Category : critical theory

CFP: Mental Illness and Power

“Mental Illness and Power”

A Philosophy Conference at the University of Memphis

Memphis, Tennessee

February 21-22, 2014

Deadline for proposals: November 15th, 2013

This and more information available online at: http://www.memphis.edu/philosophy/pgsa_2014.php

As much historical and theoretical work has shown, the way people have understood mental illness throughout history is co-occurrent with shifting power relations within which human beings understand themselves. Mental illness manifests itself in different ways in different contexts and certain theoretical lines can be drawn between the way mental illness is understood and the forms of power which operate on the human mind, body and understanding. Recently many issues surrounding mental illness have become prominent in public discourse. To name a few examples, the controversial publication of the DSM 5; attempts by legislators to allow mental health professionals to refuse services based on values; the investigations of the mental health of mass murderers; and the expansion of mental health coverage intended by the Affordable Care Act. These issues have all been featured prominently on the nightly news while at the same time drawing the attention of public intellectuals and politicians. With this in mind, it seems that now is an opportune moment to open a dialogue about the relationship of mental illness and power.

Philosophy provides a promising, critical, yet constructive space in which to open this dialogue. Indeed, philosophy and the mental health professions have greatly influenced one another. Some philosophers are critical of mental health practices while others use psychological insights to develop their own theoretical resources. Many psychological theories have historically been influenced by philosophers, whether John Locke, the positivists, or the existentialists. Thus, philosophers and mental health professionals have much to share with one another, especially at this moment.

The Philosophy Graduate Student Association welcomes papers from philosophers of all stripes and theoretically interested scholars in other fields, including but not limited to: clinical mental health counseling, rehabilitation counseling, psychology, psychiatry, history, literature and the arts, and political science/studies.

To Submit:

Please prepare a proposal (500-700 words in length) for blind review in either .pdf or Microsoft Word file format. Send the file as an attachment to an e-mail with a body containing the title and the author’s name, contact information, institutional affiliation and status (graduate student, faculty member, independent researcher, etc.) If accepted, final papers need to be suitable for a presentation approximately 20 minutes in length.

Proposals should be submitted to memphispgsa@gmail.com<mailto:memphispgsa@gmail.com>.

The deadline for submissions is November 15th, 2013.

This conference is sponsored by the Department of Philosophy, the Lillian and Morrie Moss Chair of Excellence, and the Philosophy Graduate Student Association at the University of Memphis.

10-22-2013 | Comments Off

CFA: Thirty-First International Social Philosophy Conference

Call for Abstracts

Thirty-First International Social Philosophy Conference

sponsored by

The North American Society for Social Philosophy

July 17 – July 19, 2014

Southern Oregon University

Ashland, Oregon, USA

Proposals in all areas of social philosophy are welcome, but special attention will be devoted to the theme:

Power, Protest, and the Future of Democracy

Some possible paper topics include:

· The Aims and Uses of Protest

· Protest and Human Rights

· Civil Disobedience

· Protest and Deliberative Democracy

· The Future of Protest

· Transnational Solidarity and Protests

· Protest and Complacency

· Forms of Power

· Democratizing Global Political Power

· Democracy and Disenfranchisement

· The Justification of Political Power

· Global Capitalism and Democracy

We welcome submissions from both members and non-members, but we require that all presenters join the North American Society for Social Philosophy if their papers are accepted and if they present at the conference.

Please submit a 300-500 word abstract here: bit.ly/nassp2014

Submission Deadlines:

For those living in Canada or the U.S.: March 15, 2014.

For those living outside of the United States and Canada: January 15, 2014.

The Program Committee:

Professor Mark Navin of Oakland University (Chair), Professor Elizabeth Sperry of William Jewell College, and Professor Peter Higgins of Eastern Michigan University.

Members of the Program Committee may be reached at: nassp2014@gmail.com

NASSP Support for International Presenters

The NASSP will waive fees for conference registration and for the banquet for those participants traveling from outside of the United States and Canada.
NASSP Conference Awards for Graduate Students
The North American Society for Social Philosophy has established the NASSP Awards for Best Graduate Student Papers to promote new scholarship in social philosophy and to encourage student participation in our Conference.

The winners of the annual prizes each receive $300. The prizes are awarded only to conference attendees, though there is no obligation to use the money for conference-related costs. Any graduate student enrolled in a program towards a degree beyond the B.A. or first university diploma is eligible.

The paper may address any topic in social philosophy. Papers should be no more than 3,000 words (include a word count with submission), and they should conform to the requirements set out by the APA for colloquium submissions to annual Divisional meetings.

Those who want to be considered for this award should send their full papers tonassp2014@gmail.com – and they should also submit their abstracts atbit.ly/nassp2014 – by March 15, 2014.

