporary Ukraine Dmytro Shevchuk, Kateryna Shevchuk and Kateryna Khudoba (199–211) Cultural diversity and clashing narratives about national culture: A Central European stoic pragmatist perspective Krzysztof Piotr Skowroński (212–220) About the journal Ethics & Bioethics (in Central Europe) is one of the leading Central European international journals in ethics and bioethics focusing on philosophical ethics, bioethics and applied ethics also including the history of ethics, ethical and moral education as well as professional ethics. The journal publishes theoretical articles and empirical findings concerning all aspects of ethics and morality. Ethics & Bioethics (in Central Europe) is published in print as well as electronic format, two issues per year (June and December). Only articles in English are accepted for publishing. ISSN: 2453-7829 Journal website: https://sciendo.com/journal/EBCE __ InterPhil List Administration: https://interphil.polylog.org InterPhil List Archive: https://www.mail-archive.com/interphil@list.polylog.org/ __
InterPhil: CFA: Postdoctoral Fellowships in Global Health and Transnational Justice
__ Call for Applications Type: Postdoctoral Fellowships in Global Health and Transnational Justice Institution: Research Centre "Normative Orders", Goethe University Frankfurt Location: Frankfurt/Main (Germany) Date: 2023–2024 Deadline: 31.1.2022 __ The Global Health Justice Postdoctoral Programme, funded by Höppsche Stiftung and directed by Prof. Dr. Rainer Forst and Prof. Dr. Darrel Moellendorf at the University of Frankfurt, is seeking to appoint up to two post-doctoral fellows for the academic year 2023/2024. The Fellows will be part of the Frankfurt academic community, especially of the Normative Orders Research Network. Candidates should have completed a doctorate in philosophy or the social sciences and should have proven potential to conduct and publish research at an international level. Candidates' research should fall within the programme’s areas of focus, especially questions of global health and transnational justice. Please send your application in English, in one pdf document (a 2-3 page research project, CV and two letters of reference (and no more than two)) to Prof. Dr. Rainer Forst, using the address: sekretariat.fo...@soz.uni-frankfurt.de The reference letters may also be sent directly from the referees. Closing date is January 31, 2023. Duration and Starting Date: 10 Months, starting on October 1st 2023. The full advert is available at: https://www.fb03.uni-frankfurt.de/129289270/CFA_Global_Health_Justice.pdf? __ InterPhil List Administration: https://interphil.polylog.org InterPhil List Archive: https://www.mail-archive.com/interphil@list.polylog.org/ __
InterPhil: CFA: Postdoctoral Fellowship on Diversity and Democracy
__ Call for Applications Type: Postdoctoral Fellowship on Diversity and Democracy Institution: Centre for Interdisciplinary Research on Diversity and Democracy (CRIDAQ), Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM) Location: Montreal, QC (Canada) Date: September 2023 – June 2024 Deadline: 27.1.2023 __ (Version française en bas) Description The members of the Centre for Interdisciplinary Research on Diversity and Democracy (CRIDAQ) are offering, for the 2023-2024 academic year, a non-renewable postdoctoral fellowship. This internship must be used to carry out a project that falls within the scope of CRIDAQ’s research axes and themes under the supervision of one of its members, in a Quebec university: - Axe 1: Nations and diversity - Axe 2: Institutions, social justice and territories - Axe 3: Democracy and pluralism General rules - In order to apply, candidates must have defended their thesis by September 1, 2023; - Candidates must have obtained their Ph.D after April 30, 2019; - Candidates must have sufficient knowledge of French to participate in CRIDAQ activities; - The doctoral thesis must not have been written under the supervision of a regular member of CRIDAQ. The CRIDAQ will offer to its fellow: - $ 40,000 (gross amount granted by the Center*); - An individual workstation; - Access to the host university facilities; - Assistance with the material organisation of the stay. In return, the fellow is expected to: - Pursue the research project for which the postdoctoral fellowship was granted; - Participate, on a regular basis, in the activities (workshops, seminars, conferences, colloquia) organized by the CRIDAQ host university; - Present his/her current work to other researchers through the activities of the Center in the host university, as well as in at least one other partner university; - Provide scientific direction for the Séminaire jeunes chercheur.e.s du CRIDAQ to be held in 2024; - Ensure a regular presence on the premises of the university to which he/she is affiliated. Applications will be evaluated according to the following criteria: - The quality of the research project submitted and relevance to CRIDAQ’s mandate; - The quality of previous research and the ability of the candidate to benefit from/ and contribute to the activities of the Center. Candidates should send the following documents: - A letter of motivation, written in French in which the candidate indicates which researchers he/she wishes to work with; - An email or letter from a regular member of CRIDAQ indicating their interest in supervising the work of the candidate; - A curriculum vitae (for submitted publications, please include a confirmation email); - A writing sample (book chapter, article or academic paper); Note that the work submitted must be written in either French or English; - A research proposal of about 1500 words, followed by a project timeline (1 page max); - Two letters of reference (directly sent to the Centre by email before the deadline: cri...@uqam.ca) Application submission Please upload your application in a single PDF document in the order prescribed at our website. Important dates - Deadline for applications: January 27, 2023, 5 p.m.; - Competition results: March 1st, 2023; - Duration of the internship: September 2023 to June 2024. All details here: https://cridaq.uqam.ca/bourses-et-concours/cridaq-postdoctoral-fellowships/ __ Description Les membres du Centre de recherche interdisciplinaire sur la diversité et la démocratie (CRIDAQ) sont heureux d’offrir, pour l’année académique 2023-2024, un stage postdoctoral de 40,000$ (montant brut octroyé par le Centre*), non renouvelable. Ce stage doit servir à mener un projet qui s’inscrit dans les axes et thématiques de recherche du CRIDAQ, sous la supervision d’un.e membre du Centre dans une université québécoise : - Axe 1 : Nations et Diversité - Axe 2 : Institutions, justice sociale et territoires - Axe 3 : Démocratie et pluralisme Conditions de participation - Avoir soutenu sa thèse au plus tard le 1er septembre 2023; - Avoir obtenu son doctorat après le 30 avril 2019; - Avoir une connaissance suffisante du français pour pouvoir participer aux activités du CRIDAQ; - La thèse de doctorat ne doit pas avoir été rédigée sous la direction de chercheurs membres réguliers du CRIDAQ. Le CRIDAQ s’engage à offrir au/ à la lauréat(e) : - 40,000$ (montant brut octroyé par le Centre*); - Un poste de travail individuel; - L’accès aux infrastructures de l’université à laquelle il/elle sera affilié.e (par exemple : bibliothèques); - De l’assistance pour l’organisation matérielle du séjour. En retour, le/la lauréat.e s’engage à : - Poursuivre le projet de recherche pour lequel le stage postdoctoral a été accordé; - Participer régulièrement aux activit
InterPhil: CFA: (Post-)Doctoral Fellowships in Jewish Scepticism
__ Call for Applications Theme: (Jewish) Scepticism as a Strategy and Challenge in Past and Present Type: Doctoral Fellowships and Postdoctoral Fellowships Institution: Maimonides Centre for Advanced Studies (MCAS), University of Hamburg Location: Hamburg (Germany) Date: October 2023 – September 2024 Deadline: 31.1.2023 __ The Maimonides Centre for Advanced Studies (MCAS) at Universität Hamburg would like to invite researchers to apply for its junior fellowship programme for the academic year 1 October 2023 to 30 September 2024. The Maimonides Centre for Advanced Studies is a Humanities Research Institute at Universität Hamburg led by Prof. Dr Giuseppe Veltri and funded by the German Research Foundation. MCAS’s central aim is to explore and research scepticism in Judaism in its dual manifestation as both a purely philosophical tradition and a more general expression of sceptical strategies, concepts, and attitudes in the cultural field. Topic: (Jewish) Scepticism as a Strategy and Challenge in Past and Present Though scepticism is often discussed as the philosophical doctrine that we cannot have knowledge about a specific domain, it can also be taken in a much broader sense. According to this broader conception, scepticism is a general attitude to life and enquiry that comes with a range of different tactics and strategies. A sceptic in this broader sense questions and attacks all dogmatic convictions by pointing out their dependence on dubious assumptions or their reliance on fragile and vulnerable methods of argumentation. MCAS’s research during the previous year has shown that this broader type of scepticism is an important element of Jewish life and culture, which—for various reasons—is particularly shaped by controversies and dialectical disputes. In its last year, MCAS thus seeks to focus on the specific operation of sceptical thoughts and strategies in Judaism and beyond, thereby highlighting both the difficulties created by a sceptical attitude and its often innovative and critical force. Accordingly, typical questions to be pursued this year are: To what (argumentative or rhetorical) end and how do (Jewish) philosophers and theologians return to sceptical considerations and what are their implications? What is the significance of stories about sceptics or accusations of scepticism in religious discourse? How is scepticism manifested in visual and literary sources and how is it employed to convey meaning and messages to the audience? How exactly and with respect to which sources is scepticism harnessed as a tool to challenge an opponent or authority in politics and social discourse? These questions can be addressed from the point of view of several disciplines, such as Jewish studies, philosophy, history, literature, the arts, and cultural anthropology. The successful candidate’s project should resonate productively with the annual topic as described. Junior Fellowships (PhD and Postdoc) Junior fellowships are awarded to advanced PhD students and postdoctoral researchers (within four years of receipt of PhD) in Jewish studies, history, philosophy, Islamic studies, religious studies, or related fields in the humanities. PhD students must have obtained an MA degree at the time of their application. Postdoctoral candidates must be in possession of a doctoral degree at the time of their application. Fellowship period: 12 months (1 October 2023 to 30 September 2024) Successful applicants (junior and senior fellowship programme) will be asked to take up residence in Hamburg, to carry out research at MCAS, to actively attend events at the centre, and to take part in the centre’s activities, such as contributing to the Encyclopaedia of Scepticism and Jewish Tradition or the Maimonides Review of Philosophy and Religion. Funding is subject to the terms and conditions of MCAS’s regulations, following suggestions made by Universität Hamburg. Rates and allowances are as follows: - PhD Junior Fellows receive 1,365 EUR per month, plus a research allowance of 103 EUR per month, travel allowance (one round trip), and — where applicable — a child allowance. - Postdoctoral Junior Fellows receive 1,750 EUR per month, plus a research allowance of 103 EUR per month, travel allowance (one round trip), and — where applicable — a child allowance. MCAS also provides working spaces, IT equipment, and access to various libraries. Applicants are requested to submit the following documents in English in one PDF file: - A completed application form: https://www.maimonides-centre.uni-hamburg.de/dokumente/2021/application-form.pdf - A research proposal of two to three pages, including the project’s relationship to the annual topic, the status quaestionis of the chosen topic, the candidate’s prior research that is relevant to the proposed topic, a detailed programme of work including a timetable,
InterPhil: CFP: Bodies in Contexts
__ Call for Papers Theme: Bodies in Contexts Subtitle: Epistemological Considerations for a Diverse Society Type: Graduate Student Philosophy Conference Institution: Boston University Location: Boston, MA (USA) Date: 31.3.–1.4.2023 Deadline: 15.1.2023 __ The philosophy graduate students at Boston University are soliciting papers and abstracts from graduate students in any area of philosophy for the Boston University Annual Graduate Student Conference on “Bodies in Contexts: Epistemological Considerations for a Diverse Society”. The recognition and appreciation of diversity lie at the intersection of the epistemological, the ethical, and the practical. Commitment to diversity calls for a change in our linguistic, epistemic, and ethical practices from everyday life to medical, legal, and academic contexts. However, one concern is that philosophy has not provided sufficient room for reflecting on bodies, identities, and their situatedness within social contexts. Such reflections are a necessary step for a meaningful philosophical contribution towards a diverse and more equitable society. We welcome contributing papers that address the following questions and topics: - Standpoint epistemology - Relationship between embodiment and identity - The epistemic implications of bodily situatedness - The epistemology of diversity - The possibility of bodily objectivity - Bodily awareness and perception - Bodily oppression - Bodily autonomy (e.g. in sexual and/or medical contexts) - Bodies and decolonization - Underrepresented philosophical traditions’ approaches to bodies - The study of disability - Diversity as a value - Language inclusivity Information for Submission: - Submissions should be in the form of a short abstract (200-250 words) and a full-length paper (4,000-5,000 words). Please include a word count at the top of your submission. - Papers and abstracts should be prepared for anonymous review. Please omit any self-identifying marks within the body of the documents. - Please submit your abstract and paper using this form by January 15th: https://forms.gle/QEd5MHmb3LbgXWxk7 - Successful applicants will be contacted by February 20th. Authors must be current graduate students in any related disciplines. Members of all underrepresented groups are strongly encouraged to apply. Selected presenters will be given 30 minutes to present and will be assigned a commentator. We are committed to disability justice and creating an access-centered conference. We encourage you to contact us if you have any access needs that require our awareness. We hope to provide partial funding for students whose institutions cannot reimburse the expenses and who would otherwise be unable to attend the conference in person. Keynote Speaker: Rima Basu, Claremont McKenna College Send any questions to: bu.phil.gradconfere...@gmail.com __ InterPhil List Administration: https://interphil.polylog.org InterPhil List Archive: https://www.mail-archive.com/interphil@list.polylog.org/ __
InterPhil: CFP: Black Feminist Internationalism and Eurasian Knowledge Production
__ Call for Papers Theme: Black Feminist Internationalism and Eurasian Knowledge Production Subtitle: The Archive Revisited Type: Online Workshop Institution: Department of Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies, Ohio State University Location: Online Date: 23.–24.5.2023 Deadline: 1.2.2023 __ The Archive Revisited focuses on reimagining the legacies of Black feminist internationalism in Soviet Eurasia, i.e., East Europe and Central Asia. The workshop invites scholars, artists, and activists to submit contributions that explore these legacies for their meaning today. Black Internationalist intellectuals shared knowledge globally and formed alliances across nations and continents. For example, Louise Thompson Patterson, Claudia Jones, Eslanda Robeson, Langston Hughes, and Audre Lorde, among many others, tackled the problems of their times, forged transnational relations, and imagined alternative futures that could secure survival for everybody. However, existing archives often hold fragmented traces (if any) of Black women and queer people’s experiences in Soviet Eurasia. Even less is known about Eurasian communities’ perceptions of Black sojourners and their intellectual contributions. Likewise, the role of Eurasian knowledge production in Black internationalists' theorizing does not often come through easily in the archive and scholarship. Against these gaps and absences, workshop participants are invited to reflect on the meaning and value, including the limitations and possibilities, of past relationships, encounters, and intellectual exchanges. The workshop approaches the archive as a site of exploration and location of creative invention and critical knowledge production. It invites participants to explore and elevate perspectives muted in the archive as well as to look at the archive beyond what happened or has not happened. Participants are encouraged to read the archive for what it withholds or implies and reveal/ imagine stories suppressed or discarded by traditional historiographies. Furthermore, the Archive Revisited invites potential contributors to foreground the value of past relationships for the contemporary moment. The workshop aims to forge a cross-border and cross-disciplinary exchange between scholars, artists, and activists from different geographies. Participants may engage with various narrative and visual forms - academic and artistic - for their contributions (e.g., essays, conversations or interviews, visual art, poetry, short stories). During the workshop, participants, grouped into panels, will present and discuss their contributions prepared in advance. The workshop will provide an opportunity for thoughtful conversation and engagement with participants’ works. After the workshop, participants’ contributions will be assembled into a digital gazette. The idea of a gazette draws inspiration from the West Indian Gazette, founded by the Black organizer and journalist Claudia Jones in 1958 to strengthen Afro-Asian and Caribbean solidarity links. The Archive Revisited digital gazette will catalogue the workshop and contribute to building contemporary anti-colonial connections across borders and differences. There will be two keynote lectures prior to the workshop. Participants are encouraged to respond to or reflect on the keynotes in preparation for the workshop. To participate in this online workshop, please submit a proposal: a short bio and a 200-word synopsis of your idea and its connection to the topic. Participants can apply individually or as an artistic group or collective. Potential workshop topics include, but are not limited to: - The importance or influence of Black feminist internationalism on Eurasian communities. - The mobility of ideas across borders (e.g., travel of written works and their translations) that reveal intellectual exchanges between communities historically and in the present. - What constitutes the archive of Black feminist internationalism, and what place Eurasian communities and their cultural and intellectual perspectives have within that tradition. - The different historical circumstances that facilitated the physical and intellectual exchanges between Black sojourners and Eurasia. - Queer/feminist perspectives on the intellectual and political histories of Black/Eurasian exchanges and what they may bring to contemporary struggles. - How histories of interactions between Black and Eurasian communities may contribute to the archive of anti-colonial resistance. Participants are welcome to make their final contributions in multiple languages if needed, but please note that the working language for the workshop is English. Scholarly papers, analytical essays, first-person reflections, and other creative submissions and expressions (poetry, spoken word, etc.) can be up to 2,500 words. Use the following application form to subm
InterPhil: CFP: Sinicizing the Early Modern World
__ Call for Papers Theme: Sinicizing the Early Modern World Subtitle: Histories and Interpretations Beyond Euro-Diffusionism Type: International Conference Institution: University of Tübingen Location: Tübingen (Germany) Date: 15.–17.6.2023 Deadline: 31.1.2023 __ Scholars have deeply researched Europe’s historical impacts upon China. A distinguished and decades-old - but still rather limited - field has undertaken research in the other direction, noting that China has also influenced its neighbors, Europe, and the wider world in turn. Nonetheless, this perspective remains dispersed, eclectic, and little-theorized. This gathering’s questions will extend in two directions: the historicization and theorization of what one might call ‘early modern Sinicization.’ Unearthing the many types of ‘reverse diffusionism’ in which Chinese practices spread to the world has rich explanatory promise, and may even be essential in achieving a more balanced understanding of causation in global history. On the one hand, this conference invites scholarship which explores how regions close and far from China transformed, adapted to, and struggled against Sinicization in the so-called early modern period, very roughly defined here as 1400-1800. On the other hand, this conference also invites reflections on how to characterize ‘Sinicization’ itself. We also invite scholarship which poses major methodological, sociological, and even ethical questions about Sinicization, including: - Which sociological categories should we use to describe these many tendencies and processes (‘creolization,’ ‘interculturation,’ ‘hybridization,’ ‘entanglement,’ ‘impact- response,’ ‘hegemony,’ ‘co-colonization,’ the ‘China-centered approach,’ etc.)? - How to navigate the pratfalls of accidental Eurocentrism, uncritical Sinophilia, and essentialization of European and East Asian societies? - How to include the stories of smaller polities, indigenous peoples, dynamic and creative individuals, and others caught between Europeanization, Sinicization, and other powerful social currents? Language of presentations: English Dates: 15-17 June, 2023 Application deadline: January 31, 2023 This will be a hybrid event (in-person and online). Scholars from all stages are invited to apply. Funding is available for travel and accommodations. Organizers: Prof. Dr. Renate Dürr, PD Dr. Philip Hahn, Dr. Adrian Masters Contact: Dr. Adrian Masters University of Trier, Germany Email: adrianmmast...@gmail.com __ InterPhil List Administration: https://interphil.polylog.org InterPhil List Archive: https://www.mail-archive.com/interphil@list.polylog.org/ __
InterPhil: CFA: Philosophy Dissertation Fellowship
__ Call for Applications Type: Philosophy Dissertation Fellowship Institution: APRA Foundation Berlin Location: Berlin (Germany) Date: 2023–2025 Deadline: Ongoing __ The purpose of the APRA Foundation Berlin Philosophy Dissertation Fellowship is to motivate pursuit of a well-rounded education in philosophy that prepares the applicant to flourish in a variety of professional environments - whether academic or otherwise - that demand cross-cultural knowledge, logical reasoning, and recognition of the extent to which Western culture is rooted in the more ancient cultures of the Near and Far East. To this end, it requires of the applicant prior completion of a background program of philosophical study that extends beyond the scope of most undergraduate and graduate degree requirements, in its inclusion of required coursework in logic, Eastern philosophy, and the Arabic and Jewish thinkers in Medieval philosophy. In this way, the Fellowship Applicant Credentials below establish a foundation for advanced philosophical study that cultivates both familiarity with philosophical approaches from a variety of non-Western traditions, and also the shared tools of consistent reasoning and analysis through which to reintegrate them into meaningful relation with the Western tradition. This will serve all Fellowship applicants well whether they actually win the Fellowship or not. The successful applicant will receive a grant of €12,000.00/year, divided into 12 sequential monthly payments of €1,000.00 each, for a period of 36 sequential months, running from September of the first year through August of the third sequential year. The Fellowship is portable to any accredited philosophy dissertation program in Europe, Australia, New Zealand, or North America. It is the responsibility of the Fellow to gain admission to such a doctoral program at an accredited institution, to obtain a dissertation advisor, and to discharge the academic and administrative requirements described above. The Fellow agrees to teach no more than one course per semester at the most, in addition to researching and writing the dissertation, during the Fellowship period. There is no fixed annual deadline for applications. These are considered on a rolling basis. For further information, please visit: http://adrianpiper.com/foundation/PhDFellowshipMenu.shtml __ InterPhil List Administration: https://interphil.polylog.org InterPhil List Archive: https://www.mail-archive.com/interphil@list.polylog.org/ __
InterPhil: PUB: Decolonizing the Study of Memory
__ Call for Publications Theme: Decolonizing the Study of Memory Publication: Memory Studies Date: Special Issue Deadline: 10.1.2023 __ The field of memory studies, like many academic disciplines and fields, is facing calls to decolonize, deimperialize, and provincialize European-imposed and inspired knowledges. Scholars and critics such as Audre Lorde, Frantz Fanon, Gloria Anzaldua, Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, Steve Biko, and Linda Tuhiwai Smith emphasize the importance of acknowledging, repairing, and transcending the lasting impact of European slavery, genocidal settler colonialism, and imperial nostalgia that have ravaged human societies and the Earth, our ground of Being. Numerous postcolonial, decolonial, and indigenous scholars as well as critics continue to shine a bright light on the enduring legacy of white supremacy in academia and beyond, calling for reparatory justice. Ongoing debates concerning provincializing, de-Westernizing, decolonizing, and other interventions, highlight the reality that Western knowledge regimes’ dominance has yet to be fully recognized, overcome, and dismantled (Quijano 1992; Chakrabarty 2000; Maldonado-Torres 2006; Chen 2010; Kimmerer 2014). Accordingly, we would like to ask whether ethnic, national, cosmopolitan, multidirectional, transcultural, and planetary memories or the ‘floating gap’ are indeed as transhistorical, universal or natural as sometimes suggested? These questions highlight the reality that the field of memory studies is, in many ways, still dominated by approaches, concepts, and methods designed in the Global North creating an undeniable “Euro/Anglo centrism” (Olick et al 2017). Furthermore, we would like to question: Do cultural memories confirm or contradict seemingly hard and fast distinctions between history and memory, male and female, modern and traditional, culture and nature, sacred and profane or life and death? How do cultural memories in specific local, regional, and transnational constellations force us to rethink seemingly universal concepts? How do we think and do history and memory? For Memory Studies, therefore, the present moment bears at least three crucial challenges: First, to highlight the limitations of currently dominant approaches, concepts, and methods; second, to introduce to memory studies the plethora of memory concepts hitherto ignored but debated in other fields, such as postcolonial studies, decolonial thought, indigenous studies, and the natural sciences; and lastly, to encourage the practice of “epistemological disobedience” (Mignolo 2011) in order to move beyond the current cultural memory frameworks that undergird the field. This, in turn, expands and creates new intellectual spaces such as those pioneered by feminist, decolonial, and queer critics including M. Jacqui Alexander, Hilary Beckles, Saidiya Hartman, bell hooks, and Sylvia Wynter, to name a few. To the foregoing end, this special issue invites the rich, dynamic, and diverse cultural memories and scholarship currently outside the framework of Memory Studies to think through decolonial and indigenous lenses, and thus fundamentally challenge the field. Our aim is to substantially extend interdisciplinary debates to look beyond European, Western, and White memory cultures and scholarship that substantially define knowledge production on the study of history and memory to date. This special issue responds to the urgent calls to both decolonize and reconceptualize the study of memory and Memory Studies in three ways: - We invite current memory studies scholars to investigate the role of decolonization and provincialization to existing approaches, theories and methods. - We explicitly invite scholars from disciplines less represented in Memory Studies to contribute to the decolonization of socio-cultural memory studies. - We also invite reviews of existing work, with a particular interest in those not in the English language, on the subject of decolonizing and provincializing memory studies or indigenous ways of knowing that have hitherto been marginalized. In a word, the collected essays seek to open the doors beyond the field’s institutional framework, taking seriously the fundamental challenge and rich potential of not only decolonizing and provincializing the study of memory and Memory Studies, but re-envisioning the field. Some questions that may be addressed in this special issue include, but are not limited to: - What is the role of language in creating memory and memory practices and how does multilingualism or translation intervene in creation or dissemination? - How do oral, visual, and/or sound cultures contribute to memory practices? - How can non-written based epistemologies enrich our knowledge base in memory studies? - How does an analysis of Anthropocene memory complicate our understanding of global systems? - What memory p
InterPhil: CFA: Postdoctoral Fellowship on the Rights of Vulnerable Groups
__ Call for Applications Type: Postdoctoral Research Fellowship on the Rights of Vulnerable Groups Institution: Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford Location: Oxford (United Kingdom) Date: from August 2023 Deadline: 9.1.2023 __ The Blavatnik School of Government is seeking to recruit a Postdoctoral Fellow to contribute to the Alfred Landecker programme, under the direction of Professor Jonathan Wolff, Alfred Landecker Professor of Values and Public Policy, and in collaboration with other academics in the School and beyond. The Alfred Landecker Foundation has provided funds to support a programme of activity at the Blavatnik School of Government to research threats to the rights, freedom, dignity and well-being of vulnerable groups in Europe. The particular focus of the research will be the threats to vulnerable people emerging from contemporary politics and society, together with the institutions of government, law and civil society that could help protect against such threats. The Postdoctoral Fellow will conduct and publish their own research, provide a review of related research and public activity and investigate possible partnerships with academic and civil society groups. They will help manage workshops, conferences and working groups, help produce group working papers and assist in the academic and public development of the programme. They will present papers at conferences or public meetings and represent the research group at external meetings/seminars. They will also carry out collaborative projects with colleagues in partner institutions and research groups, and undertake a small amount of teaching duties. The successful candidate will hold, or be close to completion of, a PhD in a topic in contemporary political philosophy, political theory, comparative politics, legal theory, or another relevant field. They will have the ability to organise conferences, workshops, working groups, partnerships and associated activity, work collaboratively across disciplines, manage their own research and associated activities, and contribute ideas for new research projects. Previous experience of contributing to publications/presentations and excellent communication skills are also essential. This post is fixed-term for three years. The successful candidate will be expected to start in August 2023. The deadline for applications is 12.00 noon (UK time) on Monday 9 January 2023. Further information: https://www.bsg.ox.ac.uk/job-alfred-landecker-postdoctoral-fellow Alfred Landecker Programme: https://www.bsg.ox.ac.uk/research/research-programmes/alfred-landecker-programme Contact: Jonathan Wolff Alfred Landecker Professor of Values and Public Policy Blavatnik School of Government University of Oxford Email: jonathan.wo...@bsg.ox.ac.uk __ InterPhil List Administration: https://interphil.polylog.org InterPhil List Archive: https://www.mail-archive.com/interphil@list.polylog.org/ __
InterPhil: CFP: Somewhere in Between
__ Call for Papers Theme: Somewhere in Between Subtitle: Borders and Borderlands Type: International Conference Institution: London Centre for Interdisciplinary Research Birkbeck, University of London Location: London (United Kingdom) – Online Date: 29.–30.4.2023 Deadline: 15.2.2023 __ In an ever changing world the problems of setting boundaries as well as the need to create meanings and establish understanding of diverse phenomena have always been of the utmost importance for humanity. Borders, boundaries, frontiers, and borderlands, naturally formed or man made, are grounded in various ethical traditions, and have always been associated with limits and restrictions. The ongoing process of globalisation is changing the role and stereotypes of borders, so that they are often seen as opportunities rather than constraints. However, in some cases they are still being militarized and conflicted. The conference will seek to identify and analyse the processes of border-making and border permeability in contemporary societies through aesthetic forms. We seek to explore the historical origins of borders, their role in today’s global environment and define the notion of borders, which includes not only territorial, geographical, and political borders, but also cultural and metaphorical borders, imagined spaces where interests and ideologies overlap and compete. Conference panels will be related, but not limited, to: - border poetics - border-crossing - security versus openness of borders - cultural hybridization - cross‐border co‐operation - processes of de‐bordering - borders and refugees - social, cultural or language differences between communities We invite proposals from various disciplines including political sciences, history, philosophy, sociology, anthropology, architecture, literature, linguistics, etc. Paper proposals up to 250 words and a brief biographical note should be sent by 15 February 2023 to: bord...@lcir.co.uk Please download Paper proposal form: https://borders.lcir.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Paper-proposal-form.doc Registration: Registration fee (online participation) – 90 GBP Registration fee (physical participation) – 150 GBP Provisional venue: Birkbeck, University of London Selected papers will be published in a post-conference volume with ISBN. Conference website: https://borders.lcir.co.uk __ InterPhil List Administration: https://interphil.polylog.org InterPhil List Archive: https://www.mail-archive.com/interphil@list.polylog.org/ __
InterPhil: CFP: The "global south" and liberal values in the historiography of human rights
__ Call for Papers Theme: The "global south" and liberal values in the historiography of human rights Type: International Workshop Institution: Otto Suhr Institute of Political Science, Free University of Berlin Location: Berlin (Germany) Date: 4.–5.5.2023 Deadline: 6.1.2023 __ As a fundamental component of the liberal script, human rights are a favored terrain of inquiry across the social sciences. Over the last few years, in particular, the subject's historiography has become increasingly contested. This historiographical trend offers fertile ground for examining the place of liberal values in 20th-century contestations over human rights. For this purpose, we are organizing a workshop to be held in Berlin on 4-5 May 2023. The workshop is intended as a first step towards a joint publication, which will take the form of an edited volume with a leading university press or a special issue in an academic journal. Accordingly, we invite original abstracts touching on either of (or both) these two interrelated issues: - What have been the contributions of states and non-state actors in and of the "global south" to the development of international human rights? Specifically, to what extent did those contributions embrace (and perhaps affect the content of) liberal values, including the rule of law, democracy, and the protection of individual entitlements? - What kinds of contestations to human rights norms and practice emerged from the "global south" over the 20th century? Were those contestations informed by normative scripts antithetical to liberalism, and do any alternative visions of human rights form part of those scripts? Does any of these challenges resonate in contemporary disputes, for example concerning the relationship between human rights and material inequality, global health, or the environment? By focusing on the relevance and ambiguity of liberal values, the project aims to investigate whether international debates on human rights were motivated by competing normative scripts, leading to potentially different norms and institutions than the ones that crystallized in existing international instruments. We are especially interested in empirical studies grounded in hitherto unexplored archives. We also welcome contributions relating the above-mentioned issues to questions of historiographical method as they have emerged in subfields like the digital humanities, practice theory, and network analysis. We invite scholars working in the social sciences – including but not limited to historians, political scientist, international relations and legal scholars – to submit a 300/500-word abstract and a short bio as a single file by 6 January 2023 to Prof. Tobias Berger: tobias.ber...@fu-berlin.de Please contact Prof. Berger for any queries about the call. Successful applicants will be informed by 31 January 2023. Travel and accommodation costs for attending the workshops will be covered by the organization. The project is part of the Cluster of Excellence "Contestations of the Liberal Script" (SCRIPTS) and is directed by Tobias Berger (Freie Universität Berlin), Anna Holzscheiter (Technische Universität Dresden), and Thomas Risse (Freie Universität Berlin). Contact: Prof. Dr. Tobias Berger Juniorprofessor Transnationale Politik des Globalen Südens Otto-Suhr-Institut für Politikwissenschaft Freie Universität Berlin Email: tobias.ber...@fu-berlin.de Project website: https://www.scripts-berlin.eu/research/research-projects/General-Research-Projects/De-Centering-Human-Rights/index.html __ InterPhil List Administration: https://interphil.polylog.org InterPhil List Archive: https://www.mail-archive.com/interphil@list.polylog.org/ __
InterPhil: CFP: Challenges of Hate in the 21st Century
