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Rebecca Buxton

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Lecturer in Social and Political Philosophy at Bristol Working on citizenship and immigration, women in the history of philosophy, and the political theory of Judith Shklar Co-editor of The Philosopher Queens (2020)

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Judith Nisse Shklar was a philosopher and political theorist who studied the history of political thought, notably that of the Enlightenment period. She was appointed the John Cowles Professor of Government at Harvard University in 1980. .. more

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Rebecca Buxton @rebeccabuxton.bsky.social · Sep 4

Some news that I can finally share! From February 2026 I'll be on an ERC Starting Grant focused on refugee-inclusive/refugee-led methods in political philosophy and debates on displacement justice. You can read about other funded projects here: erc.europa.eu/news-events/...

The ERC awards €761m to the next generation of scientists in Europe

The European Research Council (ERC) has selected 478 early-career researchers across Europe to receive this year’s Starting Grants. With a total funding of €761 million, these grants support excellent...

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Jonathan Floyd @jonathanfloyd.bsky.social · 19d

Just had a great start to our fortnightly pol-philosophy talk-and-bake sessions, with excellent @alixdietzel.bsky.social kicking us off talking about the right (& wrong) kinds of love in teaching. Packed room, lots of questions, and lots of love. @rebeccabuxton.bsky.social @wiglet1981.bsky.social

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Rebecca Buxton @rebeccabuxton.bsky.social · 23d

The first week of term

a cartoon character without a face is floating in the water .

ALT: a cartoon character without a face is floating in the water .

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Toby Buckle @polphilpod.bsky.social · 23d

since I'm doing more stuff, i recently started a weekly(ish) newsletter with whatever articles, podcasts, appearances & some further thoughts on them

www.politicalphilosophypodcast.com/emailupdates

Email Updates

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Rebecca Buxton @rebeccabuxton.bsky.social · 23d

and she's gone

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Reposted by Joanna Bryson, Anna O. Law, Dorothy Bishop , and 25 more Joanna Bryson, Anna O. Law, Dorothy Bishop, David M. Schultz, Philip N. Cohen, Martin Paul Eve, Judith N. Shklar, Ingo Rohlfing, George McKay, Melanie C. Green, Andrew Jacobs, Christine Kooi, Rob Boddice, Suzanne de Cheveigné, Julia M. Wright, Aoife O’Donoghue, Jonathan Webber, Erin O’Donnell, Brian Weatherson, Stuart White, Nelson Flores, Marcus Credé, Urška Demšar, Thessa Jensen, Kirstin Drenkhahn, Mary McAuliffe, Annette Yoshiko Reed, David Spurrett

Dr. Nick Posegay @nposegay.bsky.social · 23d

I'm sorry, worldwide, irrevocable, non-exclusive, transferable permission to my voice and likeness? For what now? In any manner for any purpose???

This is in academia/.edu's new ToS, which you're prompted to agree to on login. Anyway I'll be jumping ship. You can find my stuff at hcommons.org.

By creating an Account with Academia.edu, you grant us a worldwide, irrevocable, non-exclusive, transferable license, permission, and consent for Academia.edu to use your Member Content and your personal information (including, but not limited to, your name, voice, signature, photograph, likeness, city, institutional affiliations, citations, mentions, publications, and areas of interest) in any manner, including for the purpose of advertising, selling, or soliciting the use or purchase of Academia.edu's Services.

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Toby Buckle @polphilpod.bsky.social · 24d

the UK's new anti-trans rules are indefensible & will make global fascism stronger

my latest with @liberalcurrents.com

www.liberalcurrents.com/britains-bat...

Britain’s Bathroom Ban

The UK has gone from a bathroom ban being unthinkable to a Labour government implementing one without a vote

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Rebecca Buxton @rebeccabuxton.bsky.social · 24d

If this is a real person, then it's also very funny to say that someone's work on women in philosophy is superficial over and over again and then just quote your favourite man

Rebecca Buxton @rebeccabuxton.bsky.social · 24d

... I think an Orod Bozorg bot has a problem with my work

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A Critique of Rebecca Buxton’s Work — From the Perspective of Orodism

A Critique of Rebecca Buxtons Work From the Perspective of Orodism Author: Liam Murphy From the forum The Philosophical School of Orodism I appreciate Rebe

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Arts Matter Bristol @uobartsmatter.bsky.social · Sep 11

🥳 Congratulations to Dr @rebeccabuxton.bsky.social (Philosophy) & Dr @helenfewlass.bsky.social (@bristolantharch.bsky.social) who have received highly prestigious ERC Starting Grants!

Read more about Project LEAD led by Rebecca & Project ARRIVAL led by Helen 👇

www.bristol.ac.uk/news/2025/se...

September: erc-grants | News and features | University of Bristol

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Rebecca Buxton @rebeccabuxton.bsky.social · Sep 11

Already attempted! I've claimed the panel and suggested the change, so who knows when it might kick in

Rebecca Buxton @rebeccabuxton.bsky.social · Sep 11

EXACTLY

Rebecca Buxton @rebeccabuxton.bsky.social · Sep 11

This is specifically a "problem" when I send mass emails to a large group of new students (as I've just done) and I know that some of them are googling me and seeing this picture...

