Malin Grahn-Wilder discussed women in ancient philosophy on YLE’s culture broadcast, emphasizing the importance of exploring antiquity from the point of view of gender diversity. Great conversations with colleagues Elina Pyy and Marja-Leena Hänninen. Listen here in Finnish: areena.yle.fi/1-75737243

Why is anger a dangerous emotion? How is anger used to affect people, for example in populist rhetoric? Malin Grahn-Wilder discussed anger as a personal and political emotion in Arto Mustajoki’s podcast (in Finnish). @koneensaatio.fi @uniofjyvaskyla.bsky.social totuudenliepeilla.fi/2025/08/27/1...

Miksi suuttumus on vaarallinen tunne? Yritetäänkö meihin vaikuttaa suuttumuksen kautta? Malin Grahn-Wilder keskustelee Arto Mustajoen podcastissa suuttumuksesta henkilökohtaisena ja poliittisena tunteena. @koneensaatio.fi @uniofjyvaskyla.bsky.social totuudenliepeilla.fi/2025/08/27/1...

CfP for our upcoming seminar "The People and its Enemies" is open until Sept. 19th! Organised by Malin Grahn-Wilder (ORT Project, @koneensaatio.fi @uniofjyvaskyla.bsky.social ) and Tomás Pacheco-Bethencourt (Universidad de Málaga) in Málaga on Nov.7th 2025. philevents.org/event/show/1...

Who are 'the people' in populist rhetoric? Dr. Tomás Pacheco-Bethencourt (Univ. of Málaga) provides a topical analysis of populism in history and today in the latest episode of our critical conversation series 'Race and Gender through History'. @koneensaatio.fi www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJYq...

Today, anger-provoking rhetoric is frequently deployed for spreading racist and xenophobic ideologies. Malin Grahn-Wilder discussed anger as a personal and political emotion @ Oriveden filosofiapäivät 14.06.2025. @koneensaatio.fi @uniofjyvaskyla.bsky.social [email protected]

1/9 Tässä tulee jälleen #FollowFriday Tiedespesiaali! 76 Suomi-kuplan tiede- ja tutkimustoimijaa seurattavaksi. Olkaapa hyvät! (Koko 1937 tilin lista ketjun lopussa) @denizduman.bsky.social @annamarikorhonen.bsky.social @ajlaitinen.bsky.social @anttilopp.bsky.social @ortproject.bsky.social

How do colonial pasts shape racism today? Check out Marta Araujo's interview @martaraujo.bsky.social from our seminar "Acting Democratically: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives on the Politics of Exclusion" hosted in Málaga last Feb @ortproject.bsky.social @koneensaatio.fi shorturl.at/mVLIM

1-2-3-DEMOCRACY! The seminar 'Acting Democratically: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives on the Politics of the Exclusion' included two days of insightful presentations and inspiring discussions. Thank you again for all participants! Let the good work continue! Photo: @houmanauriell.bsky.social

Intellectual curiosity, respectful dialogue, and commitment to inclusive practices are core democratic values. We thank all participants for the lively discussions and inspirational exchange of ideas! Prof. José María Rosales (Univ. of Málaga) chaired the session “Knowledge & Language”.

Maria Robaszkiewicz' (Paderborn University @unipaderborn.bsky.social) presentation “A Tripple-Paradox of Multilinguality: Political Inclusiveness and Exclusiveness of Communication in a Language” examined political and social language-related inclusivity / exclusivity of speaking subjects.

Marta Postigo's (University of Málaga) presentation discussed the relevance of Carol Pateman's classic feminist work 'The Sexual Contract' (1988) for analyzing women’s sexual exploitation and vulnerabilities in contemporary democracies. Photo: @houmanauriell.bsky.social

Antonio Trujillo's (Univ. of Málaga) presentation “What Makes us See each other as Equal Citizens? The Demands of the Catalonian Feminists in the Spanish Transition to Democracy (1976-1984)” addressed the highly topical issues of reproductive health and choice. Photo: @houmanauriell.bsky.social

Johannes Sartou's (Aarhus University @au.dk) paper “Our Common Mother: Socialists, Anarchists, and ‘the People of the Revolution’” advocated for a more democratic understanding of history that recognizes the complexities of class, race, and gender. Photo: @houmanauriell.bsky.social

Susanna Jussila (Univ. of Jyväskylä) explored the relationship between democracy and somatic knowledge / practices in her presentation “From Embodying Social Justice to Embodying Democracy – Lessons Learnt from Social Movements”. @uniofjyvaskyla.bsky.social Photo: @houmanauriell.bsky.social

