Apr
18
Thu
Nemira Gasiunas – Philosophy of Psychology Workshop @ 302 Philosophy Hall, Columbia U
Apr 18 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm

PoPRocks (formerly known as ‘WoPoP’) is an ongoing series in the NYC area for early career researchers – typically grad students, postdocs, people who got their PhD within the last few years, advanced undergrads etc. – working on philosophy of psychology/mind/perception/cognitive science/neuroscience/… . We usually meet roughly once every 2-3 weeks to informally discuss a draft paper by one of our members. Typically presenters send a copy of their paper around 1 week in advance, so do join the mailing list (by emailing poprocksworkshop@gmail.com or one of the organizers) or email to ask for a copy of the paper. We aim for a friendly, constructive discussion with the understanding that the drafts discussed are typically work in progress.

Presenters Spring 2019

All presentations will be on Thursdays at 7-9pm in 302 Philosophy Hall, Columbia University (Morningside Heights Campus).

February 28th – Kate Pendoley (CUNY)

​March 14th – Amogh Sahu (Columbia)

April 18th – Nemira Gasiunas (Columbia)

If anyone else would like to present on other Thursdays, get in touch.

Jul
5
Fri
Philosophy of Psychology Workshop @ Columbia U Philosophy Dept. 201b
Jul 5 @ 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Poprock’s summer’s schedule is below — we’ll be meeting on Thursdays, from 3-5pm, at a Philosophy 201B (downstairs to the right) at Columbia.
July 5 — Becky Keller – note Friday meeting because of “some kind of American holiday”
July 11 — Alex Kiefer – room will be Philosophy 201B (downstairs to the right)
July 18 — Kathryn Pendoley
July 25 — Andrew Lee
Aug 1 — Simon Brown
Aug 8 — tbd
Aug 12ish— Henry Shevlin
Aug 22 — Andrew Richmond
Jul
11
Thu
Philosophy of Psychology Workshop @ Columbia U Philosophy Dept. 201b
Jul 11 @ 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Poprock’s summer’s schedule is below — we’ll be meeting on Thursdays, from 3-5pm, at a Philosophy 201B (downstairs to the right) at Columbia.
July 5 — Becky Keller – note Friday meeting because of “some kind of American holiday”
July 11 — Alex Kiefer – room will be Philosophy 201B (downstairs to the right)
July 18 — Kathryn Pendoley
July 25 — Andrew Lee
Aug 1 — Simon Brown
Aug 8 — tbd
Aug 12ish— Henry Shevlin
Aug 22 — Andrew Richmond
Jul
18
Thu
Philosophy of Psychology Workshop @ Columbia U Philosophy Dept. 201b
Jul 18 @ 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Poprock’s summer’s schedule is below — we’ll be meeting on Thursdays, from 3-5pm, at a Philosophy 201B (downstairs to the right) at Columbia.
July 5 — Becky Keller – note Friday meeting because of “some kind of American holiday”
July 11 — Alex Kiefer – room will be Philosophy 201B (downstairs to the right)
July 18 — Kathryn Pendoley
July 25 — Andrew Lee
Aug 1 — Simon Brown
Aug 8 — tbd
Aug 12ish— Henry Shevlin
Aug 22 — Andrew Richmond
Jul
25
Thu
Philosophy of Psychology Workshop @ Columbia U Philosophy Dept. 201b
Jul 25 @ 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Poprock’s summer’s schedule is below — we’ll be meeting on Thursdays, from 3-5pm, at a Philosophy 201B (downstairs to the right) at Columbia.
July 5 — Becky Keller – note Friday meeting because of “some kind of American holiday”
July 11 — Alex Kiefer – room will be Philosophy 201B (downstairs to the right)
July 18 — Kathryn Pendoley
July 25 — Andrew Lee
Aug 1 — Simon Brown
Aug 8 — tbd
Aug 12ish— Henry Shevlin
Aug 22 — Andrew Richmond
Aug
1
Thu
Philosophy of Psychology Workshop @ Columbia U Philosophy Dept. 201b
Aug 1 @ 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Poprock’s summer’s schedule is below — we’ll be meeting on Thursdays, from 3-5pm, at a Philosophy 201B (downstairs to the right) at Columbia.
July 5 — Becky Keller – note Friday meeting because of “some kind of American holiday”
July 11 — Alex Kiefer – room will be Philosophy 201B (downstairs to the right)
July 18 — Kathryn Pendoley
July 25 — Andrew Lee
Aug 1 — Simon Brown
Aug 8 — tbd
Aug 12ish— Henry Shevlin
Aug 22 — Andrew Richmond
Aug
8
Thu
Philosophy of Psychology Workshop @ Columbia U Philosophy Dept. 201b
Aug 8 @ 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Poprock’s summer’s schedule is below — we’ll be meeting on Thursdays, from 3-5pm, at a Philosophy 201B (downstairs to the right) at Columbia.
July 5 — Becky Keller – note Friday meeting because of “some kind of American holiday”
July 11 — Alex Kiefer – room will be Philosophy 201B (downstairs to the right)
July 18 — Kathryn Pendoley
July 25 — Andrew Lee
Aug 1 — Simon Brown
Aug 8 — tbd
Aug 12ish— Henry Shevlin
Aug 22 — Andrew Richmond
Aug
13
Tue
Philosophy of Psychology Workshop @ Columbia U Philosophy Dept. 201b
Aug 13 @ 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Poprock’s summer’s schedule is below — we’ll be meeting on Thursdays, from 3-5pm, at a Philosophy 201B (downstairs to the right) at Columbia.
July 5 — Becky Keller – note Friday meeting because of “some kind of American holiday”
July 11 — Alex Kiefer – room will be Philosophy 201B (downstairs to the right)
July 18 — Kathryn Pendoley
July 25 — Andrew Lee
Aug 1 — Simon Brown
Aug 8 — tbd
Aug 12ish— Henry Shevlin
Aug 22 — Andrew Richmond
Aug
22
Thu
Philosophy of Psychology Workshop @ Columbia U Philosophy Dept. 201b
Aug 22 @ 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Poprock’s summer’s schedule is below — we’ll be meeting on Thursdays, from 3-5pm, at a Philosophy 201B (downstairs to the right) at Columbia.
July 5 — Becky Keller – note Friday meeting because of “some kind of American holiday”
July 11 — Alex Kiefer – room will be Philosophy 201B (downstairs to the right)
July 18 — Kathryn Pendoley
July 25 — Andrew Lee
Aug 1 — Simon Brown
Aug 8 — tbd
Aug 12ish— Henry Shevlin
Aug 22 — Andrew Richmond
May
8
Mon
Conception and Its Discontents @ Heyman Center, 2nd floor common room
May 8 – May 9 all-day

