The Philosophy Department is sponsoring free, Weekly Movement Classes, every Wednesday at 1pm. This class will be live on Zoom. Keep your camera off, or turn it on for an interactive experience. The Zoom link will be shared closer to the time.
On January 8th, on Global News, Queen's Philosophy member Jacalyn Duffin, Professor Emerita and Hannah Chair of the History of Medicine, shared her insights on previous pandemics and the lessons they can offer us now.
Start Date
Thursday January 21, 2021End Date
Saturday January 23, 2021Time
9:00 am - 4:00 pmLocation
Queen's University, ZoomThis workshop, co-organized by Margaret Moore (Political Studies, Philosophy), brings together theorists working on all aspects of territory to reflect on the moral and political implications of the threat that climate change poses to people, their territorial attachments, and their rights to occupy a given piece of land. Speakers include Cara Nine, Jennifer Szende, Michael Luoma, Margaret Moore, Alejandra Mancilla, Megan Blomfield, Patti Lenard, Anna Stilz, Chris Armstrong, Steve Vanderheiden, Byron Williston, and Charles Jones.
To register to attend, please email: ccandterritoryworkshop@gmail.com
Date
Thursday January 21, 2021Location
Queen's University, ZoomThe Philosophy Department’s Equity Committee is getting 2021 off to a good start with another session in our ‘Equity in a Pandemic’ series: ‘Social Justice and Public Health’, a panel with Meredith Schwartz (Ryerson) and Udo Schüklenk (Queen’s). The panel is scheduled for 4pm, 21 January, on Zoom. Further details will be provided closer to the event, over email.
Equity in a Pandemic: ‘Social Justice and Public Health’ Poster (PDF 462 KB)
Ph.D. Candidate
Philosophy
Arts and Science
Philosophy of Race, Philosophy of Gender, Sex, and Love, Black Studies, Trans Philosophy, Critical Phenomenology, Abolition Studies, Environmental Ethics
Alisha’s research orbits around violence and intimacy, informed by analyses of racial capitalism, settler colonialism, and carceral logics. They are currently interested in philosophies which refuse individuation as well as ontological and metaphysical separability, as to theorize love, touch, and homemaking toward abolition and decolonization. Beyond philosophy, Alisha lives and breathes poetics and poetry.
Udo Schüklenk, Professor of Philosophy and Ontario Research Chair in Bioethics, was a featured expert on a recent episode of TVO's The Agenda with Steve Paikin, discussing the question: Is Ontario's crisis triage discriminatory? Click below to watch.
Mick Smith, Professor of Philosophy jointly appointed with Environmental Studies, has been awarded a SSHRC Insight Grant to pursue his project, ''Atmospheric Agency' and Ethical Responses to Climate Change'.
Ph.D. Candidate
Philosophy
Arts and Science
Epistemology, Metaphysics, Early Modern Philosophy, Analytic Philosophy
William’s research is currently focused on the nature of epistemic justification, the philosophical implications of sceptical arguments, epistemic disjunctivism (on which he wrote his master’s thesis), and fallibilism. He is also interested in transcendental idealism and the nature of normativity, and looks forward to being able to study them in more depth once his current project is completed.
Ph.D., 2022
Philosophy
Arts and Science
Political and Social Philosophy, Critical Social Theory, Normative Ethics
Brennen’s research interests are in critical social theory and political philosophy. He is particularly interested in issues of methodology within critical social theory, and is influenced by the practice-based accounts of social normativity defended by neo-Hegelian critical theorists such as Axel Honneth and Rahel Jaeggi.
Ph.D., 2021
Philosophy
Arts and Science
The Philosophy of Iris Murdoch, History of 20th Century Analytic Philosophy, Philosophical Methodology, Moral Psychology, Philosophy of Mind, Aesthetics, Philosophy of Literature, Linguistic Philosophy, and Philosophy of Education
My research is focused on the philosophical writings of Iris Murdoch, with special focus on philosophical method and Murdoch’s place in the history of 20th century analytic philosophy. My research, like Murdoch’s work, touches on behaviourism in the philosophy of mind, Kantian aesthetics, linguistic philosophy, and moral psychology. I am also interested in the philosophy of education, and have had work published in the Journal of Philosophy of Education.
Beyond philosophy, I am deeply passionate about labour issues and have made numerous media appearances (including on CBC Ontario Morning and Power and Politics), written op-eds for local Kingston newspapers, organized “know your rights” workshops, and produced radio shows amplifying frontline workers’ voices during the COVID-19 pandemic.
“The Case of M and D in Context: Iris Murdoch, Stanley Cavell, and Moral Teaching and Learning”, Journal of Philosophy of Education Vol. 54 (2), 2020, pp. 425-448.
