Melinda C. Hall, PhD

Philosophy Department, Stetson University

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    Edited Volume Philosophy of Disability: New Perspectives (Rowman & Littlefield International) Kelly Oliver (Vanderbilt University) and Melinda Hall (Stetson University) are very pleased to accept submissions for an edited volume entitled Philosophy of Disability: New Perspectives (Rowman & Littlefield International). The volume will track new developments in the philosophy of disability, emerging issues, and the […]

    Melinda C. Hall

    29 Jan 2018
    News
  • Is the #MeToo Movement Ableist?

    Shelley Tremain and I wrote a blog post about the ableism of the #MeToo Movement. Here is an excerpt: “Indeed, the attention of the #MeToo Movement has been unevenly distributed—regarding both who can claim to be a victim and who can be framed as an offender. Gabrielle Union, a black movie star and writer, argues […]

    Melinda C. Hall

    10 Dec 2017
    News
  • The Bioethics of Enhancement, Reviewed

    I was so thrilled to see my recent book, The Bioethics of Enhancement, reviewed in the Hastings Center Report by Joel Michael Reynolds. Check out the whole issue, including the review, “Being Better Bodies”. Here’s an excerpt from the extremely thoughtful review: “Claims that things will be better when we have progressed beyond our current embodied conditions […]

    Melinda C. Hall

    7 Dec 2017
    News
  • Phi Beta Kappa Visiting Scholar, Dr. Lydia Liu

    As part of Phi Beta Kappa’s national Visiting Scholar Program, we are pleased to have with us next week Dr. Lydia Liu, who is a theorist of media and translation, professor of comparative literature at Columbia University, and a bilingual writer in Chinese and English.  Please join us for two events next week! Public Lecture […]

    Melinda C. Hall

    10 Nov 2017
    News
  • Book Panel 11/4 @ FPA

    At this weekend’s Florida Philosophical Association, there will be an Author-Meets-Critics session on The Bioethics of Enhancement. Many thanks to Jaime Ahlberg (UF) and Christine Wieseler (U of Texas) for generously taking the time to read my book and comment on it! I look very forward to the conversation. Thanks to Brook Sadler and Shelley Park, […]

    Melinda C. Hall

    2 Nov 2017
    News
  • Foucault and Feminist Philosophy of Disability

    Read Shelley’s book, *Foucault and Feminist Philosophy of Disability*! Today, my recent commentary on the book, presented at the Canadian Society for Women in Philosophy conference, is up on the Discrimination and Disadvantage blog. Throughout the week, commentaries on the book will be posted, with Shelley’s response to be posted on Thursday. This is a […]

    Melinda C. Hall

    31 Oct 2017
    News
  • Talking Enhancement over Skype: Philosophy of Disability Conference

    This weekend I had the pleasure of presenting my disability critique of human enhancement for the Philosophy of Disability conference hosted by Adam Cureton and UT Knoxville. My presentation is a slice of a chapter I am preparing for inclusion in the Oxford Handbook of Philosophy and Disability, which defends the claim that the promotion […]

    Melinda C. Hall

    29 Oct 2017
    News
  • CSWIP 2017

    I look forward to joining friends and colleagues at Western this weekend for the 2017 meeting of the Canadian Society for Women in Philosophy. I’ll be commenting on Shelley Tremain’s fantastic new book, Foucault and Feminist Philosophy of Disability, set to be released in December. Next week, after the conference, panellists’ commentaries will be posted one-by-one […]

    Melinda C. Hall

    26 Oct 2017
    News
  • Colloquium Talk 9/28 @ UCF

    Florida friends! I look forward to giving a talk Thursday at the University of Central Florida on my book, The Bioethics of Enhancement. The talk, entitled “Human Enhancement? A Disability Rights Perspective,” will be Thursday, 9/28, from 4:30 to 6 pm in the Psychology Building, Room 226.

    Melinda C. Hall

    25 Sep 2017
    News
  • New article: Journal of Social Philosophy

    I’m very pleased to announce the publication of my most recent article, “Obscured Social Construction as Epistemic Harm”, which appeared today in the Journal of Social Philosophy. It’s part of a special issue entitled “Reshaping the Polis: Toward a Political Conception of Disability,” guest edited by Shelley Tremain. All of the articles look fantastic and I […]

    Melinda C. Hall

    6 Sep 2017
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