Past conferences

2020

– Around Alexa Conradi, Fear, Love and Liberation in contemporary Quebec, 2019, Between the line, Ecole buissonnière de Québec Solidaire (May, 10, 2020_

-“Working on and by Vulnerability: Thought for a Feminist Philosophy”, honorary gest speaker, Symposium de Philosophy féministe, Université de Montréal (January, 31,2020)

2019

– « Decolonizing Knowledge Production: the Place of Black Feminist Epistemology in Philosophy”, Intersections series, Department of Gender and Women’s Studies (June 10, 2019)

-« L’économie globalisée du care à l’épreuve de la competitivité » (Globalized Economy of care and Competitiveness), Colloque Justice et dignité dans le monde du travail, Université Laval, (May 13-14, 2019)

-« De l’injustice épistémique au Black Feminism comme philosophie politique » (From Epistemic Injustice to the Black Feminism as Political Philosophy), Guest lecture in a class taught by Ryoa Chung (PH12419-Feminist Philosophy), Department of Philosophy, Université de Montréal (March 27, 2019)

-« Gender Injustices in the Globalized Economy of Care: Which Responsibility? », department of Political Studies, Queen’s University, Kingston, Canada (March 14, 2019)

-« The Epistemic Responsibility of Liberal Feminist Philosophers: a Matter of Racial Justice? », , Department of Philosophy, Queen’s University, Kingston Canada (January 31, 2019)

2018

– Talk in the round-table “Peer-Reviewed Articles Perceived as Promoting Epistemic Violence. Case Study: Hypatia” in the symposium: “Always a Zero-sum Game? Exploring Tensions Between Academic Freedom and Anti-oppression”,  Carleton University, Ottawa, Joint Chair in Women’s Studies (September 25, 2018) 18-035 JCWS-JurisAlways a Zero sum game

« Pensée féministe noire: une arme de résistance afro-caribéenne pour une décolonisation épistémique de la philosophie politique» (« Black Feminist Thought: An Afro-Caribbean Weapon of Resistance for an Epistemic Decolonization of Political Philosophy »,  Género y feminismo en el caribe negro, in « Shifting the Geography of Reason XV: Ways of Knowing, Past and Present » annual congress of The  Caribbean Philosophical Association (CPA) La Société sénégalaise de philosophie (SOSEPHI), Dakar, Sénégal, (June 19-22, 2018)

-“Se soucier des nounous : une exigence entre éthique des droits et éthique du care” (“Worrying about the Nannies: Between the Ethics of Rights and the Ethics of Care”) CIRCEM, University of Ottawa (April 5, 2018)

-“Black Feminism : outil pour une justice épistémique et raciale en philosophie politique” (“Black Feminism: A Tool for Epistemological and Racial Justice in Political Philosophy”) Séminaire Reconsidérer le centre : à propos de la “décolonisation”, Canada Research Chair in Public Ethics and Political Theory, Polethics, Université de Montréal (February 15, 2018)

2017

– Conference and dialogue with Alexa Conradi, Les Angles morts. Perspectives sur le Québec actuel, Institute of Feminist and Gender Studies, University of Ottawa, (November 1, 2017)

-“La santé des femmes racisées : pour une approche intersectionnelle des soins (“Racialized Women’s Health: For an Intersectional Approach to Care”), panel part of the Journée d’échanges sur les inégalités sociales en santé (Discussions on Social Inequality in Health), at theInstitute for Health and Social Policy-McGill and Research Network for Population Health of Quebec, (April 27, 2017)

-“Le Black Feminism: un outil pour le politique et les sciences du même nom” (“Black Feminism: A Tool for Politics and Sciences of the Same Name”). Presentation part of the workshop “Intersectionality: For an Inclusive Feminism” at the University of Montreal, Feminist Committee of the AÉSPÉIUM (April 6, 2017)

-Presentation for the round-table on the French translation of Black Feminist Thought by Patricia Hill Collins, Café féministe, University of Ottawa, Faculty of Social Sciences (February 13, 2017)

-Response paper presentation in response to the talk delivered by Elsa Dorlin entitled Pour un féminisme révolutionnaire (For a Revolutionary Feminism), Philopolis, Centre for Research in Ethics, Montreal (February 11, 2017)

2016

-Round-table presentation on the topic of Black feminism, organized in celebration of the publication of the French translation of Patricia Hill Collins’s Black Feminist Thought, as part of the 40thanniversary of the feminist publishing house Éditions du Remue-ménage (November 25, 2016)

-Guest lecture on the topic of Black feminism delivered for a political science class, Femmes et politique (Women and Politics).Department of Political Science, University of Ottawa (November 22, 2016)

-“Le racisme systémique au Québec” (“Systemic Racism in Quebec”), presentation delivered during the biennial symposium of the Canadian Race Relations Foundation, National Conference, “Inclusive Canada, 2017 and Beyond,”Toronto (October 26-27, 2016)

