Sara Van Goozen

Tackling speciesism and anthropocentrism in higher education From institutional pressures to competing demands from students, teachers are increasingly having to navigate complex political, pedagogical, and ethical challenges. For anti-speciesist teachers in th...

Interesting online workshop that some of you might be interested in!

We aim to bring together academics & practicioners to consider the challenges & opportunities associated with tackling speciesism and anthropocentrism in Higher Education philevents.org/event/show/1... #philsky

💎🔥 we have a TT Assistant Professor position open in political philosophy. Thinking of applying? Bear in mind it is funded by the NL sector plans 
and linked to Theme 5 – Social inequality and diversity. 

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C below for link 2 apply. #academicjobs @maastrichtu.bsky.social

I want to know how someone can finish by writing: 'I think they're kind of cute. And probably delicious'. Aww, what a sweet animal, I feel positive emotions towards it, I bet I would enjoy killing & eating it. The way people (mostly men) talk about animals is sociopathic.

21st Annual Doctoral Conference 2026 Humanity at a Turning Point: Reaffirming or Reimagining Political Common Sense? CEU’s Annual Doctoral Conference (ADC) provides an interdisciplinary space to present works in progress, receive c...

If you're a graduate student or know any, look at this call. This is an annual conference at CEU, with a stream of panels in political philosophy. And this year's keynote is Andrew Williams! Deadline for abstracts: the 26th of February.
philevents.org/event/show/1...

Oatly banned from using word ‘milk’ to market plant-based products in UK Supreme court makes ruling after Swedish firm’s long-running battle with trade association Dairy UK

The meaning of words is to be decided not by their use, usefulness, or history, but by their commercial benefit to the most powerful lobby groups. I have a recipe for almond milk in a cookbook from 1226. It has been used as a term in English for hundreds of years.
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Excited to be co-organising this again, and this time at University of Sheffield. Please send in your abstracts and spread the word!

Something compelled me to make this

I'm co-organizing once again, along with @mattwperry.bsky.social, @drsvg.bsky.social, @stevecooke.org, Angie Pepper, and Alasdair Cochrane. We're thrilled to have Frauke Albersmeier and Eva Meijer as our confirmed keynote presenters.

Social Ties in Animal Politics: Mutuality Beyond Humanity Social and political relationships constitute the foundation of our shared communities. Yet, scholars working in the field of animal politics have not had these social ties as their primary focus. The...

Conference announcement/CFP:

Social Ties in Animal Politics: Mutuality Beyond Humanity
University of Sheffield
8-9 September 2026

This is the latest installment in the long-running Animal Politics series. Abstracts due 12 June. Spread the word!

I'm going to finally pitch my documentary about the geology of the British Isles, "Potholing with Plato". After all, who is better placed to talk about earth sciences than a philosopher?

Cool Dad Republicans versus Bitch Mom Democrats literally never fails as a rubric

It came to me while I was brushing my teeth just now lol

The meme of Anakin and Padme, but instead of Anakin it's a Dutch farmer type guy, and instead of Padme it's a statue of Poseidon. Anakin says: Nice brackish body of water Poseidon says: nice for sailing and fishing, right? Dutch farmer anakin's face is bigger and silent, and looking vaguely ominous Poseidon: nice for sailing and fishing, right?

Honestly it really sucks we ended up using it for world historical evil purposes because little mud farmers building big boats and forcing Poseidon to eat shit is so cool.

Of Overijssel and Gelderland built one of his first churches in the town where my parents live now, and he went to school (study to be a missionary) in York, where I live. In like 800 CE! I want to know more about that ~16 yr old boy who was sent from Utrecht to York, apparently all by himself

Connected to all of Europe, the Hanseatic league, networks of monasteries and missionaries, the Holy Roman Empire and so on. It was a backwater, sure, but a well-connected one! (Even if most people didn't move of course). As a fun fact, I recently learned that the guy who "completed" the kerstening

I've been kind of doing it a bit by necessity, bc living abroad (and among open minded people) I used to get a lot of questions I didn't know the answer to! What I find nice and almost a little reassuring in a weird way is how, when you go back to even the early middle ages, people in NL were

The nation craves chaos with Ed Miliband

My postdoc at @durham.ac.uk is now open for applications! Three years research, open field.
Happy to answer any questions/chat/give feedback on applications.

NB: You *must* be nominated by a department - check with the department for the internal procedure/deadline.
www.durham.ac.uk/research/ins...

if you ignore graphics, i think videogames have actually gotten worse over time. it used to be you could play a videogame all day and there wasnt politics to consider. now you have to go to work instead of that

Well, Lisa and I are so delighted enough to share that The Philosopher Queens is now being published with Hackett, with FIVE NEW CHAPTERS. The book will out in 2027 with new illustrations, a new introduction, and a new foreword as well.

A poster for an event at York Literature Festival. The text reads: "Let's get philosophical, writing philosophical fiction with Rachel Handley, 6th March, 2 pm to 4 pm, York Medical Society". The background of the poster is of a pile of books stacked on top of one another.

Come write some weird and philosophical fiction with me at the @yorklitfest.bsky.social in March! You know you want to!

Tickets: www.yorktheatreroyal.co.uk/show/lets-ge...

@uoyenglishrl.bsky.social @livunienglish.bsky.social @sotauol.bsky.social @uoyphilosophy.bsky.social @yorkstjohn.bsky.social

1/ The NYU Wild Animal Welfare Program is hiring a Postdoctoral Associate!

The NYU Wild Animal Welfare Program is currently seeking a postdoctoral associate to join an interdisciplinary research project focused on wild animals in urban environments.

Let's normalise - nay, enforce - politicans wearing the logos of their funders and influencers, like a Formula One boiler suit.

More of this sort of thing.

TPTN Workshop: Designing Political Theory Curricula An important part of teaching political theory and philosophy involves the designing of curricula, programmes and modules. However, in doing so, political theorists may face any number of challenges a...

A great idea for a workshop, organised by a great group of people in York, on the challenges of designing political theory curricula: philevents.org/event/show/1.... Of interest I would guess across @psapolthought.bsky.social @biapt.bsky.social @ecpr-nptmethods.bsky.social

You: you're just making up a guy to be mad at
Me: it's called writing a philosophical dialogue. Look it up, Simplicio

2 jobs in contemporary war and conflict and international security:

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I hate the 21st century

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A meme showing a man pushing a small domino, leading to a really big domino. The small domino says "an internet forum stops users posting explicit anime memes", the big domino says "the end of the American experiment"

I originally made this like 6 months ago, and I keep upgrading the final domino - I think it started with something like "the Republican party"