2004 Philosophy Alumni Colloquium

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Activism and Theory:

Making an Impact on Today’s

Environmental Policy

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Saturday, May 8th, 2004

Walnut Room, Erb Memorial Union, University of Oregon
please note change of location for Alumni Banquet to Gerlinger Lounge

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2:00 - 2:40 East vs. West: The Role of Place in Environmental Thinking

Christopher Preston

(Ph.D., 1998), Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the University of South Carolina

2:40 - 3:20 Remarks by Round-Table

• William Boyer

             (B.A., 1948), author of Myth America: Democracy Vs. Capitalism (Apex Press, 2003)

• Steven Brence

             (B.A., 1989; Ph.D., 2001), Philosophy Instructor at Oregon State University

• Chaone Mallory, current Ph.D. candidate in Philosophy and Environmental Studies

• Jeff Stolle (Ph.D., 2001), Consultant, GPA Consulting Group

3:20 - 4:00 Open Discussion

4:00 - 6:00 Break

6:00 - 8:00 Alumni Banquet & Keynote Address -- Gerlinger Lounge

Environmental Law and the Pragmatics of Policy Making

Bern Johnson, Executive Director of the Environmental Law Alliance Worldwide

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For more information or to make banquet reservations (by April 23rd), please contact the Philosophy Department Office at (541) 346-5547 or email uophil@uoregon.edu

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http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~uophil/