36th Annual Philosophy Symposium
INTELLECTUAL ACTIVISM
Women Pushing the Boundaries of Philosophy
Simone de Beauvoir, Hannah Arendt, and Judith Butler
March 17th and 18th 2006
Titan Student Union, Pavilion C
California State University, Fullerton
Friday, March 17th
9:30 Welcome and Introductory Remarks
10 - 11:30 "Solipsism And the Relational Self In Beauvoir's Wartime Philosophy"
Margaret Simons
Professor, Philosophy Department, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
Commentary: CSUF Philosophy Students
11:30 - 1:00 "Getting The Beauvoir We Deserve"
Debra Bergoffen
Professor of Philosophy and Women's Studies; Director, MA Philosophy Program, George Mason University
Commentary: Judy Miles, Professor of Philosophy, CSU Pomona
1:00 - 2:00 Lunch Break
2:00 - 3:30 "Arendt On Private And Public Connections With Others"
Shari Starrett
Associate Professor of Philosophy, California State University Fullerton
Commentary: Heather Battaly and Amy Coplan, Assistant Professors of Philosophy, California State University Fullerton
Saturday, March 18th
9:30 - 11:00 "The Relevance Of Hannah Arendt"
Richard Bernstein
Vera List Professor of Philosophy, Graduate Faculty, New School University
Commentary : CSUF Philosophy Students
11 - 12:30 "Activist Trouble: Judith Butler And The Virtues Of Critique"
Annika Thiem
Department of Rhetoric, University of California, Berkeley
Commentary: CSUF Philosophy Students
12:30 - 2:00 Lunch Break
2:00 - 3:30 "Intellectual Activism: Butler on Ethical Subject Formation"
Rochelle Green
Philosophy Department, University of Oregon
Commentary : Charles Booher, University of Chicago
3:30 - 5:00 Panel Discussion
Symposium Participants
6:00 - ? Post Symposium Party 6 P.M.
(Place TBA)
All Lectures are Free and Open to the Public
Sponsored By: The Philosophy Department, The Philosophy Club, The Philosophy Alumni Club, CLE contributions, and the INTER CLUB COUNCIL
Student Organizing Committee: Beata Bujalski, Brenan Cavish, Ryan Nunes
Faculty Advisors for symposium and reading groups: Shari Starrett, Heather Battaly, Amy Coplan, Mitch Avila, Michael Russell
Alumni Committee: Diane Anderson, Phil McWilliams, Roxy Green, Joe Kolb, Matt Romain, Janet Horrigan, Rich Booher, and Shari Starrett (alumni advisor)
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