Dear Colleagues:

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
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*2010*

*7th Annual Meeting*

*Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois*

*  <http://caroundtable.webs.com/Logos/Northwester.jpg>*

*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”*
*11:00 am: Lisa McLeod, Guilford College, “What the Old Man Knew: Du Bois on
Whiteness and Racial Justice”*



*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” *

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*Closing Reception: 6:30-7:30 pm*

*The Guild Lounge, Scott Hall, 601 University Place*

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*Our thanks to the sponsors  and guest organizer of this year’s conference:*

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*Northwestern University Sponsors:*

*Sponsor: Dept. of Philosophy
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*Co-Sponsors:*

*Dept. of Political Science
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*Alice Kaplan Institute for the Humanities*

*Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences*

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*DePaul University Sponsor: College of Liberal Arts & Sciences*

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*Guest Organizer: Charles Mills, Northwestern University*

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