Just a reminder that the California Roundtable on Philosophy and Race meetings take place this Friday and Saturday.
Please see the program below; if possible, would you distribute to your various networks and listservs? We hope you might be able to join us. If you are able to join, please go to the website and take a moment to register for the conference.
www.caroundtable.webs.com
Many thanks!
California Roundtable on Philosophy and Race
2010
7th Annual Meeting
Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois
October 8-9, 2010
Friday, October 8:
All sessions will be held in Rm. 104 (Big Ten Room); Norris University Center; 1999 Campus Drive
Session I: 9:30 am-12:30 pm
Moderator: Charles Mills, Northwestern University
9:30 am: Devonya Havis, Canisius College, “Arts of Existence: Locating Black Women’s Philosophies”
10:30 am: Chike Jeffers, Dalhousie University, “On the Possibility of a Non-Essentialist Black Cultural Nationalism”
11:30 am: Ernesto Rosen Velasquez, University of Dayton, “Latino Identity: Higher- and Lower-Level Ethnic Traits”
Lunch: 12:30 to 2:00 pm
Session II: 2:00-4:00 pm
Moderator: Michael Monahan, Marquette University
2:00 pm: Quayshawn Spencer, University of San Francisco, “An Impossibility Proof for Genuine Phylogenetic Classifications of Race”
3:00 pm: Thomas Teo, York University, “Empirical Psychology, Scientific Racism, and Epistemological Violence”
Break: 4:00-4:30 pm
Keynote Session: 4:30-6:00 pm
Moderator: Mickaella Perina, University of Massachusetts, Boston
Lawrence Blum
Professor of Philosophy and Distinguished Professor of Liberal Arts and Education, University of Massachusetts, Boston
“Race, Class, Ethnicity, and Immigration:
A Framework for the Normative Assessment of Disparities”
Keynote Reception: 6:30-7:30 pm
John Evans Alumni Center
1800 Sheridan Road
Saturday, October 9:
All sessions will be held in Rm. 104 (Big Ten Room); Norris University Center; 1999 Campus Drive
Session III: 10:00 am-Noon
Moderator: Robin James, University of North Carolina, Charlotte
10:00 am: Frank Kirkland, CUNY, "The Hegel Project”
Lunch: Noon-1:30 pm
Session IV: 1:30-3:30 pm
Moderator: Sarah Hoagland, Northeastern Illinois University
1:30 pm: Kristin Waters, Worcester State College and Brandeis University, “Crying out for Liberty: Five Arguments about Oppression"
2:30 pm: Alissa Bierria, Stanford University, “The Sociality of Agency and the Politics of Making Sense”
Break: 3:30-4:00 pm
Session V: 4:00-6:00 pm
Moderator: Falguni A. Sheth, Hampshire College
4:00 pm: Jose Jorge Mendoza, University of Oregon, “The Braid of Non-Whiteness: The Establishment and Perpetuation of White Supremacy Thought in the Construction of Illegal Immigration”
5:00 pm: Andrea Pitts, University of South Florida, “The Production of Race and Republicanism: Motherhood and Whiteness in 19th Century Argentina”
Closing Reception: 6:30-7:30 pm
The Guild Lounge, Scott Hall, 601 University Place
Our thanks to the sponsors and guest organizer of this year’s conference:
Northwestern University Sponsors:
Sponsor: Dept. of Philosophy
Co-Sponsors:
Dept. of Political Science
Alice Kaplan Institute for the Humanities
Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences
DePaul University Sponsor: College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
Guest Organizer: Charles Mills, Northwestern University