Gender, Race and Philosophy: The Blog

Why do you teach Women's and Gender Studies?

The WOC PhD blog has suggested a blog meme for persons of color who teach Women's and Gender Studies: http://profbw.wordpress.com/2008/04/15/

If you are a person of color who teaches Women, Gender, or Women and Gender Studies please write a blog post about why you teach in that inter/discipline. Please also address how or why you stick with it when issues of racism, homophobia or heterosexism, classism, or other issues arise. You can give as many reasons as you want and be as elaborate or succinct as you want. Tag at least 5 people and make sure that they know they have been tagged so we reach as many people as possible. You may participate even if you are just considering teaching in the interdiscipline or if your classes are cross-listed. (White allies, you are welcome to participate too, as long as you center the issue of how you support women of color as a central question in your answer.)

Please link back here so we can read your posts. If you don’t have a blog but want to participate, put your answers in the comments section and don’t worry about length.

"In Blogspeak, a meme is an idea that is shared and passed from blog to blog, like a question posted in one blog and answered in many other blogs." (from "The Memes List")

Feel free to post or comment here, or comment on the WOC PhD blog, or on your own!

California Roundtable on Philosophy and Race 2008

Here is the announcement and call for papers for the 5th annual California Roundtable on Philosophy and Race.  Note that the deadline for submissions is April 30, 2008.

The 5th Annual California Roundtable on Philosophy and Race
University of California, Berkeley
October 3-4, 2008
Keynote Speaker: Maria Lugones, Binghamton University

The California Roundtable on Philosophy and Race announces a call for papers for its fifth annual roundtable, to be held October 3-4, 2008 at UC Berkeley. This roundtable brings together philosophers of race, and those working in related fields in a small and congenial setting to share their work and to help further this sub-discipline.  Papers are invited on any philosophical issue regarding race, ethnicity, or racism, and including those that take up race in the context of another topic, such as feminism, political philosophy, ethics, justice, culture, identity, biology, phenomenology, existentialism, psychoanalysis, metaphysics, or epistemology.

Submissions are especially encouraged from junior scholars and philosophers of color.  We seek to foster a productive and intellectually stimulating environment for those working in philosophy and race.  The Roundtable also aspires to bring together junior and senior scholars to develop and enhance constructive mentoring relationships.

Registration is free but please register by email by April 30, 2008. Papers should be no more than 30 minutes in length. Please submit full paper or detailed abstract (2-3 pages), as MS word .doc or .pdf document to fsheth@berkeley.edu by April 30, 2008.

CFP for posting: Download CRPRcfp08.pdf