-“L’appropriation culturelle : définition et enjeux” (Cultural Appropriation: Definition and Issues), presentation delivered during the Third Forum on Racializationat the Festival Dramaturgies en dialogue organized by the CEAD-Centre des auteurs dramatiques (August 28, 2016)

-Presentation at the workshop on Black feminism at the Hoostock- Sommet noir, Montréal Nord (August 13, 2016)

-“Care domestique et mondialisé : un enjeu féministe pour la décroissance” (“Domestic and Globalized Care: A Feminist Case for a Degrowth”), Research Seminar Degrowth and Work, session on feminist work issues, HEC Montréal, Canada (June 16, 2016)

-“Enjeux politiques de la maternité des femmes noires : quel état des lieux ?” (“Political Perspectives on Maternity of Black Women: An Overview”), round table entitled Black Women’s Experiences of Pregnancy and Labour: What Is the Situation in Quebec?Organized as part of the World Week of Respect for Childbirth, Gathering, Birth Rebirth and Ariane K, Montréal, Québec, Canada (May 21, 2016)

-“Économie transnationale du care: le modèle de ‘responsabilité relationnelle’ est-il pertinent ?” (“Transnational Economy of Care: Is the Model of ‘Relational Responsibility’ Needed?”), Workshop entitled “Globalization, Gender and Justice,” Society for Political Science, Quebec (SQSP, Université Laval, Canada (May 19-20, 2016)

-“L’afro-féminisme : histoire d’une lutte contre une double domination” (“Afro-Feminism: A History of the Struggle Against Double Domination”), Laval Graduate Student, Université Laval, Québec, Canada (May 18, 2016)

-“Penser les conditions républicaines de la réparation des injustices postcoloniales : une utopie réaliste ?” (“Reflections on the Republican Conditions of Postcolonial Injustices Reparation: A Realist Utopia?”), Conference of the Quebec Society for Philosophy, 84thCongress of ACFAS, Université du Québec à Montréal, Canada (May 9- 13, 2016)

-“Femmes noires et mythes » (Black Women and normative archetype”), UPOP Montréal, (May 10, 2016)

-“L’éthique du care en pratique : deux cas d’études” (“The Ethics of Care in Practice: Two Case Studies”), University of Sudbury, Ontario, (April 28, 2016)

-“Black Lives Matters Movement and the Marche pour la Dignité”, UPOP Montréal, (April 5, 2016)

– « L’afro-féministe existe-il au Québec » (“Do the Black Feminism exist in Quebec”), UPOP Montréal, (March 22, 2016)

-“L’afro-féminisme a-t-il sa place au Québec ?” (“Is There a Place for Afro-Feminism in Quebec?”), participation at a round table entitled Beyond White Feminism. Perspectives on the Diversity of Feminist Struggles in Quebec, 3rdConference entitled “Feminism Takes Its Place at UofM”, Université de Montréal, Canada (May 18, 2016)

-Guest lecture on Black feminism in a class taught by Ryoa Chung (PH12419-Feminist Philosophy).Department of Philosophy, Université de Montréal, Canada (March 16, 2016

-Stratégies de luttes et de résistances. (“Struggles strategies and Resistances”), UPOP Montréal, (March 8, 2016)

-Presentation and organization of a round table on bell hooks,Ne suis-je pas une femme ? (bell hooks, Ain’t I a Woman?”), Libraire Zone libre, Montréal, Canada (March 6, 2016)

-“Réflexions sur l’afro-féminisme “ (“Reflections on Afro-Feminism”), presentation at the launch of the Month of Feminist Activities of the Maison d’Haïti, theme of the year: “L’afro-féminisme, dialogue avec la relève” (“Afro-Feminism, Dialogue with the Next Generation”), Montréal (March 5, 2016)

-‘Intersectionnality”, UPOP Montréal, (February 23, 2016)

“What is Black Feminism?”, UPOP Montréal, (February 09, 2016)

2015

-“Solidarités féministes et économie transnationale du care: jusqu’où développer le ‘capitalisme émotionnel’ ?” (“Feminist Solidarity and Transnational Economy of Care: To What Extent Should ‘Emotional Capitalism’ be Developed?”), Conference entitled International Division of Care Work: Feminist Perspectives on Ethics, the Law, and Politics, 7thInternational Congress of Feminist Research in the Francophonie (CIRFF), Université du Québec à Montréal, Canada (August 24 -28, 2015)

2014

-(in English) “Why we Need to Conceptualize the Caregivers’ Vulnerability?”, International Workshop: Vulnerability in Context, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, University of Ottawa, Canada, (October 9-10, 2014)