10-02-2013 | Comments Off

Lecture: Dr. Monica Cyrino, “Magic, Music, Race: Screening “Black Enchantment” After Black Orpheus (1959)” (Classical Studies Dept.)

9-24-2013 | Comments Off

CFP: [Extended Deadline] 2014 IEEE International Symposium on Ethics in Engineering, Science, and Technology, Ethics’2014

2014 IEEE International Symposium on Ethics in Engineering, Science, and Technology, Ethics’2014

Friday-Saturday, 23-24 May, 2014 Chicago Marriott O’Hare, Chicago, IL, USA

http://sites.ieee.org/ethics-conference/

*Ethics – A Challenge to the Scientific and Engineering Community*
Second Announcement and Call for Papers – Deadline Extended

With the evolution of science, technology and engineering, ethical problems often arise. Ethics and ethical conduct have become a critical issue in the 21st Century.

Scientists, technologists and engineers of all ages, students as well as senior professionals, encounter ethical challenges in their professional and personal lives. Often, an answer to such challenges arises from brainstorming sessions and intense discussions. Are ethics and morals the same? Are ethics and laws consistent? Could professional ethics in one discipline conflict with ethical conduct of another discipline? Should ethics be sacrificed for global “competitiveness”?

Furthermore, ethical conduct has global and cultural perspectives. Could unethical conduct in one culture be acceptable in another? What is the difference between ethics and codes of conduct? Are there principles that could be considered as valid through all cultures? Could we claim that the fundamental bases of ethics are independent of our origins?

With all these questions (and many others) in mind, we are delighted to announce that the first

IEEE International Symposium on Ethics in Engineering, Science, Technology (IEEE Ethics 2014)

The IEEE Ethics 2014 Symposium aims to respond to the needs and aspirations of a rising global professional community and to promote highest standards of ethical conduct among its members.

The Symposium will offer a rich scientific program of highest quality with invited speakers from all over the world and intends to bring together scientists, engineers, ethicists and practitioners from different disciplines to discuss questions and concerns related to ethics in science, technology, and engineering. Issues will be explored both from a scientific point of view and from a social or individual aspect, including global, multicultural perspectives. The Symposium will enable participants to debate and reflect on issues facing scientists and engineers, and to address the importance of ethics in a diverse scientific and professional global community. Scientists, engineers and other professionals who have relevant experience to be shared are encouraged to participate in the Symposium which will provide a platform for exchange of views in three different formats: formal presentations, panel discussions, and small group discussions.

Workshops, tutorials, “Birds-of-a-Feather” provokquium panels and special invited sessions will be organized on stimulating topics. The Symposium will be accompanied by an exhibition.

The Theme of the Symposium is: “Ethics AND…”

Ethics isn’t practiced in a vacuum. At this symposium, we want to put ethics into different perspectives, put ethics to work in different contexts, and look at ethics from different vantage points. To that end, each of our tracks is labeled ‘Ethics and… X.’ We hope that you will find several of these X’s particularly interesting.

For the latest information, please visit our web site at:

http://sites.ieee.org/ethics-conference/

Prospective authors are invited to submit original, unpublished papers on their latest research results covering all aspects of Ethics in Science, Technology and Engineering.

We also solicit proposals for special paper sessions, panels, workshops and tutorials. Workshops and tutorials provide fundamental exposure to topics ranging from introductory through intermediate to advanced levels. They will be presented in two-to-three hour in-depth sessions at the Symposium.

Join us in the vibrant city of Chicago, IL, where you can combine “business with pleasure,” share your insight, ask questions and learn from the experts/innovators at the IEEE Ethics 2014 Symposium. Your published paper will be seen by thousands in the professional community and across the wide array of disciplines. In addition, all papers presented at IEEE Ethics 2014 Symposium will be submitted to IEEEXplore with unlimited exposure.

We invite you to take this opportunity to share your research – theoretical, practical and case studies. Plan to submit your paper proposal now.

Prospective authors are invited to submit original, unpublished English-language abstracts and session proposals. PDF format is preferred for all submissions.

Authors’ and Session Proposers’ Submission guidelines and Schedule – SUBMISSION DEADLINE EXTENDED

Please check the Symposium website, http://sites.ieee.org/ethics-conference/ for detailed Authors’ Instructions on submitting paper and poster abstracts and proposals for special paper sessions, panel sessions, open forums, workshops, and tutorials, and for templates for the Final Paper Manuscripts.

