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Black Women Philosophers Conference (DAY 1 - March 15th 2019)
Black Women Philosophers Conference (DAY 1 - March 15th 2019)
When and where
Date and time
Location
Elebash Recital Hall, The Graduate Center 365 5th Avenue New York, NY 10016
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About this event
What does a philosopher look like? Inevitably, our mental pictures are shaped by the dominant imagery of the white male marble busts of Greco-Roman antiquity—Plato, Aristotle, Cicero, Seneca—and their modern European heirs—Hobbes, Descartes, Locke, Rousseau, Kant, Hegel, Mill. Even today Western philosophy is largely male and overwhelmingly white—about 97 percent in the U.S., close to 100 percent in Europe. Diversifying the field requires expanding our corporeal imaginary of its practitioners. This conference, timed to honor Professor Anita Allen-Castellitto (Penn), the first black female President in the 100-year-plus history of the American Philosophical Association, aims to showcase the work of a traditionally under-represented population, challenging these preconceptions. Allen and fifteen other black women will speak on their research across a wide variety of philosophical topics.
Co-sponsored by: The Center for the Humanities at the Graduate Center-CUNY, the Advanced Research Collaborative at the Graduate Center-CUNY, The American Philosophical Association Committee on the Status of Black Philosophers, The New York Society for Women in Philosophy (NYSWIP)
LIST OF SPEAKERS
Anita Allen-Castellitto, University of Pennsylvania (Keynote Speaker)
Kathryn Belle, Penn State University
Myisha Cherry, UC Riverside
Emmalon Davis, New School for Social Research
Nathifa Greene, Gettysburg College
Devonya Havis, Canisius College
Janine Jones, University of North Carolina Greensboro
Axelle Karera, Wesleyan University
Michele Moody-Adams, Columbia University
Mickaella Perina, University of Massachusetts Boston
Camisha Russell, University of Oregon
Jackie Scott, Loyola University Chicago
Kris Sealey, Fairfield University
Jameliah Shorter-Bourhanou, Georgia College, College of the Holy Cross
Anika Simpson, Morgan State University
Briana Toole, CUNY Baruch College
Yolonda Wilson, Howard University
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For the 2nd day of the conference, March 16th, register here:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/black-women-philosophers-conference-day-2-march-16th-2019-registration-56225886139
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To see the conference schedule, click here and scroll down:
https://www.centerforthehumanities.org/programming/black-women-philosophers-conference
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For the full abstracts for each speaker's presentation, click here: https://assets.centerforthehumanities.org/downloads/Black-Women-Philosophers-Conference-Abstracts_final.pdf