Arthur Ghins' (Université Libre de Bruxelles) presentation "‘Liberal Democracy’ versus ‘Colonial Caesarism’" explored how the invention of “liberal democracy” in France was closely linked to an advocacy for settler colonialism. @arthurghins.bsky.social Photo: @houmanauriell.bsky.social

What today could be more topical than analysing democracy against Caesarism? Alexander Jordan (Metropolitan University of Prague) provided a historical perspective in his talk “Exclusion of Elites or Exclusion of the Masses? Or, was Thomas Carlyle a Caesarist?”. Photo: @houmanauriell.bsky.social

Joel-Anthoney Bossous' (Duke University) presentation “In the Power of the Tongue: Necropower, Knowledge & Liberty” explored power and the extremely topical concept of epistemic injustice. With @koneensaatio.fi @uniofjyvaskyla.bsky.social @rosariolopez.bsky.social Photo: @houmanauriell.bsky.social

Senior lecturer Martina Reuter's (Origins of Racializing Thought -project, @koneensaatio.fi @uniofjyvaskyla.bsky.social) presentation scrutinized debates over the citizenship of Jews in Finland, focusing on newspaper articles from 1872 and 1882. Photo: @houmanauriell.bsky.social

In the session "Inclusion/exclusion in the history of political philosophy", Giovanni Battista Soda (Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele) discussed the problem of racism in David Hume’s anthropology and politics. Photo: @houmanauriell.bsky.social @koneensaatio.fi @uniofjyvaskyla.bsky.social

Elad Carmel's presentation (@eladcarmel.bsky.social, @uniofjyvaskyla.bsky.social) “The Bubble: Utopia, Democracy, and (Contested) Inclusion in the Eurovision Song Contest” opened fascinating perspectives both to democracy and the upcoming @eurovision.tv at Basel. Photo: @houmanauriell.bsky.social

Why are representations importand for democracy? How could representations of marginalized groups be more democratic? Sybille Bauer-Zierfuß’ (Univ. of Applied Arts, Vienna) presentation analyzed autism media representations. In collaboration: Österreichisches Kulturforum Madrid. (c) Houman Auriell

In the session "Populism and the Far-Right", Malin Grahn-Wilder (@uniofjyvaskyla.bsky.social ,Origins of Racializing Thought -project @koneensaatio.fi ) analyzed cultural racism, and exclusive views on citizenship in Finland. With @rosariolopez.bsky.social Photo @houmanauriell.bsky.social

Populism was one of the topical questions discussed in the Acting Democratically -conference. Tomás Pacheco-Bethencourt (Univ. of Málaga) addressed this topic in his presentation “An Exclusionary Concept: Competing Definitions of ‘The People’ in Populist Democratic Theory and Republican Theory”.

I've spent the morning discussing Montesquieu's views on slavery, gender and climate with @ortproject.bsky.social and @eladcarmel.bsky.social, so this comes at the perfect time!

Marta Araújo's (Univ. of Coimbra) keynote lecture “Enslavement and Race in Post-2020 Europe: History, Power, Education and Citizenship” addressed the urgency of critically examining the ways histories of enslavement and colonialism are addressed in public initiatives and education.

The first day of the conference Acting Democratically opened multiple exciting perspectives to topical questions on exclusion and inclusion in democracy. Welcoming words by Rosario López and Malin Grahn-Wilder. @rosariolopez.bsky.social @koneensaatio.fi @uniofjyvaskyla.bsky.social

We very much look forward to all the exciting discussions on exclusion and inclusion in democracy in the coming days! @uniofjyvaskyla.bsky.social @koneensaatio.fi @rosariolopez.bsky.social philevents.org/event/show/1...

This is taking place this week and I'm looking forward to our debates on inclusion and exclusion in democracy -arguably one of the most pressing issues at the moment! @ortproject.bsky.social @koneensaatio.fi @uniofjyvaskyla.bsky.social

"Pocock was paradoxically under attack for being too liberal, but also for not being liberal enough.Said differently, Pocock was criticised for being too American and for not being American enough –all the more intriguing for a New Zealander" Read my article on JGA Pocock below! tinyurl.com/xtv3maav

With topics ranging from monsters to the tradwives and eugenics to the Eurovision song contest, we have now published four episodes in our critical conversation series “Race and Gender through History – Philosophical Conversations”. Please visit our Youtube channel: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

Very excited about the lineup for the seminar "Acting Democratically: Historical & Contemporary Perspectives on the Politics of Exclusion", organised in cooperation with Malin Grahn-Wilder & project Origins of Racializing Thought @koneensaatio.fi @uniofjyvaskyla.bsky.social

Excited to share the programme for our upcoming conference "Acting Democratically: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives on the Politics of Exclusion" which will take place Feb. 6-7th at the University of Málaga! @rosariolopez.bsky.social www.ortproject.fi/feb-6-7-2025...