Emory University Department of Philosophy

Colloquia and Public Events 2009-10

10 September   "Is My Mind Mine? Neuroethics and the 'Mind-Reading' Paradox," Paul Wolpe, Associate Professor of Sociology in Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania, 4:15 p.m., C290 Psychology Building
 
17 September   “A Narrative Interpretation of Action,” Laszlo Tengelyi, Professor of Philosophy, Bergische Universität Wuppertal, 4:15 p.m., C290 Psychology Building
Co-sponsored by the Institute for the History of Philosophy
 
1 October   "Political Animals," Geoffrey Bennington, Chair of Comparative Literature, and Asa G. Candler Professor of Modern French Thought, Emory University, 4:15 p.m., C290 Psychology Building
 
15 October   "Kant’s I in I Think and Freud’s Ego," Beatrice Longuenesse, Professor of Philosophy, New York University, 4:15 p.m., C290 Psychology Building
Co-sponsored by the Institute for the History of Philosophy
 
 5 November   “At the Crossroads of Philosophy and Psychoanalysis: Thoughts on the Ethical Sublime,” Vanessa Parks Rumble, Associate Professor of Philosophy, Boston College, 4:15 p.m., C290 Psychology Building
Williams Edwards Undergraduate Lecture
 
12 November   “French Nietzscheanism and the Emergence of Poststructuralism,” Alan Schrift, Chair and F. Wendell Miller Professor of Philosophy, Grinnell College, 4:15 p.m., C290 Psychology Building
Co-sponsored by the Institute for the History of Philosophy
 
4 February  
“Marketization, Social Protection, Emancipation: Toward a Neo-Polanyian Conception of Capitalist Crisis,” Nancy Fraser, Henry A. and Louise Loeb Professor of Political and Social Science, and Department Chair, The New School, 4:15 p.m., C290 Psychology Building
Co-sponsored by the Institute for the History of Philosophy
 
11 February   "Montaigne and the Origins of Modern Philosophy," Ann Hartle, Professor of Philosophy, Emory University, 4:15 p.m., C290 Psychology Building
 
18 February  
On Aristotle (title TBA), Ronna Burger, Chair and Professor of Philosophy, Tulane University, 4:15 p.m., C290 Psychology Building
Co-sponsored by the Institute for the History of Philosophy
 
18 March  
On Pragmatism (title TBA), Eddie S. Glaude Jr., William S. Tod Professor of Religion and African American Studies, Princeton University, 4:15 p.m., C290 Psychology Building
Co-sponsored by the Institute for the History of Philosophy
 
26-27 March  
2010 Conference of the Graduate Philosophy Society at Emory. For additional information, see the Graduate Philosophical Society at Emory.
 
8 April
 
"Nietzsche’s Musical Influences," a performance by the Nietzsche Music Project, 5 p.m., Performing Arts Studio...Find out more
 
8-10 April  
American Philosophies Forum 2010 Symposium: The Future of Ethics. For additional information, see The American Philosophies Forum.
 
20 April  
Phi Sigma Tau dinner and address by Charles E. Scott, Distinguished Professor of Philosophy, Vanderbilt University