Sep
6
Thu
Colloquium in Legal, Political, and Social Philosophy @ Lester Pollack Colloquium Room, 9th Flr. Furman Hall
Sep 6 @ 4:00 pm – 7:00 pm

Schedule of Speakers

September 6
Eric Beerbohm, Harvard

September 13
Rick Brooks, NYU

September 20
Jan-Werner Mueller, Princeton

September 27
Antony Duff, University of Minnesota

October 4
Veronique Munoz-Darde, UC Berkeley

October 11
Tommie Shelby, Harvard

October 18
Michele Moody-Adams, Columbia University

October 25
Meir Dan-Cohen, UC Berkeley

November 1  
Amia Srinivasan, University College London

November 8  
Melissa Schwartzberg, NYU

November 15
Martha Nussbaum, University of Chicago

November 29
Tom Nagel, NYU

December 6   
Nancy Fraser, The New School

 

The Colloquium in Legal, Political, and Social Philosophy was founded by Ronald Dworkin and Thomas Nagel in 1987. It is the original model for all of NYU Law’s colloquia. The Colloquium is now convened by Liam Murphy, Samuel Scheffler, and Jeremy Waldron, two of whom will host in any given year.

Each week on Thursday a legal theorist or moral or political philosopher presents a paper to the group, which consists of students, faculty from the Law School and other departments of NYU, and faculty from other universities. The choice of subject is left to the paper’s author, within the general boundaries of the Colloquium’s subjects, and the discussions are therefore not connected by any structured theme for the term as a whole, though in past years certain central topics were canvassed in several weeks’ discussion. The Colloquium aims, not to pursue any particular subject, but to explore new work in considerable depth and so allow students to develop their own skill in theoretical analysis. Each week’s paper is posted at least a week in advance, and participants are expected to have read it.

The public sessions of the colloquium take place on Thursdays, from 4 to 7 pm, in the Lester Pollack Colloquium Room on the 9th Floor of Furman Hall, 245 Sullivan St (view campus map). Visitors’ papers will be posted in advance of each meeting on this page.

Sep
13
Thu
Colloquium in Legal, Political, and Social Philosophy @ Lester Pollack Colloquium Room, 9th Flr. Furman Hall
Sep 13 @ 4:00 pm – 7:00 pm

Schedule of Speakers

September 6
Eric Beerbohm, Harvard

September 13
Rick Brooks, NYU

September 20
Jan-Werner Mueller, Princeton

September 27
Antony Duff, University of Minnesota

October 4
Veronique Munoz-Darde, UC Berkeley

October 11
Tommie Shelby, Harvard

October 18
Michele Moody-Adams, Columbia University

October 25
Meir Dan-Cohen, UC Berkeley

November 1  
Amia Srinivasan, University College London

November 8  
Melissa Schwartzberg, NYU

November 15
Martha Nussbaum, University of Chicago

November 29
Tom Nagel, NYU

December 6   
Nancy Fraser, The New School

 

The Colloquium in Legal, Political, and Social Philosophy was founded by Ronald Dworkin and Thomas Nagel in 1987. It is the original model for all of NYU Law’s colloquia. The Colloquium is now convened by Liam Murphy, Samuel Scheffler, and Jeremy Waldron, two of whom will host in any given year.

Each week on Thursday a legal theorist or moral or political philosopher presents a paper to the group, which consists of students, faculty from the Law School and other departments of NYU, and faculty from other universities. The choice of subject is left to the paper’s author, within the general boundaries of the Colloquium’s subjects, and the discussions are therefore not connected by any structured theme for the term as a whole, though in past years certain central topics were canvassed in several weeks’ discussion. The Colloquium aims, not to pursue any particular subject, but to explore new work in considerable depth and so allow students to develop their own skill in theoretical analysis. Each week’s paper is posted at least a week in advance, and participants are expected to have read it.

The public sessions of the colloquium take place on Thursdays, from 4 to 7 pm, in the Lester Pollack Colloquium Room on the 9th Floor of Furman Hall, 245 Sullivan St (view campus map). Visitors’ papers will be posted in advance of each meeting on this page.