__ Call for Papers Theme: Challenges of Hate in the 21st Century Type: 7th International Conference on Hate Studies Institution: Center for the Study of Hate, Gonzaga University Community Colleges of Spokane Location: Spokane, WA (USA) – Online Date: 20.–22.4.2023 Deadline: 4.1.2023 __ In this time of political divisiveness, racial inequity, extremism, and climate injustice, the importance of understanding how the processes of dehumanization and othering harm communities and the world in which we live is as critical as ever. The Gonzaga Center for the Study of Hate invites you to consider opportunities to share your research, educational work, community work, creative expression, or other work related to hate and submit a proposal to present at the Seventh International Conference on Hate Studies. The multidisciplinary field of hate studies brings us together for new understandings to address hate in any one or more of its manifestations (e.g. racism, Anti-Semitism, homophobia, religious intolerance, extremism, anti-immigration animus, ableism, white supremacy, etc.). The International Conference on Hate Studies is one of the leading interdisciplinary academic forums on hate and related social problems. The lessons learned and plans which emerge will help educators, researchers, advocates, and others better analyze and combat hatred in its various manifestations to lead to communities being committed to peace, human rights, and justice. Proposal Submission: https://www.gonzaga.edu/academics/centers-institutes/institute-for-hate-studies/international-conference-on-hate-studies/submission-instructions Featured speakers include: Zoé Samudzi is an Assistant Professor in Photography at the Rhode Island School of Design, a Research Associate at the Center for the Study of Race, Gender and Class at the University of Johannesburg, and a member of the Race, Medicine, and Social Justice research cluster at the Center for the Study of Slavery and Justice at Brown University. She is also an art writer, an associate editor with Parapraxis Magazine, and a contributing writer for Jewish Currents. Rae Jereza is a Research Assistant Professor and a Senior Researcher at the Polarization and Extremism Research Innovation Lab (PERIL) at American University. They are currently researching gun violence and how hate speech and free speech are constructed in the US. Arjun Singh Sethi is a community activist, human rights lawyer, and author based in Washington, DC. He works closely with Muslim, Arab, South Asian, and Sikh communities and is the editor of 'American Hate: Survivors Speak Out', an NPR Best Book of 2018. He holds faculty appointments at Georgetown University Law Center and Vanderbilt University Law School, and co-chairs the American Bar Association's National Committee on Homeland Security, Terrorism, and Treatment of Enemy Combatants. Nicole Nguyen is associate professor of criminology, law, and justice and educational policy studies at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Her most recent research explores abolitionist responses to political violence. She is author of 'A Curriculum of Fear: Homeland Security in US Public Schools' and 'Suspect Communities: Anti-Muslim Racism and the Domestic War on Terror'. David Neiwert is an investigative journalist and author based in Seattle, and a senior staff writer for Daily Kos. He is the author of numerous books, including the upcoming 'The Age of Insurrection: The Radical Right's Ongoing War on Democracy', scheduled for June release from Melville; and 'Alt-America: The Rise of the Radical Right in the Age of Trump' (Verso, 2017). Neiwert has won numerous awards for his work, including a National Press Club Award for Distinguished Online Journalism, and an International Latino Book Award for Non-Fiction. Enquiries: Dr. Ryan Turcott, Proposal Chair Email: turc...@gonzaga.edu Dr. James Mohr, Conference Co-Chair Email: james.m...@ccs.spokane.edu Conference website: https://www.gonzaga.edu/icohs __ InterPhil List Administration: https://interphil.polylog.org InterPhil List Archive: https://www.mail-archive.com/interphil@list.polylog.org/ __
InterPhil: CFP: On Globalization: Society, Culture and Ethics
__ Call for Papers Theme: On Globalization Subtitle: Society, Culture and Ethics Type: International and Interdisciplinary Conference Institution: Society for Indian Philosophy and Religion Institute of Cross Cultural Studies and Academic Exchange University of Vaasa Location: Vaasa (Finland) Date: 17.–18.8.2023 __ Conference theme: On Globalization: Society, Culture and Ethics and Ethical Implications of the Impact of Globalization on Educational Policy and National Curricula in India, China, Taiwan, Indonesia and Finland Directed by the Institute of Cross Cultural Studies and Academic Exchange, and the Society for Indian Philosophy and Religion, Elon, NC, USA. Submit title and abstract to: Dr. Chandana Chakrabarti at: chandanac...@gmail.com Also send a copy to: iccsaexcha...@gmail.com Acceptance of proposal will be mailed within 2 weeks or earlier to participants. Scholars from different corners of the world join our conferences. Conference Directors: Chandana Chakrabarti (USA) and Kisor Chakrabarti (USA) Advisory Board: Yolanda Espina (Portugal), Tommi Lehtonen (Finland), Deven Patel (USA), Nina Petek (Slovenia), Rizwan Rahman (India), Ming Shao (China), Richard Vulich (USA), Su Chen Wu (Taiwan), Yanling Xu (China) Publication: The Cambridge Scholars Press has published seven books co-edited by members of our advisory board from selected papers from our last conferences. We also publish papers in our Journal of Indian Philosophy and Religion if the theme of the paper is in the area of publication of the Journal. Conference website: https://sites.google.com/a/lclark.edu/sipr/vaasa __ InterPhil List Administration: https://interphil.polylog.org InterPhil List Archive: https://www.mail-archive.com/interphil@list.polylog.org/ __
InterPhil: CFA: Research Fellowships in Philosophy
__ Call for Applications Type: Research Fellowships in Philosophy Institution: Global Priorities Institute (GPI), University of Oxford Location: Oxford (United Kingdom) Date: 2023–2027 __ The Global Priorities Institute (GPI) offers openings for both Postdoctoral Research Fellows (Oxford's academic grade 7) and Senior Research Fellows (Oxford's academic grades 8 and 9). Applicants to each role will be considered for all available philosophy Fellowship roles, so you need only apply to one position. Successful applicants will conduct advanced research in philosophy. At least 50% of your time will be spent on topics directly relevant to the Global Priorities Institute’s research agenda, which you will help to set. The role requires no teaching load and only minor supervision responsibilities, although teaching may be arranged if the fellow would like to do so. The Global Priorities Institute is an interdisciplinary research centre, which aims to develop and promote rigorous, scientific approaches to the question of how appropriately motivated actors can do good more effectively. GPI formally sits within the Faculty of Philosophy at Oxford University. Postdoctoral Research Fellow (grade 7) applicants are required to either have, or be close to finishing, a PhD either in philosophy or in a closely related discipline and combined with equivalent experience and expertise in philosophy. Senior Research Fellow (grades 8 and 9) applicants are expected to have more research experience and a stronger track record of producing research suitable for publication in top philosophy journals. Also essential for all posts is outstanding academic ability and an interest in global priorities research. All positions are full-time with the University of Oxford. We welcome applications from researchers who might prefer to complete a one- or two-year position at GPI before starting a new job elsewhere or returning to an existing position.. Visa support is also available for successful applicants from overseas. We particularly encourage applications from women, black and ethnic minority candidates, as these groups are underrepresented in philosophy. Details Contract type: 4 years fixed term (with a possibility for extension) Start date: September 2023 (flexible) The posts are visa eligible - candidates of all nationalities are encouraged to apply. - Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Philosophy: Salary: £34,308 - 42,155 p.a, depending on experience (Grade 7) - Senior Research Fellow in Philosophy (Grade 8): Salary: £43,414 - 51,805 p.a., depending on experience - Senior Research Fellow in Philosophy (Grade 9): Salary: £50,300 - 58,284 p.a., depending on experience Application Applications are to be made online, where detailed job descriptions are available - we will post links to these applications once the positions open. Referees will be asked for letters of recommendation for candidates that are longlisted. Longlisted candidates will be asked to complete a questionnaire. Shortlisted candidates will be invited to the last stage of the application process, which will include submission of a research proposal, a work trial and an interview (which will be conducted online). If you have any questions about this role, please contact: gpi-off...@philosophy.ox.ac.uk (Do not send your application material to this email address, applications can only be submitted via the University of Oxford application portal.) Further information: https://globalprioritiesinstitute.org/vacancies-research-fellows-in-philosophy/ __ InterPhil List Administration: https://interphil.polylog.org InterPhil List Archive: https://www.mail-archive.com/interphil@list.polylog.org/ __
InterPhil: CFP: Human Community and Common Values in the 21st Century
__ Call for Papers Theme: Human Community and Common Values in the 21st Century Type: International Conference Institution: Council for Research in Values and Philosophy (RVP) Fujen Catholic Univeristy Location: Taipei (Taiwan) Date: 5.–6.7.2023 Deadline: 20.1.2023 __ Thematic Description A human community is obviously and inevitably about human beings who live together in time and space and share something in common, e.g., cultures, traditions, religions, etc. Although human communities vary in sizes, locations, formations…, they are all based on certain principles. Gradually human civilizations emerged through historical processes. Civilizations engage sets of cultures which are founded on major religions. This indicates that cultures and cultural traditions consist of sets of values and virtues developed by people of communities regarding how to cultivate their life in their particular geographical and historical circumstances. Such sets of values and virtues are developed through long-term experiences and struggles according to which each people have their own preferences. A community can be as small as a group of people or as large as the entire humanity. But people in each community undertakes their own history and lifeworld unfolded in different kinds of relationships. All communities are formed by their members who are interconnected yet different from one another. What bring them all together are shared common values. The word "common" itself presupposes the connotation of a community in which a vision of shared common values are produced by its members. However, each community has its own value preferences due to each one’s own circumstances. Today in our complex and pluralist 21st century, in order to live together peacefully among different cultural traditions, civilizations, religions and to construct a human community in its best form, it seems rather urgent and necessary to look for common values that can be shared by all. Is this possible? This conference will focus the following issues: - Is it possible to pursue common values among diverse communities? - What are the common values that can be shared by all? - How to achieve diversity in unity or unity in diversity? - What are fundamental principles for forming human communities? - How to achieve mutual recognition among different communities? - How to implement cross-cultural and cross-religious dialogues and communications in order to find consensus? - What are traditional value systems? Can they still function in the 21st century? - What are new values that should be produced in the new challenging world? Logistics Conference participants will cover the costs of their own travel, the conference organizer will provide room and board during the conference. Detailed abstract should be sent to kati...@hotmail.com and cua-...@cua.edu by January 20, 2023 and full paper by June 20, 2023. The conference will be conducted in English. Contact: Katia Lenehan Fujen Catholic University Email: kati...@hotmail.com Web: http://www.crvp.org/conferences/2023/Taipei.html __ InterPhil List Administration: https://interphil.polylog.org InterPhil List Archive: https://www.mail-archive.com/interphil@list.polylog.org/ __
InterPhil: PUB: Transcendental Africanity
__ Call for Publications Theme: Transcendental Africanity Subtitle: The Key to Defeating Afrophobia and Reclaiming Global Africa Publication: Edited Book Deadline: 31.1.2023 __ The scope of this book project is fourfold: 1. It explores the conceptual, historical, and contemporary meaning(s) of Africanity and transcendental Africanity as an identitary paradigm. 2. It scrutinizes Afrophobia, a contemporary outcome of the ages-old racialistic biases leveled at Africans and Afro-descendants. 3. It identifies and analyzes critical reasons why transcendental Africanity is the key to defeating Afrophobia in the 21st century and how this key can and must be leveraged to that end. 4. The book argues that (a) Global Africa, that is, the worldwide collectivity of Africans and Afro-descendants generically referred to in the foreign-generated narrative as “Black people”, must be steadfast in re/building itself and empowering its constituents from within in order to defeat Afrophobia and advance together toward the bright horizons it ambitions to reach. Hence, the book is envisioned as an interdisciplinary, multiperspectival study of what, in primordial and quintessential terms, makes Africans and Afro-descendants who they are and what they are as a global collectivity, beyond all the nuances and differences that the peripeties of history, geography, and culture have created among and between the multiple communities in which they exist. The book delves into transcendental Africanity, which is posited as that which underlies the identitary nexus that makes all Africans and Afro-descendants worldwide one primordial collectivity and triggers an instinctive drive for intra- and inter-communal bonding, whether conscious or subconscious, whenever core components of the shared identity are under assault anywhere in the world. The self-invigorating responses of Africans and Afro-descendants of the Western world to the birth of Pan-Africanism in the 19th century and its growth into a transcontinental movement in the early 20th century is a case in point. Another is the fraternal pride and support that far-away communities such as Africans in the continent and Afro-descendants in India (locally referred to “Untouchables” or “Dalits” and relegated to the dehumanizing bottom of India’s caste-based stratification) responded to the Civil Rights Movement in the 1950s and 1960s in the United States of America. A third and more recent case in point is the spontaneous solidarity that Global Africa lent to the African American community’s Black Lives Matter movement that erupted across the United States following the murder of George Floyd in 2020. Furthermore, the book is an equally interdisciplinary and multiperspectival study of the multifaceted racialism that Global Africa has endured from various “non-Black” forces over the centuries and that has culminated into the phenomenon that we call here Afrophobia. Afrophobia is understood in this study as an admixture of hate, resentment and, quite significantly, fear toward Global Africa whose challenges to racism and slow but assertive breaking of glass ceilings toward meaningful progress and steady collective self-empowerment alarm those for whom “Black people” are only good for enslavement, colonization, neo-colonization and now, meta-colonization. Among the core hypotheses made in this book is that unless and until Africa attains the degree of self-empowerment, development, and respectability it needs and deserves on the world stage by virtue of its immense human and natural resources, the freedom, dignity, and well-being of every person of African descent around the world will remain vulnerable to the worldwide recrudescence of Afrophobia. Another dialectically related hypothesis is that Global Africa is the only genuine and legitimate force that can and should help the African continent free itself from meta-colonialism and become the true base from which the worldwide collectivity of Afro-descendants will launch their offensive for complete liberation and steady advancement. Scholars interested in contributing to this book project are invited to submit chapter proposals along with their short bios to Professor Mohamed Saliou Camara by January 31, 2023: mohamed.cam...@howard.edu Each proposal is expected to include the following: 1. A clear statement of what the author plans to study in the chapter; 2. The hypothesis or assumption upon which the study will be based; 3. The theoretical framework of the study; 4. The central questions to be addressed; 5. The research methodology to be used. Proposers will be notified of acceptance or decline within a month of submission. Those whose proposals are accepted will receive detailed author guidelines to follow while writing their chapters. Also, they will have until July 31, 2023, to submit the completed chapters. The maximum len
InterPhil: CONF: Comenius' Angelus Pacis im Kontext der Frühmoderne und dessen Beitrag zur heutigen Friedensethik
__ Konferenzankündigung Theme: Comenius' Angelus Pacis im Kontext der Frühmoderne und dessen Beitrag zur heutigen Friedensethik Type: Internationaler Online-Workshop Institution: Professur für Philosophie, Universität Vechta Location: Online Date: 10.12.2022 __ Anders als seine Pädagogik ist Johann Amos Comenius’ Angelus Pacis (Opera Omnia, Bd. 12) sehr wenig rezipiert worden. Dies liegt teilweise daran, dass ein Ausdruck dieses Werkes zwar zunächst als Memorandum für die englisch-niederländischen Friedensverhandlungen des Jahres 1667 den Verhandlungspartnern von Comenius persönlich übergeben und im 18. Jhd. mehrfach erwähnt, jedoch erst 1935 wiederentdeckt und veröffentlicht wurde, und dass außerdem andere Bereiche wie die Didaktik die Comenius-Forschung dominieren. Dieser Workshop will dieses Werk in einer philosophischen Perspektive darstellen, die das Werk sowohl in der Tradition der frühneuzeitlichen Theorien des gerechten Krieges einordnet als auch systematisch analysiert. Denn die Erschließung dieses Werkes kann aus den folgenden Gründen zur heutigen Debatte der Friedensethik einen wichtigen Beitrag leisten. Es stehen aber im Mittelpunkt der Geschichte der frühmodernen Friedensethik sowie der heutigen Debatten der Friedensethik zwei Paradigmen bzw. Traditionen, die die Komplexität dieser kurzen Schrift in den Schatten stellen: 1. die naturrechtliche Tradition der Theorien des gerechten Krieges, die die Kriterien für die Beurteilung der Gerechtigkeit bzw. der Ungerechtigkeit der drei Phasen einzelner Kriege liefert (das ius ad bellum, das ius in bello und das ius post bellum) und 2. das von Immanuel Kants Zum ewigen Frieden initiierte Modell eines ewigen Friedens, das die immer wiederkehrenden Kriege endgültig beenden würde und das auch den geschichtsteleologischen Plan der notwendigen Verwirklichung eines solchen Friedens enthält. Auch Comenius’ Friedensschrift strebt einen ewigen Frieden an. Die naturrechtliche Tradition der Theorien des gerechten Krieges und Kants Friedensidee haben aber eine Gemeinsamkeit, die sie von Comenius unterscheidet: Sie sehen den Frieden als eine rechtliche Angelegenheit, zu der die Parteien durch ihre rational verstandenen Interessen allein motiviert werden können. Dagegen kann nach Comenius der ewige Friednach Comenius weder rein rechtlich sein noch auf egoistischen Interessen allein basieren, sondern er kann nur auf der aufrechten Motivation beruhen. Daher bedarf die Interpretation von Angelus Pacis Kenntnisse zwar unter anderem der christlichen Anthropologie, der Heilgeschichte, der Trinitätslehre und der Angelologie, was allerdings den Zugang für die heutige Friedensethik erschwert. Angelus Pacis beschränkt sich jedoch nicht auf die genannte These noch darf sich ihre Lektüre auf eine theologisch orientierte Interpretation beschränken, sondern dieses Werk integriert die rechtliche, die rational-motivationale und die teleologisch-geschichtliche Dimensionen des Friedensprozesses auf detaillierte Weise, weshalb es nicht nur aus religiöser Perspektive interessant, sondern auch für eine Auseinandersetzung mit den genannten weiterhin vorherrschenden rechtsphilosophischen bzw. friedensethischen Theorien anschlussfähig ist. Programm 9:00-9:10 Grußwort Teil I: Comenius‘ Angelus Pacis verstehen 9:10-9:50 Prof. Dr. Andreas Lischewski (Alanus Hochschule für Kunst und Gesellschaft): Die Logik des Krieges. Über die anthropologischen und heilsgeschichtlichen Grundlagen der comenianischen Friedensbemühungen 9:50-10:20 Diskussion 10:20-11:00 Dr. Jiří Beneš (Czech Academy of Sciences): Friedensstrategien von Comenius mit Rückgriff auf die allgemeine christliche Tradition 11:00-11:30 Diskussion 11:30-11:50 Kaffeepause 11:50-12:30 Dr. Petr Pavlas (Czech Academy of Sciences): Gott und Frieden. Die biblische Sprache des Friedensengels im weiteren Kontext der Heiligen Schrift 12:30-13:00 Diskussion 13:00-14:00 Mittagspause Teil II: Von Comenius‘ Angelus Pacis für die Friedensethik lernen 14:00-14:40 Dr. Anna Szyrwińska-Hörig (Universität Vechta): Dulden oder Umkehr – was ist der beste Weg zum Frieden? Johann Amos Comenius und Johannes Crellius im Vergleich 14:40-15:10 Diskussion 15:10-15:50 Prof. Dr. Jean-Christophe Merle (Universität Vechta): Comenius‘ Friedensethik und die religionsphilosophische und die moralische Dimension der kantischen Friedensethik 15:50-16:20 Diskussion 16:20-16:40 Kaffeepause 16:40-17:20 PD Dr. Simone Neuber (Universität Tübingen): Vergeben und Vergessen 17:20-17:50 Diskussion 17:50-18:00 Schlusswort Koordination: Prof. Dr. Jean-Christophe Merle und Dr. Anna Szyrwińska-Hörig (Universität Vechta) Freie Teilnahme, Voranmeldung erforderlich: jean-christophe.me...@uni-vechta.de – anna.szyrwin...@uni-vechta.de Website des Workshops: https://philosophie-vechta.org/veranstaltungen/aktuell/ __
InterPhil: CFP: Many Worlds of AI
__ Call for Papers Theme: Many Worlds of AI Subtitle: Intercultural Approaches to the Ethics of Artificial Intelligence Type: International Conference Institution: Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence (LCFI), University of Cambridge Centre for Science and Thought (CST), University of Bonn Location: Cambridge (United Kingdom) – Online Date: 26.–28.4.2023 Deadline: 31.12.2022 __ Conference theme overview The aim of this conference is to interrogate how an intercultural approach to ethics can inform the processes of conceiving, designing, and regulating artificial intelligence (AI). Many guidelines and policy frameworks on responsible AI foreground values such as transparency, fairness, and justice, giving an appearance of consensus. However, this apparent consensus hides wide disagreements about the meanings of these concepts and may be omitting values that are central to cultures that have been less involved in developing these frameworks. For this reason, scholars and policymakers have increasingly started to voice the need to acknowledge these disagreements, foreground the plurality of visions for technological futures, and centre previously overlooked visions – as the necessary first steps in establishing shared ethical and regulatory frameworks for responsible AI. While planetary-scale challenges demand international cooperation in search of new solutions – including those that rely on AI – to address the crises ahead of us, feminist, Indigenous, and decolonial scholars, among others, have pointed to potential problems arising from the techno-solutionism and techno- optimism implied by the universalising ‘AI for Good’ paradigm. They recognise that some groups of humans have been multiply burdened under the current, dominant system of technology production, and that this system – if unchanged – is unlikely to bring about positive transformation. To ensure that new technologies are developed and deployed responsibly, we must, therefore, acknowledge and draw on ontological, epistemological and axiological differences, in ways that do not privilege a particular worldview. Yet in doing so, we must also work to avoid essentialising other nations or peoples, erasing extractive colonial histories, diversity washing, and cultural appropriation. By foregrounding the many worlds of AI, we aim to create a space for dialogue between different worldviews without reifying the notion of discrete and unchanging cultural approaches to AI. Through centralising terms like ‘diaspora’, we aim to examine the complex (and often violent) histories of cultural exchange and the global movement of people and ideas which rarely take centre stage in conversations on intercultural AI ethics. The question central to Many Worlds of AI is therefore: How can we acknowledge these complexities to facilitate intercultural dialogue in the field of AI ethics, and better respond to the opportunities and challenges posed by AI? Many Worlds of AI is the inaugural conference in a series of biennial events organised as part of the ‘Desirable Digitalisation: Rethinking AI for Just and Sustainable Futures’ research programme. The ‘Desirable Digitalisation’ programme is a collaboration between the Universities of Cambridge and Bonn funded by Stiftung Mercator. The primary aim of the programme is to explore how to design AI and other digital technologies in a responsible way, prioritising the questions of social justice and environmental sustainability. Call for Papers We are interested in a wide variety of approaches to the ethics of AI that interrogate 1) how intercultural dialogue and conflict is reflected in existing AI regulatory frameworks (the ‘Intercultural AI’ theme); 2) how the use and development of AI can build on local and situated knowledges and imaginaries (the ‘Scale(ability) of AI’ theme); 3) the perspectives of diasporic and dislocated communities on ‘AI ethics’ and regulation (the ‘AI across borders’ theme). While we encourage applicants to suggest papers that speak to one or more of these themes, we will consider proposals that take on the idea of intercultural ethics of AI from other angles. We accept proposals for traditional academic presentations, as well as project/product demonstrations and artistic interventions. An individual contribution should be 15 minutes long; we also accept proposals for group presentations, panels, or workshops. We are looking for contributions from established academics, early- career researchers, technologists, policy specialists, civil society organisations, as well as communicators and artists. Themes: 1) Intercultural AI: Exchange, dialogue and conflict - How do different ethical traditions inform technology development and regulation? - How can we meaningfully speak to differences in approaches to ethical AI among different groups? - How can different groups lear
InterPhil: JOB: Lecturer in Global and Comparative Philosophy
__ Job Announcement Type: Lecturer in Global and Comparative Philosophy Institution: Institute of Philosophy, Leiden University Location: Leiden (Netherlands) Date: from August 2023 Deadline: 1.12.2022 __ The Institute of Philosophy is seeking further to strengthen its research and teaching activities in Global and Comparative philosophy, with a specialized focus in Korean and/or Japanese philosophical traditions. We are especially seeking to strengthen our research and teaching capacity in Buddhist and Confucian philosophical heritages in classical and modern Korea and Japan, as well as other philosophical movements in these cultures. Broad capacity to teach courses in the history of philosophy would also be a plus. We offer a full-time (1.0 fte, 38 hours per week), fixed-term post, with an appointment start-date of August 1st, 2023, for an initial period of one and a half years, with the possibility of a permanent contract to follow. Vacancy number 22-620 12641 Key responsibilities The successful candidate will take on the following responsibilities commensurate with career stage: - Original research in Korean and/or Japanese philosophy; - Teaching philosophy courses in our BA and MA programmes in Philosophy and in other Leiden University degree programmes as required, and supervision of BA and MA theses; - Teaching in Dutch in due course - Supervision of PhD research; - Acquisition of research funding from outside sources; - Representation of the field to external audiences and media; - Active participation in the running of the institution. Selection criteria - PhD degree in philosophy or in closely related fields, with specialized focus in philosophical traditions; - Specialization in Korean and/or Japanese philosophy. Research specialisations in Buddhist and Confucian traditions in Korea and/or Japan will be considered an advantage; - Research and publication record commensurate with career stage; - Assumed proficiency in relevant source languages which enable the hire to do original research in their fields of specialization. - Broad teaching competencies in philosophy and commitment to high-quality teaching practice. Experience in teaching broadly in the history of philosophy will be considered an advantage; - Excellent command of English; - Non-Dutch-speaking candidates will be required to acquire proficiency in Dutch to level B1 within two years of taking up the appointment. The candidate must demonstrate sufficient progress toward attaining this level of Dutch acquisition by the time of the probationary review. The institute facilitates Dutch-language learning with reimbursement of costs and teaching relief for an approved training programme; - Upon appointment, depending on experience and formal qualifications, the successful applicant is required to obtain a nationally recognised University Teaching Qualification (BKO); the candidate must demonstrate sufficient progress toward the attainment of the BKO by the time of probationary review. - Openness to other philosophical traditions and to interdisciplinary cooperation; - Team player, but also able to carry out independent research and teaching; - Flexible, enterprising, and enthusiastic. Our Faculty/Institute The Faculty of Humanities is rich in expertise in fields including philosophy, religious studies, history, art history, literature, linguistics, and area studies covering nearly every region of the world. With a staff of around 1,000, the faculty provides 25 BA and 27 MA programmes for over 7,000 students. The Institute of Philosophy conducts research and offers teaching in the standard areas of philosophy in Analytic and Continental traditions and in Intercultural Philosophy as well as their histories. With around 40 employees and 600 students, the institute offers an innovative, collegial, and international working environment. For more information, see: https://www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/humanities/institute-for-philosophy Terms and conditions We offer a full-time (1.0 FTE, 38 hours per week), fixed-term post for the period of one and a half years, with the possibility of a permanent contract conditional on performance and funding. Salary range, depending on training and experience, is from € 3557 to € 5439 (pay scale 10 to 11 in accordance with the Collective Labour Agreement for Dutch Universities) before tax per month, based on a full-time appointment. Leiden University offers an attractive benefits package with additional holiday (8%) and end-of-year bonuses (8.3%), training and career development, and sabbatical leave. Our individual choices model offers some freedom to assemble a personalised set of terms and conditions. Candidates from outside the Netherlands may be eligible for a substantial tax break. There is a Dual Career Programme for international spouses; for furth
InterPhil: CONF: Knowledge, Participation and Power of Discourse
__ Conference Announcement Theme: Knowledge, Participation and Power of Discourse Subtitle: The Meaning of Epistemic Injustice in Philosophy Type: Workshop und Round Table Institution: Munich School of Philosophy Location: Munich (Germany) Date: 1.–2.12.2022 __ Practical and intercultural Philosophy as well as transformative research offer approaches to questioning universalisms and disclosing practices of othering. Media ethics provides understanding on how master and base narratives shape the perception of knowledge and science. The question is: In what way are these critical approaches epistemically unjust themselves, obstructing the vision of participation and increasing social justice? Exclusive access, rigid boundaries between (scientific) disciplines and traditional personnel policy are just a few examples for the structures of power philosophy is entangled in. The event consists of workshop units and a round table in the evening. We wish to open a space for joint learning. Mutual appreciation and inspiration are important to us. For participation, please apply via: https://eveeno.com/epistemisch Languages/Sprachen The Workshop will be held in English language. Most speakers speak German, too. Program Thursday, 1.12.2022, Morning 9:30 a.m. Welcome Lena Schützle (Munich School of Philosophy) What Role Do Epistemic Injustice and Epistemic Violence Play in Philosophy? 10:00 a.m. Epistemic Injustice and the Nature of Philosophical Inquiry Lieke Asma (Munich School of Philosophy) 10:20 a.m. Discussion 10:40 a.m. Small Break & Poster Session 11:00 a.m. Aligning Epistemic Injustice and Epistemic Violence through Charles Mills’ ‚White Ignorance‘ Nicki K. Weber (University of Augsburg) 11:20 a.m. Discussion 11:35 a.m. Epistemic violence through universality? Ethical considerations from a decolonial perspective Christos Simis (Ruhr University Bochum, Ludwig Maximilian University) 11:55 a.m. Mathematik, Rationalität und Humanismus: Paradigmen epistemischer Praxis Cara-Julie Kather (Leuphana University of Lüneburg) 12:15 p.m. Discussion 12:45-2:20 p.m. Lunch Break & Poster Session Thursday, 1.12.2022, Afternoon 2:30 p.m. Bodymapping interaktiv Charlotta Sophie Sippel (Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt) Examples of Epistemic Injustice 2:30 p.m. Philosophy’s Logocentrism as Instance of Epistemic Injustice Regina Schidel (Goethe-University of Frankfurt) 2:50 p.m. The Problem of Not Speaking for Others: Contributory Epistemic Injustice in Philosophy Karen Poetzgen, Stephanie Deig (University of Lucerne/University of Bern) 3:30 p.m. Discussion 4:30 p.m. Discussion (both threads) 5:30-7:00 p.m. Dinner Break & Poster Session Thursday, 1.12.2022, Evening 7:00-9:00 p.m. Round Table Welcome Claudia Paganini, Barbara Schellhammer, Hilkje Hänel Discussion Jacques Zannou, Anke Graneß, Karin Hutflötz Friday, 02.12.2022 9:30 a.m. Poster Session Questioning the Universality of Western Philosophy 10:00 a.m. Indian and Western Approaches to Epistemic Liberation: A Comparative Study Baiju P. Anthony, Anupam Yadav (BITS Pilani, India) 10:20 a.m. On the Very Idea of Philosophy: The “Double Bind” of Philosophy and its Epistemic Consequences Franz Hernández (Central European University, Vienna) 10:40 a.m. Discussion Tools to Dismantle and Transform Violent Epistemic Practices 11:10 a.m. Critical Fabulation and Political Storytelling Miranda Coxe Young (New School for Social Research, New York) 11:30 a.m. Making Partial Connections: Reframing Philosophy in Ecologies of Knowledges Lydia Baan Hofman (Erasmus University Rotterdam) 11:50 a.m. Discussion 12:20-1:00 p.m. Lunch Break 1:00 p.m. The Philosophical Canon as a Means of Access and Exclusion Katharina Schulz (Georg August University of Göttingen) 1:20 p.m. Discussion 1:35-2:00 p.m. Final Reflection Chair and Moderation Lena Schützle, Jochanah Mahnke and Stefan Kosak Email: lena.schuet...@hfph.de Venue Munich School of Philosophy Kaulbachstraße 35, 80539 Munich Germany Website of the workshop: https://www.hfph.de/hochschule/veranstaltungen/workshop-diskursmacht-wissen-teilhabe __ InterPhil List Administration: https://interphil.polylog.org InterPhil List Archive: https://www.mail-archive.com/interphil@list.polylog.org/ __
InterPhil: CFA: Summer School on Endangered Theories
