Gendered and Queer Lives: Critical Dialogues in Troubled Times

The University of Pennsylvania’s chapter of Minorities and Philosophy (MAP) is pleased to announce its Spring 2026 conference: Gendered and Queer Lives: Critical Dialogues in Troubled Times.

The conference is focused on philosophical questions concerning sex, gender, and sexuality. We construe these topics broadly, and we welcome work from across feminist, trans, and queer philosophy and their intersections with social philosophy, epistemology, metaphysics, ethics, political philosophy, philosophy of language, and other areas. We are particularly excited about work that pushes beyond familiar debates and engages with big questions shaping gendered and queer life today.

Keynote Speakers: Robin Dembroff (Yale University) and Ding (Barnard College, Columbia University)

The conference will take place in person at the University of Pennsylvania, with the option to participate via Zoom. Zoom captioning will be provided for online participants. (ASL interpretation is not provided by default but can be arranged upon request.)

Conference organizers: Brett Bolander, Ezekiel Vergara, Giannis Vassilopoulos, Idil Çakmur, Junhyung Han, Miles Meline, Victoria Riggs, Will Yu