[PHILOS-L] JPE: CFP - Book Symposium on Prof. Amandine Catala's "The Dynamics of Epistemic Injustice"
Kayleigh Timmer
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CFP: Book Symposium - Amandine Catala, The Dynamics of Epistemic Injustice
The Society for Philosophy of Emotion (SPE) and the Journal of Philosophy of Emotion (JPE) are organizing a book symposium on Professor Amandine Catala's book, The Dynamics of Epistemic Injustice: Situating Epistemic Power and Agency. We are looking for commentators for the SPE's 2026 Pacific APA (virtual only) affiliated group session, and for a subsequent publication in the Journal of Philosophy of Emotion, including a JPE podcast edition. (No additional work beyond seeing your commentary through to publication with the JPE will be required for the podcast edition.) If you are interested in engaging in a critical discussion of Professor Catala's book, please complete the APA Affiliated Group Session and JPE Book Symposium Interest Form. Because the JPE requires the use of Google Workspace tools, you will be required to log in with a Google account to access the form.
If you are interested in participating as a commentator, please complete the form, which includes uploading a copy of your CV, by July 31, 2025. We will contact you by August 15, 2025, with a decision regarding your expressed interest and any further details.
Abstract
Epistemic injustice refers to the injustice that a person suffers specifically in their capacity as a knower–i.e., as someone who produces, conveys, or uses knowledge. Epistemic injustice occurs every day when members of non-dominant groups are not included or taken seriously in conversations or social representations due to individual or societal biases.
Epistemic injustice is inherently connected to epistemic power and epistemic agency: understanding and addressing epistemic injustice allows us to better understand and address epistemic power and agency, and vice versa. Yet, despite vast and rich discussions of epistemic injustice, which often invoke the notions of epistemic power and epistemic agency, both notions remain undertheorized and hence largely elusive. Amandine Catala offers a systematic account of epistemic power and agency by turning to the dynamics of epistemic injustice–that is, the many forms epistemic injustice can take, the different sites and mechanisms through which it operates, and the various transformations consequently required to cultivate greater epistemic justice.
Adopting standpoint theory as both a theoretical and a methodological framework, Catala considers several pressing social questions, such as deliberative impasses in divided societies, colonial memory, academic migration, the underrepresentation of members of non-dominant groups in certain fields, the marginalization of minoritized minds such as intellectually disabled people, and the underdiagnosing of autistic women. By analyzing these social questions through the lens of the dynamics of epistemic injustice, this book makes two main contributions: it develops a systematic account of epistemic power and agency that highlights the interaction between individual and structural factors, and it offers a pluralist account of epistemic injustice and agency that reveals their non-propositional and non-verbal dimensions.
Author Bio: Amandine Catala is a Full Professor in the Department of Philosophy at Université du Québec à Montréal, where she holds the Canada Research Chair on Epistemic Injustice and Agency, and is a Senior Research Associate at the African Centre for Epistemology and Philosophy of Science, University of Johannesburg. She received her PhD from the University of Colorado at Boulder.
Guest Editor Bio: Sarah Arnaud is Professor of Philosophy at CÉGEP (College) Edouard Montpetit in Canada, and an executive council member of the Association for the Advancement of Philosophy and Psychiatry (AAPP). Her research interests lie in the area of philosophy of mind—mainly on emotion, consciousness, and the self, and in philosophy of psychology and psychiatry—particularly on the role of values and first-person perspectives in psychiatric categories, and on how Neurodiversity impacts our understanding of autism.
Society for Philosophy of Emotion
Accepted commentators will be invited to present their commentaries during a virtual (online only) book symposium, as a part of a Society for Philosophy of Emotion (SPE)-American Philosophical Association (APA) affiliated group session at the 2026 Pacific APA. Commentaries for this book symposium are due to the author 6 weeks before the SPE-APA session date, and author replies are due 3 weeks before the session date, in accordance with the APA meeting participation guidelines.
Please note that commentators who agree to participate in this book symposium will not be eligible for any funding assistance from the APA. However, participants can also submit a paper for or agree to comment for an APA main program event and apply for APA funding if they are accepted. Participants would also be required to register for the 2026 Pacific APA conference and be a member of the SPE at the time of their participation, which includes a one-time JPE submission fee waiver. An annual SPE membership is $35, with a discounted rate of $10 for graduate students and underemployed scholars.
Journal of Philosophy of Emotion
Commentaries for the JPE will be due one month after the Society for Philosophy of Emotion (SPE)-American Philosophical Association (APA) affiliated group session for this book symposium. We encourage a diversity of scholars of all ranks who are interested in participating as a commentator to respond to this CFP, provided that they are willing and able to commit to fulfilling the expectations set by the JPE's submission guidelines and double-anonymous peer review process. All submissions must adhere to the JPE’s style guidelines, and authors are responsible for providing all necessary DOIs and appropriately formatting their references, and for copyediting their submissions and providing any requested citation information (although the JPE will also conduct a preliminary review and copyedit check prior to sending submissions to peer review). No submission will be sent to peer review without the appropriate formatting. The JPE also requires a submission fee of $35, or you can use your SPE one-time JPE submission fee waiver.
Selection Criteria, Guest Editing, and Peer Refereeing
Commentators will be selected not only based on their qualifications, but also based on their cooperative compliance and the consideration for the value of diversity and inclusiveness among equally qualified commentators. Potential contributors are also welcome to let us know if they are interested in refereeing this book symposium if, for some reason, they were not invited to contribute a commentary. Referees will also receive a free membership to the Society for Philosophy of Emotion, which includes a one-time author submission fee waiver for the JPE for the year of their membership.
SPE Membership Fee / JPE Manuscript Submission Fee
The JPE is an independently published, open-access journal, operating as a Public Charity under the US Treasury, 501(3)(c), 509(a)(2), and the SPE is an affiliate organization operating under the JPE's business license. All manuscript submission fees and membership fees go toward paying for operating costs and providing need-based subventions to facilitate diverse and inclusive participation.
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Kayleigh Timmer (she/her/hers)
Editorial Assistant, JPE
PhD Student, Stellenbosch University
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