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| EVENTS |  |
4:00-6:15
Academic A007
A Roundtable Discussion on
Rousseau, Kant, Nietzsche and the Jews
1. On Rousseau and the Jews:
JONATHAN D. MARKS
Associate Professor of Politics, Ursinus College
2. On Kant and the Jews:
SUSAN MELD SHELL
Chair, Department of Political Science, Boston College
3. On Nietzsche and the Jews:
WERNER J. DANNHAUSER
Professor Emeritus, Department of Government, Cornell University
Brief individual presentations will be followed by a general discussion.
This event is co-sponsored by the Judaic Studies Department and the Philosophy Department and is open to the public.
A Provost’s Inter/Multidisciplinary Symposium
Binghamton University, 12–13 October 2007
2007-2008
Colloquium Speakers
Program in Social, Political, Ethical and Legal Philosophy (SPEL)
Philosophy Department, Binghamton University
Unless otherwise indicated, all meetings are on Tuesdays from 11:45-1:00
Program in Social, Political, Ethical and Legal Philosophy (SPEL)
Philosophy Department, Binghamton University
Unless otherwise indicated, all meetings are on Tuesdays from 11:45-1:00
Fall 2007
Sept. 11
Speaker:
Melissa Zinkin, Binghamton University
“Kant on Secrets and Lies”
Commentator: Edgar Valdez
Location: UUW 324
“Kant on Secrets and Lies”
Commentator: Edgar Valdez
Location: UUW 324
Oct. 2
Speaker:
Ferit Güven, Earlham College
“Foucault and Democracy”
Commentator: Selin Gürsözlü
Location: UUW 324
“Foucault and Democracy”
Commentator: Selin Gürsözlü
Location: UUW 324
Oct 12-13
Symposium:
Modernity and Locality: Discrete Spaces in Global Culture
Events from 9:00-5:30 on Oct. 12th and from 9:00-6:30 on Oct. 13th.
See <http://bingweb.binghamton.edu/~rguay/mod-loc.htm> for the schedule.
Events from 9:00-5:30 on Oct. 12th and from 9:00-6:30 on Oct. 13th.
See <http://bingweb.binghamton.edu/~rguay/mod-loc.htm> for the schedule.
Oct. 16
Speaker:
Mecke Nagel, SUNY Cortland
“Prisons as Diasporic Sites: Liberatory Voices from the Diaspora of Confinement”
Commentator: Danesh Singh
Location: UUW 324
“Prisons as Diasporic Sites: Liberatory Voices from the Diaspora of Confinement”
Commentator: Danesh Singh
Location: UUW 324
Nov. 6
Speaker:
Sigal Ben-Porath, University of Pennsylvania
“Why Paternalism is Good for You”
Commentator: Shay Welch
Location: UUW 324
“Why Paternalism is Good for You”
Commentator: Shay Welch
Location: UUW 324
Nov. 27
Speaker:
Christopher Knapp, Binghamton University
“Rule-Consequentialism and Human Rights”
Commentator: Tugrul Ozkaracalar
Location: UUW 324
“Rule-Consequentialism and Human Rights”
Commentator: Tugrul Ozkaracalar
Location: UUW 324
Dec. 4
Speaker:
Ken Baynes, Syracuse University
"A Political Conception of Human Rights?"
Commentator: Sean Johnston
Location: UUW 324
"A Political Conception of Human Rights?"
Commentator: Sean Johnston
Location: UUW 324
Spring 2008
Tues., Jan. 29
Talk
by
job candidate*
Location: PSPC Room C
Location: PSPC Room C
Tues., Feb. 5
Talk
by
job candidate*
Location: PSPC Room C
Location: PSPC Room C
Thur., Feb. 7
Talk
by
job candidate*
Location: PSPC Room C
Location: PSPC Room C
Tues., Feb 12
Talk
by
job candidate*
Location:
PSPC Room C
Tues., March 11
Speaker:
Monica Mueller, Binghamton University
“Why 'because I said so' is Never Enough for Cultivating Virtue”
Commentator: Lewis Trelawny-Cassity
Location: PSPC Room C
“Why 'because I said so' is Never Enough for Cultivating Virtue”
Commentator: Lewis Trelawny-Cassity
Location: PSPC Room C
Tues., April 15
Speaker:
Fuat Gürsözlü, Binghamton University
“Agonistic Politics, the Problem of Peaceful Political Action, and Political Virtues in Hannah Arendt”
Commentator: Alejandro Arango
Location: PSPC Room C
“Agonistic Politics, the Problem of Peaceful Political Action, and Political Virtues in Hannah Arendt”
Commentator: Alejandro Arango
Location: PSPC Room C
Tues., April 29
Speaker:
Max Pensky
“The Ethics of Amnesty”
Commentator: Richard Saucedo
Location: PSPC Room C
“The Ethics of Amnesty”
Commentator: Richard Saucedo
Location: PSPC Room C
2007-2008 Professional
Development Workshops
Program in Social, Political, Ethical and Legal Philosophy (SPEL)
Philosophy Department, Binghamton University
All meetings are on Tuesdays from 11:45-1:00
Program in Social, Political, Ethical and Legal Philosophy (SPEL)
Philosophy Department, Binghamton University
All meetings are on Tuesdays from 11:45-1:00
Fall
2007
Sept. 4
Meeting
for five-year combined degree program students & other terminal
M.A. students.
Location: RC 122
Location: RC 122
Sept. 18
A
Career
in Philosophy.
Led by: Lisa Tessman
(mandatory for all first-year SPEL students except terminal M.A. students; optional for other SPEL students)
Location: RC 122
Led by: Lisa Tessman
(mandatory for all first-year SPEL students except terminal M.A. students; optional for other SPEL students)
Location: RC 122
Tales
from the Job Market.
Led by: Randy Friedman, Bob Guay, and Anna Gotlib
(mandatory for SPEL students who expect to be ABD by Fall 08; optional for other SPEL students)
Location: LT 1210
Led by: Randy Friedman, Bob Guay, and Anna Gotlib
(mandatory for SPEL students who expect to be ABD by Fall 08; optional for other SPEL students)
Location: LT 1210
Oct 23
Preparing
Papers for Philosophical Conferences and Publishing.
Led by: Tony Preus and Bob Guay
(mandatory for all SPEL students in residence except terminal M.A. students; optional for other SPEL students)
Location: RC 122
Led by: Tony Preus and Bob Guay
(mandatory for all SPEL students in residence except terminal M.A. students; optional for other SPEL students)
Location: RC 122
Nov. 13
Issues
in
Teaching.
(mandatory for all SPEL students who are not yet ABD except terminal M.A. students; optional for other SPEL students)
Led by: Bat-Ami Bar On and Randy Friedman
Location: RC 122
(mandatory for all SPEL students who are not yet ABD except terminal M.A. students; optional for other SPEL students)
Led by: Bat-Ami Bar On and Randy Friedman
Location: RC 122
Spring
2008
Tues., March 4
Preparing
for and Entering the Philosophy Job Market.
(mandatory for all in-residence SPEL students who expect to be ABD by Fall 08)
Led by: Lisa Tessman
Location: RC 122
(mandatory for all in-residence SPEL students who expect to be ABD by Fall 08)
Led by: Lisa Tessman
Location: RC 122
Tues., April 1
Attending
Philosophical Conferences and Getting Published.
(mandatory for all first-year SPEL students except terminal M.A. students; optional for other SPEL students)
Led by: Lisa Tessman
Location: RC 122
(mandatory for all first-year SPEL students except terminal M.A. students; optional for other SPEL students)
Led by: Lisa Tessman
Location: RC 122