Rebecca Buxton @rebeccabuxton.bsky.social · Sep 7

I still don't know how to change the fact that when you Google me, you get this picture that we took for The Philosopher Queens publicity as a joke.

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Rebecca Buxton @rebeccabuxton.bsky.social · Sep 11

thank you!

Rebecca Buxton @rebeccabuxton.bsky.social · Sep 11

www.bristol.ac.uk/news/2025/se... Bristol academics land prestigious European Research Council grants totalling €10 million 👀

September: erc-grants | News and features | University of Bristol

www.bristol.ac.uk

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Journal of Applied Philosophy @the-joap.bsky.social · Sep 11

Welcome to @chongminglim.bsky.social JOAP's new Book Reviews Editor. CM is interested in submissions up to 3,000 words that advance a substantial argument through critical engagement with a book.

Details: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal...
#Philsky #philosophy #BookReviews #PhilosophyBooks

Journal of Applied Philosophy Book Reviews Guidelines

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Kate Kirkpatrick @philosofemme.bsky.social · Sep 11

It might not make you all quite as jubilant, but this news made my heart jump this week: in April 2026 Simone de Beauvoir’s The Second Sex will be published in the prestigious Bibliothèque de la Pléiade collection—a significant recognition of the work & of feminist philosophy in the cultural canon!

Black and white 1930s photo of three women in joyful motion: one cartwheeling and two jumping with their arms uplifted, all in flowing skirts.

(Hannes Kilian, ‘Springende Mädchen auf einer Frühlingswiese’, 1938)

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Rebecca Buxton @rebeccabuxton.bsky.social · Sep 9

COME WORK AT BRISTOL

Richard Pettigrew @wiglet1981.bsky.social · Sep 9

Two-year postdoc position at Bristol on the Leverhulme-funded Foundations of Longtermism project.

If there’s someone you know working in moral philosophy, decision theory, or formal epistemology more broadly who might be interested, please do encourage them to apply.

Details | Working at Bristol | University of Bristol

www.bristol.ac.uk

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Richard Pettigrew @wiglet1981.bsky.social · Sep 9

Details | Working at Bristol | University of Bristol

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Nigel Warburton @nigelwarburton.bsky.social · Sep 9

Delighted to see this excellent article on teaching philosophy in prisons by Jay Miller which originally appeared in @aeon.co republished in @theguardian.com today www.theguardian.com/news/2025/se...

‘You want to talk about a world of lies?’ Teaching philosophy in prison | Jay Miller

The long read: My class of college students and inmates can get loud and rowdy, with everyone engaged. This is what philosophy should look like

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Ersatz Doctor @ersatzdoctor.bsky.social · Sep 8

The number of people who read your philosophy article, regardless of where you publish it:

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Rebecca Buxton @rebeccabuxton.bsky.social · Sep 8

My response to almost all philosophy papers

Rebecca Buxton @rebeccabuxton.bsky.social · Sep 8

I also only have time to read about 1 paper every six months

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Rebecca Buxton @rebeccabuxton.bsky.social · Sep 8

My controversial view is that we should all just stop publishing as much anyway, so maybe 1 is about right 👍

Justin Weinberg @dailynous.com · Sep 8

There were a number of articles accepted by one top philosophy journal in the first six months of 2025, and that number is...

Philosophy’s Journal Problem Captured in One Number? - Daily Nous

The number of articles accepted by a top philosophy journal in the first six months of 2025: 1. So reports The Journal of Philosophy. Here are the journal's 2025 statistics through July 1st, as report...

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Justin Weinberg @dailynous.com · Sep 8

There were a number of articles accepted by one top philosophy journal in the first six months of 2025, and that number is...

Philosophy’s Journal Problem Captured in One Number? - Daily Nous

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Rebecca Buxton @rebeccabuxton.bsky.social · Sep 7

It's fully a crime that this has come out just as term is starting.

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Rebecca Buxton @rebeccabuxton.bsky.social · Sep 7

There are also other options

Rebecca Buxton @rebeccabuxton.bsky.social · Sep 7

I still don't know how to change the fact that when you Google me, you get this picture that we took for The Philosopher Queens publicity as a joke.

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Feminist Ethics and Social Theory (FEAST) @feministphilosophy.bsky.social · Sep 7

Listen up! Submit your abstract for the 2026 Beauvoir Society conference on "Beauvoir & Reproduction: Politics, Labour, Biology, Lived Experience"🔥

Proposal abstracts are due **September 22, 2025**
Conference is May 2026 in Klagenfurt, Austria

Keynotes: Sylvie Chaperon & Stella Sandford

2026 Conference

Pour la version française , choisir le drapeau français en haut à gauche du site !

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Rebecca Buxton @rebeccabuxton.bsky.social · Sep 7

I'm in Bern this week teaching a short course to MA students on the ethics of refuge, and then it's the start of the term in Bristol. The summer is nearly over!

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Rebecca Buxton @rebeccabuxton.bsky.social · Sep 6

I believe it has to have an ISBN so only applies to books

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