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IJFAB blog
The International Journal of Feminist Approaches to Bioethics has developed a fantastic blog with a lot of really interesting contributors, including Eva Kittay, Margrit Shildrick, and many others. Ellen Feder recently posted an entry in memory of Ruby, the woman whose experiences with her intersex daughters helped Ellen develop her critique of normalizing surgeries (to…
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just returned from Dallas
where I had a wonderful time at CVMST’s 3rd annual conference. I especially enjoyed talks by Kim Knight (on the explosion of restrictions on and new legislation chipping away at reproductive rights, at a time when “vagina” and “uterus” are considered vulgar words in Congress!), Jessica Murphy (on greensickness in English Renaissance literature), and Adrienne Asch…
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CFP: 2nd Annual Kristeva Circle Meeting
This is a call for abstracts for the second meeting of The Kristeva Circle, to be held March 27-30, 2014 at Vanderbilt University. Keynote speakers are Julia Kristeva (University of Paris VII Diderot) and Tina Chanter (DePaul University). Please submit abstracts (500-750 words) on any topic related to the work of Julia Kristeva, to kristevacircle@gmail.com. We welcome submissions from across all disciplines.…
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headed to Dallas for CVMST
Early tomorrow I leave Lansing for Dallas to attend and present a paper at the 2013 Conference on Values in Medicine, Science, and Technology at the University of Texas at Dallas. I’m looking forward to Adrienne Asch’s keynote speech!
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I successfully defended my dissertation!
I am proud to announce that I am a newly-minted PhD. Thank you so much to all of my supporters, especially my family and my mentor Kelly Oliver!
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paper comes out in IJFAB
My paper, “Reconciling the Disability Critique and Reproductive Liberty: The Case of Negative Genetic Selection,” came out this month in the International Journal of Feminist Approaches to Bioethics. Available here. In it, I investigate the difficult tangle of questions over the assertion that one has a moral responsibility to choose one’s children (in particular, to choose against…
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pushing through!
Pushing through the final work on my dissertation, and looking forward to my upcoming trip to Nashville to participate in the Social and Political Thought Workshop! I can only imagine that the loss of tension I’ll feel next week will be highly disconcerting. I’ll be defending in just over a month! [UPDATE: FINI! on 4/14]
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accepted position at Stetson University
I am very excited to report that I am Florida-bound this fall! I start a tenure-track position at Stetson University’s Philosophy Department in August. My first semester I will teach Logic, Introduction to Philosophy, and Bioethics! Can’t wait! More updates to follow.
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APA presentation on negative genetic selection
Thanks to Massimo Pigliucci, of the Philosophy Department at the CUNY Graduate Center, for reviewing my talk (along with reviewing those of the other members of my panel) on his blog, Rationally Speaking. I really enjoyed reading it, as I thought it provided a fair and comprehensive representation of my argument as I presented it, and…
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conferences, upcoming, & news
Despite Hurricane Sandy, I had a wonderful time at SPEP last month and really enjoyed (chilly) Rochester! It was fun to be on a panel presenting work on Foucault with my former fellow colleague, Francey Russell. I received great feedback and the paper is under revision for publication in a special issue of the Disability…
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Melinda C. Hall, PhD 