past map events & projects

Organized by type of event, with hosting university in brackets. Lists for previous academic years may be found here:
Events, projects, and activities are organized by individual chapters in their own capacities, and their contents do not necessarily reflect the views of MAP. Chapters work with a high degree of autonomy and minimal intervention from the central organization. Event organizers, however, are encouraged to take steps necessary to ensure events are safe and inclusive spaces for attendees.
2016-2017
SPEAKERS
  • Jennifer Saul (Sheffield): racist political speech [University of Warwick]
  • Linda Martín Alcoff (CUNY) "Decolonizing Pedagogy: Ernique Dussel's Pedagogies of Liberation" [The New School]
  • Miranda Fricker (CUNY): 'A Conversation with Miranda Fricker:' Fricker discussed her work on epistemic injustice with the Columbia Philosophy department, with a special focus on the role of resisting/remedying epistemic injustice in inclusive pedagogy [Columbia]
  • Cord McLean (University of South Florida): Perspectives on Gender & Race: in the classroom and Office [University of South Florida]
  • Rebekah Cumpsty (York): The Sacred in African Literature [University of South Florida]

PANELS AND ROUNDTABLES
  • Discussion on Yann Benetreau-Dupin (University of Pittsburgh) and Guillaume Beaulac (Concordia University)’s "Fair Numbers: What Data Can and Cannot Tell Us about the Underrepresentation of Women in Philosophy" [University of Pittsburgh]
  • Graduate panel discussing diversity and grad school with undergraduates [York University]
  • Facilitated discussion on “Harmful Mindsets, Threats, and Biases” by Kate Finley (Notre Dame) [Notre Dame]
  • Facilitated discussion on “Can we accurately empathize with those utterly unlike us?” by Emily Spencer (Notre Dame) [Notre Dame]
  • Discussion on "Safe Spaces" on campus [SUNY Albany]
  • Discussion entitled "Is it rational to believe in the divine in the age of science?" [SUNY Albany]
  • Public philosophy talk on polyamory [Florida State University]
  • Public philosophy talk on political philosophy (specifically conceptualizing nationalism in America) [Florida State University]
  • Discussion on Kate Abramson (Indiana), “Turning Up the Light on Gaslighting” [Florida State University

INFORMAL GET-TOGETHERS
  • Undergraduate outreach event for undergraduates considering postgrad programs [Boston University]
  • Social hours to encourage community building among students in the department [University of Memphis]
  • Women’s potluck [York University]
  • Mental health support group [York University]
  • Coffee event for students and staff who identify as members of underrepresented groups [University of Warwick]
  • Cafe open space discussion of being a minority in philosophy [Ryerson University]
  • Weekly philosophy lounge for discussing topics in philosophy [Reed College]
  • Regular graduate socials [UCSB]
  • Monthly meetings to discuss graduate student needs [UCSB]

WORKSHOPS/TRAINING
  • Inclusive pedagogy workshop [University of Pittsburgh]
  • Inclusive pedagogy workshop with guest speakers Dr. Carolyn McLeod, Veromi Arsiradam, and Dr, Erica Lawsom (Western University) [Western University]
  • Islamic philosophy workshop [York University]
  • Justice and Education Workshop [Glasgow University]
  • Research seminar on implicit bias training conducted by Jennifer Saul (Sheffield) [University of Warwick]
  • "It's Not Philosophy, or Is It?" seminar [The New School]
  • Seminar on comparative philosophy lead by Chandana Chakrabarti (Elon) [U Penn]
  • Princeton Workshop in Social Philosophy – monthly workshop of works in progress in social philosophy by post-docs and graduate students (not from Princeton) [Princeton]
  • “Implicit Biases / Stereotype Threat and Pedagogy” pedagogy workshop featuring Morgan Thompson (HPS Pitt) and Liam Kofi Bright (Carnegie Mellon), Lauren Freeman (Louisville), and Eric Schwitzgebel (UC Riverside) [Princeton]
  • Compass undergraduate philosophy conference [Princeton]

​READING GROUPS
  • Wellesley: bi-weekly reading group discussing papers by diverse authors
  • SUNY Buffalo: climate and diversity themed readings including Katrina Hutchison (Monash University) “Sages and Cranks: The Difficulty of Identifying First-Rate Philosophers”, Tamar Szabó Gendler (Yale) “On the Epistemic Costs of Implicit Bias” and Saray Ayala (Sacramento State) “Explaining Injustice in Speech: Individualistic vs. Structural Explanation”
  • Ohio State University: monthly reading group on Michael Brownstein (CUNY) & Jennifer Saul(Sheffield)'s "Implicit Bias and Philosophy",  "Philosophers Explicitly Associate Philosophy with Maleness", and Jacobson's "Reducing Racial Bias"
  • Boston University: undergraduate and graduate reading group discussing the works of Simone de Beauvoir
  • University of Memphis: undergraduate and graduate reading group focused on readings which address the lack of diversity in philosophy and the impact this has on members of historically underrepresented groups within the discipline.
  • University of Pittsburgh: empirically-oriented pedagogy reading group on issues related to inclusivity in philosophy pedagogy
  • York University: Eastern philosophy
  • York University: colonialism
  • Glasgow University: monthly reading group on chapters from “Contract and Domination” by Carole Pateman (UCLA) and Charles Mills (CUNY)
  • University of Warwick: fortnightly reading group on "Decolonizing Philosophy"
  • The New School: bi-weekly reading group covering readings such as Charles Mills (SUNY) "But What Are You Really?", and Gonzalo Rodríguez-Pereyra (Oxford) "The Language of Publication of Analytic Philosophy"
  • University of Pennsylvania: reading group on classical Arabic philosophy
  • University of South Florida: Black feminist movement
  • University of South Florida: Latina feminist theory
  • University of South Florida: Early modern minorities
  • University of South Florida: Ortega reading group
  • UCSB: weekly undergraduate reading group
  • University of Michigan: public philosophy reading group on Frantz Fanon "The Wretched of the Earth"
  • Princeton: monthly reading group for women and gender minority undergraduate & graduate students

OTHER ITEMS
  • Held a screening and discussion of “Crash” [SUNY Buffalo]
  • Held a screening and discussion of “A Day without a Mexican” [SUNY Buffalo]
  • Women's movie night [York University]
  • Held a screening of “District 9” [Glasgow University]
  • Student mentorship program [Notre Dame]
  • Mentoring scheme for undergraduate students who identify as members of underrepresented groups [University of Warwick]
  • Mentorship program [Columbia]
  • Collaborated with the Oasis Center for Women and Girls for their holiday book drive [Florida State University]
  • Women in philosophy sessions: visitors to the philosophy department give an informal talk about the profession [Bristol]
  • Ran a table at orientation week [Ryerson University]
  • Participated in UCHRI Multi-Campus Graduate Working Group in Philosophy and Inclusive Pedagogy [UCSB; UCI]
  • Ran an ongoing outreach program, Corrupt the Youth [Texas]
  • Held an undergraduate outreach event on applying to grad school [Texas]
  • Held a professionalization social, which involved professors mentoring graduate students on building CVs, websites, and establishing professional relationships [Texas]