Proud to share the programme for our upcoming conference, organized jointly by The Origins of Racializing Thought -project (University of Jyväskylä) and the Department of Moral and Political Philosophy, University of Málaga: Acting Democratically: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives on the Politics of Exclusion 6-7 February 2025 Sala de
"The Origins of Racialising Thought" research project proudly presents our new critical conversation series “Race and Gender through History - Philosophical Conversations". We now have four episodes out: 1. Freethinking, Gender, and Colonialism from the Scotch Enlightenment to Eurovision Song Contest, with Dr. Elad Carmel 2. Climate
Great publication news: The Routledge Handbook of Women and Ancient Greek Philosophy (edited by Sara Brill and Catherine McKeen) just came out, including my article “Wives or Philosophers? Hipparchia and the Cynic Criticism of Gendered Economics”. Hipparchia of Maroneia was a philosopher of the Cynic school of philosophy.
More than one year has passed since the young Kurdish-Iranian woman Jina Mahsa Amini died in the hands of the Iranian “morality police”. Her death gave rise to the Woman, Life, Freedom (Zan, Zendegī, Āzādī in Persian; Jin, Jîyan, Azadî in Kurdish) protests in Iran as well as a global social movement that shows
On this day in 1960, police killed 69 people at a peaceful demonstration against the inhuman apartheid laws in Sharpeville, South Africa. In 1966, the UN proclaimed this day for calling attention to the urgency of combatting racism and racial discrimination in all their forms. The UN Human Rights Office
Suomen tuore hallitus on lyhyessä ajassa tuonut esiin suomalaisen yhteiskunnan rasismin syvyyden ja laajuuden. Kesällä 2023 julkiseen keskusteluun nousi yksi toisensa jälkeen esimerkkejä hallituksen ministereiden avoimen rasistisista ja fasistisista kannanotoista. Eräs näistä oli valtiovarainministeri Riikka Purran kommentti, jossa hän kutsui burkaan pukeutuneita naisia ”mustiksi säkeiksi”.
I had the honor to interview Golnar Gishnizjani (Doctoral student in Media Studies at the University of Turku) on the Woman, Life, Freedom movement and women’s rights and activism in Iran. Our conversation also covers the importance of solidarity, inside and outside of the academic
In July 2022, me and Dr. Martina Reuter had the privilege to discuss our research on women in the history of philosophy at the Puistofilosofia (Philosophy in the Park) Festival in the beautiful small town of Ikaalinen, Finland. This is a fantastic and truly philosophical