Sahar Heydari Fard 

Philosophy PhD Candidate

I am interested in moral questions that we can ask about social movements. A social phenomenon like a social movement requires a special set of tools to be described and understood. In my work, I benefit from dynamical system analysis and complex adaptive systems to describe the dynamics between social groups and our collective and individual responsibility towards them. My project is in the intersection of ethics, feminist philosophy, philosophy of science, social and moral epistemology, and social science.

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Upcoming Talks:
Title: "The Moral Necessity of Participation in Collective Action: a discussion about 'inner city' youth"
Conference: Concerned Philosophers for Peace 31st Annual Conference University of Colorado, Boulder October 18-20, 2018
Co-sponsored by the University of Colorado’s Center for Values and Social Policy
Keynote speaker: Alison Jaggar
Title: "The Imperative of Participation: why do we need to support BLM."
Conference: The Mid-West Society for Women in Philosophy, Nashville, Tennessee, November 2-4, 2018.

Upcoming Minority and Philosophy (MAP) Events:
Women in Philosophy Gatherings, (Monthly gathering)
Reading Group, (a biweekly meeting to discuss papers on the topics of philosophy of race and Black Lives Matter movement.
Writing Workshop, Fall 2018 (a one-day workshop for undergraduate students on how to write well)

Upcoming Conferences:
 2019 APA Central Division Meeting, Denver, CO
Author-Meets-Critic session at the 2019 American Philosophical Association Central Division meeting 
Book Title: The Conceptual Foundations of Transitional Justice (Cambridge, 2017)