§ Abstracts for individual papers (500 words), Posters (500 words), Special Paper Session Proposals, Panel proposals, Tutorial proposals, and Workshop proposals are due by October 15, 2013

§ Notification of Acceptance: November 30, 2013

§ Final Paper Manuscripts for the Symposium Proceedings: January 12, 2014

9-22-2013 | Comments Off

CFP: Transatlantic Research Group: “Sexuality, Human Rights and Public Policy”

The 3^rd International Conference of the Transatlantic Research Group in collaboration with the Gender and Sexuality Resource Center and Women and Gender Studies Program, Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, presents the Conference on Sexuality, Human Rights and Public Policy.

This conference draws on a broad range of academic fields—including anthropology, sociology, political philosophy, history, political science, and cultural studies—to investigate the dynamics of public policy, human rights, and sexuality as they relate to inclusion and exclusion globally.

Panels, papers, creative presentations, and roundtables that employ diverse, interdisciplinary and inter-generational perspectives are especially welcome in these areas:

Public policy, Law and Sexuality

Human body, Gender and Sexuality

Culture, Identity and Sexuality

Religion, Culture, and Sexuality

Christianity and Sexuality

Islam and Sexuality

Social Media and Sexuality

Sexual Orientation, Sexual/Gender Identity

Sexuality and Reproductive Rights

Human Body and Cultural Meanings

Human body, Stereotypes and Sexualities

Homosexuality, Homophobia, and Violence

The Female Body and Gender-based Violence

Heterosexuality and “Other” Sexuality

Abstracts should be around 300 words and include the paper title and the name and contact details of the presenter. Abstracts should be submitted by October 25, 2013. If an abstract is accepted for the conference, a full draft paper should be submitted by Monday January 20, 2014.

Please send abstracts and papers to Chima Korieh, Marquette University: chima.korieh@marquette.edu

9-05-2013 | Comments Off

California Roundtable on Philosophy and Race, 2013: Program Schedule and Updated Website, DePaul, Oct.10-12

If any of you are interested in philosophy of race, the California Roundtable for Philosophy of Race is holding its 10th anniversary meeting at DePaul this year. The program is below and at www.caroundtable.webs.com.

(Info sent to us from alumnus Dr. Drew Pierce)

California Roundtable on Philosophy & Race

October 10th-12th, 2013

Chicago, Illinois

Thursday October 10th

2:30 p.m.-3:00 p.m.: Coffee/Welcome

Session I: 3:00-5:00 p.m.

Moderator: Lisa McLeod, Guilford College

3:00 p.m.: Renisa Mawani, University of British Columbia

“Atmospheric Pressures: On Race and Affect”

4:00 p.m.: Stephanie Rivera-Berruz, University of Buffalo

“The Gaze Returned: Boomerang Perception Thrown Through Racial Realism”

5:00-5:30 p.m.: Break

5:30-6:00 p.m.: Introductory Remarks

Reception

Friday October 11th

9:00-9:30 a.m.: Coffee/Light Breakfast

Session II: 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

Moderator: Ernesto Rosen Velasquez, University of Dayton

9:30 am: Sybol Cook Anderson, St. Mary’s College of Maryland

“The Imperative of Post-Racialism: Ending the Racial Paradigm”

10:30 am: Alia Al-Saji, McGill University

“A Phenomenology of Hesitation: Interrupting Racializing Habits of Perception”

11:30 a.m.: Sophie Guérard de Latour, EHSS, Paris

“Multiculturalism and Anti-Racism, Allies or Enemies? Assessing the ‘Strategy of Des-ethnicization’ in Critical Republicanism”

Lunch: 12:30 to 2:00 p.m.

Session III: 2:00-4:00 p.m.

Moderator: Janine Jones, University of North Carolina, Greensboro

2:00 p.m.: Shannon Sullivan, Pennsylvania State University

“The Hearts and Guts of White People: Ignorance and the Physiology of White Racism”

3:00 p.m.: Andrew Pierce, Sacred Heart University

“The Myth of the White Minority”

Break: 4:00-4:30 p.m.

Keynote: 4:30-6:00 p.m.

Lucius Outlaw, Vanderbilt University

Moderator: Darrell Moore, DePaul University

Keynote Reception: 6:00-7:30 pm

Saturday, October 12th:

9:30-10:30 a.m.: Coffee/Light Breakfast

Session IV: 10:00 a.m.-12 p.m.

Moderator: Lawrence Blum, University of Massachusetts, Boston

10:00 a.m.: Grant Silva, Marquette University

“The Colonial and Racial Dimensions of Immigration: Why No One Has a Problem With Legal Immigration”

11:00 a.m.: Eddy Souffrant, University of North Carolina, Charlotte

“The Challenge of Universal Freedom: Douglass in Haiti”

Lunch: Noon-1:30 p.m.

Session V: 1:30-4:30 p.m.