__ Call for Applications Theme: Endangered Theories Subtitle: Standing by Critical Race Theory in the Age of Ultraviolence Type: CES Summer School Institution: Centre for Social Studies (CES), University of Coimbra Location: Coimbra (Portugal) Date: 26.–30.6.2022 Deadline: 15.1.2023 __ As the concerted ideological campaign against Critical Race Theory continues to gain momentum, the summer school Endangered Theories. Standing by Critical Race Theory in the Age of Ultraviolence strives to provide participants with the space and tools necessary to reflect upon the current proliferation of anti-anti racism stances across dramatically different national contexts in conjunction with state failure to halt police violence, migrant criminalisation, imprisonment of racialized minorities and Indigenous people, and the assault against LGBTQI+ rights. The summer school, thus, introduces participants to the following anti-racist theoretical paradigms: anti-colonialism, racial capitalism, abolitionism, intersectionality, and queer settler colonial studies. Besides reflecting the expertise of invited guest speakers, these paradigms will afford prospective participants the opportunity to approach standing debates with new theoretical lenses. Neither abolitionism and queer settler colonial studies, for instance, have yet been employed to examine Fortress Europe and the rapid diffusion of anti-gender sentiments in the aftermath of homonationalism. Nor racial capitalism has been applied to explain the intersectional extraction of value in the age of humanitarian and environmental catastrophes. Lastly, the school will provide participants with a wide array of case-studies (e.g. Portugal, Italy, US, Brasil, UK, Dominican Republic, and Palestine), enriching their understanding of colonial, settler colonial and postcolonial matrices of power. School Format: Face to face, in accordance with Covid-19 restrictions. Guest lecturers will adopt an interactive teaching style, facilitating transversal knowledge exchange between prospective participants and themselves. Guest lecturers will employ the same style for the workshops run in the afternoon to build upon the research experience of prospective participants and help them with the theoretical, methodological, and practical challenges that researchers usually encounter when undertaking anti- racist research work. In the afternoon sessions, guest lecturers will moreover provide feedback on the research work submitted to their attention and presented during the summer school by prospective participants. In the evening sessions, guest lecturers and prospective participants will be given the opportunity to socialise outside the classroom and network with the researchers and post-graduate students of CES. Target participants: Post-graduate students in the social sciences and humanities, political activists and members of NGOs in the field of anti-racism and human rights, school teachers in the fields of sociology, history and geography, journalists, social workers and policymakers. Selection process: Is competitive. Participants will be selected by the School’s co-organisers on the basis of: 1) their application; 2) relevance of their research work; and 3) activism. During the selection of participants, a waiting list will be concurrently created. Prospective participants who want to present either their research or their work have to first apply to the summer school and then contact the organisers to express their interests. In the email, please attach a brief abstract (maximum 250 words), short bio (maximum 150 words), and full name of the speakers and/or artists you would like to engage with your work. On the basis of this information, the organisers will schedule participant presentations and inform them accordingly. Deadlines: Application: January 15, 2023. Communication of Selection Results: February 21, 2023. Submission of Abstracts: May 15, 2023. Submission of full papers: June 14, 2023. Registration: Early Bird Registration (March 30, 2023) Paid staff members: 180 euros. Self-financed/students: 150 euros. Regular Registration (May 15, 2023) Paid staff members: 210 euros. Self-financed/students: 180 euros. The registration fee includes participation in seminars, workshops, keynotes, art talks, and social events, reading materials, coffee-breaks and School’s dinner. The organisers endeavoured to keep the school as accessible as possible. Invited guest lecturers do not receive honoraria. PhD students are encouraged to apply for funding at their institution and present their work at the school. We also encourage prospective participants to apply for the European Network Against Racism (ENAR) Scholarship - People of African Descent to cover their registration and travel expenses (application deadline November 20, 2022). Fee waiver: three registration fee waivers will be gra
InterPhil: PUB: Kant, Race, and Racism
__ Call for Publications Theme: Kant, Race, and Racism Subtitle: Understanding and Reckoning Publication: Rivista di estetica Date: Issue 3/2024 Deadline: 30.6.2023 __ This special issue is scheduled to appear in 2024, the 300th anniversary of Kant’s birth. We believe that it is important to continue to address Kant’s account of race and his racist remarks even during this important celebration year. The issue of race appears at various points in Kant’s writing. Famously, he dedicated three texts to developing a theory of human races in 1775, 1785 and 1788. But it also surfaces in many other texts, both published and unpublished during his life. In many of these writings, Kant clearly accepts a hierarchical ordering of the races, where white Europeans go on top. This ordering is further backed by racist remarks on people of color that are scattered throughout his corpus. Kant’s remarks on race have been a subject of scholarly debate for a long time. Recently, the issue gained broader attention, especially in Germany, in the aftermath of the renewed “Black Lives Matter” movement that emerged after the killing of George Floyd. In the past, scholars tended to address the problem by taking one of two opposed sides. One was to call into question Kant's moral and political theories in light of his racist views (Charles Mills, for instance, called for a radical revision of those theories). The other was to register those views as reprehensible but set them aside as mere personal prejudices that do not affect Kant's core philosophy at all. However, it is not enough simply to acknowledge that Kant held racist views. Nor is it clear that there is any non-question-begging way to insulate the supposed "core" of Kant's philosophy from those views. We need to explore all the ways in which Kant’s views on race may be integral to his entire philosophical system. Furthermore, if it turns out that “race” is more central to Kant’s thought than previously assumed, we need answers to the question of how to reckon with the effects of his race thinking. We welcome submissions that discuss Kant's theory of race and his racist views along those lines. Submissions should be written in English and prepared for blind review. They must not exceed 45,000 characters (approx. 7,000 words), including notes, bibliography and blank spaces. The evaluation will follow a triple blind process. Neither the reviewers nor the advisory editors will be informed about the identity of the authors. In order to submit your paper, please register and login to: http://labont.it/estetica/index.php/rivistadiestetica/login Please note: when asked “What kind of file is this”, select the relevant CFP. Deadline: June 30, 2023 Advisory Editors: Gabriele Gava (University of Turin) Huaping Lu-Adler (Georgetown University) Achim Vesper (Goethe University Frankfurt) Mail to: redazionerivistadiestet...@gmail.com Journal website: http://labont.it/estetica/index.php/rivistadiestetica/ __ InterPhil List Administration: https://interphil.polylog.org InterPhil List Archive: https://www.mail-archive.com/interphil@list.polylog.org/ __
InterPhil: PUB: Race, Gender and Identity
__ Call for Publications Theme: Race, Gender and Identity Publication: Perspectives: UCD Postgraduate Journal of Philosophy Date: Vol. 10 (2022) Deadline: 15.1.2023 __ The Perspectives Postgraduate Journal of Philosophy is an annual blind peer-reviewed journal of philosophy edited and published by postgraduate students in the School of Philosophy, University College Dublin, Ireland. Since 2008, Perspectives has featured articles, symposium and conference papers, book reviews, and interviews on a broad range of topics and approaches in philosophy and related disciplines. The journal is published open access online, with printed copies available at little cost. Past issues of Perspectives can be found here: https://www.ucd.ie/philosophy/research/perspectives/pastissues/ The 2022 editorial board of Perspectives is seeking submissions for its 10th issue on the topic of Race, Gender and Identity, in association with the Annual Conference of the British and Irish Postgraduate Philosophy Association (BIPPA) which will be held in November 2022 at University College Dublin. The issue will feature an interview with keynote speaker Prof. Tommy J. Curry (Edinburgh). We welcome high-quality original contributions in the form of articles and book reviews relevant to the issue’s theme. Articles will undergo double blind peer review, based on initial editor screening and anonymized refereeing by two anonymous referees. Submission deadline: 15 January, 2023 The format of your article submission should follow these criteria: - Word limit for articles: 5,000-8,000 including notes and references - Abstract around 200 words, followed by 5 key words - Times New Roman font in size 12 with double-line spacing - Chicago reference style: The Chicago Manual of Style To maintain a fair review process, please submit your paper as a Word Document with all author information removed from text and metadata. In your submission email, make sure you include a separate page with your name, institutional affiliation, contact details, title of your paper and preferred pronouns. Submission Guidelines for Book Reviews: Book reviews should be no longer than 2,000 words. The book must be related to the area of Race, Gender and Identity and must have been published within the last five years. If you have a book that you would like to review, please send a brief statement of interest (no more than 300 words) on the relevance and appropriateness of the book to the theme of this issue. Please email the editors in relation to submissions or any other queries: perspecti...@ucd.ie Journal website: https://www.ucd.ie/philosophy/research/perspectives/ __ InterPhil List Administration: https://interphil.polylog.org InterPhil List Archive: https://www.mail-archive.com/interphil@list.polylog.org/ __
InterPhil: JOB: Lecturer of Philosophy
__ Job Announcement Type: Lecturer of Philosophy Institution: Department of History and Philosophy, Kennesaw State University Location: Kennesaw, GA (USA) Date: from August 2023 Deadline: 15.12.2022 __ Kennesaw State University is accepting applications for a nine-month, non-tenure track Lecturer of Philosophy faculty position in the Department of History and Philosophy with broad expertise in Western and non-Western Philosophies, that begins August 2023. A commitment to excellence in teaching and engagement is expected of all faculty members in the Radow College of Humanities and Social Sciences at KSU. Responsibilities Include: - teach survey courses in Philosophy - serve the department, college, university, and/or professional community - ensure and gauge student success - teach courses in various modalities, i.e., face-to-face, hybrid, and online - current teaching load is nine courses per year Teaching assignments will be based on earned degrees and SACSCOC Faculty Credentials Guidelines. An earned Ph.D., or the foreign equivalent, in Philosophy or a closely related field is required by August 1, 2023. Preferred Qualifications Include: - A record of effective university teaching in online, face-to-face, and/or hybrid environments - Evidence of teaching and working with a culturally and an ethnically diverse community For a full description of this position, application deadlines, and application procedures, visit: https://hr.kennesaw.edu/careers.php Search for Job ID 250819. For full consideration please submit applications by December 15, 2022. Contact: Dr. Bryan McGovern, Chair Department of History and Philosophy Kennesaw State University Email: bmcgo...@kennesaw.edu __ InterPhil List Administration: https://interphil.polylog.org InterPhil List Archive: https://www.mail-archive.com/interphil@list.polylog.org/ __
InterPhil: CFA: Postdoctoral Fellowship in Philosophy
__ Call for Applications Type: Postdoctoral Fellowship in Philosophy Institution: Department of Philosophy, Carleton College Location: Northfield, MN (USA) Date: 2023 – 2025 Deadline: 16.2.2023 __ Carleton College, Department of Philosophy, invites applications for a two-year Cowling postdoc starting on September 1, 2023. The position involves half-time research and writing and half-time teaching for a total of five courses over a two-year, six-term period (2-3 courses per year) as well as helping to organize a workshop on the candidate’s topic of choice in their research area that would take place at Carleton during the second year of their residence here. The candidate must have a Ph.D. in hand (received less than five years ago) by the start date of the position. AOS – One or more of the following: Philosophy of Race, Africana Philosophy, Indigenous Philosophy, Latinx Philosophy, or other non-Western Philosophical traditions. AOC – Open, but we have needs in courses in Decolonial Studies, Decolonial Feminism, Philosophy of Technology, Aesthetics or at the intersection of these fields. We are particularly interested in candidates committed to teaching a diverse student body. Carleton College does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, creed, ethnicity, religion, sex, national origin, marital status, veteran status, actual or perceived sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, status with regard to public assistance, disability, or age in providing employment or access to its educational facilities and activities. Carleton is committed to developing its faculty to better reflect the diversity of our student body and American society. Women and members of underrepresented minority groups are strongly encouraged to apply. Carleton is a highly selective liberal arts college with a student body of approximately 2,000. Located in the thriving two-college town of Northfield, Minnesota, it is forty-five miles from the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul, in easy reach of a vibrant metropolitan area that is home to three million people and rich cultural resources. To apply, please visit careers.carleton.edu and submit an online application that includes a cover letter, c.v., two to three sample syllabi, a statement about teaching students from diverse backgrounds in an undergraduate, residential liberal arts environment, a writing sample, a research statement, and names and contact information of three references, at least one of which should address your teaching. We will contact your letter-writers directly to request their electronic submissions. Please send inquiries to Anna Moltchanova (amolt...@carleton.edu), Chair, Department of Philosophy, Carleton College, Northfield, MN. Review of applications will begin February 16, 2023. Information: https://careers.carleton.edu/en-us/job/492930/carleton-postdoctoral-fellowship-in-philosophy Contact: Anna Moltchanova, Chair Department of Philosophy, Carleton College Northfield, MN, USA Email: amolt...@carleton.edu __ InterPhil List Administration: https://interphil.polylog.org InterPhil List Archive: https://www.mail-archive.com/interphil@list.polylog.org/ __
InterPhil: PUB: Epistemic Violence and Intercultural Philosophy
__ Call for Publications Theme: Epistemic Violence and Intercultural Philosophy Publication: polylog. Zeitschrift für interkulturelles Philosophieren Date: No. 50 (December 2023) Deadline: 31.3.2023 __ (Deutsche Version unten) The extent to which structures of knowledge generation and communication are in themselves violent is a question that has been and continues to be at the centre of postcolonial theory. The analyses of theorists such as Gayatri Spivak, who coined the term "epistemic violence", show that this form of violence is "inherent in knowledge itself, in its genesis, formation, organisation and effectiveness" (Brunner 2015, 39; see Spivak 1988, 1998, Brunner 2020). Today, the problem of epistemic violence is also discussed in decolonial, feminist discourses and critical discourses on racism. Philosophy as a discipline rarely asks itself questions about its own entanglement in power structures and its contribution to the reproduction of power structures in knowledge production, but at the same time it is one of the disciplines in which exclusion mechanisms still have the strongest impact today. While in disciplines such as history and literary studies no one would claim any more that there are "peoples without history" or that there is no "literature" in any written language, in European and US-American philosophy many still claim that "philosophy" was originally only to be found in Europe (Denecke 2021, 485). Philosophy in intercultural orientation has long drawn attention to the exclusion of philosophical traditions from other regions of the world, yet van Norden still concludes in 2017 that the subject of philosophy in Europe and North America has considerably more to catch up compared to transformation processes in other humanities (Van Norden 2017). Demands for a "decolonisation of knowledge" (Mignolo 2006) or the "decolonisation of philosophical concepts" (Wiredu 1995), for an analysis of the entanglement of philosophical theories and concepts in racist and sexist structures, as well as for a reform of the curricula in the sense of a global opening and increased attention to women philosophers are, however, increasingly urgent for philosophy. This means that not only the organisational and production conditions of philosophical knowledge are increasingly becoming the focus of criticism, but also the epistemic framework of philosophising and the basic terms and concepts transported in it itself. The concept of epistemic violence (as an element of an expanded understanding of violence as well as an aspect of epistemology) is thus not only of theoretical philosophical interest, but concerns the future shape of philosophy as a discipline itself. The planned Polylog number on the topic of "Epistemic Violence" sets itself the task of illuminating this concept from different perspectives. In doing so, the theoretical foundations, such as the concept of epistemes, knowledge orders or the conditions of knowledge production, will be examined more closely, as will the different dimensions of epistemic violence. Adjacent concepts, such as the concept of "epistemic injustice" originating from feminist philosophy (Fricker 2007) or the concept of "cognitive justice" originating from decolonial theory (Santos 2007) will be examined in the context of the discipline of philosophy. We invite contributions especially on the following topics: - How the debates on epistemic violence and epistemic or cognitive injustice, which originate in post- and decolonial theory but have now already become a mainstream research direction in the Global North, are perceived and taken up in the philosophical discourses of Africa, Asia or Latin America. - What effect does the concept have there? How are the conditions of knowledge production experienced here? How can ideas of communal philosophies be reconciled with demands for epistemic justice? - In addition, approaches to overcoming epistemic violence need to be developed. A decolonisation of philosophical knowledge - how can this be done? What consequences would this have for academic practice and curricula? What approaches to thinking would not be violent or contribute to "undoing epistemic violence" (Brunner)? - Do we need to expand the philosophical canon? And if so, how? (How) Can a decolonisation of thought succeed? What ethical rules are needed for dealing with philosophical traditions from formerly colonised regions of the world? Or also: What are the dangers of an epistemic opening? Does intercultural philosophy itself exercise epistemic violence? - How can concepts of epistemes, knowledge orders or the conditions of knowledge production,examined more closely in relation to violence or justice. How are debates on epistemic violence linked to concepts such as "epistemic injustice" and "cognitive justice"? We kindly ask you to send contributions of max. 4
InterPhil: CFP: From "Fuzzy" to "Eclectic" and Everything in Between
__ Call for Papers Theme: From "Fuzzy" to "Eclectic" and Everything in Between Subtitle: Intercultural Encounters in the Pre-Modern World Type: Graduate Conference Institution: Pre/Early Modern Forum, Yale University Location: New Haven, CT (USA) Date: 14.–15.4.2023 Deadline: 2.1.2023 __ The pre-modern world was shaped by encounters and engagements that spanned geographical, cultural, political, and temporal boundaries. Scholars have employed a variety of terms to describe such moments of convergence, including “hybridity,” “creolization,” “syncretism,” “eclecticism,” and even “fuzziness.” In 2009, historians Sünne Juterczenka and Gesa Mackenthun used the mathematical concept of “fuzzy logic” as a framework for examining the entanglements, ambiguities, and mutual impacts resulting from interactions between multiple cultures. “Fuzzy logic” argues for the presence of multiple truth values on a spectrum from absolute truth to falsehood. It allows for the exploration of blurred boundaries and the diffusion of practices. More recently, art historian Holly Schafer employs the term “eclecticism” to describe intercultural objects whose disparate elements retain their independence while creating a new form. Broadly defined as a practice inspired by a multiplicity of cultural, artistic, and stylistic sources, eclecticism provides a way of thinking about the intercultural nature of the pre-modern world. Building on these concepts, the Pre/Early Modern Forum invites graduate students working in the humanities to explore all things “eclectic” and “fuzzy” that complicate cultural and geographical boundaries in the pre-1800 world. We encourage submissions from all geographical distinctions, especially those that explore topics related to East Asia. Interrogating the ways in which intercultural encounters blur and maintain boundaries, the conference aims to foster creative and innovative dialogue across cultures, regions, time periods, and disciplines. Possible topics include, but are not limited to: - Contact zones, intersectionality, and peripheries - Movement of objects, people, and ideas across boundaries - Authorship and ownership - Translation and transcription - Religious proselytization and conversion - Micro-histories addressing specific instances of encounter - Gift exchange, diplomacy, and trade - Technology and methodology - Patronage and collecting - Power dynamics within systems of colonialism - Identity formation and articulation Interested participants are invited to submit an abstract of no more than 300 words, along with a short biography, by Monday, January 2, 2023, to: yalep...@gmail.com Accepted participants will be notified in late-January. Accommodation will be provided for all participants. At this time, we are planning for an in-person symposium but will adapt to a virtual format if Covid-19 conditions and University policies change. Keynote Speaker: Holly Shaffer Assistant Professor of History of Art and Architecture, Brown University Contact: The Pre/Early Modern Forum Yale University Email: yalep...@gmail.com __ InterPhil List Administration: https://interphil.polylog.org InterPhil List Archive: https://www.mail-archive.com/interphil@list.polylog.org/ __
InterPhil: CFP: Ethics of Reconciliation
__ Call for Papers Theme: Ethics of Reconciliation Subtitle: European Perspectives Type: 59th Annual Conference 2023 Institution: Societas Ethica Location: Sarajevo (Bosnia and Herzegovina) Date: 24.–27.8.2023 Deadline: 20.12.2022 __ The concept of reconciliation, in a social context, refers to the potential of restoring broken trust and relationships, and the need for a community and persons to recover from damages caused by conflicts and wars. Reconciliation has been studied by theorists as well as discussed by practitioners from a variety of perspectives among which ethics of reconciliation is one of the most important. The relationship between reconciliation and justice is, naturally, one main issue of ethical concern. However, this relationship is marked by significant differences in experience of conflicts, demand for justice, and limits of reconciliation. Current developments in Europe – such as Russia’s aggression against Ukraine, several conflicts marked by escalating violence towards minorities, militarization of many European countries, and increasing scepticism towards pluralistic models of democracy – urge for a deeper scrutiny of philosophical, legal, and theological approaches to reconciliation. Societas Ethica invites ethicists to its annual conference in Sarajevo 2023 that will be devoted to ethics of reconciliation with particular attention paid to European experiences of and perspectives on social, political, and religious conflict. What are resources and obstacles to reconciliation if assessed from a perspective of ethics? How should we understand the relationship between reconciliation and transitional justice? When and how might the longing for reconciliation promote or devaluate social justice? What resources for a more nuanced and critical approach to reconciliation are there in different religious traditions? Societas Ethica promotes scholarly dialogue between philosophers, theologians, and theorists working within applied ethics. Papers can be submitted addressing the following thematic fields in this regard: - the concept of reconciliation as related to different contexts - moral dimensions of reconciliation, conflict resolution, and transitional justice - reconciliation and social justice - reconciliation, justice, and truth - limitations of reconciliation and limited reconciliation - theological contributions to ethics of reconciliation - critical philosophical and empirical approaches to reconciliation - critical approaches to the paradigm of transition - dealing with the past and reconciliation - European minorities and future(s) of pluralistic democracy - hermeneutics of conflicts, narrative identity and reconciliation - reconciliation and emotions - reconciliation and recognition - rebuilding damaged relationships after violent conflict with a focus on Europe - ethics of reconciliation, memory, and forgetting - open channel Papers could be presented in the conference languages of English or German. Submissions - Paper proposals will be collected till December 20th, 2022. - Paper proposals should include a significant title (please, indicate the thematic field) and not exceed 800 words in length (excluding bibliography). - The proposals should clearly present a moral question or argument. - Manuscripts should be prepared for blind review: - Document 1: Your name, first name, email address, institutional address, the title of your abstract, the thematic field(s) under which your paper proposal falls, and, if eligible, your application to participate in the Young Scholars’ Award competition (see information below). - Document 2: Your paper proposal including bibliography (max. 10 references), keywords, and title with all identifying references removed. Please, use Times New Roman 12 pt for body, references and keywords, and Ariel (bold) 16 pt for headline. - The two documents should be sent as Word attachments to Martin Langby at martin.lan...@teol.uu.se, using the subject line “Societas Ethica 2023 Conference.” - All submissions will be subjected to rigorous blind peer review. - Further questions about thematic issues as well as any technical or financial question, can be addressed to the Quaester of Societas Ethica Dr. Johanna Ohlsson at johanna.ohls...@teol.uu.se While registrations to the conference will open in February 2023, important dates for proposal submissions are as follows: - Deadline for Abstract Submissions: December 20th, 2022 - Notification of Accepted Papers: By February 23th, 2023 - Deadline for Registration: May 19th, 2023 - Deadline for payment: June 16th, 2023 - Conference Date: August 24-27th, 2023 If the paper is accepted by the board members, you are kindly asked to register for the conference. Conference costs cover accommodation in a conference hotel (including breakfast), most
InterPhil: PUB: Towards a new "aesthetics of war"?
__ Call for Publications Theme: Towards a new "aesthetics of war"? Subtitle: Is Polemos still father of all things? Publication: Aisthesis. Pratiche, linguaggi e saperi dell’estetico Date: Special Issue (June/July 2023) Deadline: 30.4.2023 __ Aisthesis, the Italian-based international journal of aesthetics, is pleased to spread the news about the following call for paper. Nearly 77 years of peace, so long was the truce granted by history to our continent, and, actually: this is not even true. Suffice it to think of the war in the former Yugoslavia. It is undeniable, however, that for more than half a century, Europe was lulled into the illusion that armed confrontation had been relegated to certain areas of the planet, or in any case was to be understood as a sort of “in-vitro experiment” having been reduced to a circumscribed phenomenon contained within safety cordons. On the contrary, the conflict erupted again. Even a century ago, moreover, it might have been reasonable to distinguish between a world war and a strictly local war, while today it does not even make sense: our degree of interconnection inevitably turns every conflict into a war that involves us all. The clash of weapons is perhaps the most intense event in light of which a whole series of elements seem to align differently, and the pieces of our present in an instant take on a new configuration: what emerges is precisely «the now of a certain knowability», to quote Benjamin. The focus will consider the following topics: - War also brings with it a reconfiguration between different disciplines, altering their relative relationships: which relationships have undergone the greatest transformations? What are the underlying dynamics, at the level of the deep interweaving that characterizes the various forms of knowledge, that war has helped to bring to the surface? - In the course of a war, such steady demarcations as the boundaries between one state and another are subjected to great pressure and constant fluctuations. The armed confrontation seems to prompt – also on a philosophical level – new reflections on the role of the “border”, partly evoking also the Kantian polarity between Grenze and Schranke. - In light of this fluctuation of the geopolitical notion of boundary at the core of which lies the Russian Federation’s aggression against Ukraine, could we argue that the very borders between the conceptual domains of ethics and politics, as well as those between politics and aesthetics, have become fluctuant? - War is also a war of propaganda: “war images” today play such a strategic role in communication that they can strengthen or undermine the very figure and reputation of the parties involved. It is a question here of a genuine redefinition and in particular a decisive broadening of the semantic field referred to by the term “aesthetics of war”. - To what extent does the current aestheticization of war, which cuts across the very ethical-political distinction between aggressor and aggressed, mark a caesura with respect to the aestheticization of modern or post-modern politics? Or is it still a continuity to be thought of in a more radical way? That continuity which presupposes, as Benjamin definitively grasped, that humanity – in the silence of the ancient gods – has made a spectacle of itself. Deadline: April 30th 2023 Expected release: June/July 2023 Advisory Editors: Francesco Valagussa Email: valagussa.france...@hsr.it Fabrizio Desideri Email: fabrizio.desid...@unifi.it Submissions should be made through the usual mask at: https://oajournals.fupress.net/index.php/aisthesis/about/submissions Contributions must be submitted in English or French and must strictly adhere to the Aisthesis Guidelines. Only contributions compliant with Author Guidelines will be admitted to peer review. The Author Guidelines can be downloaded here: https://oajournals.fupress.net/index.php/aisthesis/libraryFiles/downloadPublic/36 Journal website: https://oajournals.fupress.net/index.php/aisthesis/ __ InterPhil List Administration: https://interphil.polylog.org InterPhil List Archive: https://www.mail-archive.com/interphil@list.polylog.org/ __
InterPhil: CONF: Epistemic Wrongs and Epistemic Reparations
__ Conference Announcement Theme: Epistemic Wrongs and Epistemic Reparations Type: International Conference Institution: African Centre for Epistemology of Philosophy of Science (ACEPS), University of Johannesburg Location: Johannesburg (South Africa) Date: 3.–4.11.2022 __ We live in a world riddled with epistemic wrongs, from the incidental put down of a marginal voice to the systematic extinction of whole knowledge systems and the continued epistemic disempowerment of whole populations through colonialism and racism. This workshop theorises our obligations to make epistemic reparations for such distinctively epistemic wrongs, where epistemic reparations can be understood as “intentionally reparative actions in the form of epistemic goods given to those epistemically wronged by parties who acknowledge these wrongs and whose reparative actions are intended to redress them” (Lackey forthcoming, Proceedings and Addresses of the American Philosophical Association). One example of epistemic reparations is when a space — such as a museum — is dedicated to telling the story of the victims of these wrongs. This workshop will, hence, take place partly at Constitution Hill, a site of epistemic reparations, in the hope to be itself an instance of making amends. This is the first event of a three-year collaboration on Epistemic Wrongs, Blame, and Reparations between Jennifer Lackey (Northwestern University), Cameron Boult (Brandon University), and Veli Mitova (University of Johannesburg). The second event — Epistemic Blame and Epistemic Reparations — will take place at another site of epistemic reparations, in Manitoba, Canada. The final event (site TBA) will feature research on future directions for epistemic reparations, some of which will be published in a special issue of Episteme. Keynotes: Cameron Boult (Brandon) Jennifer Lackey (Northwestern) Bernard Matolino (Pretoria) Mongane Serote (Johannesburg) Speakers: Eric Bayruns García (Harvard) Fiona Jenkins (ANU) Dimpho Maponya (Johannesburg) Keo Mbebe (Pretoria) Melanie Samson (Johannesburg) Abraham Tobi (Johannesburg) Sarah Wright (Georgia) Venue: Live in Johannesburg at Constitution Hill and ACEPS Organisers: Caitlin Rybko, David Scholtz, Abraham Tobi, Veli Mitova Programme and Recordings: https://www.uj.ac.za/faculties/humanities/departments-2/philosophy/philosophy-centres/african-centre-for-epistemology-and-philosophy-of-science/conferences-dates/epistemic-wrongs-and-epistemic-reparations/ __ InterPhil List Administration: https://interphil.polylog.org InterPhil List Archive: https://www.mail-archive.com/interphil@list.polylog.org/ __
InterPhil: CONF: Ethics and War
__ Conference Announcement Theme: Ethics and War Type: International Conference Institution: Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (UC Chile) Location: Santiago de Chile (Chile) Date: 2.–4.11.2022 __ Program Wednesday, November 2 Auditorio de Filosofía, Campus San Joaquín 10:30 Discussion Panel 1: International relations and security Nicole Jenne (Institute of Political Science, UC Chile): The offensive use of force in UN peace operations: the normative underpinnings of a contested practice 11:30 Coffee-break 11:50 Discussion Panel 2: AI & Big Data Ethics Gabriela Arriagada Bruneau (Institute of Applied Ethics, UC Chile): AI, Big Data Ethics and War Launch-break 15:30 Open Dialogue Russia-Ukraine War. How are the principles of just war theory applied? Thursday, November 3 (with simultaneous translation) Salón de Honor, Casa Central 10:00 Address from the President of UC Chile, Ignacio Sánchez 10:10 Address from the organization, Prof. Fernando Arancibia (Institute of Applied Ethics, UC Chile) 10:15 Keynote address Prof. James Pattison (The University of Manchester, UK): On the Alternatives to War 10:55 Dialogue 11:15 Coffee-break 11:35 Keynote address Prof. Helen Frowe (Stockholm University, Sweden): The ethics of protecting heritage in war 12:15 Dialogue 12:35 End Friday, November 4 Auditorio de Letras, Campus San Joaquín 10:30 Discussion Panel 3: International law and human rights Gonzalo Candia (Faculty of Law, UC Chile): International Law, Human Rights and War 11:30 Coffee-break 11:50 Discussion Panel 4: Economic Sanctions Fernando Arancibia (Institute of Applied Ethics, UC Chile): Economic sanctions: is there a duty to trade? Launch-break 15:30 Open Dialogue Research in Ethics of War and Peace Hosts: Institute of Applied Ethics Institute of Political Science Center of International Studies (CEIUC) Organization: Fernando Arancibia Institute of Applied Ethics, UC Chile Email: fnaranci...@uc.cl Umut Aydin Institute of Political Science, UC Chile Email: uay...@uc.cl __ InterPhil List Administration: https://interphil.polylog.org InterPhil List Archive: https://www.mail-archive.com/interphil@list.polylog.org/ __
InterPhil: PUB: Cultural Ways of Knowing in West African Teaching and Learning
__ Call for Publications Theme: Cultural Ways of Knowing in West African Teaching and Learning Publication: West Africa Review Date: Special Issue Deadline: 16.12.2022 __ West African cultural ways of knowing have impacted teaching and learning both on the continent and in the diaspora. These epistemologies can maintain culture and also serve as a tool for better academic and social outcomes, as well as liberation. Education as a practice of freedom has been well documented on the continent and throughout the diaspora. As globalization rapidly spreads, homogenization becomes the norm and cultural ways of knowing can diminish. Therefore, educators are at the forefront of keeping culture. How do educators draw on cultural practices to foster learning? How do educators construct learning experiences that promote liberation? How does the diaspora incorporate West African cultural ways of knowing in teaching and learning? This special issue of West Africa Review is devoted to the analysis of the ways in which cultural ways of knowing facilitate teaching and learning in West Africa. We are particularly interested in articles that explore unique pedagogies and cultural practices, as well as similar or shared practices across cultural contexts that promote liberation from preschool through university, in both traditional and non-traditional educational settings. Preference for primary research that draws on qualitative methods to give us insight into 21st century teaching and learning that draws on cultural ways of knowing. Submit abstract and paper directly to Dr. Laureen Adams: laureenad...@gmail.com Submission guidelines: http://www.africaknowledgeproject.org/index.php/war/about/submissions Deadline for submissions: December 16, 2022 West Africa Review (WAR) is an interdisciplinary peer-reviewed journal, devoted to research on the countries, societies, and peoples from Cape Verde to Cameroun. It provides a much-needed forum for original work and works of synthesis being done by scholars of West Africa in and outside of the region. West Africa Review facilitates productive exchanges among scholars of the region wherever they may be. ISSN: 1525-4488 Journal website: https://www.africaknowledgeproject.org/index.php/war/ __ InterPhil List Administration: https://interphil.polylog.org InterPhil List Archive: https://www.mail-archive.com/interphil@list.polylog.org/ __
InterPhil: CONF: Frieden zwischen den Religionen?
