As a reminder, please save the following date and time for Philosophy’s annual Graduate Student Welcome Barbeque:
5 P.M. on Monday, August 25th
We will send out more information about the event later this summer.
Thanks,
Molly Clasen
Category : food and philosophy
End of the Year Graduate Student Potluck! 5/1
Hello,
You are enthusiastically invited to…
The end-of-year graduate student potluck party! Please join us to celebrate graduating students and retiring faculty.
Who? Graduate students, faculty members, staff members.
When? Thursday May 1st, 4:30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Where? Crown Center Lobby.
NOTE: Family and friends welcome. We’ll provide soft drinks and meat/veggie burgers. Please bring a dish and/or drinks to share.
Hope to see you there!
Best,
Molly Clasen
Office Assistant
Philosophy Department
Loyola University Chicago
Crown Center 381
1032 West Sheridan Road
Chicago, IL 60660
Phone: 773.508.2453
Fax: 773.508.2292
E-Mail: mclasen@luc.edu
Welcome, new Loyolans! Let’s eat!
Note: For those who acknowledge a distinction, there will be no actual barbeque; we will be grilling out. I, for the record, am accustomed to using “BBQ” and endorse the above usage.
Original artwork by Molly Clasen.
CFP Second Annual Workshop on Food Justice: Bringing Theory and Practice Together at Michigan State University
Michigan State University’s Second Annual Workshop on Food Justice: Bringing Theory and Practice Together
May 23rd – 25th 2014
Food justice is a growing movement that has inspired both on-the-ground community projects and theoretical articulations across multiple disciplines. This workshop aims to help scholars and practitioners identify and address the challenges and opportunities in food justice, including issues surrounding food access, food sovereignty, agricultural and environmental ethics, and agricultural sustainability. The conference will span three days and include scholarly talks and visits to local environmental justice projects. Academic papers should be accessible to a public audience.
Paper proposals are invited in areas such as
- Food security and food sovereignty
- Local foods as a social movement
- Agricultural ecology and sustainability
- Issues surrounding non-human animals in agriculture
- Food, diet, and cooking as co-constitutive with identity
- Agricultural policy and food standards
The workshop is intended as a transdisciplinary space to forge connections between theories and between theory and practice. Papers in disciplines such as philosophy, sociology, anthropology, geography, history, literary criticism, political ecology, religious studies, and the human dimensions of environmental sciences are all encouraged.
Proposals for panels and 300-word abstracts for individual presentations are due by March 1st, 2014. Please send proposals and abstracts, and any questions, to Ian Werkheiser werkhei1@msu.edu or Zach Piso pisozach@msu.edu
CFA: First Annual Workshop on Food Justice and Peace: Bringing Theory and Practice Together, Due Feb 15th
Call for Abstracts for the First Annual Workshop on Food Justice and Peace: Bringing Theory and Practice Together
At Michigan State University Lansing, Michigan April 12th-13th
Organized with
The Shalom Center for Peace and Justice, Lansing, MI
and the Philosophy Department of Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
While there has currently been a large amount of work done on food justice both on the ground and in academia, very little of it connects insights gained in both arena. This workshop aims to help scholars and practitioners identify and address the challenges and opportunities in food justice, particularly coming out of the local food movement. The conference will last two days: one day for academic talks and presentations, and another day for tours of places in the greater Lansing area where people are already working in their communities to address these issues. Academic papers are encouraged to be aimed at a broad audience, and ideally would also be focused on how theory can interact with practice.
Paper proposals and posters are invited in areas such as
- Local Food, Small Scale Agriculture, and CSA Projects
- Food Justice
- Ecology
- Social Epistemology
- The Ethics of Food
- Sustainability
The deadline for abstracts is FEBRUARY 15TH. Acceptance decisions will be made by MARCH 1ST. Please submit abstracts and any questions to nollsama@msu.edu
