Carrie ShanafeltLecturer at Yeshiva College in #18thC & #19thC #Literature. #Bentham & #queer #aesthetics (wrote Uncommon Sense, UVaP 2022), national #debt and #slavery, #Bronx #cats #boardgames #film
Chair of Columbia Seminar in 18thC European Culture, Treasurer of the #Johnsonians.
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Carrie ShanafeltMy in-laws do not know not to send us flowers. Yes, there are the normal concerns about cat-friendly plants and so forth, but the biggest problem is that Dolores is obsessed with them. She gets so excited around them that she has to be supervised. #CatsOfMastodon
Carrie ShanafeltNext May 13-15, 2026, Prof. Aminah Hasan-Birdwell and I will be hosting a workshop on Slavery and Abolition in 18th-Century Philosophy at Emory U. in Atlanta, Georgia. https://forms.gle/wTC7DqNgHQE3dpT58 We expect to have about 15-20 participants, and we are seeking funding for travel support for participants who need it. There will be a remote option for those who need it as well (the US being what it is). Please share this with colleagues who may be interested! #Philosophy
Carrie ShanafeltThe UCL Faculty of Laws conference this summer on Jeremy Bentham's "A Picture of the Treasury" is now open for registration! If you're in London in late July, this will be a real treat. The speakers and hosts include many of my favorite people in Bentham studies, and the new publication that this conference celebrates is absolutely fascinating.
https://www.ucl.ac.uk/laws/events/2025/jul/person-jeremy-bentham-panopticon-penitentiary-scheme-and-picture-treasury