Conference of the Nordic Network for Women in Philosophy at the University of Iceland in cooperation with the Institute of Philosophy and EDDA – Center of Excellence

Organizers: Sigríður Þorgeirsdóttir, University of Iceland; Ásta Sveinsdóttir, San Franciscso State University; Eyja M. Brynjarsdóttir, University of Iceland; Salvör Nordal, University of Iceland

Venue: University of Iceland
Time: September 7 and 8, 2012
Abstracts due by May 25, 2012

Feminist philosophy has emerged in the last decades as a vibrant field within Western philosophy. It has resulted in questioning canons of philosophy as well as core concepts of the philosophical curriculum. Feminist epistemology, ethics, aesthetics and metaphysics have contributed to a richer understanding of the epistemic, ethical, perceiving and embodied subject. The past and the present of philosophy as an academic discipline appear in a different light. Despite this, philosophy still has one of the lowest proportion of women and minorities among students and faculty when compared to other disciplines within the humanities and the sciences as a whole. Does that have to do with the lack of acceptance of feminist work within philosophy? Or is it necessary to dig deeper in order to understand the resistance of philosophy towards change in this respect? The keynote speakers at this conference, Sally Haslanger and Linda Martín Alcoff, have gained widespread attention for their writings on the institutional culture, content and styles of philosophy, as well as for their initiatives on improving the situation of women and minorities in philosophy. The NNWP calls for papers that discuss if, and if so how feminist philosophy has changed philosophy.

Abstracts (max 200 words) are due by May 25, 2012. Please submit your abstracts to sigrthor@hi.is.
Replies to submissions will be sent out June 5th.

Contact
Dr. Ásta Kristjana Sveinsdóttir
Associate Professor of Philosophy
San Francisco State University
http://online.sfsu.edu/~asta

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