Sep
18
Tue
Social and Political Philosophy Workshop @ Law School rm 8-01
Sep 18 @ 5:30 pm – 6:45 pm
Meetings are held on Tuesdays at Fordham’s Lincoln Center campus in Manhattan in the Plaza View Room, 12th Floor, Lowenstein Building (113 W. 60th St). We meet from 5:30 to 6:45 and papers are read in advance. If interested in attending, contact sahaddad@fordham.edu or jeflynn@fordham.edu.
  • September 18 – Cristina Beltrán (NYU)
  • October 9 – Jennifer Scuro (New Rochelle) – “Mapping Ableist Biases: Diagnoses and Prostheses”
  • November 6 – Lillian Cicerchia (Fordham)
  • March 12 – Rahel Jaeggi (Humboldt)
  • April 9 – Ann Murphy (New Mexico), “Hunger on Campus: Continental Philosophy and Basic Needs”
  • April 16 – Rahel Jaeggi (Humboldt/IAS), “Criticism and Its Discontents: A Defense of an Immanent Critique of Forms of Life”
  • February 12 May 7 – Robin Celikates (Amsterdam/IAS), “Radical Civility? Civil Disobedience and the Ideology of Non-Violence”
Sep
20
Thu
Colloquium in Legal, Political, and Social Philosophy @ Lester Pollack Colloquium Room, 9th Flr. Furman Hall
Sep 20 @ 4:00 pm – 7:00 pm

Schedule of Speakers

September 6
Eric Beerbohm, Harvard

September 13
Rick Brooks, NYU

September 20
Jan-Werner Mueller, Princeton

September 27
Antony Duff, University of Minnesota

October 4
Veronique Munoz-Darde, UC Berkeley

October 11
Tommie Shelby, Harvard

October 18
Michele Moody-Adams, Columbia University

October 25
Meir Dan-Cohen, UC Berkeley

November 1  
Amia Srinivasan, University College London

November 8  
Melissa Schwartzberg, NYU

November 15
Martha Nussbaum, University of Chicago

November 29
Tom Nagel, NYU

December 6   
Nancy Fraser, The New School

 

The Colloquium in Legal, Political, and Social Philosophy was founded by Ronald Dworkin and Thomas Nagel in 1987. It is the original model for all of NYU Law’s colloquia. The Colloquium is now convened by Liam Murphy, Samuel Scheffler, and Jeremy Waldron, two of whom will host in any given year.

Each week on Thursday a legal theorist or moral or political philosopher presents a paper to the group, which consists of students, faculty from the Law School and other departments of NYU, and faculty from other universities. The choice of subject is left to the paper’s author, within the general boundaries of the Colloquium’s subjects, and the discussions are therefore not connected by any structured theme for the term as a whole, though in past years certain central topics were canvassed in several weeks’ discussion. The Colloquium aims, not to pursue any particular subject, but to explore new work in considerable depth and so allow students to develop their own skill in theoretical analysis. Each week’s paper is posted at least a week in advance, and participants are expected to have read it.

The public sessions of the colloquium take place on Thursdays, from 4 to 7 pm, in the Lester Pollack Colloquium Room on the 9th Floor of Furman Hall, 245 Sullivan St (view campus map). Visitors’ papers will be posted in advance of each meeting on this page.

Sep
27
Thu
Colloquium in Legal, Political, and Social Philosophy @ Lester Pollack Colloquium Room, 9th Flr. Furman Hall
Sep 27 @ 4:00 pm – 7:00 pm

Schedule of Speakers

September 6
Eric Beerbohm, Harvard

September 13
Rick Brooks, NYU

September 20
Jan-Werner Mueller, Princeton

September 27
Antony Duff, University of Minnesota

October 4
Veronique Munoz-Darde, UC Berkeley

October 11
Tommie Shelby, Harvard

October 18
Michele Moody-Adams, Columbia University

October 25
Meir Dan-Cohen, UC Berkeley

November 1  
Amia Srinivasan, University College London

November 8  
Melissa Schwartzberg, NYU

November 15
Martha Nussbaum, University of Chicago

November 29
Tom Nagel, NYU

December 6   
Nancy Fraser, The New School

 

The Colloquium in Legal, Political, and Social Philosophy was founded by Ronald Dworkin and Thomas Nagel in 1987. It is the original model for all of NYU Law’s colloquia. The Colloquium is now convened by Liam Murphy, Samuel Scheffler, and Jeremy Waldron, two of whom will host in any given year.

Each week on Thursday a legal theorist or moral or political philosopher presents a paper to the group, which consists of students, faculty from the Law School and other departments of NYU, and faculty from other universities. The choice of subject is left to the paper’s author, within the general boundaries of the Colloquium’s subjects, and the discussions are therefore not connected by any structured theme for the term as a whole, though in past years certain central topics were canvassed in several weeks’ discussion. The Colloquium aims, not to pursue any particular subject, but to explore new work in considerable depth and so allow students to develop their own skill in theoretical analysis. Each week’s paper is posted at least a week in advance, and participants are expected to have read it.

The public sessions of the colloquium take place on Thursdays, from 4 to 7 pm, in the Lester Pollack Colloquium Room on the 9th Floor of Furman Hall, 245 Sullivan St (view campus map). Visitors’ papers will be posted in advance of each meeting on this page.

