Philosophy Conferences

2012:  Sustainability Conference

March 30-31, 2012.  ”This event will bring together four eminent researchers, Allegheny students and faculty concerned with investigating the complexities of sustainability in a world becoming ever more interconnected while riven by disagreement about our responsibilities to one another.”

For more, see the conference web site.

 

 

2011:  Global Citizenship:  An Academic Conference on the Nature of Citizenship in a Global World

March 11-12, 2011.  This event brought together four eminent philosophers and students concerned with investigating the future of citizenship in a word becoming ever more connected yet racked by strive and inequity.  The event consists of two main components:  four keynote presentations on Friday March 11 and an undergraduate conference on Saturday, March 12.  Keynote presenters will also attend the undergraduate paper and panel sessions.

Keynote Speakers:

  • J. Baird Callicott, University of North Texas
  • Noëlle McAfee, George Mason University
  • Ladelle McWhorter, University of Richmond
  • Eduardo Mendieta, State University of New York at Stony Brook

Conference coordinators:  Eric Boynton and Bill Bywater, Allegheny College

 

2008:  Examining Whiteness:  An Academic Conference on White Privilege and Racism in America

April 4-5, 2008.  In concert with the visit of keynote speakers, students from regional colleges and universities will present their work on the theme of whiteness.  The conference will culminate on Saturday evening with a banquet, during which the four scholars will lead a roundtable discussion of the issues raised at the conference.

Keynote Speakers:

  • Linda Martín Alcoff, Syracuse University
    “Can Whites Be Part of the Rainbow?”
  • Charles Mills, Northwestern University
    “White Ignorance”
  • Lucius Outlaw, Vanderbilt University
    “Considerations Toward the Rehabilitation of Whiteness”
  • Shannon Sullivan, Pennsylvania State University
    “Whiteness as Wise Provincialism:  Toward the Rehabilitation of a Racial Category”

Conference coordinators:  Eric Boynton and Bill Bywater, Allegheny College

Steering and selection committee:

Sharon Baker, Messiah College
Nathan Baruch Rein, Ursinus College
Eric Boynton, Allegheny College
Kenneth Lokengard, Gettysburg College
Jeffery W. Robbins, Lebanon Valley College
Victor E. Taylor, York College of Pennsylvania