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Hypatia Crossing Borders Issue

The Crossing Borders issue of Hypatia is now available at

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/hypa.2013.28.issue-2/issuetoc

This issue includes many essays from our 2011 FEAST conference.  Wiley Blackwell is currently offering the articles for free.  Please visit the site and advertise it widely!

Call for Nominations: Distinguished Woman Philosopher 2013

Call for Nominations: Distinguished Woman Philosopher 2013

Each year the Eastern Division of the Society for Women in Philosophy comes together to honor a woman philosopher whose contributions to the support of women in philosophy and to philosophy itself are outstanding and merit special recognition. A panel and reception celebrating the honoree's accomplishments will be organized for the Eastern Division meeting of the American Philosophical Association, December 27-30, 2013.

Nominations should include a copy of the nominee's curriculum vitae and a minimum of two supporting letters, which summarize the nominee's contributions to philosophy and support of women in philosophy.

NOTE: Two-thirds of letter writers for any given nomination must be members of the society for women in philosophy, in good standing.

Please e-mail all nominations to Rochelle Green, ESWIP Distinguished Woman Philosopher Award Secretary (rmgreen1@ualr.edu) no later than April 1, 2013.

PIKSI 2013

PIKSI 2013 

Philosophy in an Inclusive Key: A Summer Institute for Undergraduates

Philosophy: Experience, Reflection, Transformation

ROCK ETHICS INSTITUTE, THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY

August 3–August 10, 2013

Ellen K. Feder, Director Associate Professor of Philosophy, American University

Guest Faculty: Linda Alcoff, Professor of Philosophy, CUNY

Brad Elliott Stone, Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy, Chair, African American Studies, Loyola Marymount University

Mariana Ortega, Professor, Department of Philosophy, John Carroll University

Along with works in feminist, critical race, disability, and queer theory, students will read historical and contemporary philosophical texts that explore recurring human concerns and investigate the ways in which experience informs philosophical reflection. In addition, writing assignments, visiting lecturers, and mentoring will help students learn that their own perspectives matter to philosophy.

Participants will be named Iris Marion Young Diversity Fellows.

Designed to encourage undergraduates from underrepresented groups to consider future study of philosophy, PIKSI emphasizes the on-going project of greater inclusiveness that is transforming the discipline, inviting students to be participants in the conversation. Undergraduate women or men from underrepresented groups such as African Americans, Chicano/as and Latino/as, Native Americans, Asian Americans, Pacific Islanders, LGBTs, economically disadvantaged communities, and people with disabilities are urged to apply. Transportation and lodging are provided. Stipends are awarded to all.

APPLICATIONS DUE: April 15, 2013

For more details see:  http://rockethics.psu.edu/piksi

Co-Sponsors: APA • FEAST • Penn State’s Rock Ethics Institute, College of The Liberal Arts, and Department of Philosophy• Iris Marion Young Diversity Scholars Fund.

2012 Institutional Co-Sponsors: Stony Brook University • Michigan State University • University of Washington • Ann Arbor Philosophers’ PIKSI Funding Initiative.

To download a flier for posting, please go to http://rockethics.psu.edu/education/piksi/

 

PIKSI 2013

PIKSI 2013 FEAST/APA

Philosophy in an Inclusive Key

A Summer Institute for Undergraduates

ROCK ETHICS INSTITUTE, THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY

August 3–August 10, 2013

Philosophy: Experience, Reflection, Transformation

Ellen K. Feder, Director, Associate Professor of Philosophy, American University

Guest Faculty: Linda Alcoff, Professor of Philosophy, CUNY

Brad Elliott Stone, Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy, Chair, African American Studies, Loyola Marymount University

Mariana Ortega, Professor, Department of Philosophy, John Carroll University

Along with works in feminist, critical race, disability, and queer theory, students will read historical and contemporary philosophical texts that explore recurring human concerns and investigate the ways in which experience informs philosophical reflection. In addition, writing assignments, visiting lecturers, and mentoring will help students learn that their own perspectives matter to philosophy.

Participants will be named  Iris Marion Young Diversity Fellows.

Designed to encourage undergraduates from underrepresented groups to consider future study of philosophy, PIKSI emphasizes the on-going project of greater inclusiveness that is transforming the discipline, inviting students to be participants in the conversation. Undergraduate women or men from underrepresented groups such as African Americans, Chicano/as and Latino/as, Native Americans, Asian Americans, Pacific Islanders, LGBTs, economically disadvantaged communities, and people with disabilities are urged to apply. Transportation and lodging are provided. Stipends are awarded to all.

APPLICATIONS DUE: April 15, 2013

For more details see:  http://rockethics.psu.edu/piksi

Co-Sponsors: APA • FEAST • Penn State’s Rock Ethics Institute, College of The Liberal Arts, and Department of Philosophy• Iris Marion Young Diversity Scholars Fund.