Oct
3
Wed
Racial Justice – Talk & Book Panel @ CUNY Grad Center, rm 9204/5
Oct 3 @ 4:15 pm – 7:30 pm

The CUNY Graduate Center Advanced Research Collaborative (ARC) and the Philosophy Program present a talk and book panel on:
RACIAL JUSTICE
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 3 (Rooms 9204-5)

4:15-5:00 PHILOSOPHY COLLOQUIUM LECTURE:
“Racial Justice”: Charles W. Mills, Philosophy, CUNY Graduate Center

5:00-5:05 Break

5:05-5:45 BOOK PANEL on Charles W. Mills’s 2017 book, Black Rights/White Wrongs: The Critique of Racial Liberalism

Frank M. Kirkland (CUNY Hunter College & the Grad Center)

John Pittman (CUNY John Jay College)

5:45-6:30 Q & A

6:30-7:30 BOOK PARTY—Philosophy common room, 7113 (food and drink)

Oct
4
Thu
The Gift and Weight of Genomic Knowledge: In Search of the Good Biocitizen @ Feil Hall, Forchelli Conference Center, 22nd Floor
Oct 4 – Oct 5 all-day
This knowledge is irrevocable.” So reads an opening line in the terms-of-service agreement for 23andMe, a leading direct-to-consumer genetic testing company. This remarkable phrase attests to an increasing recognition of the role genomic knowledge plays in shaping human life. On the one hand, genomic knowledge is a gift, creating novel insights into the genetic drivers of disease and into the geographical paths of our ancestors. On the other, it is a weight, creating new obligations, new forms of social classification, and new forms of surveillance. Thus, we are faced with a fundamental question: how can we live well in the face of knowledge that can change the criteria, conditions, and lived experience of life? Or, as we formulate that question for this conference, what is a good biocitizen?
This conference aims to take a step back and ask: In what ways can genomic knowledge promote human flourishing, and in what ways might it thwart it?  What are the conditions that shape the biocitizen today, and how ought one act in light of these? Heeding not only the lessons of this history, but also our contemporary socio-political context, we wish to gain clarity on how genomics has shaped and is shaping lived experience. How, against the background of such knowledge, might we leverage genomic knowledge toward a life lived well in health for all?

DATES:

October 4 and 5, 2018

LOCATION:

Feil Hall, Forchelli Conference Center, 22nd Floor, 205 State Street Brooklyn, New York

Sponsored by The Hastings Center and Brooklyn Law School’s Center for Health, Science and Public Policy; co-sponsored by Columbia University’s Department of Medical Humanities and Ethics and Harvard Medical School’s Center for Bioethics

Access the conference flyer here.


SPEAKERS: 

Catherine Bliss (University of California, San Francisco) Alondra Nelson (Columbia University)
Catherine Clune-Taylor (Princeton University) Carolyn Neuhaus (The Hastings Center)
Eva Kittay (SUNY Stony Brook) Jenny Reardon (UC Santa Cruz)
Melinda Hall (Stetson University) Sandra Soo-Jin Lee (Stanford University)
Colin Koopman (University of Oregon) Joe Stramondo (San Diego State University)
Leslie Larkin (Northern Michigan University) Jessica Kolopenuk (University of Alberta)

CONFERENCE SCHEDULE:

Thursday, October 4, 8:15 am – 5:00 pm

REGISTRATION AND CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST: 8:15-9:00

SHORT BREAK: 10:20-10:40

  • 10:40-11:40 Lesley Larkin “On Contemporary Literature and the ‘Good Bionarrative Citizen”

LUNCH: 11:40-1:00

  • 1:00-1:50 Sandra Soo-Jin Lee “How Is Social Networking and Direct-To-Consumer Genetic Testing Shaping The Choices and Conundrums of the Biocitizen?”
  • 1:50-2:40 Melinda Hall “On The Language of Risk and the Marginalization of Bodies”

BREAK: 2:40-3:10

  • 3:10-4:00 Catherine Clune-Taylor  “What Does The History of Medicine Teach about the Advent of Genomics as “Truth” Concerning Categories of Embodiment such as Sex and Sexuality?”
  • 4:00-5:00 Joseph Stramondo “How Does Genomics Shape Categories of Disability and How Might the Virtuous Biocitizen Respond?”

Friday, October 5, 2018, 8:15 am – 5:00 pm

REGISTRATION AND CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST: 8:15-9:00

  • 9:00-9:50 Jessica Kolopenuk “How Does Colonialism and Racism Inform Genomic Knowledge and How Might Such Legacies Be Undermined?”
  • 9:50-10:40 Catherine Bliss “Given Genomics’ Potential for Reinscription of Erroneous Notions of Race, How Should One Think about Race Ethically in the Genomic Age?”

