Reminder: Midwest SWIP meets Nov 4-6
Northwestern University, Evanston IL
all sessions meet in the "Big Ten Room" (Room 104) Norris University Center.
Below are details on MW SWIP Program, other Friday night academic events at Northwestern, travel info/maps, and handicap parking.
PROGRAM
Friday, Nov 4th, Big Ten Room at Norris University Center:
6:00-7:00 Meet & Greet
7:00-7:50: What Latin American Feminism(s) Can Teach Latin American
Philosophy
Stephanie Rivera-Berruz
8:00-8:50: Reclaiming the History of Philosophy: The Opportunities of
Exclusion
Sarah Tyson
Saturday, Nov 5th, Big Ten Room at Norris University Center:
9:00-9:50: Feminists Who Do: Bridging Insight to Practice in
Comprehensive
Women’s Health Care
Jamie Ross
10:00-10:50: Feminist Advocacy Research, Relationality, and the
Coloniality of
Knowledge
Sarah Hoagland
11:00-11:50: Epistemic Border Crossing
Gaile Pohlhaus, Jr.
Lunch: 12:00-2:00
2:00-2:50: The Child-Like Woman and the Battered Woman: A Beauvoirean
Analysis
of Domestic Violence
Lisa Buckley
3:00-3:50: The Concept of Freedom
Jennifer Benson
4:00-4:50: Lipstick Signification and Written Flirtation: The Sexist
Underbelly
of Locke’s “The Abuse of Words”
Summer Renault-Steele
5-6 pm Business Meeting
Sunday, Nov 6th, Big Ten Room at Norris University Center:
9:00-9:50:
A Man’s World: How Psychological Oppression in the Media and Education
Perpetuate Gender Inequalities
Megan Kuhr
10:00-10:50: Reinventing Sex
Saray Ayala
11:00-11:50: Uses of Multimedia Representations in an Undergraduate
Feminist
Philosophy Course
Misty Deleon and Crista Lebens
OTHER EVENTS:
Pamela Hieronymi will be giving a colloquium talk at the Northwestern Philosophy Department on Friday, November 4th from 4-6pm. Details can be found here: http://planitpurple.northwestern.edu/event/422206
TRAVEL DETAILS:
Location of Meeting Sessions
All meeting sessions will be held in the Big Ten Room (Room 104) on Northwestern’s Evanston campus. The Big Ten room is located in Norris University Center, as shown on the campus map: http://maps.northwestern.edu
Evanston to & from downtown Chicago
Northwestern University’s main campus is in Evanston IL, on the Lake Michigan shore just north of Chicago. Traveling from Evanston to downtown Chicago (“the Loop”) via public transportation is easy and affordable. They are connected by both the CTA (“the L”) and Metra train systems. The L purple line and Metra Union Pacific North line each have Davis St. stations in downtown Evanston, approximately 0.5 miles southwest of Northwestern. For more information, see www.transitchicago.com.
Where to buy fare cards/passes:
http://www.transitchicago.com/travel_information/fares/wheretobuy.aspx
Fares
1st Ride: $2.00 (bus) and $2.25 (train)
1st Transfer: $0.25
2nd Transfer: Free
1-Day Pass: $5.75
3-Day Pass: $14.00
You cannot use cash in order to ride the CTA trains; you must purchase
either a pass or a fare card. Passes and fare cards will work on buses and
trains, but will not work on the Metra (commuter train).
Getting to Evanston: by Car
From I-94 (whether coming from the north or south), take exit 35 onto Old Orchard Road.
Continue east on Old Orchard for 1.5 miles, then take a “soft left” onto Gross Point Road.
After just 0.25 miles, take a “soft right” onto Central Street; continue on Central for 2.5 miles.
Finally, turn right (south) onto Sheridan Road. After 0.5 miles, turn right into Northwestern or continue straight into downtown Evanston for hourly and daily municipal parking garages.
Getting to Evanston: by Train
Amtrak trains arrive & depart from Chicago’s Union Station. For the Metra go three blocks north on Canal St. from Union Station to Ogilvie Transportation Center (OTC); take the Union Pacific North (UP-N) line. For the L go three blocks east on Jackson Blvd to Quincy/Wells stop on the Loop; take the Purple line north. For either the L or Metra, disembark at Evanston Davis station and walk 0.5 miles northeast to Northwestern.
Getting to Evanston: by Bus
Greyhound buses arrive & depart from the Chicago Greyhound Station at 630 W Harrison St. For the L, go one block east on Harrison and one block north on Clinton, the Clinton Blue line stop; take the Blue line east to the Loop and transfer to the Purple line north. For the Metra go two blocks east on Harrison and six blocks north on Canal St to Ogilvie Transportation Center (OTC); take the Union Pacific North (UP-N) line. For either L or Metra, disembark at Evanston Davis station and walk 0.5 miles northeast to Northwestern.
Megabus arrives & departs from Chicago, outside Union Station. See directions for Getting to Evanston by Train.
For more information:
http://www.cityofevanston.org/evanston-life/directions-transportation/
HANDICAP PARKING
Midwest SWIP is pleased to have Rebecca Mason managing all local arrangements. Rebecca reports that she is able to secure handicap parking passes, though she needs to hear from folks ASAP. She can be e-mailed at: [log in to unmask]
Dr. Jennifer Benson
Assistant Professor, Philosophy
Washington College
300 Washington Ave
Chestertown, MD
21620
Office: 116 Smith Hall
Phone: (410) 810-7474
E-mail: [log in to unmask]
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