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: Enrique Dussel's Pedagogies of Liberation" [The New School]
  • José Ema López (University of Castilla-La Mancha): experiences as a grassroots-activist and collaborator of the political movement ‘Podemos’ [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]
  • Iskra Fileva (Colorado): Speaker at “Diverse Voices in Philosophy” conference [Stanford]
  • Tina Rulli (UC Davis): Speaker at “Diverse Voices in Philosophy” conference [Stanford]
  • Carlos Santana (Utah): Speaker at “Diverse Voices in Philosophy” conference [Stanford]
  • Erin Beeghly (Utah): Speaker at “Diverse Voices in Philosophy” conference [Stanford]
  • B.R. George (CMU) & Rachael Briggs (Stanford): the metaphysics of gender identity [Carnegie Mellon]
  • Sharon Crasnow (Norco): Feminist Standpoint Theory [CMU]
  • Bryan Van Norden (Vassar): "A Multicultural Philosophy Manifesto" [Boston U.]
  • Joel Michael Reynolds (Emory): "The Future of Bioethics: Ableism & The Life Worth Living" [Ryerson University]
  • Anita Superson (Kentucky): Keynote at FSU’s MAP Conference [Florida State University]
  • Dwight K. Lewis (South Florida): "Amo and Causation" at the Southeast Seminar in Modern Philosophy [University of South Florida]
  • Heidi Grasswick (Middlebury): speaker at “Testimony and Deference” workshop [Western University]
  • Carla Fehr (Waterloo): speaker at “Testimony and Deference” workshop [Western University]
  • Jennifer Epp (Western): speaker at “Testimony and Deference” workshop [Western University]
  • Serife Tekin (Daemen): speaker at “The Social Impact of Medicalizing Psychiatry” conference [Western University]
  • James R. Brown (Toronto): speaker at “The Social Impact of Medicalizing Psychiatry” conference [Western University]
  • Branka Agic (Toronto): speaker at "The Social Impact of Medicalizing Psychiatrist" conference [Western University] 
  • Kelly Anderson (Western): speaker at "The Social Impact of Medicalizing Psychiatrist" conference [Western University] 
  • Jenji Learn: "Outside Insight: Queer Phenomenology, First-Personal Authority, and the Nature of Self-Discovery" [Western Michigan]
  • Talia Bettcher (Cal State, LA): Skype talk on "Evil Deceivers" [Western Michigan]
  • Muhammad Ali Khalidi (York): “Al-Ghazali's The Rescuer from Error” [University of Michigan]
  • Eva Kittay (Stony Brook): “The Moral Significance of Being Human” [University of Michigan]
  • Harun Küçük (U Penn): “Frontispiece of the Ledge of Fools - The Radical Potential of Non-Radical Texts in the Early Modern Ottoman Empire” [University of Michigan]
  • Esa Diaz-Leon (University of Barcelona): “Sexual Orientations – The Desire View,” pre-read workshop [University of Michigan]

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 Lights on Gaslighting” [Florida State University]
  • MAP graduate panel: Sara Aronowitz: “The Science of History in Islamic Modernism”; Elise Woodard: “The Gender Gap in Philosophy and Diversifying Syllabi”; Cat Saint-Croix: “Evidential Disparity and Epistemic Norms” [University of Michigan]

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]
  • Women’s Movie Outing [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 philosophy and for peer-tutoring [Reed College]
  • Regular graduate socials [UCSB]
  • Monthly meetings to discuss graduate student needs [UCSB]
  • Meet and Greet [NYU]
  • Meeting at the IU Art museum with undergraduates [Indiana University]
  • Meet-Up with other women philosophy graduate students in the city [York University]
  • Leadership lunch with Professor Lisa Minnick [Western Michigan]
  • Dinner with Sandy Mitchell and discussion of her career [University of Pittsburgh]

WORKSHOPS/TRAINING
  • Inclusive pedagogy workshop [University of Pittsburgh]
  • Inclusive pedagogy workshop with guest speakers Dr. Carolyn McLeod, Veromi Arsiradam, and Dr. Erica Lawson (Western University) [Western University]
  • Inclusive pedagogy workshop [SoCal Regional]
  • 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]
  • Diversifying Syllabi workshops, focusing on Islamic and African philosophy [York University]  
  • Applying to graduate school workshop [Columbia]
  • Testimony and Deference Workshop [Western University]
  • Planning Compass workshop for diverse undergraduates [University of Michigan]
  • Summer Program for undergraduates interested in philosophy of science [University of Pittsburgh]
  • Co-hosted a workshop on narrative and anti-workplace discrimination legislation with the Los Angeles Black Workers Center [UCLA] 

​READING GROUPS
  • Wellesley: bi-weekly reading group discussing papers by diverse authors
  • SUNY Buffalo: climate and diversity themed readings including Katrina Hutchison (Monash) “Sages and Cranks”, Tamar Szabó Gendler (Yale) “On the Epistemic Costs of Implicit Bias,” Saray Ayala (Sacramento State) “Explaining Injustice in Speech,” and Sarah-Jane Leslie (Princeton) “Carving Up the Social World with Generics,” and more.
  • 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; Standing Rock
  • 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
  • University of Washington-Seattle: Feminist Philosophy
  • Ohio State University: Reading group-style meetings on N. Ann Davis' "Invisible Disability" and Elizabeth Barnes' "Disability, Minority, and Difference”
  • University of South Florida: Minorities in Early Modern Philosophy
  • University of South Florida: Womanist Reading Group
  • University of South Florida: Being and Time Reading Group
  • University of Pittsburgh: Reading group with Edouard Machery on his views on the social construction of race
  • University of Michigan: Feminist Philosophy & Philosophy of Race

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]
  • Hosted the second “Diverse Voices in Philosophy” conference, featuring junior faculty at West Coast & Mountain West Universities [Stanford]
  • Hosted conference on Global Feminisms [U. Penn]
  • Held Mini-Conference on on inclusion and diversity in philosophy at the Pacific APA [UW Seattle]
  • Hosted a speaker series discussing what philosophers can do in light of the recent election and political climate [UW Seattle]
  • Graduate Student presented her work related to mental disability [Ohio State]
  • Compiled a document on how to remove barriers to pursuing philosophy faced by underrepresented groups [Ohio State]
  • Hosted the 11th annual FSU MAP conference [Florida State]
  • Held a discussion of “The Muslim Ban” [SUNY Albany]
  • Hosted philosophy writing workshops aimed at students in intro-level philosophy classes at Columbia and Barnard [Columbia]
  • Organized Southeast Seminar in Modern Philosophy, focused on Minor Early Modern Figures [University of South Florida]
  • Hosted Conference on “The Social Impact of Medicalizing Psychiatry” [Western University]
  • Held a screening of “I Am Not Your Negro” [Western Michigan]
  • Held a screening of “Get Out” [Western Michigan]
  • Held a talk for undergraduates on feminist theology [Glasgow]
  • Held screening and discussion of “13” [UW Seattle]
  • Hosted "Critiquing the Canon" philosophy conference on navigating the intellectual history of philosophy with a keynote by Peter Park (University of Texas-Dallas) on his book "Africa, Asia, and the History of Philosophy" [UCLA]