Rebecca Buxton
@rebeccabuxton.bsky.social
Lecturer in Social and Political Philosophy at Bristol
Working on citizenship and immigration, women in the history of philosophy, and the political theory of Judith Shklar
Co-editor of The Philosopher Queens (2020)
Working on citizenship and immigration, women in the history of philosophy, and the political theory of Judith Shklar
Co-editor of The Philosopher Queens (2020)
With big respect to whoever has already edited his Wikipedia page
November 20, 2025 at 10:08 AM
With big respect to whoever has already edited his Wikipedia page
Put best by @polphilpod.bsky.social
November 17, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Put best by @polphilpod.bsky.social
Alba is not very good at knitting but she's always happy to offer moral support
November 12, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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!
October 27, 2025 at 11:08 AM
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
October 23, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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
and she's gone
September 18, 2025 at 9:30 AM
and she's gone
My response to almost all philosophy papers
September 8, 2025 at 1:47 PM
My response to almost all philosophy papers
There are also other options
September 7, 2025 at 4:24 PM
There are also other options
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.
September 7, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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!
September 7, 2025 at 12:53 PM
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.
September 2, 2025 at 10:54 AM
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.
August 28, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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!
August 16, 2025 at 10:08 AM
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
August 12, 2025 at 6:48 PM
A few exciting days of feminist philosophy of migration in Austria for me
Currently reading (as recommended by @wiglet1981.bsky.social)
August 8, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Currently reading (as recommended by @wiglet1981.bsky.social)
Ah, the torture stage of waiting for a journal decision
August 6, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Ah, the torture stage of waiting for a journal decision
I had a wonderful time today at #JoFest, celebrating the career of @jowolff.bsky.social and his enormous influence on so many of us. Well done @shaiagmon.bsky.social and everyone else for wrangling all those philosophers and making everyone so sentimental
July 16, 2025 at 5:58 PM
I had a wonderful time today at #JoFest, celebrating the career of @jowolff.bsky.social and his enormous influence on so many of us. Well done @shaiagmon.bsky.social and everyone else for wrangling all those philosophers and making everyone so sentimental
I'm going to Austria for a conference in August, and I have just been sent this photo of my accommodation (it's a convent)
July 8, 2025 at 11:38 AM
I'm going to Austria for a conference in August, and I have just been sent this photo of my accommodation (it's a convent)
Today the rights to The Philosopher Queens have reverted to me and Lisa. Soon you'll no longer be able to buy the book in the UK. We sold thousands of copies more than we ever expected, and we are so proud of this book.
June 8, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Today the rights to The Philosopher Queens have reverted to me and Lisa. Soon you'll no longer be able to buy the book in the UK. We sold thousands of copies more than we ever expected, and we are so proud of this book.
Today's research took me back to my scans from the Shklar archive at Harvard. And so I rediscovered this letter from John Rawls in 1984, in which Rawls tells Shklar (Dita) how much he enjoyed reading her book "Ordinary Vices"
May 19, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Today's research took me back to my scans from the Shklar archive at Harvard. And so I rediscovered this letter from John Rawls in 1984, in which Rawls tells Shklar (Dita) how much he enjoyed reading her book "Ordinary Vices"
My new book, The Way Out, is now available for pre-order!
Written with my co-author Samuel Ritholtz, we ask what justice requires for LGBTQ refugees by centring the lives of queer and trans people experiencing displacement in the political theory of refuge.
www.ucpress.edu/books/the-wa...
Written with my co-author Samuel Ritholtz, we ask what justice requires for LGBTQ refugees by centring the lives of queer and trans people experiencing displacement in the political theory of refuge.
www.ucpress.edu/books/the-wa...
May 13, 2025 at 3:04 PM
My new book, The Way Out, is now available for pre-order!
Written with my co-author Samuel Ritholtz, we ask what justice requires for LGBTQ refugees by centring the lives of queer and trans people experiencing displacement in the political theory of refuge.
www.ucpress.edu/books/the-wa...
Written with my co-author Samuel Ritholtz, we ask what justice requires for LGBTQ refugees by centring the lives of queer and trans people experiencing displacement in the political theory of refuge.
www.ucpress.edu/books/the-wa...
Well I guess this means I can say I've been "on" University Challenge...
April 14, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Well I guess this means I can say I've been "on" University Challenge...
Alba is extremely not interested in my new paper idea, but hopefully some people tomorrow will be
April 2, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Alba is extremely not interested in my new paper idea, but hopefully some people tomorrow will be
