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<\/strong><\/p>\n Convenors<\/strong><\/p>\n Rowan Bell<\/strong> (Syracuse University); rabell@syr.edu<\/a><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n Katrina Haaksma<\/strong> (Indiana University);\u00a0kajahaak@iu.edu<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n Sofie Vlaad<\/strong> (Queens University);\u00a016sv8@queensu.ca<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n Jaana Virta<\/strong> (Tampere University);\u00a0jaana.virta@tuni.fi<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n Access the abstracts book here<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n All times are in UTC (EST -5, BST +1, etc.)<\/span><\/p>\n 15.00 – 15.30<\/strong> – Welcome to the Workshop – Jaana Virta, Katrina Haaksma, Sofie Vlaad, and Rowan Bell<\/strong>, organizers<\/p>\n 15.30 – 16.30<\/strong> – \u201cAn Intersectional and Historical Critique of the Gender Category Approach in Gender Metaphysics\u201d – Katelijne Malomgr\u00e9<\/strong> – Chair: Kevin Richardson<\/p>\n **30 minute break**<\/strong><\/p>\n 17.00 – 18.00<\/strong> – \u201cGender and Reification: Reading Sally Haslanger as a Marxist Feminist\u201d – Michael Davin<\/strong> – Chair: Tessel Veneboer<\/p>\n 18.15 – 19.15<\/strong> – \u201cGender Meta-Trouble\u201d – Jay Luong<\/strong> & Stephania Donayre Pimentel<\/strong>\u00a0 – Chair: Jasper Heaton<\/p>\n **30 minute break**<\/strong><\/p>\n 19.45 – 21.15<\/strong> – Keynote Address: Louise Antony<\/strong> – \u201cAmelioration is Impossible and (Fortunately) Unnecessary\u201d – Chair: Jaana Virta<\/p>\n 15.00 – 16.00<\/strong> – \u201cGender and Race: Doing Metaphysics Without Language\u201d – Dee Payton<\/strong> – Chair: Matt Andler<\/p>\n 16.15 – 17.15<\/strong> – \u201cIntersectionality as Emergence\u201d – Marta Jorba<\/strong> & Dan L\u00f3pez de Sa<\/strong> – Chair: Michael Davin<\/p>\n 17.30 – 18.30<\/strong> – \u201cGender Pluralism and Gender Indeterminacy\u201d – Kevin Richardson<\/strong> – Chair: Ray Briggs<\/p>\n **30 minute break**<\/strong><\/p>\n 19.00 – 20.30<\/strong> – Keynote Address: Sara Bernstein<\/strong> – \u201cIntersectional Oppression as Proportionate Causation\u201d – Chair: Sofie Vlaad<\/p>\n 20.45 – 21.45<\/strong> – Coffee, drinks, discussion<\/p>\n 15.30 – 16.30<\/strong> – \u201cA Desire-Based Account of Gender Identity\u201d – Richard Rowland<\/strong> – Chair: Esa Di\u00e1z-Le\u00f2n<\/p>\n 16.45 – 17.45<\/strong> – \u201cWhat kind of question is \u2018what is gender?\u2019?\u201d – B.R. George<\/strong> & R.A. Briggs<\/strong> – Chair: Dan L\u00f3pez de Sa<\/p>\n 18.00 – 19.00<\/strong> – \u201cGender Identity and Transfeminism as Realism\u201d Jasper Heaton<\/strong> – Chair: Marta Jorba<\/p>\n **30 minute break**<\/strong><\/p>\n 19.30 – 21.00 – Keynote Address: Marquis Bey<\/strong> – \u201cNotes on (Trans)Gender: Autotheoretical Meditations on the Trans, the Cis, and the Black \u2014Toward Abolition\u201d – Chair: Rowan Bell<\/p>\n 21:15 – 22:15<\/strong> – Coffee, drinks, discussion<\/p>\n 15.00 – 16.00<\/strong> – \u201cWhat Does Gender Want?\u201d – Tessel Veneboer<\/strong> – Chair: Katelijne Malomgr\u00e9<\/p>\n 16.15 – 17.15<\/strong> – \u201cWhat Is Masculinity?\u201d – Matt Andler<\/strong> – Chair: Richard Rowland<\/p>\n **30 minute break**<\/strong><\/p>\n 17.45 – 18.45<\/strong> – \u201cSexual Orientations, Sexual Desires, Sex, and Gender\u201d – Esa Di\u00e1z-Le\u00f2n<\/strong> – Chair: Dee Payton<\/p>\n 19.00 – 20.30<\/strong> – Keynote Address: Talia Bettcher<\/strong> – \u201cPersonhood, Gender, and Moral Sex\u201d – Chair: Katrina Haaksma<\/p>\n 20.45 – 21.45<\/strong> – Coffee, drinks, planning to smash oppression<\/p>\n <\/b><\/p>\n What Is Gender, vol. II: Now Including Sexuality, Intersectionality, and Trans Identity\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n The question <\/span>What is gender?<\/span><\/i> has been the subject of much debate in philosophy, social and political theory, and feminist theory.<\/span> From Judith Butler\u2019s performance theory, to Sally Haslanger\u2019s materialist structuralism, to Charlotte Witt\u2019s theory of gender as a unifying social role, the foundations of contemporary metaphysics of gender invite a wide range of further study. Much attention has been given to questions like: Should we understand gender as a hierarchical system of political subjugation? Or, as \u00c1sta suggests, as a context-dependent social status that can be conferred or revoked?