Rebecca Buxton
@rebeccabuxton
Philosopher at the University of Bristol Working on citizenship, immigration, women in philosophy, and the political theory of Judith Shklar Co-editor of The Philosopher Queens (2020) and co-author of The Way Out (2026)
my nasturtium has gone quite crispy, but the geranium has taken over!
For the Cambridge Companion to Judith Shklar, we're back attempting to transcribe some of her unpublished lectures. Wish me luck!
My hometown lost its massive swimming pool about about ten years ago, a building which looks suspiciously similar to your power station
So, for the next few weeks, I'll be hopping around North America with @sritholtz.bsky.social to talk about our book, The Way Out. First up, we're speaking at Swarthmore's Department of Peace and Conflict Studies with some wonderful students.
A really wonderful day in Potsdam, thanks especially to the February sunshine and a lovely bunch of people engaging with our book 🌼
In Amsterdam today for a talk, enjoying the beautiful sunshine, the flowers, and, to my surprise, the flock of flamingos next to me while I have a coffee
And then, we're heading to Potsdam on Friday 27th of February, for a workshop with @artsofdenial.bsky.social, @chstr.bsky.social, Ezgi Sertler, and Kalia Barkai!
With big respect to whoever has already edited his Wikipedia page
Alba is not very good at knitting but she's always happy to offer moral support
Landed back in the UK and was very excited to find a copy of the new book from @manongarcia.bsky.social in St. Pancras Station!
Yesterday I landed in Arizona for the 13th Oxford Studies in Political Philosophy Workshop. I'm currently working surrounded by hummingbirds while overlooking a swimming pool, which is definitely the most luxurious talk preparation I've ever done
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.
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!
Excited to be at MANCEPT this week, giving a talk on being suspicious (of our students) for the Ethics of Higher Education panel. The prep so far has mostly involved finding silly pictures of dogs for my slides.
Oh thank goodness, I can now buy a print copy of the paper that I (and my co-authors) wrote, edited, and proofed for free, AND that my university paid thousands of pounds for in open access fees, for the mere price of *squints* $279.
Such a wonderful few days with so many lovely people. How lucky we are to get to do philosophy in the sunshine!
A few exciting days of feminist philosophy of migration in Austria for me