__ Konferenzankündigung Theme: Frieden zwischen den Religionen? Type: Gemeinsame Online-Tagung Institution: Gesellschaft für Interkulturelle Philosophie (GIP) Association Internationale des Professeurs de Philosophie (AIPPh) Location: Online Date: 19.11.2022 __ Einladung zur gemeinsamen ZOOM-Tagung von AIPPh und GIP, die interkulturelle Religionsphilosophie betreffend, anlässlich des Welttags der Philosophie 2022 Moderation: Dr. Gabriele Münnix, Präsidentin der AIPPh Dr. Niels Weidtmann, Präsident der GIP Program 9:00-10:00: Prof. Johann Schelkshorn, Wien: Dialog inmitten extremer Gewalt. Zu christlichen Debatte über die Eroberung amerindischer Völker 10:00-11:00: NN (Perspektive des Judentums, angefragt Prof. Yemima Hada, Leipzig) 11:00-12:00: Prof. Mohamed Turki , Tunis/Recklinghausen: Zur aktuellen Debatte um Fundamentalismus und Säkularismus in der islamischen Welt 14:00-15:00: Prof. Ram Adhar Mall, Bonn: Wie ist man auf dem indischen Subkontinent mit dem Gedanken der Pluralität fertig geworden? 15:00-16:00: PD Dr. Markus Wirtz, Köln: Störenfried oder Friedensstifterin? Zur Rolle der säkularen Philosophie in interreligiösen Auseinandersetzungen 16:00-17:00: Dr. Gabriele Münnix, Düsseldorf: Zusammenfall der Gegensätze? Wahrheit und Toleranz in der Friedensschrift des Cusanus Nach jeweils halbstündigen Vorträgen wollen wir mit Ihnen diskutieren und freuen uns über Ihre Teilnahme. Anmeldung bis 15.11.22 bei: niels.weidtm...@cof.uni-tübingen.de __ InterPhil List Administration: https://interphil.polylog.org InterPhil List Archive: https://www.mail-archive.com/interphil@list.polylog.org/ __
InterPhil: JOB: Assistant Professor in Philosophy of Race or Ethnicity
__ Job Announcement Type: Assistant Professor in Philosophy of Race or Ethnicity Institution: Philosophy Department, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona Location: Pomona, CA (USA) Date: from 2023 Deadline: 1.11.2022 __ Seeking Assistant Professor, tenure-track, for an appointment beginning in the 2023-2024 academic year. Teaching load of 3/3 in the first two years and 4/4 in the years following, with course-reduction opportunities for research, service, and teaching initiatives. AOS: Philosophy of race or ethnicity, with preference for a focus in Africana or African American philosophy, Asian American philosophy, Chicana/o or Latina/o/x American philosophy, OR Native American philosophy, OR philosophy rooted in the experience and activism of other racialized groups in the US context. We are seeking candidates whose scholarship and teaching will center on the experiences and advocacy of one of these racialized groups, exemplify the critical and intersectional methodologies of Ethnic Studies, and complement departmental strengths in critical philosophy of race, feminist philosophy, philosophy of disability, and social and political philosophy. Minimum qualifications include a PhD in Philosophy with a specialization in philosophy of race or ethnicity (Degree must be conferred by the start date of the position.); A commitment and a record of contributions to student success through the applicant’s teaching, scholarship, or service; Evidence of potential for excellence in undergraduate teaching; Evidence of scholarly potential encompassing philosophy of race or ethnicity. AOC: Open, but we have critical teaching needs in philosophy of law, comparative philosophy, philosophical/religious traditions in India, China, and Japan, African philosophy, Latin American philosophy, and history of philosophy. We have additional teaching needs, although less critical, in applied ethics, philosophy of language, and philosophy of science broadly construed, including questions at the intersection of science and ethics. Teaching duties include lower-division general education courses. In line with our university’s learn-by-doing pedagogy, we prefer candidates who demonstrate an interest in developing new high-impact courses related to their area of specialization, or participating in our existing high-impact educational practices, e.g. our Clinical Ethics Practicum, Ethics Bowl, the Senior Project for our program in Science, Technology, and Society (STS), or the annual seminar taught in connection with the California Center for Ethics and Policy (for more information on the CCEP visit: https://www.cpp.edu/~class/ethics-and-policy-center/index.shtml). (For information on high-impact educational practices see: https://www.aacu.org/resources/high-impact-practices.) Salary competitive. Faculty evaluation process is developed to be highly transparent. Faculty represented by the California Faculty Association. Cal Poly Pomona is an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action Employer. Cal Poly Pomona is among the most diverse campuses in the United States (it is number 10 in the Best College Reviews’ 50 top ethnically diverse colleges in America: https://www.bestcollegereviews.org/features/top-ethnically-diverse-colleges/ It is a federally recognized Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI). We also serve a large percentage of Asian and Asian-American students as well as first-generation students. We welcome candidates who share and can speak to Cal Poly Pomona’s commitment to promoting student success in diverse populations. Applications must include: (1) A cover letter (of no more than two pages single-spaced), which describes the candidate’s teaching and research interests and addresses the minimum and preferred qualifications (see full position description for a complete list of minimum and preferred qualifications); (2) a Student Success Statement of no more than 2 pages, single-spaced about your teaching or other experiences, successes, and challenges in working with a diverse student population, and which addresses at least two of the inclusive excellence criteria listed in the full position description; (3) a curriculum vitae including the contact information for at least five individuals who can speak to the candidate’s potential for success in this position; (4) three recent (dated within the past two years) letters of reference, at least one of which (at least in part) addresses teaching qualifications; (5) an unofficial transcript showing highest degree earned (an official transcript will be required of finalists); (6) a writing sample of no more than 30 double-spaced pages; (7) a teaching portfolio including sample syllabi, and evaluations from the most recent two years of teaching (if applicable). The position is open until filled. First consideration will be given to completed applications received no lat
InterPhil: ANN: Lecture Series on Encountering Madness
__ Announcement Theme: Encountering Madness Subtitle: Intercultural and Decolonial Approaches to the Phenomenon of Mental Illness Type: Lecture Series Institution: Working Group 'Intercultural Philosophizing: Theory and Practice', Vienna Society for Intercultural Philosophy Location: Vienna (Austria) – Online Date: October 2022 – January 2023 __ It was particularly the paradigm of a body-soul dichotomy that shaped thinking about illness in the modern West. With more recent developments in the natural and especially the neurosciences, increasingly close, causally conceived connections were made between measurable bodily functions and mental states. The accompanying image of an individualized human being whose mental suffering must have an objectifiable cause continues to shape Euro-American mainstream discourse to this day. This is reflected not least in the rise of psychiatry but also in the objectifying varieties of psychotherapy, which first dominated the Euro-American area and finally went and still go around the world with modernity, (neo-)colonialism and (cultural) imperialism. While Western discourse continues to present itself as universal truth, intercultural and decolonial orientations expose precisely its provinciality by not only criticizing the cultural conditionality of its epistemic presuppositions, but also pointing to alternative approaches in understanding psychological suffering. Thus, in diverse life practices and life-worlds around the globe, different philosophical approaches can be found that withdraw the experienced suffering from both the standard psychiatric nosology and the binarity of body and soul, health and illness, sanity and madness. In this sense, the concern of this lecture series is understood as an attempt to interrogate the mainstream understanding of "mental illness" and to give voice to positions that have been repressed in the global context. Questions we will consider include: What was the role of psychiatry and psychotherapy in societies shaped by neo-colonialisms? To what extent would they need to be transformed or even deconstructed today from an intercultural and/or decolonial perspective? What approaches to an alternative ontology of the "psyche" or the experience of "illness" do non-European philosophies offer us? Finally, amidst the various crises and effects of global capitalism, what old and new ways can we find to think holistically about suffering, care, and healing? Coordination: Cristina Chițu, Manu Sharma & Murat Ates Please register under: off...@wigip.org 28.10., 18:30 (6:30 pm CET) Institut für Wissenschaft und Kunst (Berggasse 17, 1090 Vienna) Univ.-Prof. Dr. Kirsten Rüther (Universität Wien, Austria): Verhinderte Professionalisierung bei izangoma (traditionellen Heilern) und izinyanga in Südafrika Die Heilmethoden traditioneller Heilerinnen und Heiler in einem Land wie Südafrika – man mag im ersten Moment denken, dass sie einfach existieren. Um sich mit ihnen zu befassen, fragt man nach Prinzipien dieser Heilungsformen, Akteuren und institutionellen Einbindungen. Doch so einfach ist es häufig nicht, und es lohnt, an einem anderen Punkt des Heilungsgeschehens mit dem Fragen einzusetzen. In Südafrika hat die Professionalisierung afrikanischer Heilerinnen und Heiler eine lange Geschichte der Verhinderung. Gerade in den wachsenden Städten bemühten sich izangoma, izinyanga und andere Spezialisten gegenüber einem kolonialen Regime um offizielle Anerkennung durch die Behörden, die diese ihnen jedoch kontinuierlich versagten. Im Nationalarchiv werden zahlreiche Schreiben, selbst erstellte Lizenzen und Jahresberichte nicht anerkannter Heilerverbände aufbewahrt, die deren Selbstverständnis in den 1930er und 1940er Jahren dokumentieren, aber auch die Bereitschaft, sich den Behörden und geltenden Hierarchien im Sinne der Erhaltung von Ordnen geradezu „anzubiedern“. Als „traditionell“ bezeichneten sich diese Heilungsexpertinnen und -experten allerdings nicht. Auch die Behörden griffen auf diese Etikettierung nicht zurück. Sie war aber relevant in den Professionalisierungsbestreben nach dem Ende der Apartheid. Das Etikett des „Traditionellen“ (ebenso wie die Verurteilung als „Hexerei“, die in den 2000er Jahren die Diskussion um Professionalisierung erschwerte) verdeckt tendenziell die Historizität dieser Heilungsakteure und ihrer Praktiken. Der Blick ins Archiv und weitere Abbildungsorte (z.B. populäre Medien) stellen wichtige Schritte dar, den Blick auf izangoma, izinyanga und andere Heilende komplexer zu gestalten. Er regt zudem an, über die Geschichte des Politischen, Sozialen und Gesundheitlichen neu nachzudenken. 11.11., 18.30 (6:30 pm CET) Institut für Wissenschaft und Kunst (Berggasse 17, 1090 Vienna) Dr. Mitha Karim (University of Edinburgh, UK): Mental Health and Muslim Communities Within any culture, there are paradigmatic views of per
InterPhil: PUB: Culture and Dialogue
__ Call for Publications Theme: Culture and Dialogue Publication: Culture and Dialogue Date: Issue 11.1/2 (2023) Deadline: 1.2.2023 __ Culture and Dialogue is an international peer reviewed print and electronic journal of cross-cultural philosophy and humanities and provides a forum for researchers from philosophy as well as other disciplines who study cultural formations dialogically, through comparative analysis, or within the tradition of hermeneutics. The journal publishes one volume of two issues each year. The first issue welcomes manuscripts that consider the arts and cultures of the dialogue, namely the broad theme of “Culture and Dialogue” in all its forms, from all perspectives, and through all methods. The second issue seeks to bring manuscripts together with a common denominator such as “Philosophy and the Dialogue,” “Art in Conversation,” “Comparing Cultures,” or “Dialogical Ethics.” We welcome manuscripts that address any aspects of the arts and cultures of the dialogue from any academic fields, cultural perspectives, or philosophical traditions. Submissions to: ir...@mail.com Notes for Authors: https://brill.com/fileasset/downloads_products/Author_Instructions/CAD.pdf Deadline for Vol. 11, Issue No.1: 1st February 2023 Culture and Dialogue is endorsed by the UNESCO Chair in Comparative Studies of Spiritual Traditions, Their Specific Cultures and Interreligious Dialogue. ISSN: -3282 Journal website: http://www.brill.com/cad __ InterPhil List Administration: https://interphil.polylog.org InterPhil List Archive: https://www.mail-archive.com/interphil@list.polylog.org/ __
InterPhil: CFA: Winter School on Violence and Nonviolence
__ Call for Applications Theme: Violence and Nonviolence Subtitle: Nationbuilding in the Age of Postcolonialism Type: VU Graduate Winter School Institution: Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU) Location: Online Date: 9.–20.1.2023 Deadline: 1.12.2022 __ In January 2023, the online graduate Wintercourse 'Violence and Nonviolence - Nationbuilding in the Age of Postcolonialism' will take place as part of the VU Graduate Winterschool at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. This course will address the issue of non-violence in postcolonial nation-building through the lens of leaders and thinkers such as King, Helder Camara, Mandela and Kaunda, as well as reflections by Mbembe, Derrida and Fanon. Aside from analysing classic and forgotten readings on (non)violence, the course will provide engaging group discussions as well as and expert guest lectures, among whom will be Dr Tommy J Curry (University of Edinburgh) and Dr Pius Mosima (University of Bamenda/Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam). The course is open to Master students, PhD students and professionals from all disciplines who have an interest in the topic. Credits: 3 ECTS - Contact hours: 25 hours For those who enroll before 15 October 2022 there is an early bird discount. Coordinating lecturer: Dr. Angela Roothaan Email: a.c.m.rooth...@vu.nl For more information: https://vu.nl/en/education/professionals/courses-programmes/violence-and-nonviolence-nation-building-in-the-age-of-postcolonialism __ InterPhil List Administration: https://interphil.polylog.org InterPhil List Archive: https://www.mail-archive.com/interphil@list.polylog.org/ __
InterPhil: JOB: Assistant Professor in Understanding (Non)Citizenships
__ Job Announcement Type: Assistant Professor in Understanding (Non)Citizenships Institution: Department of Philosophy, University of California, Berkeley Location: Berkeley, CA (USA) Date: from July 2023 Deadline: 28.10.2022 __ The Department of Philosophy at the University of California, Berkeley seeks applications for an Assistant Professor (tenure track) position, with an expected start date of July 1, 2023. Job responsibilities include teaching 4 courses/year at the graduate and undergraduate levels, and conducting thesis supervision. This appointment in philosophy is made in the context of a new interdisciplinary initiative at the University of California, Berkeley whose goal is Understanding (Non)Citizenships. Although applicants to this position will be appointed in philosophy, we seek candidates whose research speaks to and advances the goals of the “Understanding (Non)Citizenship” initiative at the University of California, Berkeley, which aims to hire an interdisciplinary cluster of faculty on this topic over two years. The cluster tackles three overarching themes: issues of justice, fairness and equality as related to (non)citizenship; the determinants and content of (non)citizenship; and the consequences of (non)citizenship. The cluster considers citizenship broadly, as a legal, social and cultural status that combines civil, political and social rights with a sense of identity, encompassing those who lack formal citizenship but also those who experience “second-class” citizenship through differential rights and treatment. Fully understanding (non)citizenship requires an interdisciplinary approach: claims for citizenship and equality are invariably normative, while the consequences and drivers of (non)citizenship must be studied empirically to understand change and effects. For this reason, this innovative cluster of faculty hiring will bring together diverse units in the social sciences, humanities and professional schools across UC-Berkeley. Faculty hired through the Understanding (Non)Citizenship cluster will hold positions in Philosophy, Political Science, Public Policy, Sociology and Law. In 2022-23, the University seeks applicants for an Assistant Professor position in Philosophy and a tenured (Associate or Full Professor) position in Political Science. Minimum Basic Qualifications: PhD (or equivalent international degree), or enrolled in PhD or equivalent international degree-granting program at the time of application. Preferred Qualifications: PhD (or equivalent international degree) by the start date of the position. Applications must be received by October 28, 2022. Please direct inquiries to: philsearch+p...@berkeley.edu. For more information: https://aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF03550 __ InterPhil List Administration: https://interphil.polylog.org InterPhil List Archive: https://www.mail-archive.com/interphil@list.polylog.org/ __
InterPhil: CFP: Human Rights, Violence and Dictatorship
__ Call for Papers Theme: Human Rights, Violence and Dictatorship Type: 5th International Interdisciplinary Conference Institution: InMind Support Location: Online Date: 17.–18.11.2022 Deadline: 28.10.2022 __ In the time when human rights are violated on a regular basis, violence triumphs, and feeble democracies ever more often back down before authoritarian rule, there obviously arises the need to reflect on the possible ways of counteracting such phenomena. Our interdisciplinary conference is intended as a fitting opportunity for this reflection. We would like to look at various manifestations of dictatorship, violence and human rights violation, whether historical or current. We will describe them in political, social, psychological, cultural and many other terms. We also want to devote considerable attention to how the situation of human rights and dictatorship is represented in artistic practices: in literature, film, theatre or visual arts. We invite researchers representing various academic disciplines: history, politics, psychology, sociology, anthropology, philosophy, literary studies, theatre studies, film studies, fine arts, design, memory studies, migration studies, consciousness studies, dream studies, gender studies, postcolonial studies, medical sciences, psychiatry, psychoanalysis, cognitive sciences, economics, law and other. Different forms of presentations are encouraged, including case studies, theoretical investigations, problem-oriented arguments, and comparative analyses. We will be happy to hear from both experienced scholars and young academics at the start of their careers: doctoral students. We also invite all persons interested in participating in the conference as listeners, without giving a presentation. We hope that due to its interdisciplinary nature, the conference will bring many interesting observations on and discussions about the role of human rights and dictatorship in the past and in the present-day world. Topics Our repertoire of suggested topics includes but is not restricted to: I. Societies - Genocides - Slavery - Nationalism - Chauvinism - Xenophobia - Ethnic cleansings - Religious dictatorships - The Holocaust - Apartheid - (Neo)Nazism II. Individuals - Domestic violence - Mobbing - Bullying in school - Bullying in the army - Sexual abuse - Sado-masochism - Symbolic violence - Economic discrimination - Ageism III. Defense of Human Rights - Human rights organizations - Humanitarian missions - Resistance movement - The ethos of a freedom fighter - Conspiracies, protests, revolts - Racial equality - Performative race - Women's rights - Sexual minority rights - Disability rights - Human rights and animal rights IV. Fallen Dictatorships - Democracy in transition - Post-communist countries - Amnesties - The revenge of the oppressed - Criminal courts/ courts of justice - Escape from freedom - Nostalgia for the regime - Dictator's psychological portrait V. Violence and Subjectivity - Politics of trauma - Fear, despair and utopia - Violence and language - Dictatorship as a social symptom - Dictatorship, remembrance and forgetfulness VI. Violence in the (Post)Modern World - Cultural conditioning of violence - Dictatorship of the young - Dictatorship of the old - Dictatorship and conformism - The regime of political correctness - Democracy and the dictatorship of the majority - Democracy and liberalism - Human rights and the free market - Violence in the media VII. Literature and the Arts - Literature and art about human rights violation - Literature and art about violence - Literature and art engaged in human rights defense - Literature and art violating human rights Submissions Please submit abstracts (no longer than 300 words) of your proposed 20-minute presentation, together with a short biographical note, by 28 October 2022 to: inconferenceoff...@gmail.com or by registration form: https://forms.gle/vE2YTquC6smrZqzH7 Notification of acceptance will be sent by 31 October 2022 The conference language is English. Note: As our online conference will be international, we will consider the different time zones of our Participants. The conference will be held virtually via Zoom. Different forms of presentations (also panel sessions, posters) are available. Scientific Committee Professor Wojciech Owczarski University of Gdańsk, Poland Professor Paulo Endo University of São Paulo, Brazil Contact: InMind Support, Conference Office Email: inconferenceoff...@gmail.com Web: https://www.inmindsupport.com/human-rights-conference __ InterPhil List Administration: https://interphil.polylog.org InterPhil List Archive: https://www.mail-archive.com/interphil@list.polylog.org/ __
InterPhil: CONF: Knowledge, Wisdom, and Understanding
__ Conference Announcement Theme: Knowledge, Wisdom, and Understanding Type: Final GPP Conference 2022 Institution: Geography of Philosophy Project (GPP) University of Pittsburgh Location: Pittsburgh, PA (USA) – Online Date: 13.–15.10.2022 __ The Geography of Philosophy Project (GPP) is celebrating the conclusion of its investigation into the themes of Knowledge, Wisdom, and Understanding with a final conference on October 13-15, 2022. The GPP researchers have been studying the diversity of people’s conceptions of knowledge, wisdom, and understanding around the world and aimed at promoting cross-cultural research in cognitive science. Since the project began in 2018, the talented research teams have collected data from multiple sites and populations across Canada, China, Eastern Europe, Ecuador, Germany, India, Japan, Morocco, Peru, South Africa, South Korea, and the United States. The Final Conference will include presentations and discussions of early findings. Program Thursday, October 13 5:30pm - 7:00pm Welcome Reception 7:00pm - 8:15pm Keynote Lecture Tanya Luhrmann: The real-making of gods and spirits 8:30pm - 10:00pm Blitz Presentations of GPP Results - Knowledge and luck across cultures - Lying across cultures - What does “knowing” mean? - Factivity of “knowing” across languages Friday, October 14 9:00am - 10:20am Blitz Presentations of GPP Results - Strict liability across cultures - Understanding across cultures - The dimensions of wisdom - Wise decision making 10:30am - 11:45am Keynote Lecture Igor Grossmann: Seeking wisdom in an uncertain and polarized world 11:45am - 12:15pm Commentary by GPP member 2:00pm - 3:15pm Keynote Lecture Tania Lombrozo: The Folk Ethics of Belief 3:15 - 3:45pm Commentary by Kelli Barr 7:45pm - 9:00pm Keynote Lecture Harry Walker: Wilding Experiments and Taming Ethnography: Enquiring into an Amazonian Concept of Responsibility Saturday, October 15 9:00am - 10:15am Keynote Lecture Asifa Majid: A cross-linguistic perspective on perception and knowledge 10:15am - 10:45am Commentary by Rukmini Bhaya Nair 11:00am -12:30pm Online Presentations by Veli Mitova and Pablo Quintanilla 2:00pm - 3:15pm Keynote Lecture Cristine Legare: The development and diversity of cumulative culture learning 3:15pm - 3:45pm Commentary by Alejandro Erut 4:15pm - 5:15pm Round Table Discussion Members of the Geography of Philosophy Project, speakers, and invitees Participation The GPP Final Conference takes place at the University of Pittsburgh from Thursday, October 13 to Saturday, October 15, 2022. The conference can be attended in-person or online. Please register to receive a Zoom link to the attend the conference online. You can register to attend online here: https://pitt.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJcofuyqrz4vGNNWio7Usef7NR2tFRacYQkc More information about the GPP Final Conference, including a complete program, can be found on our conference website: https://www.geographyofphilosophy.com/final-conference-2022 __ InterPhil List Administration: https://interphil.polylog.org InterPhil List Archive: https://www.mail-archive.com/interphil@list.polylog.org/ __
InterPhil: PUB: Nihilism Seen Through the Lens of Post-Continental Philosophy
__ Call for Publications Theme: Nihilism Seen Through the Lens of Post-Continental Philosophy Publication: Open Philosophy Date: Topical Issue Deadline: 30.11.2022 __ Open Philosophy (ISSN 2543-8875) invites submissions for the topical issue “Nihilism Seen Through the Lens of Post-Continental Philosophy”, edited by Halit Evrim Bayındır (Royal Holloway, University of London). The Nietzsche-inspired overcoming of nihilism has arguably been the preeminent project of continental philosophy, at once uniting and differentiating various strands of phenomenology and post-structuralism. The power of the project lies in the way it integrates and grounds a variety of objectives such as the destruction of metaphysics, representational modes of thought, power relations, anthropocentrism, and academic philosophy. It is through thinking and living in a non-nihilistic manner that these objectives can be accomplished. However, it is questionable today if this anti-nihilistic orientation in thought still has the status of an ambitious project as found in the cases of Heidegger and Deleuze. On the contrary, nihilism tends to become an antiquated problem and the philosophical relevance of its overcoming seems to be increasingly downgraded. This is especially the case in what has been called “post-continental” currents such as non-philosophy, speculative realism, object-oriented ontology, accelerationism, afro-pessimism, and neo-rationalism, which, despite inheriting these objectives, either remained silent against the anti-nihilist core of continental philosophy or opposed it with provocative appropriations of nihilism. We might thereby say that nihilism is one of the important and relatively less discussed factors that determined the rupture beyond continental thought. Building on this indeterminate situation, this issue aims to reproblematise nihilism with the perspectives offered by these new intellectual developments. With this in mind, it is also an opportunity to have a fresh look not only at the continental philosophy and post-continental currents but also at the whole unfolding of nihilism in western and non-western intellectual and cultural history. The papers can cover topics as diverse as the origins of nihilism in German idealism, Russian literature, Eastern spiritual traditions, analytic and pragmatist philosophy, philosophy of science, radical political theory, psychoanalysis, feminism, and queer theory. How to submit Submissions will be collected from October 1 to November 30, 2022. There are no specific length limitations. To submit an article for this topical issue, authors are asked to access the online submission system at: http://www.editorialmanager.com/opphil/ Please choose as article type: Nihilism Before submission the authors should carefully read over the Instruction for Authors, available at: https://www.degruyter.com/publication/journal_key/OPPHIL/downloadAsset/OPPHIL_Instruction%20for%20Authors.pdf All contributions will undergo critical review before being accepted for publication. Because Open Philosophy is published under the Open Access model, as a rule, publication costs should be covered by so called Article Publishing Charges (APC), paid by authors, their affiliated institutions, funders or sponsors. Authors without access to publishing funds are encouraged to discuss potential discounts or waivers with Managing Editor of the journal Katarzyna Tempczyk before submitting their manuscripts. Further questions about this thematic issue can be addressed to Halit Evrim Bayındır: evrim.bayindir.2...@live.rhul.ac.uk In case of technical or financial questions, please contact Managing Editor of the journal, Katarzyna Tempczyk: katarzyna.tempc...@degruyter.com Journal website: https://www.degruyter.com/opphil __ InterPhil List Administration: https://interphil.polylog.org InterPhil List Archive: https://www.mail-archive.com/interphil@list.polylog.org/ __
InterPhil: PUB: Epistemic Violence and Intercultural Philosophy
__ Call for Publications Theme: Epistemic Violence and Intercultural Philosophy Publication: polylog. Zeitschrift für interkulturelles Philosophieren Date: Issue Nr. 50 (December 2023) Deadline: 31.3.2023 __ (Versión española abajo | Deutsche Version unten) From Nausikaa Schirilla The extent to which structures of knowledge generation and communication are in themselves violent is a question that has been and continues to be at the centre of postcolonial theory. The analyses of theorists such as Gayatri Spivak, who coined the term "epistemic violence", show that this form of violence is "inherent in knowledge itself, in its genesis, formation, organisation and effectiveness" (Brunner 2015, 39; see Spivak 1988, 1998, Brunner 2020). Today, the problem of epistemic violence is also discussed in decolonial, feminist discourses and critical discourses on racism. Philosophy as a discipline rarely asks itself questions about its own entanglement in power structures and its contribution to the reproduction of power structures in knowledge production, but at the same time it is one of the disciplines in which exclusion mechanisms still have the strongest impact today. While in disciplines such as history and literary studies no one would claim any more that there are "peoples without history" or that there is no "literature" in any written language, in European and US-American philosophy many still claim that "philosophy" was originally only to be found in Europe (Denecke 2021, 485). Philosophy in intercultural orientation has long drawn attention to the exclusion of philosophical traditions from other regions of the world, yet van Norden still concludes in 2017 that the subject of philosophy in Europe and North America has considerably more to catch up compared to transformation processes in other humanities (Van Norden 2017). Demands for a "decolonisation of knowledge" (Mignolo 2006) or the "decolonisation of philosophical concepts" (Wiredu 1995), for an analysis of the entanglement of philosophical theories and concepts in racist and sexist structures, as well as for a reform of the curricula in the sense of a global opening and increased attention to women philosophers are, however, increasingly urgent for philosophy. This means that not only the organisational and production conditions of philosophical knowledge are increasingly becoming the focus of criticism, but also the epistemic framework of philosophising and the basic terms and concepts transported in it itself. The concept of epistemic violence (as an element of an expanded understanding of violence as well as an aspect of epistemology) is thus not only of theoretical philosophical interest, but concerns the future shape of philosophy as a discipline itself. The planned Polylog number on the topic of "Epistemic Violence" sets itself the task of illuminating this concept from different perspectives. In doing so, the theoretical foundations, such as the concept of epistemes, knowledge orders or the conditions of knowledge production, will be examined more closely, as will the different dimensions of epistemic violence. Adjacent concepts, such as the concept of "epistemic injustice" originating from feminist philosophy (Fricker 2007) or the concept of "cognitive justice" originating from decolonial theory (Santos 2007) will be examined in the context of the discipline of philosophy. We invite contributions especially on the following topics: - How the debates on epistemic violence and epistemic or cognitive injustice, which originate in post- and decolonial theory but have now already become a mainstream research direction in the Global North, are perceived and taken up in the philosophical discourses of Africa, Asia or Latin America. - What effect does the concept have there? How are the conditions of knowledge production experienced here? How can ideas of communal philosophies be reconciled with demands for epistemic justice? - In addition, approaches to overcoming epistemic violence need to be developed. A decolonisation of philosophical knowledge - how can this be done? What consequences would this have for academic practice and curricula? What approaches to thinking would not be violent or contribute to "undoing epistemic violence" (Brunner)? - Do we need to expand the philosophical canon? And if so, how? (How) Can a decolonisation of thought succeed? What ethical rules are needed for dealing with philosophical traditions from formerly colonised regions of the world? Or also: What are the dangers of an epistemic opening? Does intercultural philosophy itself exercise epistemic violence? - How can concepts of epistemes, knowledge orders or the conditions of knowledge production, be examined more closely in relation to violence or justice. How are debates on epistemic violence linked to concepts such as "epistemic injustice" and "cognit
InterPhil: CFP: Pacifism and Nonviolence
__ Call for Papers Theme: Pacifism and Nonviolence Type: International Workshop Institution: Journal of Pacifism and Nonviolence (JPN) Institute of Advanced Studies, Loughborough University Location: Online Date: 19.–21.4.2023 Deadline: 16.11.2022 __ Research on pacifism and nonviolence has been buoyant since the turn of the twenty-first century. It also raises numerous further questions for further research. The Journal of Pacifism and Nonviolence (JPN) intends to nurture and coordinate such research, as indicated by its multidisciplinary remit: https://brill.com/view/journals/jpn/jpn-overview.xml To help strengthen and inspire potential publications covered by that remit, and building on the successful workshop organised online in April 2022 at the European Consortium of Political Research’s Joint Sessions of Workshops, the JPN team are organising a free online workshop in April 2023 emulating the same highly rewarding model. That is, every paper will be assigned a full hour for (brief) presentation and (extensive and constructive) discussion; all papers must be submitted at least two weeks in advance; and all participants are expected to read all papers and participate in the entirety of the workshop. This format has a track record of being widely appreciated by researchers precisely for its productive and community-strengthening qualities. The workshop will be held on 19, 20 and 21 April 2023. It will be entirely online (using Zoom), hosted by Loughborough University’s Institute of Advanced Studies (building on a successful series of 6 seminars in 2022). There will be no registration fee. The intention is that papers presented at the workshop would eventually be submitted for potential publication in JPN. The main criteria for participation at the workshop are rigour, originality, and broad fit within JPN’s indicative research remit. It might be worth noting that JPN is committed to methodological plurality and to multidisciplinary. Also, the editorial team is particularly keen to consider papers on feminism/gender and on/from the Global South. The deadline for abstracts is 16 November 2022. Notifications of acceptance will be sent by 30 November 2022. The deadline for accepted papers to be submitted to the workshop organisers for distribution across participants will be 29 March 2023. Abstracts of up to 150 words along with author information (names and affiliation) should be sent to the Editorial Team at: jpn...@gmail.com Any questions should be sent to that address too. Please feel free to forward this call to any researchers and networks that might be interested. Website of the workshop: https://www.lboro.ac.uk/research/ias/programmes/pastspotlightseries/pacifismandnonviolence/pacifismandnonviolenceworkshop __ InterPhil List Administration: https://interphil.polylog.org InterPhil List Archive: https://www.mail-archive.com/interphil@list.polylog.org/ __
InterPhil: CFP: Nature, Spirituality and Place
__ Call for Papers Theme: Nature, Spirituality and Place Subtitle: Comparative Studies between American transcendentalism and Chinese philosophy Type: Online Workshop Institution: Department of Philosophy, Soochow University Religions Journal Location: Online Date: 24.10.2022 Deadline: 7.10.2022 __ We are pleased to invite you to participate in the online workshop titled "Nature, Spirituality and Place: Comparative Studies between American transcendentalism and Chinese philosophy”. Deeply influenced by five thousand years of agricultural civilization, Chinese culture, which is greatly shaped by Confucianism, Daoism and Zen Buddhism, has formed a unique feature that spirituality is formed through living in harmony with nature. However, with the fast process of urbanization, and creation of national park system, more and more people have to move into cities or towns. The change of physical living place causes serious spiritual crises, since spirituality in Chinese culture is deeply related to the land. Given this situation, it is very important to examine why American transcendentalism and Chinese religions both find spirituality in nature and how this pursuit has influenced people’s aesthetic appreciation of different types of physical nature and self-identity. This examination will have a tremendous influence on various ecological practices, which include urban design, environmental restoration, agricultural heritage and wilderness conservation. This workshop aims at examining why American transcendentalism and Chinese religions such as Confucianism, Daoism and Zen Buddhism all find spirituality in nature, and how their interpretation of nature generates great difference on people’s aesthetic perception of agricultural land, gardens and wilderness. Original research articles are welcome. Research areas may include (but not limited to) the following: 1. Comparison between Emerson and Zhuang Zi in their different interpretation of nature and its influence on aesthetic appreciation of different types of physical nature (wilderness, farmland, and gardens) and place attachment; 2. Comparative study between Chinese religions and transcendentalism in metaphysics and its influence on nature interpretation; 3. Spirituality in Confucianism and aesthetic appreciation of nature; 4. Daoism’s revolution and reinterpretation of the concept of nature; 5. Wilderness and its relationship with Daoism’s spiritual cultivation; 6. Emerson’s religious revolution and pursuit of spirituality in returning to nature; 7. Spirituality in Zen Buddhism and its influence on Suzhou Garden design and aesthetic perception of Suzhou Gardens; 8. Spirituality in Zen Buddhism and its influence on agricultural practices; 9. Nature Aesthetics in Emerson and Zhuang Zi. If you are interested in the workshop, please send your 500 words of abstract to Shan Gao before October 7th: s...@suda.edu.cn Notification of the acceptance of the abstract will be sent by October 15th. Accepted abstracts and papers will be recommended to the special issue of Religions (ISSN 2077-1444). The website for this special issue is: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/religions/special_issues/XOCHHPL3HM Contact: Shan Gao, Associate Professor Department of Philosophy Soochow University Email: s...@suda.edu __ InterPhil List Administration: https://interphil.polylog.org InterPhil List Archive: https://www.mail-archive.com/interphil@list.polylog.org/ __
InterPhil: CONF: Cultures of Continuity
