Past Events
Hypatia Welcome Event
March 4, 2024
The major journal Hypatia: A Journal of Feminist Philosophy is being hosted at Glasgow from 2024-2029, marking the first time the journal has been edited outside North America in its 40+ year history. It is being edited by a team with members from Glasgow, Edinburgh, Durham, and Groningen. Hypatia, published by Cambridge University Press, is the most well-established journal for scholarly research at the intersection of philosophy and women's studies and is a leader in reclaiming the work of women philosophers. It is described as an indispensable tool for anyone interested in the rapidly expanding and developing scholarship in feminist philosophy.
A hybrid format event will be held to mark the journal’s arrival at Glasgow , with a talk from Professor Linda Alcoff (CUNY) on the topic ‘What is decolonial feminism?’, introduced by Professor Jo Gill (Head of the College of Arts), followed by a drinks reception.
SFPN Workshop
'Gender Joy'
June 29-30, 2023
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Katharine Jenkins and Ruth Pearce: ‘Gender Joy’, introducing the project
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Filipa Melo Lopes and Charlotte Knowles: ‘How to Dress Like a Feminist: A Relational Ethics of Non-Complicity’
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Annalisa Muscolo: ‘What is Gender Contextualism?’
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Rory Wilson: ‘Suspicions Against the Emancipatory Potential of Gender Euphoria’
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Han Edgoose: ‘Challenging the ‘Debate’ Framing of the Trans Panic: On Cissexist Ideology and Epistemic Injustice’
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Jade Fletcher:‘Thoughts on Gender Joy and Ideology’
This conference brings together an international group of researchers working on different but interconnected problems in social philosophy, all of which have particular relevance for contemporary feminist philosophy. The conference will explore three related themes. First, what are the metaphysical underpinnings of social phenomena like gender, race, and class? Second, how are social phenomena like race, gender, and class implicated in oppression, and what role does injustice play in the creation and maintenance of the social world? Third, how do social agents experience the oppressive and unjust dimensions of social reality, and how do they exercise agency in circumstances of oppression and structural injustice? The conference aims to address these questions using the resources of analytic metaphysics, social and political philosophy, and normative ethics, and to do so with a concerted focus on achieving positive social change in practice. By bringing together diverse theoretical approaches that often inhabit philosophical silos, the conference promises to inspire and facilitate new lines of research, on which we hope to build through future collaborations.