<\/span><\/p>\n Recent scholarship aimed at addressing this question has drawn attention to the way that the metaphysics of gender is impacted by other features of identity, including for example race, class, and sexuality. These dimensions of gender deserve careful and collaborative consideration from philosophers and social theorists alike. Recently, more attention is being paid to the metaphysics of the relations between gender and other social categories. Sara Bernstein, for instance, offers an account of the metaphysics of intersectionality. Robin Dembroff has argued that we should understand \u2018genderqueer\u2019 as a \u2018critical gender kind\u2019, and Talia Bettcher has argued that sexual orientation involves a gendered eroticization of the self. There is still much work to be done in addressing the questions like what role does self-identification play in constructing gender? Is sexuality socially constructed in the same way as gender? How does gender influence our desires?<\/span><\/p>\n The first <\/span>What is gender and what do we want it to be?<\/span><\/i> workshop was organized through MANCEPT workshops in 2020. It was a huge success both philosophically and socially, and it brought together more than 100 people around the world to discuss these topics. To further this discussion, in 2021 we decided to organize another iteration of the workshop, this time focusing on specific related themes. We propose these different but interconnected themes for each of the four days of the workshop:<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" What is gender? Vol. II Now Including Sexuality, Intersectionality, and Trans Identity Convenors Rowan Bell (Syracuse University); rabell@syr.edu Katrina Haaksma (Indiana University);\u00a0kajahaak@iu.edu Sofie Vlaad (Queens University);\u00a016sv8@queensu.ca Jaana Virta (Tampere University);\u00a0jaana.virta@tuni.fi Access the abstracts book here All times are in UTC (EST -5, BST +1, etc.) TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7TH: THE METAPHYSICS OF GENDER 15.00 – 15.30 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4408,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"Convenors<\/strong>\r\n\r\nRowan Bell<\/strong> (Syracuse University);\u00a0abell@syr.edu<\/a><\/span>\r\n\r\nKatrina Haaksma<\/strong> (Indiana University);\u00a0kajahaak@iu.edu<\/a><\/span>\r\n\r\nSofie Vlaad<\/strong> (Queens University);\u00a016sv8@queensu.ca<\/a><\/span>\r\n\r\nJaana Virta<\/strong> (Tampere University);\u00a0jaana.virta@tuni.fi<\/a><\/span>\r\n\r\nWhat is gender? Vol. II<\/h1>\n
Now Including Sexuality, Intersectionality, and Trans Identity<\/h2>\n
\nTUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7TH: THE METAPHYSICS OF GENDER<\/h4>\n
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8TH: THE METAPHYSICS OF INTERSECTIONALITY<\/h4>\n
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 9TH: THE METAPHYSICS OF TRANS IDENTITY<\/h4>\n
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 10TH: THE METAPHYSICS OF SEXUALITY<\/h4>\n
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\r\n\r\nWhat Is Gender, vol. II: Now Including Sexuality, Intersectionality, and Trans Identity\u00a0<\/b>\r\n\r\nThe question <\/span>What is gender?<\/span><\/i> has been the subject of much debate in philosophy, social and political theory, and feminist theory.<\/span> From Judith Butler\u2019s performance theory, to Sally Haslanger\u2019s materialist structuralism, to Charlotte Witt\u2019s theory of gender as a unifying social role, the foundations of contemporary metaphysics of gender invite a wide range of further study. Much attention has been given to questions like: Should we understand gender as a hierarchical system of political subjugation? Or, as \u00c1sta suggests, as a context-dependent social status that can be conferred or revoked?<\/span>\r\n\r\nRecent scholarship aimed at addressing this question has drawn attention to the way that the metaphysics of gender is impacted by other features of identity, including for example race, class, and sexuality. These dimensions of gender deserve careful and collaborative consideration from philosophers and social theorists alike. Recently, more attention is being paid to the metaphysics of the relations between gender and other social categories. Sara Bernstein, for instance, offers an account of the metaphysics of intersectionality. Robin Dembroff has argued that we should understand \u2018genderqueer\u2019 as a \u2018critical gender kind\u2019, and Talia Bettcher has argued that sexual orientation involves a gendered eroticization of the self. There is still much work to be done in addressing the questions like what role does self-identification play in constructing gender? Is sexuality socially constructed in the same way as gender? How does gender influence our desires?<\/span>\r\n\r\nThe first <\/span>What is gender and what do we want it to be?<\/span><\/i> workshop was organized through MANCEPT workshops in 2020. It was a huge success both philosophically and socially, and it brought together more than 100 people around the world to discuss these topics. To further this discussion, in 2021 we decided to organize another iteration of the workshop, this time focusing on specific related themes. We propose these different but interconnected themes for each of the four days of the workshop:<\/span>\r\n\r\n \t