2011-2012 Public Events

September

September 8, 2011

Global Approaches to Intersectionality Series
(Rock Ethics Institute & Philosophy Department)
Patricia McFadden, African Feminist/Scholar/Activist
“Contemporary African Feminism:  At the Intersection of Neocolonialism and Postcoloniality”
7:00 p.m. Memorial Lounge, Pasquerilla Spiritual Center

September 23, 2011

Global Approaches to Intersectionality Series
(Rock Ethics Institute & Philosophy Department)
Saul Dubow, Professor of History, University of Sussex
“The Rise, Retreat, and Revival of Human Rights in South Africa”
3:30 p.m. Memorial Lounge, Pasquerilla Spiritual Center

November

November 3, 2011

Symposium:  “Frantz Fanon’s The Wretched of the Earth: 50 Years Later”
Speakers: Nigel Gibson, Rozena Maart, Mickaella Perina, and Lou Turner
Time TBA  Nittany Lion Inn Alumni Lounge

November 4-5, 2011

Conference, Articulating Africana Philosophy
Hosts:  Kathryn Gines, Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Paul Taylor, Associate Professor of Philosophy
Times TBA, Allen Street Grill
Conference Webpage: http://philosophy.la.psu.edu/aap/

November 11, 2011

Global Approaches to Intersectionality Series
(Rock Ethics Institute & Philosophy Department)
Antjie Krog, Extraordinary Professor in the  
Arts Faculty, University of the Western Cape
“Manifestations of Interconnectedness in (Southern?) African Philosophy”
 3:30 p.m .  Memorial Lounge, Pasquerilla Spiritual Center

November 17, 2011

Author Meets Readers:  Aristotle on the Nature of Truth
Aryeh Kosman, Haverford College
Vincent Colapietro, Penn State University
Respondent: Christopher Long, Penn State University
3:30 p.m., 301 Steidle

December

December 2, 2011

Michael Naas, De Paul University
“‘ If I could take just two books …’ Derrida on an Island with Robinson Crusoe”
3:30 p.m. Location TBA

January

January 27, 2012

Alison Wylie, University of Washington
“What Knowers Know Well: Standpoint Theory and the Formation of Gender Archaeology”
3:30 p.m. Location TBA

February

February 17, 2012

“The Time of Intergenerational Justice”
Matthias Fritsch, Associate Professor of Philosophy, Concordia University
3:30 p.m. Location TBA

February 24, 2012

Global Approaches to Intersectionality Series
(Rock Ethics Institute & Philosophy Department)
Patricia Hill Collins, Distinguished University Professor of Sociology, University of Maryland
Title TBA
7:00 p.m. Nittany Lion Inn

February 24, 2012

Melvin Rogers, Emory University
“Rhetoric, Faith, and Democratic Uncertainty in King’s Philosophy”
3:30 p.m. Location TBA

March

March 23, 2012

Dotterer Lecture, “Moral Judgment of Historical Figures:  The Role of Darwin’s Theory in Nazi Biology”
Robert J. Richards, Morris Fishbein Professor of the History of Science and Medicine and Professor of Philosophy, The University of Chicago
3:30 p.m. Nittany Lion Inn Alumni Lounge

April

April 6, 2012

“Agon and Hubris in Politics and the Arts from Antiquity to Modernity”
Lydia Goehr, Professor of Philosophy, Columbia University
3:30 p.m. Location TBA

April 13, 2012

Conference:  5th Annual Meeting of the Collegium of Black Women Philosophers
Host:  Kathryn Gines, Penn State University
Times TBA  Location TBA

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