Extended deadline. Please consider submitting. Trans* Experience in Philosophy Conference- Call For Papers May 13-15, 2016, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR This conference is generously supported by Hypatia: A Journal of Feminist Philosophy through a Hypatia Diversity Project Grant. Extended Submission Deadline: January 10, 2016 This conference aims to explore the intersections between transgender studies and philosophy by bringing philosophical reflections to bear on trans* experience, representation, identity, and politics. We welcome papers that engage a variety of issues or topics, including but not limited to trans* embodiment, ethical concerns specific to trans* persons, the relationship between transgender studies and feminist philosophy, and how classical philosophical frameworks might elucidate aspects of trans* experience. Through these reflections, we also hope to interrogate our understanding and practice of inclusivity in academia. Considering the attention given to the status of women in philosophy in more recent years, we are particularly interested in addressing the practices, content, and implicit biases of philosophy with regard to non-conforming genders and non-cisgender bodies. Papers engaging with trans* experience and perspectives broadly construed from all philosophical and interdisciplinary perspectives and approaches are welcome. Priority will be given to submissions with an intersectional emphasis and, when relevant, of those directly affected by or self-reflectively allied with the trans* persons. Keynote Speakers: Dr. Talia Mae Bettcher and Dr. C. Riley Snorton Topics to consider may include, but are not limited to: * Trans* experience at the intersection of race, class, sexuality, (dis)ability, nationality, coloniality, etc. * Methodological, political, and philosophical debates between feminist philosophy and transgender studies * Transfeminism/Queer feminism * Trans* exclusion in feminism * Pedagogical and professional barriers for trans* persons * Ambiguity, alterity, and/or fluidity of gender in western and non-western contexts * Non-binary identities and/or experiences of gender in postcolonial contexts * The coloniality of gender, trans* experience, and the possibility of decolonial transfeminism * Discursive practices of pathologization and normalization in law, medicine, education, etc. * Cis exclusivity, normativity, and privilege in philosophy as a discipline * Trans* embodiment * Trans* issues in applied ethics * Trans perspectives as methodology * Gender diversity, globalization, and capitalism * Trans* issues at the intersection of imperialism and gender * Transnationalism and transgender Please send your submission to, in one Word document to [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> by January 10, 2016. In the body of the email message, please include: your paper or panel title, name, institutional affiliation, e- mail address, surface mail address, and phone number. All submissions will be anonymously reviewed. Individual Papers Please submit a completed paper of no more than 3000 words, along with an abstract of 100-250 words, for anonymous review. Your document must include: paper title, abstract of 100-250 words, and your paper, with no identifying information. The word count (max. 3000) should appear on the top of the first page of your paper. Panels Please clearly mark your submission as a panel submission both in the body of the e-mail and on the submission itself. Your submission should include the panel title and all three abstracts and papers in one document, along with word counts (no more than 3000 for each paper). If you have any questions about the conference email the conference committee at [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>. Megan M. Burke, PhD Assistant Professor Department of Philosophy Program of Gender and Women's Studies Oklahoma State University [log in to unmask] ############################ To unsubscribe from the FEAST-L list: write to: mailto:[log in to unmask] or click the following link: http://listserv.jmu.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=FEAST-L&A=1