A conference hosted by the Motherhood and Technology Working Group at the Center for the Study of Social Difference on the theme of “Conception and Its Discontents.”

Medical technologies have radically transformed the biological and social experience of motherhood. Advances in genomic and reproductive care, the circulation of novel kinship structures, the entrenchment of existing global networks of power and privilege, and the politics of contested bodily sites mark this emerging constellation.

Technological advancements have in particular impacted not just the understanding of conception, but the very process by which a human embryo is created, implanted, and matured. Egg freezing, embryo storage, IVF, and surrogacy afford women new freedoms in choosing when and how to become mothers, while also raising troubling questions about the pressures of capitalism and the extension of worklife, as well as the global inequalities present in the experience of motherhood. In addition, technologies have arisen allowing for unprecedented control over not just who becomes a mother, but what kind of embryo is allowed to be implanted and to grow. Technologies such as CRISPR and NIPT have re-introduced the question of eugenics, radically shifting the very epistemology of motherhood and what it means to be “expecting.” And contemporary abortion debates draw on technology in order to make arguments both for and against access, with imaging technologies being instrumentalized in the building of a sympathetic case for the unborn, and the very notion of a “heartbeat bill” reliant on the misreading of technologies for measuring fetal activity.

While these problems are urgent today, questions of conception and technology are by no means recent developments. The 18th century saw a flourishing of philosophical and scientific theories regarding the start of human life and its formation within the womb. Such theories relied on modern technologies, such as autopsy, to atomize and visualize the body. In the 19th and 20th centuries, eugenic medical science produced theories of reproductive difference between differing racial and social groups, leading to forced sterilization laws in both the US and in Germany. This long history of racializing the rhetoric of fertility and motherhood continues to influence political debates on immigration and demographic changes in the present.

Full conference details and schedule to come.

Please email disability@columbia.edu to request disability accommodations. Advance notice is necessary to arrange for some accessibility needs