Transnational Childism Colloquium titled “Childism and Philosophy”

Tanu Biswas Announcement
Subject Fields
Childhood and Education, Humanities, Social Sciences, Philosophy
  Welcome to the next Transnational Childism Colloquium titled “Childism and Philosophy” which will take place on Friday, December 10 from 9:00 to 11:00 am US Philadelphia time (ET) via Zoom. Please visit the institute's website (url below) for the link.  

This Transnational Childism Colloquium brings together a diversity of perspectives to develop conceptual clarity about what could and should be meant by the term childism.

  • What does the notion of childism mean, particularly but not only in its childhood studies sense?

  • How could childism contribute to better understandings of human beings and relations?

  • How is the concept related to and distinct from philosophies in feminism, liberalism, poststructuralism, and other philosophies?

  • How is childism a challenge to the discipline of philosophy itself?

Panel 1 – Philosophical Perspectives

  • Hanne Warming, Roskilde University

  • Tanu Biswas, University of Stavanger

  • John Wall, Rutgers University

  • Karin Murris, University of Oulu

Panel 2 – Critical Engagements

  • David Kennedy, Montclair State University 

  • Walter Kohan, State University of Rio de Janeiro

  • Katy Dineen, University College Cork

  • Ohad Zehavi, Tel Aviv University

Contact Email
tanu.biswas@uis.no