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 TruthAryeh 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 PhilosophersHost: Kathryn Gines, Penn State University
Times TBA Location TBA