-“Vulnérabilité et participation sociale des femmes aidantes dans l’emploi” (“Vulnerability and Social Participation of Women Caregivers”), International conference: Frailty, Vulnerability and Social Participation: Ethical, Social and Political Challenges for an Inclusive Societyof the European Association of the Centres for Medical Ethics 2014 (EACME), Université Catholique de Lille, France (October 2- 4, 2014)

-“Par delà la « double peine » du travail selon le genre. Penser la conciliation du travail de careet de l’emploi marchand” (“Beyond the ‘Double Burden’ and Gendered Division. Reflections on the Conciliation of Carework and Paid Employment”), International Congress: Gender Studies of France, l’Institut du Genre (CNRS) and École Normale Supérieure de Lyon, France (September 3-5, 2014)

 2013

-“La vulnérabilité du care: une perspective de justice” (“Vulnerability of Care: A Justice Perspective”).  Patricia Paperman Research Seminar for Master’s Students in Political Science, Department of Political Science, Université Paris 8- Saint-Denis, France, (October 24, 2013)

-“Quand ‘prendre soin de l’Humain vulnérable’ rend vulnérable : le cas singulier de la relation de soins informels” (“When ‘Taking Care of a Vulnerable Human’ Leads to Vulnerability: The Singular Case of Informal Carework”). International Conference: Taking Care of the Vulnerable Human. Perspectives on Vulnerability in Contemporary Society. Université de Brest, Faculty of Medicine, France (October 3-4, 2013)

-“Entre approche théorique et appliquée, le sujet de l’aide informelle pour concilier care et justice” (“Between the Theoretical and Applied Approach: Informal Care as Conciliation Between Care and Justice”), Symposium entitled The Ethics of Care:
An Assessment of Contributions to Social Sciences,
University of Ottawa, Canada (April 29-30, 2013)

-“Les aidants familiaux: des acteurs négligés dans la prise de décision ?” (“Family Caregivers: The Forgotten Actors in the Decision-Making Process?”), Presentation at the winter school: Psychological Disability: New Rights?École Normale Supérieure, Paris, France, (January 11-12, 2013)

2012

-“L’aide informelle entre deux modèles de relation morale” (“Informal Care Between Two Models of Moral Relations”), Journée d’étude sur l’éthique relationnelle, Centre de recherche en éthique de l’Université de Montréal, Canada, (May 18, 2012)

2011

-(in English) “Public Health and Family Caregiving: Which Distributive Justice?”, International Conference: Distributive Justice in Health,Centre for Humanistic Studies of the University of Minho (CEHUM), Braga, Portugal, (October 6-7, 2011)

-“Le soutien familial des personnes vulnérables : une question politique” (“Family Support for Vulnerable Persons: A Political Question”). Séminaire des doctorants de Normes Société Philosophie (NoSoPhi), Université Panthéon‐Sorbonne, Paris, France, (January 20, 2011)

 2010

 –“Contractualiser le care” (“Contractualizing Care”),78thCongress of ACFAS,Université de Montréal, Canada, (May 10, 2010)

-“Vers une action positivement républicaine ?” (“Toward a Positively Republican Action?”),78thCongress of ACFAS, Université de Montréal, Canada, (May 10, 2010)

-“Pourquoi contractualiser le care?” (“Why Contractualize Care?”), Research Group on Political Philosophy GRIPP, McGill University, Montréal, Canada, (April 28, 2010)

-“Pour une analyse du débat sur la discrimination positive en France” (“For an Analysis of the Debate on Positive Discrimination in France”), Conference entitled The Moving Borders of Ethnicity,Centre for Ethnic Studies of Montreal Universities, CEETUM, Université de Montréal, Canada, (February 25-26, 2010)

-“Vers une ‘sollicitude contractualisée’ : une norme publique pour agir dans un cadre institutionnel privé” (“Toward a ‘Contractualized Solicitude’: A Public Norm for Acting in the Institutional Private Sphere”), Graduate Student Conference on Pragmatic Philosophy“Norms, Action, Institutions,” Université Laval, Québec, Canada, (January 15-16, 2010)

 2009

– (in english)“The Cases of ‘Sciences Po Paris’ and the ESSEC for Two Normative Approaches of Affirmative Action in Higher Education in France: Where is the Ideal of Republican Equality?”, International Conference: Whose Opportunities? A Critique of Equality.Centre for Humanistic Studies, University of Minho (CEHUM) New University of Lisbon (CHC), Lisbon, Portugal, (October 29-31, 2009)

-“Le travail domestique d’aide informelle : une sollicitude naturelle ?” (“Informal Domestic Carework: A Natural Solicitude?”), Séminaire des doctorants boursiers du CRÉUM, Canada,(January 22, 2009)

2008

-“Pertinence et limites des arènes discursives informelles” (“Pertinence and Limits of Informal Discursive Arenas”), Colloque Autorité démocratique et contestation, Department of Philosophy, Université de Montréal, Canada, (15 avril 2008)

Updated : august 1st, 2020