__ Conference Announcement Theme: Cultures of Continuity Subtitle: Jewish-Muslim Conversations on a Contested Ideal Type: Forum for Jewish-Muslim Theology and Thought Institution: Berliner Institut für Islamische Theologie, Humboldt Universität zu Berlin Virginia Center for the Study of Religion, University of Virginia Location: Berlin (Germany) Date: 24.–26.10.2022 __ The inaugural Forum for Jewish-Muslim Theology and Thought will take place this October in Berlin and will be on the theme of "Cultures of Continuity." All discussions will be held in English. Monday, October 24 9:00 – 10:00 Introduction Asher Biemann (University of Virginia) & Ufuk Topkara (Humboldt Universität zu Berlin) 10:15 – 11:45 Panel I Elias Sacks (University of Colorado, Boulder): The Limits of Continuity: Nachman Krochmal and the Case for Philosophy Armina Omerika (Goethe Universität Frankfurt): Jewish-Muslim Positions on Religion and Rationality at the Turn of the 20th Century 12:00 – 13:30 Lunch 13:30 – 15:00 Panel II Daniel Weiss (Cambridge University): Moses Mendelssohn's surprising continuity with pre-modern Jewish law and its challenge to narratives of cultural "integration" Sara Omar (Georgetown University): A Shared Narrative: Muslim Qaṣaṣ and the Aggada 15:00 – 17:30 Guided tour of historic Berlin 18:00 – 19:30 Keynote Celene Ibrahim (Groton School/Boston Islamic Seminary): Women's Midrash and Tafsir: Twenty-First Century Exegetical Continuities and Ruptures Reception & Music: Nur Ben Shalom Ensemble Tuesday, October 25 9:00 – 10:30 Panel III George Kohler (Bar Ilan University): Abraham Geiger on Jewish Texts in the Koran Tuğrul Kurt (Humboldt Universität zu Berlin): The Interdependency of Jews and Muslims in Medieval Intellectual History: Muslim Impact on Saadia Gaon (d. 942) and the Reception of his Thoughts 10:45 – 12:15 Panel IV Nimet Şeker (Humboldt Universität zu Berlin): From late antique Medina to (post-)modern Europe: Muslim women’s veil in the Qur’an and in today’s context. A Qur’anic perspective Oludamini Ogunnaike (University of Virginia): A New Creation: Continuity and Change in Sufi Cosmologies 12:30 – 14:00 Lunch 14:30 – 16:00 Panel V Shira Billet (Yale University): The "Principle of Continuity" in Hermann Cohen's Philosophy of (Jewish) History: Between Conservation, Annihilation, and Transformation Elad Lapidot (University of Lille): Continuity as Recontinuation. The Figure of Return in 20th Century German and French Jewish Thought 16:30 – 18:00 Panel VI Esra Almas (Bilkent University) & Jack Kugelmass (University of Florida): Joining the Club: Jews, Muslims and Others in an Istanbul Cabaret 19:00 Dinner Wednesday, October 26 9:00 – 10:30 Panel VII Elisabeth Topkara (Universität Heidelberg): Theorising Otherness: The Continuities and Ruptures of Strangerhood in German Jewish Thought Yaniv Feller (University of Florida): The Ellipse of Jewish History: Leo Baeck and the Spanish Golden Age 11:00 – 12:30 Panel VIII Yael Atia (Universität Potsdam): Between Continuity and Rupture: The Case of Albert Memmi Samia Hathroubi (Universität Heidelberg): Albert Memmi an “Arab Jew” in the 20th century 12:30 – 14:30 Lunch 14:30 – 16:00 Text Study & Presentation Cedric Cohen-Skalli (University of Haifa/Bucerius Institute): The Revival of Philosophy in the 19th and early 20th Century Middle East: An Untold Story 16:00 – 17:00 Concluding Discussion 18:00 – 19:30 Keynote Ephraim Meir (Bar Ilan University): Interreligious theology and its relevance for Jewish-Muslim relations Location Senatssaal, Main Campus, 1st floor Humboldt Universität zu Berlin Unter den Linden 6, 10117 Berlin Registration There is no fee to attend and registration is only required for the keynote sessions. Participants should register by October 21 by contacting Maeve Mc Grath: maeve.mcgr...@hu-berlin.de Further information: https://hu.berlin/JMForum __ InterPhil List Administration: https://interphil.polylog.org InterPhil List Archive: https://www.mail-archive.com/interphil@list.polylog.org/ __
InterPhil: ANN: Online Workshop Series on Justice in Global Health
__ Announcement Theme: Justice in Global Health Type: Online Workshop Series Institution: University of York Leeds Beckett University Location: Online Date: October 2022 __ You are warmly invited to the Justice in Global Health Workshop Series, a workshop series composed of five online workshops that form the basis for a forthcoming edited volume. The series showcases interdisciplinary contributions on a range of topics within global health justice and will be of particular interest to moral and political philosophers. Programme Workshop 1 (October 6th) 14:00 – 14:45 Daniel Weissglass (Duke Kunshan) Resilient justice in global health governance: How overcoming fragile health governance will help us achieve greater justice ) 15:00 – 15:45 Man-to Tang (City U. Hong Kong) Beyond the Right to Health: A Confucian Approach to Justice in Global Health Workshop 2 (October 7th) 14:00 – 14:45 Keerty Nakray (Jindal Global Law School) Reproductive Justice and Ethics of Consent in Assisted Living for Disabled People: A Critical Reflections for Socio-Legal Policies in India 15:00pm – 15:45 Luciano Bottini Filho (Sheffield Hallam) Title TBC Workshop 3 (October 13th) 14:00 – 14:45 Gottfried Schweiger (Salzburg) The Capability Approach and the Sexual Rights of Children and Adolescents 15:00 – 15:45 Ioana Cismas (York) What's in a Frame? A Human Rights Approach to Neglected Tropical Diseases 16:00 – 16:45 Xuanpu Zhuang (Bowling Green) World Citizenship and Global Health Workshop 4 (October 20th) 15:00 – 15:45 Ryoa Chung (Montréal) The Ethical Issues Raised by the Securitization of Health 16:00 – 16:45 Erika Blacksher (Center for Practical Bioethics/Kansas/ Washington) Resources, Relations, and Outcomes: A Conceptual Test for Global Health Justice 17:00 – 17:45 Himani Bhakuni (York) & Lucas Miotto (Leeds Beckett) Transitional Health Justice Workshop 5 (October 28th) 16:00 – 16:45 Hendrik Kempt (RWTH Aachen) & Nils Freyer (RWTH Aachen/FH Aachen) Medical AI’s Power over Vulnerable Collectives 17:00 – 17:45 Sridhar Venkatapuram (KCL) What do we want from a theory of global health justice? Practical Information The workshops have a pre-read format. Authors will give a short presentation (up to 10 minutes) which will be followed by an open discussion with the participants. Participants will have access to the papers at least 7 days ahead of the event. The workshops are free of cost and open to all. We kindly ask you to register only if you intend to join the event. After you successfully register for the event, a link to a Zoom meeting will be sent to you along with the confirmation of your registration. Organisers Himani Bhakuni (York) Lucas Miotto (Leeds Beckett) More information: https://www.eventbrite.com/cc/justice-in-global-health-workshop-series-662619 __ InterPhil List Administration: https://interphil.polylog.org InterPhil List Archive: https://www.mail-archive.com/interphil@list.polylog.org/ __
InterPhil: CFP: Freedom of Expression, Hate Speech, and Religious Freedom
__ Call for Papers Theme: Freedom of Expression, Hate Speech, and Religious Freedom Subtitle: A Human Rights Perspective Type: International Conference Institution: Unequal World Research Center Institute for Peace Studies in Eastern Christianity (IPSEC), Harvard University UN Liaison Office, International Religious Liberty Association (IRLA) and Seventh-day Adventist Church (SDA) Location: Online Date: 8.–9.12.2022 Deadline: 21.11.2022 __ We are pleased to invite you to attend the online conference titled Freedom of Expression, Hate Speech, and Religious Freedom: A Human Rights Perspective. The event will be held on December 8–9, 2022, and will be organized by the UNEQUAL World Research Center, IPSEC, and UN Liaison Office for IRLA and SDA. The conference’s first edition is scheduled to take place around World Genocide Commemoration Day and will bring together representatives from various fields with a significant influence on their societies. Hate speech is an ongoing problem in all societies, both online and offline. As history has shown, atrocity crimes are sparked by hate speech. A growing trend of hatred and intolerance toward people who are perceived as different increases the potential to incite violence and severe human rights violations. Ethnic and religious minorities, migrants, refugees, and others who are perceived as unwelcome are often targets of hate speech and discrimination. The main purpose of this conference is to discuss the impact of hate speech on vulnerable groups and the significance of freedom of expression and religious freedom as fundamental components in building peaceful and respectful communities. The conference aims to bring together top researchers, religious leaders, speakers from international organizations, and academics from diverse cultural, religious, and political backgrounds from all around the world to share their experiences and exchange their research results on these current topics that impact our society. Conference Topics Freedom of Expression, Religious Freedom, Hate Speech, Human Rights, Social Justice, Human Development, Pluralist Society, Faith and Development, Legal Studies, Diversity and Equality Studies, Migration and Refugee, Ethnicity, Racial Justice, History, Diplomacy Studies, Politics and Mass Media, Information and Communication Technologies, Multiculturalism, Education, Forms of Government, Legal Studies, Social Media and Internet Communication, Demography, Peace and Conflict Studies, Artificial Intelligence, Globalism, Sustainability Science, Education, Cultural and Spiritual Development, Multiculturalism, and any other topic related to hate speech, religious freedom and freedom of expression. Virtual Presentation The conference will be hosted online. All virtual presentations will be given live, via Zoom. This conference is free of charge. Important Dates Abstract deadline: November 21, 2022 Notification of acceptance/rejection: 1 week after submission Conference Days: December 8–9, 2022 For further information please visit: https://religiousfreedom.education __ InterPhil List Administration: https://interphil.polylog.org InterPhil List Archive: https://www.mail-archive.com/interphil@list.polylog.org/ __
InterPhil: CONF: Weakening Strategies
__ Conference Announcement Theme: Weakening Strategies Subtitle: Vattimo and Chinese Thought Type: International Symposium Institution: Department of Philosophy, University of Warwick Humanities Research Center, Duke Kunshan University Vattimo Archive and Center, Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF) Location: Barcelona (Spain) – Online Date: 30.9.2022 __ The Department of Philosophy at the University of Warwick, in partnership with Duke Kunshan University’s Humanities Research Center and the Vattimo Archive and Center at Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), is pleased to invite you to the one-day symposium “Weakening Strategies: Vattimo and Chinese Thought.” The Symposium aims to advance comparative understanding of the concept of weakness, in conversation with the Vattimo’s philosophy and Chinese thought. Gianni Vattimo (1936–) is one of Europe’s foremost contemporary philosophers, whose work has had a lasting influence on a broad range of fields including sexuality, theology, art and politics. He is known chiefly for the idea of “weak thought” (pensiero debole), which aims to weaken the strong narration of Western metaphysics and the violence of dogmatic positions. From such “weakening strategies” develop an ethic and political philosophy that opposes totalitarianism and fascism, a project that Vattimo undertook personally as a Member of the European Parliament. In his later work, Vattimo also connected weak thought to themes of kenosis (self-emptying), sacrifice, and secularization in religious and theological studies. In an era that emphasizes might, power, and strength, now is precisely the time to pay attention to weakness as a philosophical concept and ethical value, and to do so in a globalized, even multipolar context. In this regard Chinese thought, and especially Daoist philosophy, can become a rich interlocutor with Vattimo’s philosophy. The Daode jing 道德經 emphasizes virtues of softness and passivity, stating that “The soft and weak overcome the hard and strong (柔弱勝剛強).” The classical Daoist philosopher Zhuangzi, moreover, is known for his emphasis on perspectivalism, understanding the limits of knowledge, and critiquing those who claim to have a complete understanding of truth. Daoism and other forms of Chinese philosophy have an important role to play in investigating the concept of weakness, in conversation with Vattimo’s philosophical and ethical project. Programme 10:00-10:30 Opening Ceremony and Welcome from Tony Luna, Vice-Rector of UPF 10:30-12:00 Panel 1 Robin Wang – Professor of Philosophy, Loyola Marymount University Max Lacertosa – Assistant Professor of Philosophy, University of Warwick Graham Parkes – Professorial Research Fellow, University of Vienna 12:30-14:00 Panel 2 Liangjian Liu – Professor of Philosophy, East China Normal University Erica Onnis – Research Fellow, RWTH Aachen University, and University of Turin Mario Wenning – Associate Professor of Philosophy, Loyola University Andalusia 16:00-18:00 Panel 3 Xie Ming – Professor of English, University of Toronto Leonardo Caffo – Professor of Philosophy of Art, Media, Fashion and Design at Nuova Accademia di Belle Arti (NABA) James Miller – Professor of Humanities, Duke Kunshan University 18:00-19:00 Closing Ceremony Participation The event will take place in the auditorium of the Mercè Rodoreda building of the Ciutadella Campus of Pompeu Fabra University, located at Ramon Fargas 25-27, 08005 Barcelona, and online on MS Teams, Friday, September 30, 2022 from 10:00 to 19:00 (Barcelona time). To participate online, please follow this link: https://teams.microsoft.com/registration/vc-6Ce9HZUSSZTVG8ur2vA,GeTwb3L_NEi_4syaaxrahg,7U8xkHD6rUGxD3DZnHSmQg,zGbZ5g-oDEGMwVoqJxNtBw,CTDfSFsSjECs9mq84yyivQ,nD4o1v1FXUC76vTqGauf5A?mode=read&tenantId=09bacfbd-47ef-4465-9265-3546f2eaf6bc For inquiries contact Max Lacertosa: massimiliano.lacert...@warwick.ac.uk Website of the symposium: https://sites.duke.edu/dkuhumanities/weakening-strategies-vattimo-and-chinese-thought/ __ InterPhil List Administration: https://interphil.polylog.org InterPhil List Archive: https://www.mail-archive.com/interphil@list.polylog.org/ __
InterPhil: PUB: Critical Debates on Human Rights
__ Call for Publications Theme: Critical Debates on Human Rights Subtitle: Vulnerability, Marginality and Politics of Dispossession Publication: Laws Date: Special Issue Deadline: 15.1.2023 __ The question of access to justice figures prominently in human rights research. Lamenting the proposition that marginalized populations are often powerless in the struggle for their human rights, this Special Issue proposes to showcase and galvanize the fight for the protection of the human rights of those who are seemingly at the periphery of society, whose lives are frequently in danger and defined by precarity. It is incumbent upon researchers and advocates not only to make excluded populations aware of their human rights, but also to assist them in the quest to have these rights brought to fruition through policy making and institution building. The human rights of the marginalized other feed from the long tradition of philosophical debates present in the work of Emanuel Levinas, Gayatri Spivak, Julia Kristeva, Judith Butler and Enrique Dussel, among others. Overall, this Special Issue invites contributors to emphasize three justice-oriented touchstones. The first touchstone is the recognition of human dignity as a form of radical universalism. The second touchstone is the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, as well as the Declaration on the Rights of Persons Belonging to National or Ethnic, Religious and Linguistic Minorities. The last touchstone is the approach that acknowledges human rights as political struggles rather than new legal constructs. Given that indigenous peoples, minority populations and migrants have been historically excluded from putatively universal human rights frameworks, this collection adopts a critical stance vis à vis Eurocentric and teleological understandings of human rights, and invites the authors to use decolonizing methodologies in their work. Human rights, defined as the civil and political, economic and social, cultural and environmental entitlements of rights-bearing subjects, have unfolded unevenly and incompletely across historical time and geographic space, finding different articulations in various political structures and cultural contexts. The contributors are thus strongly encouraged to engage with an interdisciplinary field that draws on postcolonial theory, subaltern studies, world systems analysis, neo-Marxism, feminist political economy, green political economy, Third World Approaches to International Law and other critical theoretical tendencies in challenging mainstream human rights discourses. Manuscript Submission Information Manuscripts should be submitted online at: https://www.mdpi.com All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website. Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a double-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/laws/instructions The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 1200 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions. Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 January 2023 Laws is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI. ISSN: 2075-471X Guest Editor Dr. Nergis Canefe Faculty of Liberal Arts and Professional Studies York University Toronto, ON, Canada Contact: Dr. Nergis Canefe, Guest Editor Email: l...@mdpi.com Web: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/laws/special_issues/HumanRights_Vulnerability __ InterPhil List Administration: https://interphil.polylog.org InterPhil List Archive: https://www.mail-archive.com/interphil@list.polylog.org/ __
InterPhil: PUB: Dao Companion to the Book of Changes
__ Call for Publications Theme: Dao Companion to the Book of Changes Publication: Edited Book Date: 2024 Deadline: Ongoing __ Among Chinese classics, the Book of Changes (易经 or I Ching, Yijing) has been immensely popular among Western readers because of its graphic images, its method of divination, and its philosophy of change. But the Book of Changes is notoriously difficult to read due to its complex textual body and its competing commentarial traditions. The problem is further compounded by differing renditions of the text in Western languages, causing a confusion as to how to approach this fascinating text. For the first time in English, Dao Companion to the Book of Changes will provide the full scope of current scholarship on the Book of Changes. Scheduled to be published by Springer in 2024, this volume will address three fundamental issues: - How do we make sense of the original text? - How do we come to grips with its commentarial traditions? - What do we learn from the Western interpretations of the texts? As the editor of the volume, I have invited scholars to contribute articles. But there are still missing chapters. I would like to take this opportunity to invite those who have special interest in the Book of Changes to contact me. I am particularly looking for authors who can write chapters about recent archaeological findings related to the Book of Changes, the Buddhist and Daoist interpretations of the text, and the uses of the text in medicine and alchemy. For inquiry, please contact Tze-ki Hon at: h...@geneseo.edu __ InterPhil List Administration: https://interphil.polylog.org InterPhil List Archive: https://www.mail-archive.com/interphil@list.polylog.org/ __
InterPhil: CFP: Rewriting the History of Political Thought From the Margins
__ Call for Papers Theme: Rewriting the History of Political Thought From the Margins Type: International Workshop Institution: Chair of Political Theory, Humboldt University Berlin Location: Berlin (Germany) Date: 8.–9.6.2023 Deadline: 17.10.2022 __ From Liesbeth Schoonheim The history of political thought is usually narrated as a sequence of canonical authors reflecting on a limited set of perennial problems, such as justice, freedom, domination, tyranny, and the just regime. However, feminist and decolonial approaches have long contested this narrative. By tracing diverse lineages in the history of political thought, they seek to rectify problematic omissions while elucidating contemporary issues. In recent years, scholars working in the history of political thought have increasingly showed an interest in re-centering marginalized bodies of thought. This conference aims to set up a dialogue between these different approaches to shed light on the thematic, methodological, and political dimensions of rewriting the history of political thought. How can we place authors, traditions, and concepts center-stage that are typically relegated to the margins of the dominant historical narrative? Particular attention will be paid to marginalized concepts (slavery, foreignness, infidelity), non-Western and women political thinkers who have been excluded, and political events that have been dismissed as falling outside of the scope of political thought (for example the “woman question” or the Haitian revolution). In this workshop, we wish to contribute to the current discussion by addressing case studies, methodological questions, and strategies that aim to diffuse Western, male-centered history of political thought. Covering the period from the late Middle Ages to the present, this conference follows three closely interwoven threads: 1. Key concepts and themes By diversifying lineages in the history of political theory, we can redefine key concepts and themes. By focusing on forgotten radical experiments, traditions of political thought and activism, and neglected authors, some concepts in the history of political thought (such as the state, sovereignty, authority) might lose their centrality, while others (such as freedom, citizenship, property rights) might have various conflicting and alternative meanings. Such a “history of political concepts from below” (Bogues and Laudani) starts from the use of concepts within political struggles, rather than their theorization in canonical texts. Furthermore, if we do start from canonical texts, we will likely find theoretical reflections on politics scattered both in treaties on metaphysics and ethics (e.g. Ibn Sina, Ibn Tufayl, Ibn-Rushd, John of Jandun, Elijah Del Medigo) as well as through the works with a more forthright political intention (e.g. Giles of Rome, Ptolemy of Lucca, Marsilius of Padua, Leonardo Bruni, Donato Giannotti, the treatise of the Monarchomachs, Henry Parker, Ibn Khaldun etc.). How can we relate their reflections on politics to those in other fields, such as ontology and metaphysics, and what does this teach us about the various theorizations of social and political relations? Finally, the very periodization of political thought is the object of critique: how is exclusion and marginalization affected by the much-criticized notion of modernity? How does de-centering hegemonic texts and events (e.g. Machiavelli’s /The Prince/, the French Revolution) and the re-centering of other texts or events (e.g. the treaties in North America and the Haitian Revolution) alter our periodization and the key concepts associated with each era? 2. Methodological issues Rewriting the history of political thought brings up a number of methodological issues. Political thought is typically based on texts, while the transmission of texts is itself biased in favor of those political and theoretical groups that have been dominant. As a consequence, unorthodox positions as well as the position of marginalized authors such as women and non-Western thinkers have been lost, handed over to us by means of texts written by others, or transmitted orally. Furthermore, if we do have texts, these might not be widely available as they might not be translated or digitally accessible, and they might also be of another nature than the texts that dominate the canon – they might, for instance, be letters and diaries rather than lectures and monographs. How can we remedy these lacunas – what reading strategies can we develop to recuperate their thought? Moreover, what is the best way to write about authors and intellectual-political debates, especially when there is a dearth of textual sources? In the absence of texts written in their own voice, could we engage in fiction to conjure up the lost authors of the history of political thought – and to what extent would such a romanticized v
InterPhil: JOB: Assistant Professor in Modern Islam and Race
__ Job Announcement Type: Assistant Professor in Modern Islam and Race Institution: Department of Religious Studies, University of Pittsburgh Location: Pittsburgh, PA (USA) Date: from September 2023 Deadline: 24.10.2022 __ The Department of Religious Studies at the University of Pittsburgh seeks to appoint a tenure-track assistant professor in Modern Islam and Race, pending budgetary approval. The renewable, three-year appointment runs from September 1, 2023, through April 30, 2026, and Fall term classes begin August 28, 2023. Geographic specialization(s) open. We welcome applicants from all disciplinary backgrounds with a demonstrated commitment to the study of religion. The teaching requirement is two courses per semester, and teaching includes introductory and upper-level courses on Islam and courses in the area of specialization of the successful candidate. We offer new colleagues considerable scope for designing new courses and integrating them into our curriculum. Minimum Qualifications: - Ph.D. in Religious Studies or an allied discipline is expected by the time of appointment. ABD candidates must be scheduled to defend their dissertations by August 1, 2023. - Research focuses on Islamic Studies in the modern world. - A research and teaching agenda are featuring dynamic and innovative approaches to the intersections of Islam in the modern world with issues of race, ethnicity, and other forms of identity including gender and sexuality; diaspora, colonialism, and post-colonialism; and minoritized perspectives. - Ability to teach courses in Religious Studies to a diverse student body in a public research university setting. Preference will be given to candidates whose work complements or expands existing areas of strength and thematic clusters in the department and in other departments, programs, centers, and schools at the university. The Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences and the University of Pittsburgh are also engaged in cluster-hiring in “Race, Representation, and Anti-Black and Systemic Racism” and “Race and Social Determinants of Equity and Wellbeing.” This position is not formally part of the cluster hire initiative, but we actively encourage applications from candidates whose interests relate to this area. The University of Pittsburgh has embarked on significant initiatives to diversify its faculty, student body, and curriculum. We encourage applications from scholars eager to contribute to this mission. To apply, please submit the following materials - A letter of application describing current and future teaching and research directions. This letter should also discuss how your work engages existing areas of teaching and research in the department and in the Dietrich School. - A statement discussing how your past, planned, or potential contributions or experiences relating to diversity, equity, and inclusion will advance the University of Pittsburgh’s commitment to inclusive excellence; - A full C.V.; - An article-length scholarly writing sample (a journal article or a dissertation or book chapter); - Two sample syllabi for courses; - Names and email addresses of at least three individuals who can provide recommendations; - Finalists will be asked to submit evidence of teaching effectiveness, such as student or peer evaluations. In order to ensure full consideration, applications should be received by October 24, 2022. Apply at Talent Center: Work at Pitt, requisition # 22007545: https://cfopitt.taleo.net/careersection/pitt_faculty_external/jobdetail.ftl?job=22007545 For administrative questions, contact Allison Thompson at: allisonthomp...@pitt.edu For questions about the position, contact Adam Shear at: ash...@pitt.edu __ InterPhil List Administration: https://interphil.polylog.org InterPhil List Archive: https://www.mail-archive.com/interphil@list.polylog.org/ __
InterPhil: CFP: Gender Dimensions of African Philosophy
__ Call for Papers Theme: Gender Dimensions of African Philosophy Type: 5th Biennial African Philosophy World Conference (APWC) Institution: African Philosophy Society (APS) Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies, Gulu University Location: Gulu (Uganda) Date: 18.–20.9.2023 Deadline: 30.10.2022 __ Gender issues have become a global concern. While confusion still abounds on what gender is, it is still another question as to what has brought about the widespread discrimination against the female gender in contrast to the male gender in almost all aspects of human life - such as education, health, sports, politics, culture, religion, and livelihoods. In the area of philosophy in general and African philosophy in particular, there is conspicuous domination by the male gender. This makes one wonder as to why this trend, which seems to be deeply embedded in human history of thought, should still prevail in the modern world, where every individual is claimed to be equal to each other. On the other hand, African philosophy should as well concern itself with other questions of identity, social structures, power, and change that are ongoing in wider gender debates. We welcome submissions that broadly explore the concept and other dimensions of gender in African philosophy. These submissions should help to reflect on some, and not exclusive, of the following subthemes: Gender dimensions of African philosophy as traditional, modern and future thoughts; gender and wars; gender and politics; education and gender; environment and gender; religion and gender; science and gender; technology and gender; arts and gender; gender in music, dance and drama; wealth and gender; society and gender; human rights and gender; gender and identity; gender and social structures; power and gender; and change that are ongoing in wider gender debates. In addition to these themes and issues, abstract submissions could, from the perspectives of African philosophy, engage with the following sub-themes: Gender and Ubuntu philosophy; gender and African socialism; gender and African negritude; ethnophilosophy and gender; philosophic sagacity and gender; hermeneutical philosophy and gender; artistic/literary philosophy and gender; national ideological philosophy and gender; professional philosophy and gender; African philosophy and gender issues in African brides wealth practices; inheritance in African philosophy and gender; democracy and gender in African philosophy; gender emancipation in African philosophy Guidelines for Submission of Abstracts Your submission should (a) not exceed 500 words; (b) contain a title, author’s name, author’s institutional affiliation, and author’s email address/telephone/fax. Send your abstract to: africanphilosophyproj...@gmail.com Important Dates Abstract Submission Deadline: 30th October, 2022 Notification of Acceptance: 30th November, 2022 Conference Registration Deadline: 15th August, 2023 Conference: 18th - 20th September, 2023 Proposed Keynote/Plenary Speakers - Prof. Taban Lo Liyong - Prof. Ngugi wa Thiong’o Conference website: https://africanphilosophysociety.org/2022/07/29/2022-workshop/ __ InterPhil List Administration: https://interphil.polylog.org InterPhil List Archive: https://www.mail-archive.com/interphil@list.polylog.org/ __
InterPhil: CONF: Der alte und der neue Ueberweg
__ Konferenzankündigung Theme: Der alte und der neue Ueberweg Subtitle: Neue Perspektiven einer Historiographie der Philosophie für das 21. Jahrhundert Type: Internationale Konferenz Institution: Bergische Universität Wuppertal Université de Genève Location: Wuppertal (Deutschland) Date: 21.–23.9.2022 __ Das an der Bergischen Universität Wuppertal verankerte Forschungs- und Editionsprojekt "Grundriss der Geschichte der Philosophie" ist untrennbar mit dem Namen seines ersten Bearbeiters und Autors verbunden: Friedrich Ueberweg (1826-1871). Zum Anlass seines 150. Todestags im Juni 2021 geht die (aufgrund der Pandemie mehrfach verschobene) Tagung neuen Perspektiven einer Historiographie der Philosophie für das 21. Jahrhundert nach. Tagungsprogramm Mittwoch, 21. September 2022 14:00 Uhr Begrüßung und Einführung Gerald Hartung (Wuppertal) und Laurent Cesalli (Genf) Begrüßung durch die Rektorin der BUW Birgitta Wolf 15:00 – 17:00 Uhr Panel I: Kanonbildung und Netzwerke Catherine König-Pralong (Paris): Philosophiegeschichtsschreibung und die Philosophie Europas im 18. und 19. Jahrhundert Hamid Taieb (Berlin): For a Network History of Philosophy 17:30 Uhr Präsentation des Neuen Ueberweg Christian Barth (Schwabe Verlag, Basel) 18:30 Uhr Abendvortrag Gerald Hartung (Wuppertal): Philosophiegeschichtsschreibung und Kanonbildung – kritische Reflexionen Donnerstag, 22. September 2022 9:30 – 13:00 Uhr Panel II: Den Kanon erweitern – neue Netzwerke knüpfen, an alte anknüpfen Ulrich Rudolph (Zürich): Zur Historiographie der Philosophie in der Islamischen Welt Rolf Elberfeld (Hildesheim): Modelle der Philosophiegeschichtsschreibung in globaler Perspektive Ruth Hagengruber (Paderborn): Die geraubte Geschichte. Die Philosophiegeschichte der Philosophinnen und ihre methodischen Implikationen 14:30 – 16:30 Uhr Raji Steineck (Zürich): Historiographie der Philosophie – im Blick auf Japan Martin Lehnert (München): Aspekte der Klassifizierung und historischen Darstellung chinesischer Philosophie – am Beispiel der Arbeit von Alfred Forke (1867–1944) 17:00 – 18:30 Uhr Diskussionsrunde Impliziter und expliziter Rassismus in der Philosophiegeschichtsschreibung Mit Rolf Elberfeld, Anke Graneß, Gerald Hartung und Catherine König-Pralong Freitag, 23. September 2022 9:30 – 13:00 Uhr Panel III: Medien, Praktiken, Methoden Petra Gehring (Darmstadt): Buch und Archiv – Was leistet die Diskursanalyse für die Philosophiegeschichtsschreibung? Melanie Sehgal (Wuppertal): Schnittstellen zwischen Philosophie- und Wissenschaftsgeschichte oder: lässt sich die Philosophiegeschichte als Geschichte philosophischer Praktiken erzählen? Anke Graneß (Hildesheim): Praxisformen der Philosophie am Beispiel Afrikas 14:30 – 18:00 Uhr Patrick Sahle (Wuppertal): Philosophie – Geschichte – Digital Humanities. Was dürfen wir hoffen? Kevin Mulligan (Genf): Geschichte und Zukunft der analytischen Philosophie und der Phänomenologie Carsten Dutt (Heidelberg): Begriffsgeschichte als Instrument der Philosophiehistorie 18:00 Uhr Abschlussvortrag Laurent Cesalli (Genf): Die Zukunft der Historiographie der Philosophie Veranstaltungsort Senatssaal, Gebäude K, Raum K.11.07 Bergische Universität Wuppertal Anmeldung Bitte melden Sie sich bis zum 14.9.2022 bei Sarah Kraft per E-Mail oder telefonisch an. E-Mail: skr...@uni-wuppertal.de Tel: +49 202 4393927 Website der Konferenz: https://www.philosophie.uni-wuppertal.de/de/archiv/ansicht/der-alte-und-der-neue-ueberweg-internationale-konferenz-1/ __ InterPhil List Administration: https://interphil.polylog.org InterPhil List Archive: https://www.mail-archive.com/interphil@list.polylog.org/ __
InterPhil: CFP: Negotiating Boundaries in Buddhism and Buddhist Studies
__ Call for Papers Theme: Negotiating Boundaries in Buddhism and Buddhist Studies Type: UKABS 2023 Conference Institution: UK Association for Buddhist Studies (UKABS) University of St Andrews Location: St Andrews, Scotland (UK) Date: 21.–23.6.2023 Deadline: 5.1.2023 __ The UK Association for Buddhist Studies is pleased to announce that our annual conference for 2023 will take place at the University of St Andrews, Scotland, 21-23 June 2023. The conference is supported by the St Andrews Encyclopaedia of Theology. Negotiating Boundaries in Buddhism and Buddhist Studies Constructed boundaries divide one religion from another, one ethnic group from another, and define gender identities. Further, boundaries exist within many arenas of secular, social and professional life. Within academia, such firm boundaries exist between academics in different disciplines that two people working in the same field at the same institution can be completely unaware of one another. To a casual or uninvested observer, such boundaries can appear clear and solid; on closer inspection they are revealed as porous, complex, contested. For instance, there appears to be a clear boundary between lay and ordained Buddhists across different Buddhist traditions, but temporary ordination is common in some cultures, as is the taking of extra precepts by laity during retreat or on certain days of the month, and Vajrayāna yogis and yoginīs blur this distinction further. As well, cultural practices such as festivals can cut across boundaries between Buddhist and non-Buddhist groups in a society, and plural and hybrid identities problematise the very category of ‘Buddhist’. Converts to Buddhism face negotiating their new identity and adapting habits and behaviours. Theoretically, the concept of anatta challenges gender or sexuality as fixed categories, but inclusivity might not be played out in the lived experience of Buddhists. From student to professor, scholar-practitioners in Buddhist Studies continually hop across a boundary between critically distant academic and sympathetic insider. Furthermore, Buddhist Studies itself is not a limited good existing solely for its own sake, but has come to inform and be informed by a range of academic disciplines including law, business studies, neuroscience, peace studies, politics, and philosophy amongst others. In fact, Buddhist studies has previously imposed its own boundaries on various aspects of Buddhist tradition by the habit of taxonomy in its critical study: for example, the perceived divides between meditation and text, or text and ritual, and those imagined between artefact and embodied presence. Methodological and categorical insights from various disciplines may well contribute to the construction of new lines of demarcation, or facilitate the disruption of others. For the conference, our aim is to explore a variety of boundaries including, but not limited to: - Perceived boundaries between religious ‘insider’ and ‘outsider’ - Constructed boundaries between academic disciplines - Contested boundaries between one religion and another - Erected boundaries between those inside the academy and those outside This conference welcomes papers that explore these boundaries. We would particularly welcome papers from academics who do not affiliate to Buddhist Studies but whose work is informed by Buddhist Studies. The call for panels and proposals opens on 6 September and closes on 5 January 2023. Types of submission: - Short panel: Panel organisers are asked to submit a title and 300-word abstract on the panel and a list of potential panellists. Short panels are one hour long and should consist of three panellists who will each present 15 minute papers. - Long panel: Panel organisers are asked to submit a title and 300-word abstract on the panel and a list of potential panellists. Long panels are two hours long and should consist of four panellists who will each present 20 minute papers. - Paper submission: Individuals are invited to submit a title and 300-word abstract on a research paper. If accepted, the conference committee will organise these into panels. Please send your submissions to: negotiatingboundar...@gmail.com The call for panels and proposals is open to all academics, students and interested parties. The UK Association for Buddhist Studies also has a proud tradition of showcasing the work of up-and-coming research students, and a separate call for postgraduate panels will be advertised in due course. Conference registration will open on 31 October 2022 and be available via the University of St Andrews website. The conference will take place in St Salvator’s, one of the oldest remaining parts of the university, which is situated a few minutes walk from our well-known West Sands beach. The conference organising committee is: Dr Elizabeth Harris (Universi
InterPhil: PUB: Reading Tocqueville from Beijing to Buenos Aires