2012 Institutional Co-Sponsors: Stony Brook University • Michigan State University • University of Washington • Ann Arbor Philosophers’ PIKSI Funding Initiative.

To download a flier for posting, please go to http://rockethics.psu.edu/education/piksi/

Hypatia Reviews Online

Hypatia Reviews Online (HRO) - NOW LIVE - January 15, 2013

We are pleased to announce that HRO - the new online venue for Hypatia  book reviews – is now up and running!  We launch HRO with five new Hypatia book reviews and a very full archive of past reviews: a set of reviews that appeared online in 2004, and links to all the reviews since published in regular issues of the journal.

HRO is open access; all HRO reviews are available online at: http://hypatiaphilosophy.org/HRO

If you’re interested in reviewing for HRO, or can recommend books for review, please contact the Hypatia Book Review Editor, Sharyn Clough, either directly or through the Hypatia Editorial Office:sharyn.clough@oregonstate.edu / hypatia@uw.edu.

Hypatia Announces new editors for 2013-2018.

The Hypatia Board of Associate Editors are delighted to announce that Sally Scholz and Shelley Wilcox have been appointed the new Editors of Hypatia for a five year term beginning July 2013. The editorial office will move to Villanova University at the end of June where it will be managed by Sally; Shelley will serve as book review editor based at San Francisco State University. We look forward to the next exciting five years for Hypatia under the watch of Sally and Shelley.

Hypatia Early View Articles

Hypatia has a BUNCH of "early view" articles available online here:

New ones include ones to appear in the "Crossing Borders" special issues.

Enjoy!

ROUNDTABLE on LATINA FEMINISM

CALL FOR ABSTRACTS
ROUNDTABLE on LATINA FEMINISM
April 26-27, 2013, John Carroll University, Cleveland, OH
Abstract Deadline January 21, 2013

Invited Speaker:  Theresa Delgadillo, Ohio State University

You are invited to participate in the 2013 meeting of the Roundtable
on Latina Feminism, a forum for discussion of Latina feminist theory
and practice. Suggested themes include but are not limited to the
following:

*Latina Identity
*Latina Embodiment  
*Latina Activism
*History of Latinas in the U.S.
*Mestizaje and Mulataje
*Latina Sexualities
*Queer Latinidad
*Visual Representations of Latinas
*Latina Pedagogy
*Latina Aesthetics
*Latina Ways of Knowing
*Latina Spirituality
*Immigration
*Coalitions across difference
*Works on individual Latina or Latin American feminist writers and theorists

Guidelines for Submission:

1. Abstracts should be approximately 1500 words.
2. Abstracts should be suitable for anonymous review.  In a separate
document, please include
                your name, affiliation, contact information, brief
bio, and the title of your presentation.
3. Please submit all proposals electronically to Mariana Ortega at
mortega@jcu.edu. Please note “Roundtable Submission” in the subject
line.
4. For more information on past roundtables go to
http://sites.jcu.edu/lfr/ or contact Mariana Ortega at mortega@jcu.edu

Please Note:  Participants are expected to attend all sessions of the Roundtable

Conference on Implicit Bias, Philosophy and Psychology

Deadline for Submission: 15 December 2012

The Leverhulme-funded Implicit Bias and Philosophy Project
(www.biasproject.org) announces its fourth and final event, a
conference on Implicit Bias, Philosophy and Psychology.  Authors of
accepted papers will have the costs of their conference attendance
(including transportation) fully funded, within reason.  We invite papers on any
topic falling under the conference title, but would especially welcome
papers exploring any of the following topics:

-Correcting for implicit biases
-Intersectionality and implicit bias
-Measurement of implicit bias
-Relationship between implicit and explicit bias
-Implementation intentions
-Motivation to control prejudice
-Implicit bias and real-world behaviour
-Malleability of implicit bias
-Varieties of implicit bias
-Implicit bias and academia
-Implicit bias and ethics
-Implicit bias and the law
-Stereotypes
-Stereotype threat
-Implicit biases and social construction
-Implicit bias and institutional prejudice
-Responsibility and implicit bias
-Blame and implicit bias
-Implicit bias and self-knowledge
-Applications of implicit bias research to "real world"



Keynote speakers will be:

Helen Beebee (Philosophy, Manchester)
Irene Blair (Psychology, Colorado)
Paschal Sheeran (Psychology, Sheffield)
Manuel Vargas (Philosophy, University of San Francisco)

Please send  abstracts (up to 500 words) prepared for anonymous review
to Angie Pepper:
a.pepper@sheffield.ac.uk

Queries to Jenny Saul, j.saul@sheffield.ac.uk.

Implicit Bias Conference: call for papers

Implicit Bias, Philosophy and Psychology

Sheffield: April 20-21, 2013

Deadline for Submission: 15 December 2012

Click through for details...