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Hypatia: A Journal of Feminist Philosophy

Hypatia is a forum for cutting edge work in feminist philosophy. Since its inception in the mid-1980s, Hypatia has been a catalyst for broadening and refining feminist philosophy as well as an invaluable resource for those who teach in this area. Feminist philosophy arises out of diverse traditions and methods within philosophy and is also richly interdisciplinary in orientation.

Hypatia’s commitment to the development of feminist philosophy entails that, in all its policies and practices, Hypatia actively reflect and engage the diversity within feminism itself, the diverse experiences and situations of women, and the diverse forms that gender takes across the globe. Promoting diversity within feminist philosophy and philosophy in general is thus one of Hypatia’s core objectives.

We are committed to publishing articles that are broadly accessible. Hypatia serves as a resource for the wider women's studies community, for philosophers generally, and for all those interested in philosophical issues raised by feminism.

FEAST Cluster on Feminist Critiques of Evolutionary Psychology
Edited by Diana Tietjens Meyers

If you are anything like me—an avid, but scientifically out-of-date reader of the Science section of the New York Times—this cluster will come as a revelation to you. For those scientifically sophisticated readers of Hypatia, this cluster will deepen your understanding of the tricks science can play on the unwary and the opportunities for feminist intervention that you may have overlooked.

The papers included in this special cluster were originally submitted for the 2nd FEAST Special Issue (Fall 2011) but there were so many papers that survived Hypatia’s rigorous review process that it was impossible to include all of them. Fortunately, three of the accepted papers focus on the topic of evolutionary psychology, and the editors of Hypatia welcomed the possibility of publishing this cluster devoted to the pressing issues this topic raises for feminist philosophers

Maternity is a concept as well as a practice. Interestingly, the concept (not to mention the practice) has been amply utilized in the history of philosophy even though it has often been undervalued and generally been mischaracterized. The following happily found cluster of essays engaging with maternity, essays that were all received as open submissions and were accepted through our standard review process, offer explorations of both the concept and the practice of maternity, as well as the connection between the two. They seek better ways in which to understand the meaning of the maternal in relationship to philosophical fecundity, to rationality, and to the personal politics of reproducing human beings.

COMING SOON! Volume 27, Issue 2: Featuring a Special Cluster on “Contesting the Norms of Embodiment” by Debra Bergoffen and Gail Weiss.

The essays in this cluster, “Contesting the Norms of Embodiment,” continue the challenges to traditional ethical paradigms begun in our Hypatia Special Issue Ethics of Embodiment (vol. 26.3, Summer 2011). They examine the lived relationship between the body and moral life by paying special attention to the ways that current norms of embodiment and bodily comportment produce normalizing rather than liberating ethical principles.

Hypatia: A Journal of Feminist Philosophy seeks papers for a special issue on Climate Change. We welcome new feminist scholarship on the scientific, ethical, epistemological, economic, and cultural dimensions of current global climate change, as well as case studies that critically engage specific questions in local, regional, national, and/or global contexts. In addition to essays developing feminist analyses of the science, ethics, and politics of climate change, we encourage investigations of the gendered, neo-colonial, and other power-laden frameworks which shape the discourses and power flows that influence various parties’ understandings of and responses to climate change.

There has been a great deal of work in the natural and social sciences on various aspects of climate change, and there is increasing acknowledgement in the literature that extreme weather events and ecological disasters tend to have greater negative impacts on women, girls, and those who lack economic and social power. Nonetheless, little attention has been given to the complex ways in which hegemonic conceptions of gender, race, nation, and knowledge are implicated within institutional frameworks of climate policy, media representations of scientific knowledge, and suggestions of planetary redemption through "eco-engineering," carbon markets, or profit-generating green technologies.

In addition to critical case studies focused on specific regions or trends, some questions and issues that might be considered in this special issue include (but are not limited to) feminist analyses of the following topics:

Papers should be no more than 8000 words, inclusive of notes and bibliography, prepared for anonymous review, and accompanied by an abstract of no more than 200 words. For details please see Hypatia's submission guidelines

Please submit your paper to manuscript central. When you submit, make sure to select “Climate Change” as your manuscript type, and also send an email to the guest editors indicating the title of the paper you have submitted: Chris Cuomo: cuomo@uga.edu, Nancy Tuana: ntuana@la.psu.edu

CALL FOR PAPERS: Special Issue on "Interstices: Women of Color Feminist Philosophy"

Volume 29, Number 1, Winter 2014
Guest Editors: Kristie Dotson and Donna-Dale Marcano

Hypatia: A Journal of Feminist Philosophy seeks papers for a special issue on women of color feminist philosophy. We welcome feminist philosophical scholarship with the aim of interrogating and/or demonstrating work created within the terrain of these three terms- women of color, feminist, philosophy. As the profession of philosophy has witnessed a small emergence of women of color who are pursuing academic degrees in philosophy as well as those who find philosophy useful in the service of other types of research and activism, women of color feminist philosophers still struggle to negotiate political and/or academic spaces often acknowledged as “interstitial” or “liminal.” And, yet, when one considers that within the past decade that younger (i.e. newer) feminist scholars now have access to successful and now classic works of a handful of senior feminist philosophers of color, one can instantly recognize that we are at a threshold of expanding the purview of what it means to philosophize as a woman of color feminist philosopher. This latter circumstance points to a significant transformation. We are at a juncture that deserves celebration as well as serious contemplation on the presence or lack thereof of women of color feminist philosophical work. To this end, we encourage new essays that explore the promises of scholarship as well as problems or objectives and/or methodologies pertaining to women of color feminist philosophy.

By women of color feminist philosophy, we mean intellectual work done by feminists who take women of color as their primary philosophical touchstones and/or scholarly focus. As such, we invite papers on a wide range of topics. We look forward to new insights concerning the identity and/or existence of “women of color” feminist philosophical scholarship as well as whether and what philosophy and philosophical tools aid or prohibit pursuing and addressing women of color feminist work. We also encourage essays on the process of including women of color’s voices into one’s own academic work. In particular, we hope that this issue will stimulate articulation of the diverse truths inherent to the diversity of women included in the moniker women of color, as it is understood within and against the American context or post-racial, post-feminist sensibilities. To this end, we encourage contributors to explore integrating resources from their particular racial, ethnic, and/or cultural background with an attention to the hazards or victories of such an exploration. We welcome essays ranging from ethical and social political explorations to metaphysical and epistemological concerns. We invite discussion of ways in which the label “women of color” translates and/or does not translate in contexts outside the US as well as whether and how it can be re-appropriated and transformed within international arenas. We also encourage explorations of the relationship and distinctions between women of color feminist philosophy and critical race feminism or transnational feminism including articulations of what makes a work philosophical and how it becomes so.

Papers should be no more than 8000 words, inclusive of notes and bibliography, prepared for anonymous review, and accompanied by an abstract of no more than 200 words. In addition to articles, we invite submissions for our Musings section. These should not exceed 3,000 words, including footnotes and references, and unless they are invited contributions, they will be subject to external review. For details please see Hypatia's submission guidelines

Please submit your paper to manuscript central. When you submit, make sure to select “Interstices” as your manuscript type, and also send an email to the guest editors indicating the title of the paper you have submitted: Kristie Dotson: dotsonk@msu.edu, Donna-Dale Marcano: Donna.Marcano@trincoll.edu

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	Hypatia: A Journal of Feminist Philosophy Hypatia is a forum for cutting edge work in feminist philosophy. Since its inception in the mid-1980s, Hypatia has been a catalyst for broadening and refining feminist philosophy as well as an invaluable resource for those who teach in this area. Feminist philosophy arises out of diverse traditions and methods within philosophy and is also richly interdisciplinary in orientation. Hypatia’s commitment to the development of feminist philosophy entails that, in all its policies and practices, Hypatia actively reflect and engage the diversity within feminism itself, the diverse experiences and situations of women, and the diverse forms that gender takes across the globe. Promoting diversity within feminist philosophy and philosophy in general is thus one of Hypatia’s core objectives. We are committed to publishing articles that are broadly accessible. Hypatia serves as a resource for the wider women's studies community, for philosophers generally, and for all those interested in philosophical issues raised by feminism. HYPATIA PUBLISHING NEWS JUST OUT! Volume 27, Issue 1: Featuring a FEAST cluster and a "found" cluster Access the full issue at Wiley-Blackwell FEAST Cluster on Feminist Critiques of Evolutionary Psychology Edited by Diana Tietjens Meyers If you are anything like me—an avid, but scientifically out-of-date reader of the Science section of the New York Times—this cluster will come as a revelation to you. For those scientifically sophisticated readers of Hypatia, this cluster will deepen your understanding of the tricks science can play on the unwary and the opportunities for feminist intervention that you may have overlooked. The papers included in this special cluster were originally submitted for the 2nd FEAST Special Issue (Fall 2011) but there were so many papers that survived Hypatia’s rigorous review process that it was impossible to include all of them. Fortunately, three of the accepted papers focus on the topic of evolutionary psychology, and the editors of Hypatia welcomed the possibility of publishing this cluster devoted to the pressing issues this topic raises for feminist philosophers Read Diana Meyers' entire introduction to the cluster here The Myths of Maternity Edited by Linda Martín Alcoff Maternity is a concept as well as a practice. Interestingly, the concept (not to mention the practice) has been amply utilized in the history of philosophy even though it has often been undervalued and generally been mischaracterized. The following happily found cluster of essays engaging with maternity, essays that were all received as open submissions and were accepted through our standard review process, offer explorations of both the concept and the practice of maternity, as well as the connection between the two. They seek better ways in which to understand the meaning of the maternal in relationship to philosophical fecundity, to rationality, and to the personal politics of reproducing human beings. Read Linda Martín Alcoff’s entire introduction to the cluster here COMING SOON! Volume 27, Issue 2: Featuring a Special Cluster on “Contesting the Norms of Embodiment” by Debra Bergoffen and Gail Weiss. Contesting the Norms of Embodiment Edited by Debra Bergoffen and Gail Weiss The essays in this cluster, “Contesting the Norms of Embodiment,” continue the challenges to traditional ethical paradigms begun in our Hypatia Special Issue Ethics of Embodiment (vol. 26.3, Summer 2011). They examine the lived relationship between the body and moral life by paying special attention to the ways that current norms of embodiment and bodily comportment produce normalizing rather than liberating ethical principles. Read the editor's entire introduction and the table of contents CALL FOR PAPERS: Special Issue on "Climate Change" March 15, 2012 submission deadline Volume 28, Number 3, Summer 2013 Guest Editors: Nancy Tuana and Chris Cuomo Hypatia: A Journal of Feminist Philosophy seeks papers for a special issue on Climate Change. We welcome new feminist scholarship on the scientific, ethical, epistemological, economic, and cultural dimensions of current global climate change, as well as case studies that critically engage specific questions in local, regional, national, and/or global contexts. In addition to essays developing feminist analyses of the science, ethics, and politics of climate change, we encourage investigations of the gendered, neo-colonial, and other power-laden frameworks which shape the discourses and power flows that influence various parties’ understandings of and responses to climate change. There has been a great deal of work in the natural and social sciences on various aspects of climate change, and there is increasing acknowledgement in the literature that extreme weather events and ecological disasters tend to have greater negative impacts on women, girls, and those who lack economic and social power. Nonetheless, little attention has been given to the complex ways in which hegemonic conceptions of gender, race, nation, and knowledge are implicated within institutional frameworks of climate policy, media representations of scientific knowledge, and suggestions of planetary redemption through "eco-engineering," carbon markets, or profit-generating green technologies. In addition to critical case studies focused on specific regions or trends, some questions and issues that might be considered in this special issue include (but are not limited to) feminist analyses of the following topics: Geopolitics of climate change treaties and political processes Ethics and politics of approaches to climate justice, including cosmopolitanism, human rights, human security, indigenous rights, and eco-centric perspectives Critical analyses of industrial, scientific, policy and activist discourses Climate change denial and epistemologies of ignorance Intersections and tensions of development ethics and climate ethics Epistemologies and ethics of climate modeling, including economic models Naturalization of fossil fuel dependence and consumerism Climate change and the resurgence of reactionary notions of population control Critical analyses of the influence of popular media, from misinformation to education Deadline for submission: March 15, 2012 Papers should be no more than 8000 words, inclusive of notes and bibliography, prepared for anonymous review, and accompanied by an abstract of no more than 200 words. For details please see Hypatia's submission guidelines Please submit your paper to manuscript central. When you submit, make sure to select “Climate Change” as your manuscript type, and also send an email to the guest editors indicating the title of the paper you have submitted: Chris Cuomo: cuomo@uga.edu, Nancy Tuana: ntuana@la.psu.edu CALL FOR PAPERS: Special Issue on "Interstices: Women of Color Feminist Philosophy" August 15, 2012 submission deadline Volume 29, Number 1, Winter 2014 Guest Editors: Kristie Dotson and Donna-Dale Marcano Hypatia: A Journal of Feminist Philosophy seeks papers for a special issue on women of color feminist philosophy. We welcome feminist philosophical scholarship with the aim of interrogating and/or demonstrating work created within the terrain of these three terms- women of color, feminist, philosophy. As the profession of philosophy has witnessed a small emergence of women of color who are pursuing academic degrees in philosophy as well as those who find philosophy useful in the service of other types of research and activism, women of color feminist philosophers still struggle to negotiate political and/or academic spaces often acknowledged as “interstitial” or “liminal.” And, yet, when one considers that within the past decade that younger (i.e. newer) feminist scholars now have access to successful and now classic works of a handful of senior feminist philosophers of color, one can instantly recognize that we are at a threshold of expanding the purview of what it means to philosophize as a woman of color feminist philosopher. This latter circumstance points to a significant transformation. We are at a juncture that deserves celebration as well as serious contemplation on the presence or lack thereof of women of color feminist philosophical work. To this end, we encourage new essays that explore the promises of scholarship as well as problems or objectives and/or methodologies pertaining to women of color feminist philosophy. By women of color feminist philosophy, we mean intellectual work done by feminists who take women of color as their primary philosophical touchstones and/or scholarly focus. As such, we invite papers on a wide range of topics. We look forward to new insights concerning the identity and/or existence of “women of color” feminist philosophical scholarship as well as whether and what philosophy and philosophical tools aid or prohibit pursuing and addressing women of color feminist work. We also encourage essays on the process of including women of color’s voices into one’s own academic work. In particular, we hope that this issue will stimulate articulation of the diverse truths inherent to the diversity of women included in the moniker women of color, as it is understood within and against the American context or post-racial, post-feminist sensibilities. To this end, we encourage contributors to explore integrating resources from their particular racial, ethnic, and/or cultural background with an attention to the hazards or victories of such an exploration. We welcome essays ranging from ethical and social political explorations to metaphysical and epistemological concerns. We invite discussion of ways in which the label “women of color” translates and/or does not translate in contexts outside the US as well as whether and how it can be re-appropriated and transformed within international arenas. We also encourage explorations of the relationship and distinctions between women of color feminist philosophy and critical race feminism or transnational feminism including articulations of what makes a work philosophical and how it becomes so. Deadline for submission: August 15, 2012 Papers should be no more than 8000 words, inclusive of notes and bibliography, prepared for anonymous review, and accompanied by an abstract of no more than 200 words. In addition to articles, we invite submissions for our Musings section. These should not exceed 3,000 words, including footnotes and references, and unless they are invited contributions, they will be subject to external review. For details please see Hypatia's submission guidelines Please submit your paper to manuscript central. When you submit, make sure to select “Interstices” as your manuscript type, and also send an email to the guest editors indicating the title of the paper you have submitted: Kristie Dotson: dotsonk@msu.edu, Donna-Dale Marcano: Donna.Marcano@trincoll.edu Follow this link for the news archive.
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hypatia

a journal of feminist philosophy

Hypatia: A Journal of Feminist Philosophy

simpson center for the humanities | university of washington hypatia@uw.edu | 206.616.2789

simpson center for the humanities | university of washington
hypatia@uw.edu | 206.616.2789