__ Call for Publications Theme: Reading Tocqueville from Beijing to Buenos Aires Publication: Suite française. Rivista di cultura e politica Date: Issue No. 6/2023 Deadline: 31.12.2022 __ (Versione italiana sotto | Version française en bas) What is the picture of contemporary reality if we look at it through Tocqueville’s eyes? What could we discover if we borrow Tocqueville’s topics and categories to understand China, the Middle East, Russia, Africa or South America? We invite you to assume Tocqueville’s perspective to reflect on two key points: - how does Tocqueville’s thought help us grasp the political and social changes in these areas and their cultures and lifestyles? - to what extent should Tocqueville’s concepts be actualized to account for the complexity of the present? The articles we plan to publish should concentrate on a specific country, political regime or society and should rely on what we might define as the «Tocqueville’s gaze». Indeed, the list of topics and subjects to be explored is quite extensive: equality/inequality, freedom/despotism, centralization/federalism, individual/mass, civil society, social state/political order, public opinion, religion and politics, nationalism and patriotism, passions, family, women’s place in society, production and dissemination of culture, new forms of despotism, homogenization of the way of life, the role of the state. Arrangements for the submission The proposals, not exceeding 2.000 characters, accompanied by a temporary title and a brief biographical note, must be sent to redazi...@suitefrancaise.it no later than December 31, 2022. The selection will be announced by January 31, 2023. The final papers, between 20.000 and 50.000 characters long, with an abstract and five keywords, will be drafted according to the journal’s editorial rules. We recommend sending the papers by May 31, 2023, to meet with the double-blind peer review agenda. The issue is scheduled for the autumn: «Suite française» 6/2023. Contact: Michela Nacci, Co-director Suite française. Rivista di cultura e politica Email: redazi...@suitefrancaise.it Web: https://suitefrancaise.labcd.unipi.it/call-for-papers-suite-francaise-6-2023/ __ Leggere Tocqueville da Pechino a Buenos Aires Qual è l’immagine della realtà contemporanea se la si guarda con gli occhi di Tocqueville, se, per comprendere dalla Cina all’Africa, dal Vicino Oriente all’America del Sud, passando per la Russia, si utilizzano i suoi stessi temi e le sue stesse categorie? Proponiamo di partire dal pensiero di Tocqueville e invitiamo a riflettere su due punti: - in che modo il pensiero tocquevilliano può aiutarci a cogliere i cambiamenti politici e sociali di questi mondi, delle loro culture e modi di vita? - in che misura i concetti di Tocqueville devono essere attualizzati oggi per rendere conto della complessità del presente? I saggi che pubblicheremo dovranno concentrarsi su un solo paese, un regime politico o una società, utilizzando quello che si può chiamare «lo sguardo Tocqueville». L’elenco dei soggetti da esplorare è vasto: uguaglianza/disuguaglianza, libertà/dispotismo, centralizzazione/federalismo, individuo/massa, società civile, stato sociale/ordine politico, opinione pubblica, religione e politica, nazionalismo e patriottismo, passioni, famiglia, posto delle donne nella società, produzione e diffusione della cultura, nuove forme di dispotismo, standardizzazione del modo di vita, ruolo dello stato. Modalità di presentazione Le proposte, di non oltre 2.000 battute, corredate da un titolo provvisorio e da una brevissima nota biografica, saranno inviate a redazi...@suitefrancaise.it entro il 31 dicembre 2022. L’esito della selezione sarà comunicato entro il 31 gennaio 2023. I contributi definitivi, di lunghezza compresa tra 20.000 e 40.000 battute note e spazi compresi, accompagnati da un abstract e cinque parole chiave in inglese, saranno redatti conformemente alle regole editoriali della rivista. Dovranno giungere entro il 31 maggio 2023 e saranno sottoposti a processo di revisione con doppia lettura cieca. L’uscita del numero è prevista per l’autunno: Suite française 6/2023. Contatto: Michela Nacci, Codirettora Suite française. Rivista di cultura e politica E-mail: redazi...@suitefrancaise.it Web: https://suitefrancaise.labcd.unipi.it/call-for-papers-suite-francaise-6-2023/ __ Lire Tocqueville de Pékin à Buenos Aires Quelle est l’image de la réalité contemporaine si on la regarde avec les yeux de Tocqueville, si, pour comprendre de la Chine à l’Afrique, du Proche Orient à l’Amérique du Sud, en passant par la Russie, on utilise ses mêmes thèmes et ses mêmes catégories? Nous proposons de partir de la pensée de Tocqueville et invitons à réfléchir en particulier su
InterPhil: CFP: History of Logic in the Islamic World
__ Call for Papers Theme: History of Logic in the Islamic World Type: International Conference Institution: Iranian Institute of Philosophy (IRIP) Institute for Interdisciplinary Research in Fundamental Sciences (IRFS) Location: Tehran (Iran) – Online Date: 6.–8.3.2023 Deadline: 31.10.2022 __ The Iranian Institute of Philosophy (IRIP) in collaboration with the Institute for Interdisciplinary Research in Fundamental Sciences (IRFS) in Iran is organizing an international conference on the history of logic in the Islamic world The event will be held in a hybrid format between March 6-8, 2023. Depending on their choice, some speakers will talk virtually and others will attend in person at the Iranian Institute of Philosophy (IRIP) in Tehran. We kindly invite all researchers in logic, history, and philosophy to contribute to the conference with papers on the topics listed below. Conference Scope: A. Pre-Avicennan Logic - The development of Aristotelian logic in the Islamic world - The effects of Aristotle’s commentators on Islamic logicians - Aristotle’s Muslim commentators B. Avicenna’s Logic - Avicenna’s reception of Aristotle - The effects of Aristotle’s commentators on Avicenna - Avicenna’s logical novelties - The commentators and the critics of Avicenna’s logic C. Post-Avicennan Logic - The development of logic after Avicenna - The profound logicians after Avicenna - The logical schools and circles after Avicenna - Avicennan logic in the contemporary Islamic world - Avicennan logic in the geographic regions of the Islamic world D. Comparative logic - Comparison of the Muslims’ logical points of view - Comparison of logic in the Islamic world and Mediaeval Europe - Comparison of logic in the Islamic world and the Islamic sciences - Comparison of logic in the Islamic world and the linguistic sciences - Comparison of logic in the Islamic world and Mathematics and Physics - Comparison of logic in the Islamic world and the modern logic Practical Information - In order to contribute to the conference, submit the abstract of your article via our paper submission system by October 31, 2022. Follow our formatting and submission guidelines available on the corresponding pages for further instructions. - The conference will be held in a hybrid format where some speakers will talk virtually and others will attend in person at the Iranian Institute of Philosophy (IRIP) in Tehran. - A proceeding of the papers presented at this conference will be published. - The articles will be indexed in the Islamic World Science Citation Center (ISC). Keynote Speakers Asad Ahmed, University of California, Berkeley, USA Mohammad Ardeshir, Sharif University of Technology, Iran Saloua Chatti, University of Tunis, Tunisia Khaled El-Rouayheb, Harvard University, USA Wilfrid Hodges, British Academy, UK Ahmet Kayacik, Erciyes University, Turkiye Ismail Latif Hacinebioglu, Istanbul University, Turkiye Necmeddin Pehlivan, Ankara University, Turkiye Shahid Rahman, University of Lille, France Seyyed Nasrollah Mousavian, Loyola University, USA Zia Movahed, Iranian Institute of Philosophy, Iran Tony Street, University of Cambridge, UK Organizers Asadollah Fallahi, Iranian Institute of Philosophy (IRIP) Alireza Darabi, Iranian Institute of Philosophy (IRIP) Ali Sadegh Daghighi, Institute for Interdisciplinary Research in Fundamental Sciences (IRFS) Should you have any questions or run into any problem submitting your article via our website, feel free to write to us via: logicconf2...@gmail.com Or text me via +989111437062 on Whatsapp. Conference website: http://logic.irip.ac.ir __ InterPhil List Administration: https://interphil.polylog.org InterPhil List Archive: https://www.mail-archive.com/interphil@list.polylog.org/ __
InterPhil: CFP: The Ethics of Business, Trade and Global Governance
__ Call for Papers Theme: The Ethics of Business, Trade and Global Governance Type: 4th Annual Conference Institution: Center for Ethics in Society, Saint Anselm College Department of Finance, University of Vienna Centre for Responsible Banking & Finance, University of St. Andrews Location: Wentworth-by-the-Sea, NH (USA) Date: 2.–3.12.2022 Deadline: 15.9.2022 __ The Saint Anselm College Center for Ethics in Society, in cooperation with the Department of Finance—University of Vienna and the University of St. Andrews Centre for Responsible Banking & Finance, announces a call for proposals for a conference on the economics, ethics, and governance of global commerce. We have seen significant economic and political shifts in the last 2+ years with both the Covid-19 pandemic and the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war continuing to change the global economic and political order. This time of disruption and shifting economic power is an opportunity to reassess debates about, international trade, capital flows and global economic governance. This interdisciplinary conference brings together ethicists, economists, political scientists, international relations scholars, policy experts, and business leaders to examine the political and economic impact of the events of the last two years. Our central goal is to discuss how economic cooperation, international trade and investment can be conducted more ethically, as we move from crisis to a new global order. Suggested topics or questions that a proposal could address include: International Commerce: - How has the COVID-19 pandemic affected trade and global supply chains? - What has the Russia-Ukraine conflict revealed about the vulnerability of the global economy (e.g. dependence on oil and natural gas)? - What changes ought to be made in light of the Russia-Ukraine war (e.g. redristribution of oil and natural gas flows)? - Who is benefiting economically from trade in this period of war? - Economic and trade rebalancing - The rise of China and other emerging countries are shifting economic activity. How will this affect trade and commerce? - Acceleration of new technologies - New and disruptive technologies are advancing faster than the ability to manage and harness them. Digital platforms and automation are affecting production, trade, and workstyles: do they necessitate new business models/frameworks? - Uncertainty - Political and market instability create economic hardship, nationalism, and extremism, increasing risk and uncertainty. What are the effects on international trade and commerce? - Demographic Shifts - Emerging and developing economies have younger populations than developed economies. How will these demographic shifts change trade? - Do the benefits of portfolio liberalization, in terms of financial deepening, counteract its systemic risks? - What are the “externalities” of trade or foreign direct investment for democracy, human rights, civil peace, and state autonomy? - How has the global low interest rate environment affected the viability of exchange rate management? - How will rising interest rates affect global trade? - How will big-data affect decision making about trade policy? Ethics: - Are economic sanctions an ethical way to protest belligerent countries in military conflicts? - What ethical norms ought to govern trading with aggressors in a war? - What are the ethical ramifications of trading weapons? What are the proper limits in trading weapons to countries engaged in war? - Are economic sanctions an ethical way to protest belligerent countries in military conflicts? - Are nations right to prioritize their own interests in the global economy, whether in trade or vaccine distribution? - Is globalization beneficial or detrimental to political communities? - What are the rights and responsibilities of economic actors engaging in the global economy? - Does free trade demand the free movement of peoples? - Do participants in international trade have a responsibility to ensure a more equitable distribution of benefits? - Should there be a shared responsibility to ensure that trading practices enable sustainable development and the recognition of human rights? - What responsibilities do multinational firms have to the communities where they do business? - Is offshoring morally problematic? Is offshoring necessarily part of a free trade system? - Should nations ensure that they produce essential goods within their own borders? - Are economic sanctions against nations and/or individual citizens ethically problematic? What are some ethical guidelines that should govern state actors when imposing sanctions? Global Governance: - What changes need to be made to global governance systems in light of the Russia-Ukraine war? - What are the social and political challenges to gov
InterPhil: PUB: The Politics of Knowledge and Cognition
__ Call for Publications Theme: The Politics of Knowledge and Cognition Subtitle: African Perspectives Publication: Edited Volume Deadline: 30.11.2022 __ A flourishing area in applied epistemology today is the exploration of the intersection between epistemology and politics. Emerging from this discourse in recent years is the field of political epistemology which examines and analyses the bearing and impact of the analytic and conceptual tools and theories of epistemology on political theory, practice, and philosophy. Michael Hannon and Jeroen de Ridder’s The Routledge Handbook of Political Epistemology (2021), Elizabeth Edenberg and Michael Hannon’s Political Epistemology (2021), and Pietro Daniel Omodeo’s Political Epistemology: The Problem of Ideology in Science Studies (2019) are examples of key publications in this field. However, less attention has been paid to a study and discourse of the reverse relationship of the intersection of politics and epistemology: examining analyzing the bearing that political theories, philosophies, and practices in different horizons and places have on the processes and theories of knowing and cognizing. More so, the publications mentioned above do not touch at all on the African experience and perspectives of the intersection between epistemology and politics, neither in the sense in which it explores such a relationship or intersection nor in the reverse sense just mentioned. The Politics of Knowledge and Cognition: African Perspectives aims to provide an in-depth analysis of the impact of African political experiences both lived and historical, on knowledge and cognition processes in African places. It aims to provide thought-provoking essays on the historical, hermeneutical, phenomenological, and broadly speaking, philosophical perspectives on how power, violence, resource control, and other political factors in precolonial, colonial, and postcolonial periods have persistently impacted the knowing and cognizing processes in African communities. It also examines the implications of this for knowledge discovery and retrieval, and for theorizing decolonial approaches to development, episteme and existence. We are therefore inviting original and well-written chapters on these and related thematic areas: - Conceptualising the politics of knowledge and cognition - African epistemology - The politics of knowledge production - Epistemic injustice - Knowledge and decolonization - The politics of epistemic decolonization - Post-colonialism, politics, and misinformation - Social media and the hermeneutics of knowledge in Africa - Historicizing the politics of knowledge: pre-colonial, colonial, and post-colonial realities - Political institutions and epistemic responsibilities - African politics and virtue epistemology - The politics and epistemology of ignorance - Noocracy, gerontocracy, and epistocracy - The epistemology of deliberative democracy - The politics of African feminist epistemology - The politics and epistemology of human rights and justice - The politics and epistemology of conspiracy - Trust and political participation - Knowledge and propaganda - The epistemology of protest, mass movements and populism Notes for Contributors Submission of chapters on any of these and related areas are invited. At this stage, only abstracts or chapter proposals should be submitted. The abstract should contain the title of the proposed chapter, the author’s names and affiliation, and email address, and a brief summary of the proposed contents of the chapter no more than 250 words. The abstract should be sent, on or before November 30, 2022, to: polkafr...@gmail.com Decision on acceptance/rejection of submitted abstracts will be made no later than December 30, 2022. Authors of accepted abstracts will receive further information on important deadlines. Rest assured, there will be adequate time given to develop complete chapters. Editors Prof Isaac E. Ukpokolo, University of Ibadan Dr Elvis Imafidon, SOAS University of London Dr Peter A. Ikhane, University of Ibadan Contact: Dr Elvis Imafidon Department of Religions and Philosophies SOAS, University of London Email: elvisimafi...@gmail.com __ InterPhil List Administration: https://interphil.polylog.org InterPhil List Archive: https://www.mail-archive.com/interphil@list.polylog.org/ __
InterPhil: CFA: University Expert in Interculturality, Justice and Global Change
__ Call for Applications Theme: Interculturality, Justice and Global Change Type: University Expert Course Institution: Department of Philosophy, University of Oviedo Location: Online – Oviedo (Spain) Date: 1.2.–31.3.2023 Deadline: Ongoing __ (Versión española abajo | Version française en bas) Employing various theoretical perspectives on interculturality this University Expert course seeks to train professionals to identify and analyse in depth major contemporary phenomena and challenges related to cultural globalization processes. Students will acquire tools to design intercultural social, geographical, political, linguistic, pedagogical, existential and development projects, promoting the decolonisation of knowledge. This course also intends to act as a meeting point between different cultures, and a forum for reflection and debate for graduates from different disciplines. We encourage students from all socioeconomic backgrounds to apply. Modules - Global justice. Migration, poverty and development - Geographical dimension of interculturality and global change: cultures and heritage, territories and human development - Comparative philosophy - Intercultural theories and projects Conditions Teaching Languages: Spanish, English and French (active knowledge of at least one of the three languages) Spaces available: 50 Workload: 23 ECTS Registration fee: € 300 Modality: All sessions will be streamed online (through virtual campus) Date: 1 February 2023 to 31 March 2023 Timetable: 3:30pm to 7:30pm (Madrid time zone) Admission requirements: University degree, master’s degree, or professional certification Enrollment grants Various organizations and lecturers are collaborating to reduce tuition fees and there is also the opportunity to apply for one of the 10 enrolment grants: eintercultural...@gmail.com Information: http://interculturality.org __ Título Propio de Experta/o Universitaria/o en Interculturalidad Justicia y Cambio Global En este título propio se propone formar profesionales capaces de identificar y analizar en profundidad los principales fenómenos y retos actuales vinculados a los procesos de globalización cultural, desde diversas aproximaciones teóricas del ámbito de la interculturalidad. El alumnado adquirirá recursos para diseñar proyectos interculturales sociales, geográficos, políticos, lingüísticos, educativos, existenciales y de desarrollo, fomentando la de-colonización del conocimiento. Este título propio se ha constituido como un punto de encuentro entre diferentes culturas, un foro de reflexión y debate para personas graduadas de diferentes disciplinas, sin que sus condicionantes socioecónomicos impidan su acceso. Módulos - Justicia global. Migración, pobreza y desarrollo - La dimensión geográfica de la interculturalidad y el cambio global: culturas y patrimonio, territorios y desarrollo humano - Filosofía comparada - Teorías y proyectos interculturales Condiciones Idiomas en los que se imparte: Español, inglés y francés (se debe dominar, al menos, uno de los tres idiomas) No. Plazas: 50 Carga lectiva: 23 créditos ECTS Tasas: 300 € Modalidad: Sesiones retransmitidas por videoconferencia Fechas de realización: De lunes a viernes desde el 1 de febrero de 2023 al 31 de marzo de 2023 Horario: De 15:30 a 19:30 (hora de Madrid) Requisitos de admisión: Título universitario de grado/máster o acreditación profesional Becas de matrícula La colaboración de varias entidades y del profesorado permiten el bajo precio de este título y la posibilidad de optar por una de las 10 becas de matrícula: eintercultural...@gmail.com. Información: http://interculturality.org __ Diplôme Universitaire d’Expert(e) en Interculturalité, Justice et Changement Global L’objectif de ce diplôme universitaire est de former des professionnels capables d’identifier et d’analyser en profondeur les principaux phénomènes et enjeux actuels liés aux processus de la mondialisation culturelle, selon diverses approches théoriques du domaine de l’interculturalité. Les étudiants acquerront ressources pour concevoir des projets interculturels sociaux, géographiques, politiques, linguistiques, éducatifs, existentiels et de développement, en promouvant la décolonisation de la connaissance. Ce diplôme est né avec l’idée d’être un lieu de rencontre entre différentes cultures, un forum de réflexion et de discussion pour professionnels de diverses disciplines, sans que les déterminants socioéconomiques constituent un obstacle d’accès au programme. Modules - Justice globale. Migration, pauvreté et développement - La dimension géographique de l’interculturalité et le changement mondial : cultures et patrimoine, territoires et développement - Philosophie comparée - Théories et projets
InterPhil: ANN: Online Lectures on Tianxia
__ Announcement Type: SIP Online Lecture Series on Tianxia Institution: Society for Intercultural Philosophy (SIP) Location: Online Date: September – December 2022 __ The Society for Intercultural Philosophy (Gesellschaft für Interkulturelle Philosophie) invites to the next sessions of their lecture series in intercultural philosophy issues. The next four lectures will deal with the concept of Tianxia, which Zhao Tingyang has recently proposed as a possible new world order based on various strands of Chinese tradition as well as some ideas from liberal political theory. Zhao Tingyang will first present his ideas and then three speakers will critically comment on them. Please note that due to the time difference, these lectures will all take place at 2 pm CE(S)T. 22 September, 2 pm CEST = UTC+2: Zhao Tingyang (Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Beijing): “The maze of Tianxia – all-under-heaven” 20 October, 2 pm CEST = UTC+2: Stephen Angle (Wesleyan university, Middletown, CT): “The Limits of Tianxia” 17 November, 2 pm CET = UTC+1: Georg Stenger (University of Vienna): tba 15 December, 2 pm CET = UTC+1: Aurélie Névot (EHESS, Paris): “From Tianxia to Tianxia-ism“ Description Tianxia is a central concept in classical Chinese philosophy. Literally translated, it means "everything under heaven". Among other aspects, it denotes the political ideal of a world order. ZHAO Tingyang has taken up this aspect of tianxia in a book published in 2016 and since translated into numerous languages, with the aim of "realistically presenting the idealistic concept of tianxia" to make it interesting for the present. Zhao places particular emphasis on the fact that tianxia is an integrative order that encompasses the entire world and "knows no outside". Unlike the political philosophy of the West, which in his view resorts to nation-state concepts and must therefore always seek to balance different interests, tianxia is able to ensure peace and security for all simply by starting from the world. According to Zhao, the concept of tianxia emerged in the 11th and 10th centuries before our time, driven primarily by the Duke of Zhou. The philosophy of tianxia incorporates elements of Daoism, Moism, Guan-zi, Confucius, and Xun-zi. Zhao complements them with individual moments of liberal political philosophy. In the four-lecture sequence of the SIP-lectures, the concept of Tianxia and in particular Zhao's adaptation of this concept to modern political philosophy will be appreciated and critically discussed. Participation Participation is free. You are kindly invited to join these lectures. ZOOM-link for all four of these SIP-lectures: https://zoom.us/j/93910204436?pwd=TVJ0R2pzZUlCdzNlMkNkWDZFbjRZQT09 Meeting-ID: 939 1020 4436 Code: 737347 For more information please visit our website: http://www.int-gip.de/gip-lectures/ Contact: Dr. Niels Weidtmann, President Society for Intercultural Philosophy Email: niels.weidtm...@cof.uni-tuebingen.de __ InterPhil List Administration: https://interphil.polylog.org InterPhil List Archive: https://www.mail-archive.com/interphil@list.polylog.org/ __
InterPhil: PUB: Reparations for Historical Injustice
__ Call for Publications Theme: Reparations for Historical Injustice Subtitle: What is Owed to the Victims of Injustices? Publication: Ethical Perspectives Date: Special Issue (September 2023) Deadline: 28.2.2023 __ Description: Are there reasons to redress historical injustices? If the answer is affirmative, how strong are those reasons? Any cursory examination of current public institutions or present holdings quickly reveals that many of them are partially the result of past injustices. Several modern states were founded on the enslavement and killing of indigenous and other populations, as well as the theft of their lands and property. Further, it was not until well into the 20th century that many of these same states granted women the right to vote and participate in politics. Although states may be able to render good conditions of life for a significant number of their residents, their institutions may be profoundly tainted, and many past injustices continue to affect currently living people. In the light of these considerations, redressing the past remains an important problem. However, on what grounds, if any, should justice be concerned about past injustice? Ethical Perspectives invites contributions that engage with ideas and arguments that critically analyze and respond to the wide range of themes and perspectives on how to respond to historical injustices. Some questions that papers could focus on are: - Does it matter if an existing disadvantage was caused by a past injustice? - What do contemporary actors owe to the victims of historical injustices? What can they be realistically expected to owe victims of past injustices? - If a group or individual was damaged through a past injustice but is now well-off, should justice be concerned with redressing the past injustice, or should justice only be concerned with correcting the present disadvantage? - To what extent should justice be concerned with the structure of the relationship between parties and aims in reconciliation? - Is it morally relevant how victims respond to past injustices? - Do claims based on “historical injustice” give rise to strong claims today? Or is the language of “historical injustice” too backward-looking? - Does the fact that an injustice occurred in the past have independent normative relevance, or does it only have normative relevance if its legacies persist today? - Does the mere fact of having been benefited or enriched from historical injustices give rise to duties of reparation? - Are the duties of the beneficiary of past injustices limited to the disgorgement of the benefit unjustly acquired? - How could the supersession thesis be critically reconstructed, applied to empirical cases, and further criticized? - Do indigenous perspectives, ways of thinking and customs require us to approach the issue of justice in fundamentally different ways? - Is there any relationship between historical injustices and irregular migration? - Does the past impose limits upon current public institutions? Do historical injustices limit how public institutions should be designed? Papers that address other, although similar, research questions are also welcomed. Invited contributors include: David Miller, Linda Bosniak, David Heyd, Cara Nine, Daniel Loewe, and Margaret Moore and Michael Luoma. Papers should be submitted by February 28, 2023, and should be between 6.000 and 9.000 words in length. Manuscripts must be adjusted to the Ethical Perspectives house style. Expected date of publication: September 2023 Manuscripts are to be submitted by e-mail to: santiago.truccone-borgo...@uni-graz.at and santiagotrucc...@gmail.com All submissions will undergo a double-blind refereeing process. Please note that the journal’s Editor-in-Chief and Managing Editor will have the final word on publication decisions. Guest Editor: Santiago Truccone-Borgogno Institute of Philosophy, University of Graz Email: santiagotrucc...@gmail.com __ InterPhil List Administration: https://interphil.polylog.org InterPhil List Archive: https://www.mail-archive.com/interphil@list.polylog.org/ __
InterPhil: CONF: World Philosophies and Traditions of Knowledge-Making
__ Conference Announcement Theme: World Philosophies and Traditions of Knowledge-Making Subtitle: Why Now? Why Here? Type: Hybrid Workshop Institution: Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam Location: Amsterdam (Netherlands) – Online Date: 19.–21.9.2022 __ Traditionally, scholarship on world philosophies has been predominantly tacked onto the nation-states that populate the world discourse today. Although such a framing might suit the needs of the current academic setup in philosophy in North America and Europe, it is in need of an urgent overhaul. For one, the migration of ideas that have impacted world-philosophical traditions cannot be studied adequately when they are read as if they were derivative of the national context in which they are located today. For another, positions associated with these traditions are not mere historical relics. Critical interventions that took place within them continue to inform the present in many ways. World Philosophies and Traditions of Knowledge-Making will bring together scholars who challenge contemporary ways of studying world-philosophical traditions that juxtapose them against each other and/or depict them as bygone relics of a hoary past. It endeavors to foreground deviant ways of doing this work, both in research and teaching and provide a forum to exchange thoughts about how to carry forward this work into the future. The workshop will take place hybrid. Program (in CET) 19th September 2022 (Room: Forum 2) 10:00-11:00 Helen Verran, Charles Darwin University (zoom) Conceptualizing Concepts as Praxial in Institutionally Working Disparate Epistemic Traditions 11:00-12:00 Lilith W. Lee, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam Merdeka in Ideas: (Re)constructing a Straits Chinese Philosophy 12:00-13:00 Mariëtte Willemsen, Amsterdam University College Teaching ‘Comparative Philosophy’: Pitfalls and Antidotes 14:30-16:30 Carlo Ierna, Guno Jones, Norah Karrouche, Marije Martijn (all Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam) Panel: Teaching the Canon 17:00-19:00 Amy Donahue, Kennesaw State University Workshop: Using Sanskrit Logic to Invigorate Democracy and Resist Epistemic Chaos 20th September 2022 (Room: Agora 4) 9:00-10:00 Emma Irwin, University of Hawai’i, Manoa Tba 10:00-11:00 Jayan Nayar, University of Warwick (zoom) On ‘Europe’ and the ‘Postcolony’: An Anti-Colonial Repudiation 11:00-12:00 Monika Kirloskar-Steinbach, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam Knowledge Making Through Art under Conditions of Coloniality: The Tagorean Vision 12:00-13:00 Richard King, SOAS, University of London “Religion” and Cognitive Imperialism: India and the Parochialization of “Non-Western Philosophy” 14:30-15:30 Stephen Harris, University Leiden Can We Understand Bodhisattva Ethics as Eudaimonistic? 16:00-17:30 Mickaella Perina, University of Massachusetts Keynote: Authority, Expertise and Coloniality: Reflections on World Philosophy 21th September 2022 (Room: Agora 4) 10:00-12:30 Panel: Working with World Philosophies for Doctoral Dissertations Martine Berenpas, Leiden University Finding The Pivot of Dào as a Method for Global Philosophy Saheed Bello, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam/SOAS, University of London Òrúnmìlà, Orality and Philosophy Staci-Marie Dehaney, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam Military Objects and Colonial Thinking Li-Fan Lee, Leiden University What Are We Doing Exactly? Self-Conceptions of Intercultural Philosophy and a “Hermeneutic” Model Arnold Yasin Mol, University Leiden The Kalāmic Anthropology of Al-Māturīdī (d. 944 CE) 12:45-13:30 Chiara Robbiano, University College Utrecht World Philosophies from Concepts to Practice — the Researcher as Educator and Citizen (includes concluding discussion) Location Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Main Building De Boelelaan 1105, 1081 HV Amsterdam To register for online participation, use: Webinar ID: 910 3074 7862 Passcode: 359514 Organizer Monika Kirloskar-Steinbach Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam Email: monika.kirlos...@vu.nl Website of the workshop: https://vu.nl/en/events/2022/world-philosophies-and-traditions-of-knowledge-making __ InterPhil List Administration: https://interphil.polylog.org InterPhil List Archive: https://www.mail-archive.com/interphil@list.polylog.org/ __
InterPhil: CFP: Interkulturelle Philosophie und Dekoloniales Denken
__ Aufruf zu Beiträgen Theme: Interkulturelle Philosophie und Dekoloniales Denken Type: Internationaler Workshop Institution: Université Toulouse – Jean Jaurès Universität Tübingen Location: Tübingen (Deutschland) Date: 27.–28.10.2022 Deadline: 30.9.2022 __ Das von der Deutsch-Französische Hochschule (DFH) geförderte Promotionsprogramm „Neue kritische Theorien und dezentralizierte Epistemologien / Nouvelles théories critiques et epistémologies décentrées“ (2022-2026) ist eine Kooperationsinitiative der Universitäten Tübingen und Toulouse (Jean Jaurès), die darauf abzielt, die europäische philosophische Erkenntnistheorie mit neueren Strömungen der kritischen Welttheorie, wie z.B. postkoloniale und dekoloniale Studien, interkulturelle Philosophie, Gender Studies, Cultural Studies, Kulturphilosophie und ökologische Studien, zu konfrontieren. Die Anforderungen, die sich aus dem ständigen Zusammentreffen verschiedener Traditionen und Denkformen in unserer Zeit ergeben, erfordern eine grundsätzliche Offenheit gegenüber nicht-westlichen Philosophien. Eine solche Perspektive impliziert eine breite Öffnung der akademischen Forschung für das Wissen von Minderheiten und für nichtakademische Wissensproduzenten, die nicht mehr als Objekte des Wissens, sondern als vollwertige Partner in der Produktion von kritischem akademischem Wissen betrachtet werden. Diese Perspektive impliziert auch eine Öffnung für die Denkweisen außereuropäischer Kulturen und für die Herausforderungen der gelebten Erfahrung, die sich aus neuen interkulturellen Situationen ergeben. Im Rahmen dieses Kollegs findet am 27./28. Oktober 2022 ein Workshop zu „Interkultureller Philosophie und dekolonialem Denken“ statt. Der Workshop möchte die Beziehung zwischen Interkultureller Philosophie und dekolonialem Denken beleuchten und den Austausch zwischen diesen beiden Forschungsrichtungen fördern. Der Schwerpunkt interkultureller Philosophie liegt auf der Offenheit einer Vielfalt von Erfahrungswelten gegenüber, die jede Form eines essentialistischen Kulturverständnisses übersteigt. Das erfordert einen Rückgang auf die „Grunderfahrungen“, die in den verschiedenen Erfahrungswelten zur Entfaltung kommen. Auch das Staunen, von dem Platon und Aristoteles sagen, dass es am Anfang der Philosophie steht, gehört zu solchen kulturstiftenden „Grunderfahrungen“ und kann in der interkulturellen Begegnung nicht als allgemein verbindlich vorausgesetzt werden. Dem dekolonialen Denken geht es dagegen zunächst darum, die konkreten Bedingungen aufzuklären, unter denen der Andere als „Anderer“ begegnet. Dabei zeigt sich, dass der „Andere“ nicht in einer gleichberechtigten Position auftritt und wir deshalb auch nicht einfach in einen Dialog mit ihm treten können. Daher fordert das dekoloniale Denken, dass zunächst der historisch-politische Hintergrund und die Machtverhältnisse erläutert werden, die den Nichteuropäer als „anders“ klassifizieren und ihn in die „Position“ der Unterlegenheit und Minderheit versetzen. Das primäre Ziel der bevorstehenden Konferenz ist es, diese Unterschiede zu thematisieren und gleichzeitig ein Forum zu schaffen, in dem sich die beiden Strömungen wechselseitig inspirieren können. Die Konferenzsprachen sind Deutsch und Französisch, aber es ist auch möglich, auf Englisch zu präsentieren. Bitte senden Sie Ihr Abstract (max. 500 Worte) sowie einen tabellarischen CV (max. 2 Seiten) bis zum 30. September an die folgende Adresse: abbed.kan...@ciis.uni-tuebingen.de __ InterPhil List Administration: https://interphil.polylog.org InterPhil List Archive: https://www.mail-archive.com/interphil@list.polylog.org/ __
InterPhil: CFP: Epistemic Wrongs and Epistemic Reparations
__ Call for Papers Theme: Epistemic Wrongs and Epistemic Reparations Type: International Conference Institution: African Centre for Epistemology of Philosophy of Science (ACEPS), University of Johannesburg Location: Johannesburg (South Africa) Date: 3.–4.11.2022 Deadline: 15.9.2022 __ We live in a world riddled with epistemic wrongs, from the incidental put down of a marginal voice to the systematic extinction of whole knowledge systems and the continued epistemic disempowerment of whole populations through colonialism and racism. This workshop theorises our obligations to make epistemic reparations for such distinctively epistemic wrongs, where epistemic reparations can be understood as “intentionally reparative actions in the form of epistemic goods given to those epistemically wronged by parties who acknowledge these wrongs and whose reparative actions are intended to redress them” (Lackey forthcoming, Proceedings and Addresses of the American Philosophical Association). One example of epistemic reparations is when a space — such as a museum — is dedicated to telling the story of the victims of these wrongs. This workshop will, hence, take place partly at Constitution Hill, a site of epistemic reparations, in the hope to be itself an instance of making amends. We would like to particularly foreground African philosophical voices in this project. This is the first event of a three-year collaboration on Epistemic Wrongs, Blame, and Reparations between Jennifer Lackey (Northwestern University), Cameron Boult (Brandon University), and Veli Mitova (University of Johannesburg). The second event — Epistemic Blame and Epistemic Reparations — will take place at another site of epistemic reparations, in Manitoba, Canada. The final event (site TBA) will feature research on future directions for epistemic reparations, some of which will be published in a special issue of Episteme. Abstracts length: max 500 words Submission deadline: 15 September 2022 Email to: aceps.confere...@gmail.com Conference website: https://www.uj.ac.za/faculties/humanities/departments-2/philosophy/philosophy-centres/african-centre-for-epistemology-and-philosophy-of-science/conferences-dates/epistemic-wrongs-and-epistemic-reparations/ __ InterPhil List Administration: https://interphil.polylog.org InterPhil List Archive: https://www.mail-archive.com/interphil@list.polylog.org/ __
InterPhil: PUB: Liminal Identities and Epistemic Injustice
__ Call for Publications Theme: Liminal Identities and Epistemic Injustice Publication: Social Epistemology Date: Special Issue (2024) Deadline: 30.6.2023 __ Research on epistemic injustice investigates the epistemic harms and wrongs that people belonging to marginalized groups suffer because of stereotypes and prejudices connected to their social identity (Fricker 2007). The concept of identity is central in it. Yet, its presuppositions and implications have perhaps not received full consideration. For instance, the role of belonging in relation to identity is still undertheorized. With this special issue of Social Epistemology, we would like to promote a deeper investigation of epistemic injustice, by addressing in particular liminal, mixed, non-binary, interstitial, and complex identities (we will use “liminal identities” as an umbrella term). Sometimes, indeed, it is not the membership within a social group, but the denial of belonging, the refusal to belong, or multiple and complex ways of belonging, that generate prejudice, silencing, violence, and oppression, coming from multiple directions. Examples include children with parents of different races or ethnicities, who are not accepted as “real” members in either social groups; second-generation immigrants who are not welcomed and do not feel to belong in either the country in which they are born, or the country of origin of their families; intersex and trans individuals who challenge the binarism and/or the immutability of the classification of women and men; persons with bisexual and pansexual orientation who question the neat separation between gay and straight, often facing invisibility and erasure in both the straight and gay communities. To be sure, the theme of identity, including liminal identities, is not a new topic in several areas of research, such as feminist philosophy, social epistemology and ontology, philosophy of race and critical race theory, gender studies, and queer epistemologies (as well as in fiction, literary theory, and other academic fields). Feminists for instance have at the same time reasserted and problematized the identity of women. While reasserting it against the alleged sexless and genderless “subject” of much scientific and philosophical research and the implicit oppression and silence that come with it, they (or at least some of them) have also problematized both the idea that sex and gender are binary, and the very availability of a concept that is not already also imbued with other traits such as race, ethnicity, age, class, and so forth. In fact, the employment of a seemingly unproblematic concept of “women” in feminist perspectives has been contested at least since Butler’s Gender Trouble (1990), which has led to a deep rethinking of the nature of feminism itself. Similarly, non-white feminists and Black Feminist Thought have unmasked the predominance of white thinkers in mainstream feminism and shown how it largely reflected the experiences and interests of white, middle/upper class women (Davis 1981, hooks 1981, Moraga and Anzaldúa 1981, Collins 1990). The concept of intersectionality (Crenshaw 1989) also broadened the agenda and put to the fore the necessity of looking at multilayered and complex identities, in which Black women’s oppression is reinforced precisely because it comes from different directions. Additionally, notions such as the “outsider-within”, border-dwelling, mestizaje, hybridity, liminality, but also mimicry and passing, all point toward the same conceptual territory, revealing the insufficiency of monolithic notions of identity and belonging for understanding the concrete and multifarious experiences and narratives of individuals and social groups, as well as the specific forms of oppression they suffer (see for instance Collins 1986, Anzaldúa 1987, Alcoff 2006, Lugones 2006). The Foucauldian and post-structuralist heritage, likewise, has promoted a deep rethinking of the traditional categories of sexuality, showing their roots in the medicalization of sex and pathologization of sexual “deviance”, and more generally their dependency on a heteronormative and binary framework; this, together with LGBTQ activism, paved the way for queer and non-binary perspectives (Foucault 1976, Hacking 1985, Sedgwick 1990). Therefore, in broad terms, research on identities has already been present in the philosophical debate for quite some time. However, in our view, its relevance, especially with reference to liminal identities and the complexities of belonging, still has to be fully taken into account in social epistemology, and in the area of epistemic injustice in particular. This special issue of Social Epistemology wants to be a contribution in this direction, by making the problematization of identities matter in contemporary research. Although Fricker and others have occasionally taken into con
InterPhil: PUB: Reparations for Historical Injustice
__ Call for Publications Theme: Reparations for Historical Injustice Subtitle: What is Owed to the Victims of Injustices? Publication: Ethical Perspectives Date: Special Issue (September 2023) Deadline: 28.2.2023 __ Are there reasons to redress historical injustices? If the answer is affirmative, how strong are those reasons? Any cursory examination of current public institutions or present holdings quickly reveals that many of them are partially the result of past injustices. Several modern states were founded on the enslavement and killing of indigenous and other populations, as well as the theft of their lands and property. Further, it was not until well into the 20th century that many of these same states granted women the right to vote and participate in politics. Although states may be able to render good conditions of life for a significant number of their residents, their institutions may be profoundly tainted, and many past injustices continue to affect currently living people. In the light of these considerations, redressing the past remains an important problem. However, on what grounds, if any, should justice be concerned about past injustice? Ethical Perspectives invites contributions that engage with ideas and arguments that critically analyze and respond to the wide range of themes and perspectives on how to respond to historical injustices. Some questions that papers could focus on are: - Does it matter if an existing disadvantage was caused by a past injustice? - What do contemporary actors owe to the victims of historical injustices? What can they be realistically expected to owe victims of past injustices? - If a group or individual was damaged through a past injustice but is now well-off, should justice be concerned with redressing the past injustice, or should justice only be concerned with correcting the present disadvantage? - To what extent should justice be concerned with the structure of the relationship between parties and aims in reconciliation? - Is it morally relevant how victims respond to past injustices? - Do claims based on “historical injustice” give rise to strong claims today? Or is the language of “historical injustice” too backward-looking? - Does the fact that an injustice occurred in the past have independent normative relevance, or does it only have normative relevance if its legacies persist today? - Does the mere fact of having been benefited or enriched from historical injustices give rise to duties of reparation? - Are the duties of the beneficiary of past injustices limited to the disgorgement of the benefit unjustly acquired? - How could the supersession thesis be critically reconstructed, applied to empirical cases, and further criticized? - Do indigenous perspectives, ways of thinking and customs require us to approach the issue of justice in fundamentally different ways? - Is there any relationship between historical injustices and irregular migration? - Does the past impose limits upon current public institutions? Do historical injustices limit how public institutions should be designed? Papers that address other, although similar, research questions are also welcomed. Invited contributors include: David Miller, Linda Bosniak, David Heyd, Cara Nine, Daniel Loewe, and Margaret Moore and Michael Luoma. Papers should be submitted by February 28, 2023, and should be between 6.000 and 9.000 words in length. Manuscripts must be adjusted to the Ethical Perspectives house style. Expected date of publication: September 2023 Manuscripts are to be submitted by e-mail to: santiago.truccone-borgo...@uni-graz.at and santiagotrucc...@gmail.com All submissions will undergo a double-blind refereeing process. Please note that the journal’s Editor-in-Chief and Managing Editor will have the final word on publication decisions. Guest Editor: Santiago Truccone-Borgogno (University of Graz) Contact: Santiago Truccone-Borgogno, ÖAW Post-DocTrack Fellow Institute of Philosophy University of Graz Email: santiagotrucc...@gmail.com __ InterPhil List Administration: https://interphil.polylog.org InterPhil List Archive: https://www.mail-archive.com/interphil@list.polylog.org/ __
InterPhil: CFP: Inter-Asian Legalities
__ Call for Papers Theme: Inter-Asian Legalities Type: International Workshop Institution: National University of Singapore Location: Singapore Date: 12.–14.1.2023 Deadline: 31.8.2022 __ This workshop will consider the contemporary realities and historical foundations that legal systems and cultures are built upon in Asia. It responds to a conundrum that entails the reconceptualization of Asia as a set of interconnected processes: as borders are being crossed more easily than ever before, abetted by technological advancements in digital infrastructure, local legal regimes and actors continue to maintain their socio-political and territorial resonance. We time this workshop at the moment when the globe is bouncing back from a health pandemic and restrictions on travel has shaken the assumptions of a globalized world. It is thus a useful juncture to pause and reflect upon transnational legalities and governance structures, which have been disrupted, but remain in effect across the Asian region (see, for example, Ho, 2017; Kingsley, 2021). The workshop contributes to social-legal studies, area studies and urban studies by foregrounding “Inter-Asia” as a mode of interdisciplinary work that privileges mobility, relationality and porosity (Chua, Ken, Ho, Ho, Rigg & Yeoh, 2019). First, it highlights how transnational legalities operating at different scales across Asia are underpinned by a fabric of governance that weaves state and non-state actors. Both state and non-state actors work through different institutions and regulatory frameworks that challenge traditional notions of jurisdiction and applicable substantive law while illuminating existing schisms (Kingsley, 2018). Recognizing the heterogeneous nature of governance is critical as there has been an acceleration of infrastructures – physical, digital and social – of multi-scalar connections over the last two decades (for a discussion of social infrastructures, see Elyachar, 2010). The sphere and construction of law is being redrawn, blending non-state local rules, domestic state laws, international law, and privatised transnational law (based on contractual relationships). By showing how such processes are often carried out in plural legal environments, we identify and analyze the necessary work carried out by legal intermediaries (von Benda-Beckman, 2021). It is these legal intermediaries that create new, and heterogeneous, fabrics of governance. Second, the workshop brings history to bear on the present. The fabric of governance that has emerged today has deep historical roots (Duara, 2010; Hussin, 2002). For sure, businesses – engaged in both legal and illegal activities – are being transformed and the challenges from climate change to pandemics require new kinds of legal response and modes of practice. However, to interpret contemporary Asian circumstances we need to recognise our legal realities are built on historical foundations and long-standing ideational, and systemic, foundations (Laffan, 2011; Yahaya, 2020). Acknowledging these historical foundations reorient the frames of reference that are often taken for granted (such as Western models of liberal jurisprudence) as well as bring to surface the geographies of development that appear to have faded away in the present. For example, maritime trade networks from the Arabian Gulf through the Bay of Bengal to the great ports of Southeast Asia and beyond, have created a sea of documented, and relational, legal connections and these are replicated on the maritime and inland trade routes today (Bishara, 2017). Colonial law and juridical principles continue to haunt the contemporary, revealing the uneven trajectories and strategic use of law in different Asian polities. Finally, the workshop recognises that the infrastructures of legal connectivity end up in urban centres that connect and disconnect different parts of the world. As scholars of global cities (Appadurai, 1990; Sassen, 2001) have shown, the international division of labour and the concentration of global corporate power has produced urban centres where the actual work of globalization is done. The fabric of governance that involve state and non-state actors as described above find specific expression in these centres – headquarters of international organizations and law firms, meeting grounds for legal mediation and networking, and “liveable” cities for the social reproduction of global elites. Yet, at the same time, global cities are not totally disembedded from local jurisdictions, which have strong territorial fixity and whose specific laws may or may not conform with what these experts prescribe for others. It is into this porous socio-political and governance environment that we have today’s grand challenges, whether they be environmental, health or mercantile. Asia’s legal and governance interconnections are, therefore, pragmati
InterPhil: CFA: Research Fellowships in Intercultural Studies
__ Call for Applications Type: Postdoctoral Research Fellowships in Intercultural Studies Institution: College of Fellows – Center for Interdisciplinary and Intercultural Studies, University of Tübingen Location: Tübingen (Germany) Date: 2022–2023 Deadline: Ongoing __ The College of Fellows – Center for Interdisciplinary and Intercultural Studies (CoF – CIIS) of the University of Tübingen is currently inviting applications for International Research Fellowships for a period of up to 12 months in the field of Intercultural Studies. The College of Fellows-CIIS is Tübingen University's institute for advanced studies promoting interdisciplinary research. This is reflected in the College's various focus groups which bring together scholars of different disciplines dedicated to specific topics. One of these focus groups is on interculturality, in which successful applicants will participate. The call is open only to scholars who have been working academically outside of Germany for at least two years at the time of application. Applicants must have successfully completed their PhD, initial postdoctoral research experience is welcome. Applicants are expected to pursue their own research project in the field of intercultural and global studies, dealing with fundamental questions regarding the awareness of the coexistence of different cultures in the global world. Within the scholarship program, the main interest lies on following exemplary issues: What is cultural belonging, and can one speak of such a notion at all? What impact does globalization have on conceptions of such cultural belonging? In which ways do global cultural entanglements effect the self-understanding of societies, and how can hidden power structures and ascriptions of identity be uncovered? Can the diversity of intellectual and lived traditions be represented in the global reality of contemporary societies, and how? Do globalized cultural entanglements change our relationship to nature? And what does this mean for the humanities and even the sciences? Successful applicants are expected to organize a workshop in collaboration with CoF – CIIS, and to participate in weekly research colloquia. Fellows are required to take residence in Tübingen; very good German and/or English language skills are mandatory. The research project must be conducted in one of these two languages. The University of Tübingen provides a monthly stipend of 2.350,- EUR, working space will be available. The scholarship can start earliest 1 October 2022. Applications (research proposal, CV, letter of recommendation) are welcome at any time (via e-mail): Dr. Niels Weidtmann, Director College of Fellows – Center for Interdisciplinary and Intercultural Studies University of Tübingen Geschwister-Scholl-Platz 72074 Tübingen Germany Email: niels.weidtm...@cof.uni-tuebingen.de For further information please visit our homepage: https://www.uni-tuebingen.de/cof __ InterPhil List Administration: https://interphil.polylog.org InterPhil List Archive: https://www.mail-archive.com/interphil@list.polylog.org/ __
InterPhil: CFP: Judgment, Pluralism, and Democracy
__ Call for Papers Theme: Judgment, Pluralism, and Democracy Subtitle: On the Desirability of Speaking with Others Type: Interdisciplinary Conference Institution: Hannah Arendt Center for Politics and Humanities, Bard College Location: Annandale-on-Hudson, NY (USA) Date: 2.–3.3.2023 Deadline: 15.10.2022 __ Description One of the latest features of the crisis of democratic culture is the problematization of free speech. The dysfunction of public discourse in democratic societies has sparked skepticism about the validity of the principle itself and concerns about its evident impracticability. This line of interrogation has targeted the grounds and scope of this putatively desirable freedom. For example, does Louis Brandeis’s idea that with “more speech… the truth will out” have any actual empirical validity? Or does the weaponizability of free speech in the age of the internet not call for modifying or restricting its legal protection? This conference aims to expand the parameters of the current conversation by taking a step back from the desirability of unrestricted ‘freedom’ of expression and shifting critical attention to the desirability of ‘talking to others.’ For any case to be made in support or against free speech is, more fundamentally, a statement about whether the good of talking to others demands the protections that make it possible, be that demand conceived in moral, instrumental, or prudential terms. We propose to launch the conversation by foregrounding the contributions of two figures who have explicitly and substantively defended the necessity of speaking to others who differ from and with us: Immanuel Kant, who first elaborated philosophical grounds for the idea, and Hannah Arendt, who critically revived the Kantian framework in the middle of the 20th century — at a historical juncture where she considered the defense of pluralism to be at risk. In his Critique of Judgment (1790), Kant famously puts forward the maxim to “think in the position of everybody else,” and characterizes judgments of taste as requiring that one “reflect on [their] own judgment from a universal standpoint” which entails “putting [one]self into the standpoint of others.” In fact, Kant further warns in his Anthropology (1798) of the dangers of “isolating ourselves with our own understanding and judging publicly with our private representations.” In her well-known Kant Lectures (Fall 1970), Arendt draws out the implications of Kant’s claim that to “restrain our understanding by the understanding of others” is, in fact, a “subjectively necessary touchstone of the correctness of our judgments generally.” Building on this, Arendt puts forward the related notions of ‘representative thinking’ and ‘enlarged mentality,’ which involve not only the idea that it is good to think from the standpoint of others and take their thoughts into account, but that “thinking...depends on others to be possible at all.” Whatever her differences with Kant, Arendt is to be credited for highlighting the radical force of Kant’s “belie[f] that the very faculty of thinking depends on its public use” because it was “not made ‘to isolate itself but to get into community with others’.” The aim of this conference is to curate an interdisciplinary conversation between scholars in the humanities and humanistic social sciences who are interested in critically exploring historical or theoretical accounts of the practice of talking to others in philosophy, political science, cultural studies, history, linguistics, or any related humanistic discipline. We welcome contributions that may be informed by notions of alterity and ‘the Other’ (which commonly appear as technical terms in 20th century European philosophy) — however, our interest lies in contexts where ‘the other’ is related to as an interlocutory partner of some kind, where engaging ‘another’ or ‘others’ is ascribed a function or value in some domain of thought, and especially, where modes of talking to others are deemed consequential not merely for our thoughts and opinions, but for our capacity for thinking and making judgments. Papers may be archival, theoretical, historical, conceptual, descriptive, normative, or any combination thereof. We offer a cluster of key terms and topics, though the following list is by no means exhaustive: - Thinking Alone vs. Thinking with Others - Publicity; Community - Pluralism/Plurality; Relationality; Autonomy - Identity and Difference - Affects, Feelings, & Emotions; the Imagination - The role or function of others in: * ethics and moral psychology (e.g., love, friendship, forgiveness) * politics (e.g., human rights, polarization, disagreement, persuasion) * aesthetics (e.g., the sociality of taste; narrativity; the fictional other) - Limits of philosophical concepts of ‘the Other’ and/or possible tensions with practical or political accoun
InterPhil: CFP: Nationalism and Multiculturalism
__ Call for Papers Theme: Nationalism and Multiculturalism Type: 32nd Annual Conference Institution: Association for the Study of Ethnicity and Nationalism (ASEN) Loughborough University Nationalism Network (LUNN) Location: Loughborough (United Kingdom) Date: 3.–5.4.2023 Deadline: 7.11.2022 __ The 32nd Annual Conference of the Association for the Study of Ethnicity and Nationalism (ASEN) will take place on 3-5 April 2023. This year’s theme will be Nationalism and Multiculturalism. The Annual Conference will take place in Loughborough and is organised in cooperation with the Loughborough University Nationalism Network (LUNN). The Ernest Gellner Lecture will take place on 2 April 2023 followed by a reception. Rationale About ten years ago, key European leaders like Angela Merkel, David Cameron and Nicolas Sarkozy pronounced the death of multiculturalism arguing it had failed to incorporate migrants and their children into European societies. A decade on, we now live in times of rampant nationalisms, frequently imbued with anti-immigration if not overtly xenophobic positions. Yet, if multiculturalism as political rhetoric is dead, it is certainly alive and thriving as a demographic fact, through a range of cultural practices and even as a model of policy interventions in many contemporary societies. The conference explores the tensions between nationalism and multiculturalism in order to reflect on demographic change in increasingly diverse societies. By exploring how the nation changes when its population changes multiculturalism is not only understood in normative terms, as a political principle for integrating a diverse population, but also as a descriptor of the ‘transition to diversity’ (Richard Alba) which characterises many contemporary societies. Thus, along questions which speak more closely to multiculturalism as a normative principle and a policy paradigm (we are also interested in questions which interrogate the relationship between nation and diversity in its everyday aspects. The conference is intended to cover cases from all parts of the world and welcomes papers based on different theoretical perspectives and methodological approaches. We also invite contributions from different disciplines and fields, such as sociology, geography, anthropology, psychology, political science, political theory, demography, migration studies, cultural studies, media and communication studies, critical racial studies, philosophy, history, and law. Themes may include, but are not limited to: - Nationalism and diversity - Race and nation – racism and nationalism - Nationalism and belonging - Religious diversity and national societies - Multiethnicity in post-colonial states - Competing nationalisms in multinational states - Critical perspectives on ethnicity and race - Nationalism, acculturation and assimilation - Liberal nationalism and group differentiated rights - Nationalism, multiculturalism and interculturalism - Multicultural citizenship - Empires and multiculturalism - Evaluating the ‘politics of recognition’ - Migration, multiculturalism and minority rights - Nationalism and demographic change - Nationalism, transnationalism and diaspora - Everyday multiculturalism and everyday nationalism - Nations between multiculturalism and cosmopolitanism - Multiculturalism and intersectionality – (gender/sexuality/class/age/ethnicity/race) - Media, diversity and everyday nationalism - Media and the imagination of diverse, plural nation - Global media and multiculturalism Submissions Please submit your abstract through the conference website by 7 November 2022. Abstracts should be no longer than 250 words and they must include a working title and the position and affiliation of the author. You should expect to speak for no more than 15 minutes. Please ensure that you highlight how your paper relates to the conference theme and its central questions. Co-authored papers must be submitted by only one of the authors, with additional authors indicated in the comments section of the form. We welcome proposals for panels of three to four papers. Please follow the link on the abstract page to submit your proposal. Please note that reviewers will take into consideration the proposal; however, papers are evaluated on an individual basis and panel paper submissions may be split up. Enquiries For any enquiries in relation to the conference, please email: confere...@asen.ac.uk Conference website: https://asen.ac.uk/conference/ __ InterPhil List Administration: https://interphil.polylog.org InterPhil List Archive: https://www.mail-archive.com/interphil@list.polylog.org/ __
InterPhil: CFP: Globalization, Educational Policy and Ethics
__ Call for Papers Theme: Globalization, Educational Policy and Ethics Type: International and Interdisciplinary Conference Institution: Institute of Cross Cultural Studies and Academic Exchange Jawaharlal Nehru University Location: New Delhi (India) Date: 29.–30.12.2022 Deadline: 15.9.2022 __ Subtopics Globalization and Cultural Evolution, Globalization and its Effect on School Curriculum, Globalization and Educational Policy, Globalization and Primary Level Education in China, Globalization and Primary level Education in Taiwan, Globalization and Primary level Education in Bangladesh, Globalization and Primary level Education in Indonesia, Globalization and Ethical Impact on Society, Culture and Education, Round table discussion on systems of Education in different Asian Countries, Ethical Implications of Globalization in Primary School Curriculum in India, Globalization and Consumerism etc. Deadline to send abstract: September 15, 2022 Submit title and abstract to Dr. Chandana Chakrabarti at: chandanac...@gmail.com Advisory Board Yolanda Espina (Portugal), Abigail Klassen (Canada), Tommi Lehtonen (Finland), Debkumar Mukhopadhyya (India), Deven Patel (USA), Nina Petek (Slovenia), Rizwanur Rahman (India), Ming Shao (China), Richard Vulich (USA), Su Chen Wu (Taiwan), Yanling Xu (China) Scholars from different corners of the world join our conferences. The Cambridge Scholars Press has published seven books co-edited by members of our advisory board from selected papers from our last conferences. We also publish papers in our Journal of Indian Philosophy & Religion if the theme of the paper is in the area of publication of the Journal. We will also edit an anthology out of selected papers presented at the conference. Contact: Chandana Chakrabarti, Ph.D., Executive Director Institute for Cross Cultural Studies and Academic Exchange PO Box 79 Elon, NC 27244 USA Phone: +1 336 417-1153 Email: chandanac...@gmail.com __ InterPhil List Administration: https://interphil.polylog.org InterPhil List Archive: https://www.mail-archive.com/interphil@list.polylog.org/ __
InterPhil: CONF: Hegel, slavery and abolition
__ Conference Announcement Theme: Hegel, slavery and abolition Type: 5th Workshop Hegel (anti)kolonial & Guest Lecture Institution: Humboldt University Berlin Location: Berlin (Germany) – Online Date: 29.–30.8.2022 __ The 5th edition of Hegel (anti)kolonial addresses Hegel’s philosophical stance on slavery, especially in the context of colonialism. While Hegel’s famous dialectic of lordship and bondage in the Phenomenology of Spirit has often been read as emancipatory critique of oppressive relations such as slavery, and his theory of freedom praises the notion that all human beings are entitled to freedom as an insight that is pivotal to modernity, there are various places in Hegel’s oeuvre where he takes a deeply ambivalent position when it comes to slavery. Thus, in lectures from his Berlin period, he revisits the dialectic of lordship and bondage in order to present colonial slavery as a necessary precondition for liberation that serves to educate and discipline enslaved people, and he claims that transatlantic chattle slavery marks a progress vis-à-vis the cruelties that characterize, in his account, traditional forms of life in Africa. And in a long remark following section 57 in his Elements of the Philosophy of Right, Hegel constructs the contemporary debate on slavery as an “antinomy” in which both sides grasp a partial truth: those who reject slavery are right insofar as slavery is ultimately unjust; yet at the same time, those who defend slavery are right insofar as humans are initially “natural beings” that have to go through a process of education in order to become free—a process in which slavery has a legitimate place. This ambivalent assessment of slavery is matched by remarks that Hegel makes in his Lectures on the Philosophy of History about abolition, one of the biggest moral and political issues in his lifetime: Hegel favours gradual abolition, rejecting demands for an immediate abolition of slavery on the grounds that enslaved people have to be sufficiently educated before they are capable of a life in freedom. How can we exactly understand Hegel’s pronouncements on slavery, and what are their underlying philosophical motivations? How do they connect to other parts of his system, such as his views on property and personality, and his theories of race and of history? How can we understand Hegel’s place in 19th century debates on slavery and abolition, and how do these issues relate to more recent philosophical engagements with Hegel? These are some of the questions that we are going to discuss at our workshop. Program (Berlin times) Monday, August 29th, 2022 Guest lecture 18:15 Robert Bernasconi: Philosophical histories as sites of racism Abstract: https://hegelantikolonial.wordpress.com/guest-lecture-by-robert-bernasconi-philosophical-histories-as-sites-of-racism/ Tuesday, August 30th, 2022 Workshop 10:30 Daniel James (Heinrich-Heine-University Duesseldorf), Franz Knappik (University of Bergen): Welcome and Introduction: Hegel on Slavery – Texts and Contexts 11:00 Robert Bernasconi (Pennsylvania State University): Hegel and the Alleged Necessity of African Slavery 11:30 David James (University of Warwick): Does Hegel’s Theory of the Relationship Between Personality and Property Justify Colonial Oppression? 12:00 Discussion 13:15 Lunch break 14:30 Lydia Moland (Colby College): The Failed European: Images, Narrative, and Racist Hierarchy in Hegel’s Philosophy of History 15:00 Nathaniel Adam Tobias Coleman (University of Warwick): Hegel and Heyrick 15:30 Discussion 16:45 Coffee break 17:15 Josias Tembo (Radboud University): Hegel’s African Subject and the Lord-Bondsman Dialectic: Thoughts on Fanon’s and Mbembe’s Renditions 17:45 Discussion 18:30 End Abstracts: https://hegelantikolonial.wordpress.com/hegel-slavery-and-abolition-abstracts/ Venue / Zoom Humboldt University Berlin, Main Building Unter den Linden 6, Room 2070A Streamed via Zoom. Online participants are welcome to take part in the discussion. To register, click here: https://uib.zoom.us/meeting/register/u5Ipf-6vqj8oH9NCpWkc-HaHfOVDk3WcPs-D Organizers This workshop is organized by Daniel James and Franz Knappik, with the support of Tobias Rosefeldt (HU Berlin). Daniel James Email: daniel.ja...@uni-duesseldorf.de Franz Knappik Email: franz.knap...@uib.no For more information, please visit: https://hegelantikolonial.wordpress.com __ InterPhil List Administration: https://interphil.polylog.org InterPhil List Archive: https://www.mail-archive.com/interphil@list.polylog.org/ __
InterPhil: CFP: Territorial rights and rights to movement and subsistence
__ Call for Papers Theme: Territorial rights and rights to movement and subsistence Type: International Workshop Institution: Department of Philosophy, University of Genoa Location: Genoa (Italy) Date: 12.–13.12.2022 Deadline: 30.9.2022 __ We find ourselves in a world where wars, poverty and environmental crises are increasingly forcing people out of their countries, regions, places of settlement and so on. These, indeed, are all urgent challenges that states are facing and that call for more normative work aimed at providing states with fine theoretical tools to orient their immigration and borders-control policies. The main normative problems lie on different possible ways to interpret and justify states’ territorial rights and, particularly, states’ right to control their borders and massive flows of people across them. We would like to tackle fundamental questions such as whether migrants’ exclusion violates their rights to movement and subsistence with a specific focus on what states’ territorial rights entail. You are therefore invited to submit an abstract (max 300 words in Engish) on any of the following sub-themes: - Territorial rights and human rights - Territorial rights, displacement, and migration - Territorial rights and eviction - Territorial rights, states, groups, and individuals If the abstract is accepted, you will be asked to submit a short paper that will be made available to participants in advance and discussed during the workshop. Each speaker is allocated 60 minutes: paper presentation (20 minutes), questions from the discussant and reply (15 minutes), open discussion (25 minutes). Young researchers are especially welcomed to send their contributions to Rita Ezugwu, Camilla Barbieri, or Chiara Molinero. Deadline: 30 September 2022 Keynote speakers: Sarah Fine (University of Cambridge), David Miller (Nuffield College, Oxford) Organisers: Rita Ogochukwu Ezugwu Email: ritaogochukwu.ezu...@edu.unige.it Camilla Barbieri Email: camillabarbier...@gmail.com Chiara Molinero Email: molinerochi...@gmail.com __ InterPhil List Administration: https://interphil.polylog.org InterPhil List Archive: https://www.mail-archive.com/interphil@list.polylog.org/ __
InterPhil: CFP: Colonized Manuscripts
__ Call for Papers Theme: Colonized Manuscripts Subtitle: Appropriation, Dislocation and (Post-)Colonial Epistemics since the Age of Empire Type: International Conference Institution: Research Centre "Hamburgs (post-)colonial legacy / Hamburg and early globalization", University of Hamburg Location: Hamburg (Germany) Date: 6.–7.2.2023 Deadline: 25.9.2022 __ Whilst the debate on colonial art in European museums has been in the limelight, and restitution is seriously considered, written artefacts have strangely been absent from the discussion. However as with artistic objects a significant part of manuscripts and early prints from outside of Europe in libraries, archives and museums of the Global North were appropriated within colonial contexts. They were acquired in unequal transactions, seized by colonial administrations, looted in military campaigns or bought by collectors with backing from the colonial powers. To date, the vast number of manuscripts from former colonies in European libraries and museums has not remotely received the same degree of attention as have colonial art and objects. Despite high-profile cases of contested manuscripts from Ethiopia or Mexico and even successful restitutions to South Korea and Namibia, written artifacts seem to be considered too frequently as mere texts whose contents can be replicated, and whose physical location is therefore of secondary importance. However, this ignores the materiality of manuscripts, their cultural relevance and the epistemic consequences of their appropriation and dislocation. The focus of manuscripts as text only disregards the epistemic aspects of the dislocation of manuscripts. Colonialism was not only a form of domination and a social practice, but also constituted a form of hegemonic epistemology, which was reinforced by the appropriation and dislocation of knowledge repositories such as manuscripts and early prints. While the ensuing availability of written artefacts in Europe has shaped scholarship, difficulties of access in their countries of origin have prevented the transmission of and engagement with written artefacts. This imbalance helped to shape colonial ideology, imperial systems of knowledge and ultimately informed colonial rule. Analyzing the biographies of manuscripts, from their colonial appropriation to the present, requires new methodological approaches and international cooperation. The conference is envisioned as a networking event, initiating a much needed and long overdue debate on colonized manuscripts in a field yet to be fully established. We therefore invite academics at all points in their career as well as professionals from related fields to present their research and thoughts. Contributions from all relevant disciplines are welcome, such as history, sociology, literary and cultural studies. We invite applications on written artefacts in a broad sense, including inscriptions, rare prints and libraries from colonial contexts. Possible contributions might include but are not limited to the role of manuscripts in: - Case studies on loot, displacement and destruction of written artefacts; - Case studies on actors (e.g. scientists, colonial administrators, missionaries) and institutions (e.g. museums, archives, libraries) as collectors of written artefacts; - Role and agency of “local” actors in the European procurement of and engagement with written artefacts; - Impact of the dislocation of written artifacts on the respective communities; - Impact of the dislocation of written artifacts on European epistemic systems; - Studies on the use of manuscript for the production of colonial knowledge and exercise of colonial power; - Impact the collection of and engagement with manuscripts had on European ideological frameworks like universalism, racism and eurocentrism; - Transimperial movement and circulation of manuscripts; - Debates on their restitution. The event will be held at the research center “Hamburg’s (post-)colonial legacy / Hamburg and early globalization” at the University of Hamburg. Some bursaries will be available to help with travel costs and accommodation for accepted papers. Please send an abstract of about 300 words and a short CV, by 25 September 2022, to: kolonialis...@uni-hamburg.de Authors of approved papers will be notified and invited by November 2022. For further Information please visit: https://kolonialismus.blogs.uni-hamburg.de/2022/07/12/call-for-proposals-colonized-manuscripts/ Contact: Prof. Dr. Jürgen Zimmerer Research Centre "Hamburgs (post-)colonial legacy / Hamburg and early globalization" University of Hamburg Email: kolonialis...@uni-hamburg.de __ InterPhil List Administration: https://interphil.polylog.org InterPhil List Archive: https://www.mail-archive.com/interphil@list.polylog.org/ _
InterPhil: JOB: Research Associate for Hebrew Philosophical Manuscripts