Moderator: Michael Monahan, Marquette University

1:30 p.m. Megan Mitchell, UNC Chapel Hill

”‘Everything’s a Little Bit Racist:’ An Account of Implicit Racial Bias as Institutional Racism”

2:30 p.m.: Joseph Smith, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, “The Niggarization of Black Bodies”

3:30-3:45 Break

3:45 p.m.: Kristin McCartney, Oakton Community College, “This Bridge…: On Reading Lesbian Contexts as Philosophers of Race”

Break: 4:45-5:00 p.m.

Session VI: 5:00-6:30 p.m., Roundtable on the Roundtable

Closing Reception: 6:30-7:30 p.m.

Warm regards,

The Organizers of the CRPR

Darrell Moore, Depaul University
Mickaella Perina, UMass Boston
Falguni A. Sheth, Hampshire College

9-04-2013 | Comments Off

Conference: Art, Social Justice, and Critical Theory, Kalamazoo, May 16-18

ART, SOCIAL JUSTICE, AND CRITICAL THEORY

Olmsted Room, Kalamazoo College

May 16^th – 18^th, 2013

Thursday Evening 8:00 PM:

Keynote Address: “Active Passivity: On the Aesthetic Variant of Freedom.” Martin Seel, Johann Wolfgang Goethe Universität, Frankfurt am Main.
Wine Reception: Humphrey House Lounge:

Friday Morning: Theories of Art and Aesthetics: Focus Seel and Zuidervaart:

8:30 – 10:30
- Paul Guyer, “The Moving Appearance of Truth” (Philosophy, Brown University)
- Richard Eldridge: “Modernity, Art, and Expressive Freedom” (Philosophy, Swarthmore College)
- Comments:
  - Martin Seel (Philosophy, Johann Wolfgang Goethe Universität)
  - Lambert Zuidervaart (Philosophy, ICS and University of Toronto).

Coffee Break:

11:00 – 1:00
- Michael Kelly: “Just True Art” (Philosophy, University of North Carolina, Charlotte)
- Elizabeth Millán: : “Aesthetic Opportunities and the Spanish American Landscape: A Look at Alexander von Humboldt’s Aesthetic of Nature through the Lens of Seel’s Aesthetic of Appearing.” (Philosophy, DePaul University, Chicago)
- Comments
  - Martin Seel (Philosophy, Johann Wolfgang Goethe Universität)
  - Lambert Zuidervaart (Philosophy, ICS and University of Toronto)

Lunch: 1:00 – 2:00: Banquet Room

Friday Afternoon: The Theory and Practice of Activating Art:

2:00 – 3:45
- Sandra Shapshay (Philosophy, Indiana University): “”Schopenhauer on the Symbiotic Relationship between Artistic and Philosophical Truth, a Reconstruction and Defense”
- Veronique Fóti:“Heidegger and Merleau-Ponty” (Philosophy, Pennsylvania State University)
- Comments:
  - Martin Seel (Philosophy, Johann Wolfgang Goethe Universität)
  - Lambert Zuidervaart (Philosophy, ICS and University of Toronto)

Refreshments:

4:15 – 6:00 Panel Discussion: Mural as Public Art: Artist Dialogue:
- Christine Hahn [Moderator] (Art History, Kalamazoo College)
- Conor McGrady (Independent Artist, Belfast, Northern Ireland)
- Dan Wang (Artist, Madison, Wisconsin)
- Sonia Baez-Hernandez (Artist in Residence, Arcus Center for Social Justice Leadership, Kalamazoo College)

6:00 – 8:00 Dinner, Stone Room

8:00 – 9:15 Keynote Address: “Theses on Pictures and Films.” Martin Seel, Johann Wolfgang Goethe Universität, Frankfurt am Main.

Wine Reception: Humphrey House Lounge:

Saturday Morning:

9:00 – 10:30 Panel Discussion: The Aesthetics and Politics of Food:
- Amelia Katanski (English, Kalamazoo College)
- Alison Geist (Director, Mary Jane Underwood Stryker Institute for Service-Learning, Kalamazoo College)
- David Strauss (History, Kalamazoo College)

Coffee Break

11:00 – 12:30 Panel Discussion: Museums and Curatorship:
- Lambert Zuidervaart [Moderator] (Philosophy, ICS and University of Toronto)
- Christine Hahn (Art History, Kalamazoo College)
- Paul Wittenbraker (Art, Grand Valley University)
- Alexandra Gravely (Art, K’13)
- Eeva Sharp (Art, K’13)

12:30 – 2:00: Lunch: Stone Room:

Saturday Afternoon:

2:00 – 3:30: Panel Discussion: Performance Art:
- Adriana Garriga-Lopez (Anthropology/Sociology, Kalamazoo College)
- Shanna Salinas (English, Kalamazoo College)

Coffee Break: