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)