The Program Committee for Midwest SWIP is pleased to announce the Fall '09 Conference:
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Midwest Society for Women in Philosophy
Conference Program
November 6-8, 2009
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI
Friday, November 6th
7:00-7:50 pm. Welcome Gathering
8:00-9:15 pm Kate Lindeman (Professor Emerita, Mt. St. Mary College) Older Women, Philosophy, and SWIP
Saturday, November 7th
9:00-9:50 am Stephanie Adair (Duquesne University) Unity and Difference: A Critical Appraisal of Polarizing Gender Identities
10:00-10:50 am Carol Hay (University of Massachusetts, Lowell) In Defense of Nussbaum's Feminist Liberalism
11:00-11:50 am Sheana Director (Duquesne University) The Fantasy and the Fat Lady: Reading Fat Feminism Liberation in Lacon and Vertigo
12:00-2:00 pm Lunch Break
2:00-2:50 pm Crista Lebens (University of Wisconsin, Whitewater) Whiteness and Rationality: Feminist Dialogue on Race in Academic Institutional Spaces
3:00-3:50 pm Minerva Ahumada Torres (Northeastern Illinois University) Narrative Ethics: The Ethical Account Told by Bombal, Valenzuela, and Ferré
4:00-4:50 pm Sarah Hoagland (Northeastern Illinois University) Giving Testimony and the Coloniality of Knowledge
5:00-6:00 Business Meeting
Sunday, November 8th
9:30-10:20 Allison Wolf (Simpson College) Medicalizing the Reproduction of Whiteness
10:30-11:20 Sonya Charles (Cleveland State University) Reproductive Justice and Domestic Violence
Attending Midwest SWIP:
Midwest SWIP seeks to make attendance affordable for all participants.
This includes help finding accommodations with local SWIP members; no conference attendance fee; travel grants ($70) for students, the unemployed, and the underemployed; and free snacks throughout the conference. You do not need to be a SWIP member to participate in the conference, request local housing, or to request a travel grant.
For local accommodations, please contact Lauren Woormer at [log in to unmask]
Requests for travel grants (of $70 per person) may be made once you arrive at the conference venue or through an e-mail to the SWIP Treasurer, Allison Wolf: [log in to unmask]
For information about membership in Midwest SWIP, contact the Executive Secretary: Gaile Pohlhaus at [log in to unmask]
Midwest SWIP Fall '09 Program Committee:
Allison Wolf and Jennifer Benson
Dr. Allison Wolf
Assistant Professor, Philosophy
Simpson College
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Dr. Jennifer Benson
Assistant Professor, Philosophy
Washington College
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Dr. Jennifer Benson
Assistant Professor, Philosophy
Washington College
300 Washington Ave
Chestertown, MD
21620
Office: 116 Smith Hall
Phone: (410) 810-7474
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