SHORT BREAK: 10:40-11:00

  • 11:00-11:50 Eva Kittay “How Much of a Gift or Weight Is Genomics from the Perspective of Care?”

LUNCH 11:50-1:00

  • 1:00-1:50 Carolyn Neuhaus “On the Rhetoric that Exaggerates the Weight and Elides the Gift”
  • 1:50-2:40 Alondra Nelson “The Politics of Genomics in the USA: the OSTP and the PMI”

SHORT BREAK: 2:40-3:00

  • 3:00-4:00 Jenny Reardon “How Should We Understand the Relationship between Genomics, Justice, and Democracy?”
  • 4:00-5:00 Roundtable Discussion

REGISTER HERE


This conference will have live on-screen captioning and will be livestreamed. Send inquiries about the conference and any accessibility-related requests to reynoldsj@thehastingscenter.org. Requests for a reasonable accommodation based on a disability to attend this event should also be made to Louise Cohen, the BLS Reasonable Accommodations Coordinator, at louise.cohen@brooklaw.edu or (718) 780-0377. 

Colloquium in Legal, Political, and Social Philosophy @ Lester Pollack Colloquium Room, 9th Flr. Furman Hall
Oct 4 @ 4:00 pm – 7:00 pm

Schedule of Speakers

September 6
Eric Beerbohm, Harvard

September 13
Rick Brooks, NYU

September 20
Jan-Werner Mueller, Princeton

September 27
Antony Duff, University of Minnesota

October 4
Veronique Munoz-Darde, UC Berkeley

October 11
Tommie Shelby, Harvard

October 18
Michele Moody-Adams, Columbia University

October 25
Meir Dan-Cohen, UC Berkeley

November 1  
Amia Srinivasan, University College London

November 8  
Melissa Schwartzberg, NYU

November 15
Martha Nussbaum, University of Chicago

November 29
Tom Nagel, NYU

December 6   
Nancy Fraser, The New School

 

The Colloquium in Legal, Political, and Social Philosophy was founded by Ronald Dworkin and Thomas Nagel in 1987. It is the original model for all of NYU Law’s colloquia. The Colloquium is now convened by Liam Murphy, Samuel Scheffler, and Jeremy Waldron, two of whom will host in any given year.

Each week on Thursday a legal theorist or moral or political philosopher presents a paper to the group, which consists of students, faculty from the Law School and other departments of NYU, and faculty from other universities. The choice of subject is left to the paper’s author, within the general boundaries of the Colloquium’s subjects, and the discussions are therefore not connected by any structured theme for the term as a whole, though in past years certain central topics were canvassed in several weeks’ discussion. The Colloquium aims, not to pursue any particular subject, but to explore new work in considerable depth and so allow students to develop their own skill in theoretical analysis. Each week’s paper is posted at least a week in advance, and participants are expected to have read it.

The public sessions of the colloquium take place on Thursdays, from 4 to 7 pm, in the Lester Pollack Colloquium Room on the 9th Floor of Furman Hall, 245 Sullivan St (view campus map). Visitors’ papers will be posted in advance of each meeting on this page.

Oct
9
Tue
Social and Political Philosophy Workshop @ Law School rm 8-01
Oct 9 @ 5:30 pm – 6:45 pm
Meetings are held on Tuesdays at Fordham’s Lincoln Center campus in Manhattan in the Plaza View Room, 12th Floor, Lowenstein Building (113 W. 60th St). We meet from 5:30 to 6:45 and papers are read in advance. If interested in attending, contact sahaddad@fordham.edu or jeflynn@fordham.edu.
  • September 18 – Cristina Beltrán (NYU)
  • October 9 – Jennifer Scuro (New Rochelle) – “Mapping Ableist Biases: Diagnoses and Prostheses”
  • November 6 – Lillian Cicerchia (Fordham)
  • March 12 – Rahel Jaeggi (Humboldt)
  • April 9 – Ann Murphy (New Mexico), “Hunger on Campus: Continental Philosophy and Basic Needs”
  • April 16 – Rahel Jaeggi (Humboldt/IAS), “Criticism and Its Discontents: A Defense of an Immanent Critique of Forms of Life”
  • February 12 May 7 – Robin Celikates (Amsterdam/IAS), “Radical Civility? Civil Disobedience and the Ideology of Non-Violence”
Oct
11
Thu
Jill North, The Direction of Time @ Rutgers Philosophy Dept
Oct 11 @ 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Direction of Time
Location Rutgers Philosophy Department, 106 Somerset St, New Brunswick, NJ 08901, USA