UO Department of Philosophy
2011-12 Colloquium Series
Spring Term Talks & Seminars
Annabelle Dufourcq (Courtesy Associate Professor, UO Philosophy, and formerly Lecturer at University of Clermont-Ferrand)
Thursday April 5th, 4:00pm, McKenzie Room 129
“The Fundamental Imaginary Dimension of the Real in Merleau-Ponty’s Philosophy”
Paul Thompson (Professor of Philosophy, Michigan State University)
Thursday April 19th, 4:00pm, McKenzie Room 129
“The Fundamental Problem in Food Ethics”
Thursday April 19th, 1:00pm (tentative time, to be confirmed)
Additional small seminar discussion of Prof. Thompson’s “What Happens to Philosophy in a Wicked World”
Aaron Rodriguez (Ph.D. Candidate, UO Philosophy)
Thursday April 26th, 4:00pm, EMU River Rooms (Metolius, Alsea, Coquille)
“The Significance of Art for a Pragmatist Approach to Ethics”
Angelica Nuzzo (Professor of Philosophy, CUNY Graduate Center and CUNY Brooklyn College)
Thursday May 3rd, 4:00pm, McKenzie Room 129
“The Justice of Contradiction: History and the Realization of Freedom in Hegel”
Jay M. Bernstein (University Distinguished Professor, Department of Philosophy, New School for Social Research)
Wednesday May 16th, 2:00pm, Jaqua Center Auditorium
“Hannah Arendt Occupies Wall Street: Civil Disobedience and American Democracy Today”
Thursday May 17th, 4:00pm, EMU River Rooms (Metolius, Alsea, Coquille)
“Democratic Bodies: The Abolition of Torture and the Uprising of the Rule of Law”
For more information on these events please come by the UO Philosophy Department (PLC 338), or visit our website, or contact Colin Koopman (koopman@uoregon.edu) in the Philosophy Department.