__ Job Announcement Type: Research Associate for Hebrew Philosophical Manuscripts Institution: Institute of Jewish Philosophy and Religion, University of Hamburg Location: Hamburg (Germany) Date: from October 2022 Deadline: 16.8.2022 __ We are looking for a research associate for the ERC project HEPMASITE (Hebrew Philosophical Manuscripts as Sites of Engagement) at the University of Hamburg. This is a fixed-term contract for a period of 24 month. Responsibilities Duties include academic services in the project named above. Research associates may also pursue independent research and further academic qualifications. Specific Duties The successful candidate will focus their research on a topic relevant to HEPMASITE’s project goals. In addition to research, the successful candidate will coordinate the project’s database. The position requires participation in HEPMASITE events and an active engagement in its activities. Requirements A university degree in a relevant field plus doctorate. A degree in Philosophy or Jewish Studies is preferred, with focus on medieval thought. Their research should be directly connected to HEPMASITE's research focus. The ideal candidate should have: - excellent profiency in English - strong knowledge of Hebrew - knowledge of Latin or Arabic is desirable Instructions for applying Send us your complete application documents (cover letter including the applicant’s research goals, curriculum vitae, copies of degree certificate(s), two names and contact details of referees, a sample of academic writing [up to 15 pages] and if necessary ID attesting to your disability or proof of equivalent status) via the online application form only. Reference number: 296 Application deadline: 16.8.2022 For details please see here: https://www.uni-hamburg.de/stellenangebote/ausschreibung.html?jobID=870e9a811c7aaac0e250d2ed892d3b63d36a9208 For more information on the HEPMASITE project, see here: https://www.philosophie.uni-hamburg.de/en/hepmasite/about.html Contact Dr. Yoav Meyrav Institute of Jewish Philosophy and Religion University of Hamburg Jungiusstraße 11 20355 Hamburg Germany Phone: +49 40 42838-9835 Email: yoav.mey...@uni-hamburg.de __ InterPhil List Administration: https://interphil.polylog.org InterPhil List Archive: https://www.mail-archive.com/interphil@list.polylog.org/ __
InterPhil: CFP: Morality, Spirituality, Culture and Society
__ Call for Papers Theme: Morality, Spirituality, Culture and Society Subtitle: East and West Type: International and Interdisciplinary Conference Institution: Society for Indian Philosophy and Religion (SIPR) Adamas University Location: Kolkata (India) Date: 2.–3.1.2023 __ Scholars from different corners of the world join our conferences. The conference will have plenary sessions, group sessions and round table sessions. The conferences will also have Garden Session which will allow the presenter to speak on a particular area of their own research. Scholars from different fields are cordially invited to send their abstracts (150 words). Submit title and abstract to Dr. Chandana Chakrabarti at: chandanac...@gmail.com Also send a copy to: iccsaexcha...@gmail.com Conference Directors: Chandana Chakrabarti (USA) Kisor Chakrabarti (USA) Advisory Board: Yolanda Espina (Portugal), Tommi Lehtonen (Finland), Deven Patel (USA), Nina Petek (Slovenia), Rizwan Rahman (India), Ming Shao (China), Richard Vulich (USA), Su Chen Wu (Taiwan), Yanling Xu (China) The Cambridge Scholars Press has published seven books co-edited by members of our advisory board from selected (after editorial review) papers from our last conferences. We also publish papers in our Journal of Indian Philosophy and Religion if the theme of the paper is in the area of publication of the Journal. Conference website: https://sites.google.com/a/lclark.edu/sipr/adamas __ InterPhil List Administration: https://interphil.polylog.org InterPhil List Archive: https://www.mail-archive.com/interphil@list.polylog.org/ __
InterPhil: CFP: Global Environmental Justice and Its Limits
__ Call for Papers Theme: Global Environmental Justice and Its Limits Subtitle: Complexities of Time and Space Type: 2nd Annual Conference Institution: Network for Global Justice and the Environmental Humanities Centre for Environmental Humanities, Aarhus University Location: Aarhus (Denmark) – Online Date: 3.–5.11.2022 Deadline: 22.8.2022 __ The 2nd Annual Conference of the Network for Global Justice and the Environmental Humanities will take place at the Centre for Environmental Humanities, Aarhus University, 3–5 November 2022. We warmly welcome proposals from diverse participants including junior and senior researchers, environmental activists, artists, journalists as well as other civil society actors who wish to engage in a dialogue about concepts, practices, and multiple understandings of global justice in a moment of mounting environmental urgencies. With this year's conference, we intend to bring together scholarly and activist experiences that speak from different backgrounds or that crisscross the boundaries of North and South. The conference will feature keynote lectures by scholars and activists reflecting multiple approaches to questions of justice linked to their situated and specific contexts. It will further include traditional panel and round-table formats alongside more experimental forms of participation such as walks and transformative design challenges. We thus encourage proposals for innovative formats, interactive events, and multimedia presentations, alongside more traditional academic genres, such as talks, papers, and roundtable discussions. Overall, we solicit diverse kinds of contributions that address the conference’s themes and topics as they also promote cross-boundary scholarly and societal engagement. Conference Theme We intend to spark discussions about plural understandings of justice by exploring how scholars, activists and other civil society actors relate with the concept, and how they negotiate justice claims through space and time. We explicitly seek to address the temporal and spatial dimensions of global environmental justice by considering how colonial/postcolonial trajectories inform mobilization and communication strategies in ongoing conflicts over resources, territories and the distribution of risks. Crucial to speaking back to and denouncing global environmental injustices are questions of how to give shape to stories of global justice. How do we tell "terrible" stories that are still motivating, empowering and hopeful – if these are the stories to tell? In particular, we intend to discuss how the different temporalities and histories inherent to different notions of global justice play out in environmental justice movements and how imperial/colonial pathways of extraction shape environmental justice claims and practices of transformative future-making. Furthermore, we intend to explore how to give form to (through narration, storytelling, performance, theories, video, writing) such histories and how stories – or other forms – can be assistive in breaking the course of environmental injustice. Environmental justice practices often include strong engagements with histories, including via the documentation of histories of pollution, expulsions from homelands, alienating forms of urban planning, and the more-than-human lifeworlds damaged by industrial agriculture or buried beneath concrete. Justice movements work with histories not only to trace practices of harm, but also to identify inspiration for ongoing struggles in examples of past resistances. Importantly, they often experiment with other modes of narrating pasts – including histories that challenge logics of growth and denaturalize state claims. Thus, when we seek to focus on "histories" within the context of this conference, we are not interested merely in the work of historians or in mainstream histories. Instead, we are broadly interested in everyday ways of invoking the past within practices of activism and in relation to wide-ranging questions about justice, ecologies, and environments. Guiding Questions - How do histories matter to current (global) environmental justice practices? - How can a historical understanding of imperial modes of living and material histories of modernization inform transformative practices today? - How do we identify and work with the (hi)stories that need to be told, and in what ways do the mode of telling them matter? - What past modes of resistance/resilience can and do inform environmental justice practices? - What temporalities enliven diverse practices of conserving, restoring and caring? - What is the relationship between histories of colonialism and current debates and practices around conservation and environmental stewardship? - How have notions of global environmental justice evolved historically? - How can we account for historica
InterPhil: PUB: New Perspectives in African Philosophy
__ Call for Publications Theme: New Perspectives in African Philosophy Publication: Journal of Comparative Literature and Aesthetics Date: Vol. 46, No. 2 (Summer 2023) Deadline: 1.11.2022 __ For over three decades, from the middle of the 20th century onward, reflection about African philosophy revolved around the question of its existence or non-existence (following that of the capacity of Africans and Blacks to philosophize), or the other question of its nature (i.e., its characteristics, especially in relation to European philosophy). To a certain extent, African philosophy is still concerned with these questions today. For the most part, this treatment of African philosophy has a colonial background and bears a colonial flavor. As Marcien Towa noted, the question of whether African philosophy exists, which is another way of asking if Africans (especially Blacks) are capable of philosophizing, did not emerge from the inner development of African cultures and societies. Rather, this question was asked by European imperialists and colonizers in order to justify (more or less directly) their attitude toward these people, cultures and societies. Even the claim of an authentic African philosophy does not escape this context, as what would be latter labelled the “quarrel about ‘African philosophy’” originally arose from the publication of the book Bantu Philosophy (1945) by a Belgian missionary named Placide Tempels. Today, the major challenge of African philosophy seems to be that of decoloniality in order to invent, as Emmanuel Eze has argued, a “postcolonial future.” This special issue focuses on the new perspectives opened up by this new challenge concerning African philosophy, leaving aside the original and overly discussed questions concerning its existence or non-existence, and the other question of its nature. The aim is to shed new light on current approaches to African philosophy, specifically investigating new trends, themes and aspects. Contributions in this vein that seek to enhance the current understanding of African philosophy are welcome. Authors are encouraged to discuss a specific theme, topic, or issue, or to engage with particular aspects, opinions and views related to specific authors, with a broad academic audience in mind. Submission Guidelines Submissions must be properly typed out in MS Word (Times New Roman, 12 Font), not exceeding 8,000 words and not below 4,000, complete with an abstract of 100 words alongside 4 or 5 keywords, incorporated within the essay itself. All essays shall be peer-reviewed (refereed) and those abounding in solecisms, catachresis, or insufficiently argued shall be returned unread. “Works Cited” and “Notes” must preferably follow the MLA 8th convention without exception. Each essay submitted must carry a declaration that it has not been published or submitted for publication elsewhere. The least suspicion of plagiarism will result in an outright rejection of the article. The cover letter should include a brief author’s bio with no revelation of the author’s identity in the paper itself. An acknowledgement shall be sent upon receipt. A further communication shall be made only after the editor considers the paper worthy of publication. Please email your abstracts to: jebit...@gmail.com With a copy to: jclain...@gmail.com Revisions must be returned in three weeks without further delay. Authors are implored to wait at least two months before withdrawing their article, in case no communication has been made. Simultaneous submissions are not allowed. Guest Editor: Adoulou N. Bitang (Tel Aviv University, Israel) Important Dates Submission deadline: November 31, 2022 Decision of acceptance: December 15, 2023 Submission of entire manuscripts: April 31, 2023 Publication of the issue: Summer 2023 (Vol. 46, No. 2) Journal website: http://jcla.in __ InterPhil List Administration: https://interphil.polylog.org InterPhil List Archive: https://www.mail-archive.com/interphil@list.polylog.org/ __
InterPhil: JOB: Professor in Religion and Human Rights
__ Job Announcement Type: Associate or Full Professor in Religion and Human Rights Institution: Department of Religion and Center for the Advancement of Human Rights, Florida State University Location: Tallahassee, FL (USA) Date: from August 2023 Deadline: 30.9.2022 __ Florida State University's Department of Religion and Center for the Advancement of Human Rights invite applications for a full-time 9-month tenured (associate or full) Professor working in Religion and Human Rights to begin on August 8, 2023. Methodology and sub-specialization are open. The department and center expect to hire a scholar who is fully conversant with the corpus of international human-rights norms and who has a strong record of publications and teaching in the history, theory, and praxis of the modern human rights field. We will prioritize a scholar who shows interest in supporting the curriculum of the department's new interdisciplinary major in Human Rights and Social Justice, and who is open to cross-disciplinary teaching and research. Applications are especially welcome from women, members of underrepresented groups, and scholars committed to antiracist pedagogies and forms of analysis that address race, gender, and social location. This position requires successful completion of a criminal history background check. The background check will be conducted as authorized and in compliance with University Policy 4-OP-C-7-B11. For full consideration, applicants should submit a vita (including names of three scholars willing to write letters of recommendation on applicants' behalf), a representative essay, and sample syllabi for one undergraduate and one graduate class — all as one pdf at: http://jobs.fsu.edu (job ad 52522) The application deadline is September 30, 2022. Questions may be sent to: rel-cahr-sea...@fsu.edu Contact: Department of Religion Florida State University 641 University Way Tallahassee, FL 32306-1520 USA Email: rel-cahr-sea...@fsu.edu Web: https://religion.fsu.edu __ InterPhil List Administration: https://interphil.polylog.org InterPhil List Archive: https://www.mail-archive.com/interphil@list.polylog.org/ __
InterPhil: TOC: Journal of World Philosophies
__ Table of Contents Publication: Journal of World Philosophies Date: Vol. 7 No. 1 (2022) __ The summer issue of the Journal of World Philosophies can be accessed here: https://scholarworks.iu.edu/iupjournals/index.php/jwp/issue/view/130 Articles Rajesh Sampath Derrida’s Jewish Question Katie Howard and Cash Kelly Ill Will: Or, Mental Illness and Resistant Subjectivity in Ahmed and Lugones Dennis Stromback A Dialogue on the Good and Evil Bivalence in the Study of Ethics: On François Flahault and Nishida Kitarō Dean Anthony Brink Post-Anthropocentric Implications of “World-expression” in Nishida’s “Life” Antoine Panaïoti Skill-in-means, Fusion Philosophy, and the Requirements of Cosmopolitanism Michael David Kaulana Ing Ka Hulikanaka a me Ka Hoʻokūʻonoʻono: Davida Malo and Richard Armstrong on Being Human and Living Well Symposium Carl Mika, Carwyn Jones, W. Julian Korab-Karpowicz, Ocean Ripeka Mercier, and Helen Verran Why Give Up the Unknown? And How? Intellectual Journeys Talia Mae Bettcher How I Became a Trans Philosopher Mary Tiles Out of the Box Book Reviews Hsiao-Lan Hu A Review on Exploring the Heart Sutra Emmanuel Ofuasia Some Comments on Ada Agada's Philosophy of Consolation Katarína Dženisa Rajtíková Pyrrhonian Buddhism as a Unique Synthesis of Indian and Greek Philosophy Cheryl Suzack Celebrating the Diachronic Storytelling Traditions within Anishinaabe Life and Letters In Memoriam Stephanie Rivera Berruz, Dear Jorge A Letter to My Mentor Carolyn M. Jones Medine bell hooks, Black Feminist Thought, and Black Buddhism: A Tribute Journal website: https://scholarworks.iu.edu/iupjournals/index.php/jwp/ __ InterPhil List Administration: https://interphil.polylog.org InterPhil List Archive: https://www.mail-archive.com/interphil@list.polylog.org/ __
InterPhil: PUB: Revaluating the School of Salamanca in Transatlantic and Global Perspective
__ Call for Publications Theme: Revaluating the School of Salamanca in Transatlantic and Global Perspective Publication: Estudios Filosóficos Date: Special Issue Deadline: 1.2.2023 __ The Society for Lascasian Studies, in collaboration with Estudios Filosoficos, invites submission of papers for a collaborative special journal edition, “Revaluating the School of Salamanca in Transatlantic and Global perspective.” As Iberia’s overseas jurisdictions and economic activities expanded, the web of complex interactions forged through the many centuries of reconquista required radical reinvention. The novelty of the encounter with new peoples and unknown lands challenged jurists, economists, natural scientists, theologians, philosophers, poets, writers, artists, architects, artists, linguists, architects, musicians, and historians to reformulate various traditions in creative and unexpected ways. The School of Salamanca Project out of the Goethe University of Frankfurt has recently brought a new textual basis and reflection upon this uniquely fertile constellation of actors. Other recent collections have included the Salamancan school in treatments of the law of nations, time, and economic liberty, among others. We hope that this special collaborative edition will continue these important explorations and add to our understanding of this intellectual movement. We welcome reevaluations of the established themes of sovereignty and jurisdiction, such as explored by Francisco de Vitoria's 'De Indis', as well as hope for papers that seek to capture the breadth of foment engendered by the encounter between previously mutually-unknown worlds. Possible topics include but are not limited to: ius gentium, the nature of the state, political and social communities, humanism, price and usury, economic doctrine, free trade, religious reform, indigenous self-understanding and fashioning, literary and artistic expressions, Thomas Aquinas, late scholasticism, scientific knowledge, etc. We especially appreciate papers that touch upon the life, labor, and legacy of Bartolomé de Las Casas as well as the Dominican intellectual milieu that shaped his multilayered Indian advocacy. Please submit papers in accordance with the Estudios Filosóficos guidelines, with "Estudios Filosoficos" as the subject line, to: lascasasconference2...@gmail.com Exceptionally for this issue, English contributions will also be accepted. The deadline is February 1, 2023. Editors: David Orique, Providence College Rady Roldan-Figueroa, Boston University Andrew Wilson, Japan Lutheran College Email: lascasasconference2...@gmail.com Web: http://lascasianstudies.org Journal website: http://estudiosfilosoficos.dominicos.org __ InterPhil List Administration: https://interphil.polylog.org InterPhil List Archive: https://www.mail-archive.com/interphil@list.polylog.org/ __
InterPhil: PUB: Arthur Applbaum's Legitimacy
__ Call for Publications Theme: Arthur Applbaum's Legitimacy Subtitle: The Right to Rule in a Wanton World and Legitimacy beyond the State Publication: Moral Philosophy and Politics (MOPP) Date: Special Issue Deadline: 1.9.2022 __ Philosophical debates about political legitimacy have significantly expanded over the last decade. One important contribution is Arthur Applbaum’s recent book Legitimacy: The Right to Rule in a Wanton World. On his account, power can only be exercised permissibly when we are governed by a free group agent. In developing this view, Applbaum also touches on many other important philosophical issues, like the concept of legitimacy, the conditions for legitimate foreign intervention, and the role of constitutional constraints and democratic processes in justifying power. The book also provides a novel critique of “wanton” government, which Applbaum diagnoses as a government which fails to constitute a coherent agent who is responsive to the reasons which apply to them. Moral Philosophy and Politics invites contributions that engage with ideas and arguments from Applbaum’s book. Beyond his book, we are also interested in attempts to expand theorising about legitimacy beyond the state to global issues and institutions. We are especially interested in accounts of the legitimacy of international institutions, like the UN, WTO or ICJ, and how the right to rule should be assigned in a world which faces global existential challenges like climate change. Contributions which tackle these wider issues are encouraged, but not required, to engage with Applbaum’s work. There is a wide range of themes in Applbaum’s book. Some of the contributions that papers could focus on are the following: - Applbaum’s power-liability account of the concept of legitimacy - The group agency account of legitimacy - Freedom and the foundations of a theory of legitimacy - Kantian and Republican accounts of legitimacy (in Applbaum and others) - Legitimate foreign intervention - The role of democratic procedures and substantive outcomes in justifying power - “Wanton” government and other failures of agency - Applications of Applbaum’s arguments to contemporary issues For the topic of legitimacy beyond the state we invite contributions that tackle the following issues: - Conceptually understanding legitimacy beyond the state - Group agency and legitimacy beyond the state - The legitimacy of international organisations, especially international courts - The political legitimacy of responses to climate change - Existential threats to humanity and political legitimacy The deadline has been extended to September 1, 2022. Submissions should be between 3.000 and 10.000 words in length. All submissions will undergo MOPP’s double-blind refereeing process. Please note that this process is not organized by the guest editors but by the journal’s founding editors who will also have the final word on publication decisions. Guest Editors: Matthias Brinkmann (PluriCourts, University of Oslo) Anthony Taylor (Nuffield College, University of Oxford) The journal’s manuscript submission site can be accessed at: http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/mopp Journal website: https://www.mopp-journal.org __ InterPhil List Administration: https://interphil.polylog.org InterPhil List Archive: https://www.mail-archive.com/interphil@list.polylog.org/ __
InterPhil: CFP: A Hidden Treasure
__ Call for Papers Theme: A Hidden Treasure Subtitle: Editorial, Historical, and Philosophical Issues in Avicenna’s “Minor” Works (rasāʾil) Type: 4th International Meeting Institution: Avicenna Study Group Département d'études moyen-orientales, Université d’Aix-Marseille Location: Aix-en-Provence (France) Date: 13.–15.9.2023 Deadline: 18.9.2022 __ This conference will continue the successful format of the Avicenna Study Group (three meetings in 2001, 2002, and 2021 with two volumes of proceedings in 2003 and 2004 and a third volume forthcoming) and will turn to another pivotal topic in the study of Avicenna and his philosophy: the papers will explore the corpus of Avicenna’s widely neglected so-called “minor” works and investigate their relevance for understanding Avicenna’s thought and influence, both on the Eastern and the Western intellectual tradition. The corpus of smaller treatises, tales, and letters on various topics attributed to Avicenna poses particular challenges both in terms of philosophical and philological analysis. In 2014, Dimitri Gutas (Avicenna and the Aristotelian Tradition, 2nd ed.) provided a revised list of works that included, alongside the well-known summae, also the lesser-known shorter writings. While the authenticity of some of these rasāʾil remains questionable, it is clear that they all shaped in different degrees the perception on Avicenna throughout the centuries and, thus, deserve more attention from scholars to bring to light their variegated history of transmission and reception as well as their value for understanding Avicenna. Many of these smaller texts remain unedited and discuss topics that are rarely studied or appear otherwise difficult to integrate into the systematic framework of Avicenna’s philosophy. They may enrich or surely substantiate our own view of Avicenna, while inauthentic treatises could provide important insight into Avicennian circles and later forgeries may have been sources of misconceptions and erroneous or otherwise peculiar readings among interpreters in history. Against this background, the fourth meeting of the Avicenna Study Group aspires to set a new standard in dealing with the important corpus of Avicenna’s “minor” works and welcomes rigorous and innovative contributions that could feature, for example: - editions, - translations, - manuscript studies, - historical reconstructions, - philosophical analyses, - new hitherto unknown or unlisted treatises, - comparisons with other “minor” works as well as - comparisons with the “major” works. As with the first three meetings of the Avicenna Study Group, the proceedings of the conference will be published. All contributors are expected to prepare their papers after the conference for inclusion in the volume prior to the subsequent – fifth – meeting of the Avicenna Study Group scheduled for 2025. The conference will probably have fifteen slots available for presentations, of which five are open to the call for papers. Each presentation will run for 45 minutes plus 30 minutes of discussion. Presentations can be held in either French or English. Early career submissions and submissions from members of underrepresented groups within the study of (the history of) philosophy are particularly encouraged. The following scholars have already confirmed their contribution: - Jean-Baptiste Brenet (Université Panthéon-Sorbonne) - Cristina Cerami (CNRS, UMR 7219 Sphère, Paris) - Mohammad Javad Esmaeili (Iranian Institute of Philosophy, Tehran) - Dimitri Gutas (Yale University, New Haven) - Jawdath Jabbour (CNRS, centre Paul Albert Février, Aix-en-Provence) - Damien Janos (A.v. Humboldt Stiftung/LMU Munich) - Jules Janssens (De Wulf-Mansion Centre, Leuven) - Meryem Sebti (CNRS, UMR 8230 Centre Jean Pépin, Paris) - Tony Street (University of Cambridge) - Nadjet Zouggar (Aix-Marseille University, CNRS, Iremam) Please submit your application via email, by 18 September 2022, to: andreas.lam...@ru.nl and olga.lizz...@univ-amu.fr Your email should indicate “ASG IV” in the subject line and your submission should include (as an attached file, Word or PDF) a short abstract of 300–500 words about your planned presentation and a CV indicating your name and preferred email address, your institutional affiliation, and your career stage. Selected participants will be informed by 3 October 2022. Costs for travel and accommodation will be covered. Organisers Olga L. Lizzini Aix-Marseille Université/CNRS-Iremam Email: olga.lizz...@univ-amu.fr Andreas Lammer Radboud University Nijmegen/CHPS) Email: andreas.lam...@ru.nl __ InterPhil List Administration: https://interphil.polylog.org InterPhil List Archive: https://www.mail-archive.com/interphil@list.polylog.org/ __
InterPhil: CFP: Are migrants entitled to vote?
__ Call for Papers Theme: Are migrants entitled to vote? Subtitle: On migrants' political inclusion through electoral rights Type: International Workshop Institution: Justice and Migration Research Group, KU Leuven Location: Leuven (Belgium) Date: 8.–9.12.2022 Deadline: 28.8.2022 __ Migration poses a challenge within democratic frameworks, in academia as in state practice. One reason why scholars struggle with justifying democratic inclusion (or exclusion) of migrants is the longeval tradition of conceptualizing the state as an independent unit whose citizens’ political views and conceptions of the good overlap and are discretely distinct from those that develop elsewhere. Much of the normative debates stems from the politico-philosophical tradition that would conceptualize migration and democratic inclusion as two independent areas of study. However, migration constitutes an ethically pressing, tangible example of what the fundamental question of democratic inclusion is about. This workshop seeks to gather and discuss possible approaches to the intersection of justice in migration and democratic theory. The theoretical challenges mentioned above have a number of practical implications. We are interested in questions that range from tackling those theoretical premises as well as their real world implications. We look for papers on the following or related topics: - Which tools does democratic theory provide to fruitfully approach questions of migratory justice? - How does the problem of the definition of the demos affect our understanding of territorial sovereignty and border controls? - Should electoral rights be approached through the prism of procedural or substantive democratic standards? How do different accounts of democratic legitimacy frame the permissibility of electoral rights differentiation between citizens and denizens? - Does the democratic culture of a country have legitimate consequences for migrants' inclusion? (e.g. do countries with mandatory voting have a stronger duty to include migrants? Should countries with a stronger tradition of public debate have higher language requirements?) - Should arguments from the perspective of migration justice be prioritized over democratic concerns? How does migration justice impact questions of democratic theory? - What if any should be the requirements (e.g. citizenship, residence, language proficiency) for political participation? - Should requirements for political participation change at different jurisdictional levels? (e.g. should such requirements be less strict at more local levels?) - What is the right place and form of political agency that temporary migrants are entitled to? For example, should they be able to participate in elections in their sending or host country? Or should they be steered towards other forms of political agency? - Should migrants with multiple citizenship be able vote (or run for office) in more than one country? - Are there categories of migrants that should have prompter access to electoral rights? Can this be the case, for instance, for political refugees? Or within frameworks such as the Commonwealth citizenship? This list is non-exhaustive, and submissions on related topics are welcome. Confirmed speakers - Arash Abizadeh (McGill University) - David Owen (University of Southampton) - Emanuela Ceva (University of Geneva) - Alex Sager (Portland State University) - Eva Erman (Stockholm University) Submissions We have space for three more external speakers on our program. If you are interested in participating in this expert workshop, please submit an anonymized abstract of no more than 500 words, along with an email including your name, title, and affiliation to: eleonora.dannib...@kuleuven.be The format of this particular panel is pre-read. Abstracts should therefore be developed into a full paper. Participants will be asked to give a brief (5-10 min) presentation of their paper as part of the 1-hour discussion session of their work. The deadline for submission is August 28th, 2022. Notification of acceptance will be provided by September 5th. Key dates Abstracts submission deadline: August 28th, 2022 Notification sent to participants: September 5th, 2022 Final submission of papers: December 1st, 2022 Workshop: December 8th-9th, 2022 Organizers Eleonora d’Annibale Helder De Schutter If you have any questions regarding the workshop, please contact the organizer, Eleonora d'Annibale, at: eleonora.dannib...@kuleuven.be This workshop is organized as part of the “Justice & Migration” project, RIPPLE, Institute of Philosophy, KU Leuven: https://hiw.kuleuven.be/ripple/justice-and-migration __ InterPhil List Administration: https://interphil.polylog.org InterPhil List Archive: https://www.mail-archive.com
InterPhil: CFP: Food, Consumption and Climate Change
__ Call for Papers Theme: Food, Consumption and Climate Change Type: Fall 2022 Graduate Conference Institution: Department of Philosophy and Religion, University of North Texas Location: Denton, TX (USA) Date: 8.–9.10.2022 Deadline: 12.8.2022 __ The Department of Philosophy and Religion at the University of North Texas invites submissions for its 2022 fall graduate conference. The conference theme is “Food, Consumption and Climate Change.” The inability of governments and private citizens alike to address the climate crisis demonstrates a need for new approaches to and conceptions of the complexity that is climate chaos. The old approaches are clearly not working; the stale debate between state and federal sovereignty captures the imagination of millions as the federal government of the United States loses regulatory power over emissions of private institutions. The language that informs the public of climate induced chaos continues to maintain a naïve optimism and irresponsibility. Hundreds of millions in the global north absolve themselves of any response-ability in their diets and the suffering that such decisions are predicated upon. This conference is asking for new ways of conceiving, imagining, theorizing, and implementing change to overcome the decomposing (putrefying?) debates of progressive neoliberal politics. This conference invites new and creative ways to conceive of and imagine food, consumption, and climate change at their intersections. As such, this conference is intended to be interdisciplinary, inviting numerous voices and disciplines to think on the complexities that these ongoing crises continue to announce themselves as. The keynote speaker will be Nathalia Hernández Vidal. She holds a Ph.D. from Loyola University Chicago and is currently a Visiting Scholar in the Philosophy and Religion Department at UNT. Her work focuses on food sovereignty and climate change through the lens of environmental justice, feminist political ecology, and critical indigenous studies. Dr. Hernández Vidal is also an active member of the seed sovereignty movement in Latin America. The conference will also include a workshop by Samani Dr. Chaitanya Pragya, Visiting Professor at Florida International University, USA and Professor at Jain Vishva Bharati Institute, India. Her lecture and workshop is titled “Living Lightly on the Planet: Jain Philosophy and Practices for Reducing Accumulation, Moderating Consumption, and Letting Go of What Weighs Us Down.” Possible submission topics include: - Food Studies - Climate Change - Environmental Justice - Animal Studies - Philosophy of Water - Decolonial Thought and Practice - Indigenous Thought and Practice - Consumption of commodities/pollution/media - Cultural Criticism - Environmental Ethics - Environmental Aesthetics - Technology - Ecofeminism - Ecotheology & Green Religion Submissions of 500-word abstracts should be prepared for anonymous review. Accepted students will give a 20-minute presentation with a 10-minute Q&A. Submissions should be emailed, with the following information, by August 12th 2022: prgraduateconference...@gmail.com - Name - University affiliation - Current level of graduate studies Accepted presenters will be notified by late August. This conference will be held in-person and presenters are expected to present in-person. Any questions should be directed to: prgraduateconference...@gmail.com __ InterPhil List Administration: https://interphil.polylog.org InterPhil List Archive: https://www.mail-archive.com/interphil@list.polylog.org/ __
InterPhil: CFP: Public Spaces, Private Places
__ Call for Papers Theme: Public Spaces, Private Places Subtitle: Constructing Race and Liberation Type: Interdisciplinary Conference on Race Institution: Monmouth University Location: Online Date: 4.–5.11.2022 Deadline: 20.8.2022 __ This conference aims to bring together scholars from multiple disciplinary perspectives to broadly explore the past, present, and future of space and place and their intersections with race and liberation. Contemporary social, political, and geographical discourses demonstrate the continued need to re-evaluate the differing ways in which race and identity impact our interpretation and use of place and space. What remains constant is the critical need to invest in strategies that will foster the development of just spaces and places that promote wide-scale liberation, which is essential for our collective futures. Therefore, it is crucial to examine questions such as: how do our constructed physical environments affect perception and emotion, resulting in various layers of meaning? In what ways do sociocultural meanings and contexts, as well as the overlapping boundaries of space and place, shift over time? How do various cultural, historic, economic, educational, and theoretical perspectives shape the current climate on these topics? How have communities and movements crafted spaces and agendas of freedom, accountability, and liberation? The Monmouth University race conference was founded in 2008 by Dr. Julius Adekunle and Dr. Hettie V. Williams. This conference has brought together scholars from more than fifteen U.S. states, four continents, and twelve nations. Robin D.G. Kelley, Tera Hunter, Jonathan Holloway, and William Sturkey have all previously served as keynote speakers for this event. This year, marquee speakers will include: Amy Banks and Isaac Knapper, authors of Fighting Time, and Darnell Moore, thought leader and author of No Ashes in the Fire. The Interdisciplinary Conference on Race program committee eagerly invites proposals from students, scholars, researchers, community organizers, artists, and teachers around the world on topics related to the scholarly and/or pedagogical aspects of the conference’s themes. Some examples of topics one could pursue under the conference theme include, but are not limited to: Public Spaces, Private Places: - Collective, public, and personal spaces - Mobilization/Displacement - Monuments, memorials, markers, museums - Social remembrance - Body/Embodiment - Intersectionality: sexism, cissexism, heterosexism, ableism, classism - Surveillance and policing - Gentrification, mapping, urban/rural planning - Preservation/Conservation - Schooling and segregation - Emotional labor - Heritage sites and sacred places - Digital/Virtual space and futurism - Climate justice - Generational trauma Constructing Race and Liberation: - Reparations - Engagement/Empowerment - Identity: constructed and lived experiences - Belonging/Inclusion/Exclusion - Ritual, rites of passage, celebrations - Social justice, activism, resistance and protest - Ethnic, cultural, or national identity - Liberation pedagogy - Authenticity, acculturation, appropriation - Multiple and layered identities: gender, sexuality, ethnicity, class, disability, religion - Creative practices: art, artifacts, comics, sequential art, visual culture, murals, street art, healing - Transnationalism, migration and diaspora - Indigenous ways of knowing and sovereignty - Neo/post colonialism - Movement building Formats - Organized Panels (3 to 4 panelists, one chair, and optionally, one discussant) – Individual papers, maximum of 20 minutes in length (panels of 4 have a maximum of 15 minutes in length per paper) - Single papers (not part of an Organized Panel) - Roundtables (between 4 to 6 participants) – 5-minute opening statements from participants and then conversational dialogue with one another and/or the audience - Workshops on specific teaching techniques or practices. (If you are interested in offering your workshop for continuing education credit, please indicate this on your proposal submission.) - Proposals for artistic poster displays and scholarly presentations To submit a proposal, click on the link below and complete the form. You will need to include the following: a maximum 250 word abstract, with title, for each paper, a panel title for organized panels, and a brief bio (250 words or less) for each participant: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSchL8y2nxNK7VxpW2cdhk6rK_RqGF4EQOax0YydLM1KbKVonQ/viewform Closing date: August 8, 2022 Conference conveners Brooke Nappi Lecturer of Cultural Anthropology Department of History and Anthropology Monmouth University Email: bna...@monmouth.edu Hillary DelPrete Associate Professor of Biological Anthropology Department of History and Anthropology Monmouth University Email: hdelp...@monmouth.edu
