In this talk, Professor Russell describes how notions of race have organized the American concept of kinship. She argues that this history of the association of race and kinship in the American imaginary allows race to serve as a proxy for kinship in the contemporary fertility clinic.
Camisha Russell received her PhD in Philosophy from Penn State University in 2013. Her first book, The Assisted Reproduction of Race: Thinking Through Race as a Reproductive Technology, forthcoming with Indiana University Press, explores the role of race and racial identity in the ideas and practices surrounding assisted reproductive technologies. Her primary research and teaching interests are in Critical Philosophy of Race, Feminist Philosophy, and Bioethics. Her publications include “Black American Sexuality and the Repressive Hypothesis: Reading Patricia Hill Collins with Michel Foucault” in Convergences: Black Women & Continental Philosophy, “Questions of Race in Bioethics: Deceit, Disregard, Disparity, and the Work of Decentering” in Philosophy Compass, and “The Race Idea in Reproductive Technologies: Beyond Epistemic Scientism and Technological Mastery” in the Journal of Bioethical Inquiry. She has held both a Charlotte W. Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship (2012-13) and a University of California President’s Postdoctoral Fellowship (2013-15). Before attending graduate school, she served as a Peace Corps Volunteer for the Girls’ Education and Empowerment program in Togo, West Africa. She is currently a Riley Scholar-in-Residence in the Philosophy Department at Colorado College.
The Colloquium in Philosophy and Education (A&HF 5600) is intended for all masters and doctoral students in the program in Philosophy and Education. Others who are interested in attending a session should contact the coordinator, Professor Megan Laverty.
January 26 Chu Hsi’s Ethics of Reading: for the Recovery of Humanistic Pedagogies of Learning
Duck-Joo Kwak, Professor, Department of Education, Seoul National
University, South Korea & Wsiting Scholar, Philosophy Department, CU
February 9 A Quest for Freedom In Colonial limes: Sor Juana lnes de la Cruz on Liberty
Virginia Aspe, Researcher, Philosophy Faculty, Panamericana University, Mexico
February 16 The Dignity of Difference: Toward a Metaphysical Justification of Care for the Other
Eli Vinokur, Teaching Fellow, University of Haifa, Israel and Wsiting
Scholar in the Philosophy and Education Program, Teachers College, CU
location: Horace Mann 332
February 23 Passion and imagination: Where Poetry, Philosophy and Life Intersect
Edward Mooney, Professor Emeritus of Religion and Philosophy, Syracuse University
Location: Horace Mann 332
March 9 Pedagogy, Knowledge and Possibility in the Experience of the Self
Rosa Hong Chen, Sessional Instructor, Simon Fraser University, Canada
and Visiting Scholar, Philosophy and Education Program, Teachers College, CU
March 23 Stanley Cavell and Philosophy as Translation
Naoko Saito, Associate Professor at the Graduate School of Education,
Univeristy of Kyoto, Japan
Paul Standish, Professor and Chair of Philosphy Education,
University College London, Institiute of Education, United Kingdom
Location: Horace Mann 332
March 30 Backroads Pragmatists: John Dewey and the Scientific Ethic in Mexico and the
United States
Ruben Flores, Associate Professor, Department of American Studies,
The University of Kansas
Note: This event is cohosted with the History and Education Program,
Teachers College, Columbia University
April 13 Masters Students Thesis Presentations
Philosophy and Education Program, Teachers College, CU
Location: Horace Mann 332
April 20 Some Notes on the Label “Educationally Disadvantaged”
Roland Reichenbach, Professor of Education, University of ZUrich,
Switzerland
May 4 The Miseducation of the Indebted Student
Jason Wozniak PhD. Candidate, Philosophy and Education Program,
Teachers College, CU
For more information about the Philosophy and Education Colloquium Series, please contact
the Colloquium Coordinator, Megan Laverty, at Laverty@tc.edu
Teachers College, Columbia University | Philosophy and Education program | http://tc.columbia.edu/philosophy
The Colloquium in Philosophy and Education (A&HF 5600) is intended for all masters and doctoral students in the program in Philosophy and Education. Others who are interested in attending a session should contact the coordinator, Professor Megan Laverty.
January 26 Chu Hsi’s Ethics of Reading: for the Recovery of Humanistic Pedagogies of Learning
Duck-Joo Kwak, Professor, Department of Education, Seoul National
University, South Korea & Wsiting Scholar, Philosophy Department, CU
February 9 A Quest for Freedom In Colonial limes: Sor Juana lnes de la Cruz on Liberty
Virginia Aspe, Researcher, Philosophy Faculty, Panamericana University, Mexico
February 16 The Dignity of Difference: Toward a Metaphysical Justification of Care for the Other
Eli Vinokur, Teaching Fellow, University of Haifa, Israel and Wsiting
Scholar in the Philosophy and Education Program, Teachers College, CU
location: Horace Mann 332
February 23 Passion and imagination: Where Poetry, Philosophy and Life Intersect
Edward Mooney, Professor Emeritus of Religion and Philosophy, Syracuse University
Location: Horace Mann 332
March 9 Pedagogy, Knowledge and Possibility in the Experience of the Self
Rosa Hong Chen, Sessional Instructor, Simon Fraser University, Canada
and Visiting Scholar, Philosophy and Education Program, Teachers College, CU
March 23 Stanley Cavell and Philosophy as Translation
Naoko Saito, Associate Professor at the Graduate School of Education,
Univeristy of Kyoto, Japan
Paul Standish, Professor and Chair of Philosphy Education,
University College London, Institiute of Education, United Kingdom
Location: Horace Mann 332
March 30 Backroads Pragmatists: John Dewey and the Scientific Ethic in Mexico and the
United States
Ruben Flores, Associate Professor, Department of American Studies,
The University of Kansas
Note: This event is cohosted with the History and Education Program,
Teachers College, Columbia University
April 13 Masters Students Thesis Presentations
Philosophy and Education Program, Teachers College, CU
Location: Horace Mann 332
April 20 Some Notes on the Label “Educationally Disadvantaged”
Roland Reichenbach, Professor of Education, University of ZUrich,
Switzerland
May 4 The Miseducation of the Indebted Student
Jason Wozniak PhD. Candidate, Philosophy and Education Program,
Teachers College, CU
For more information about the Philosophy and Education Colloquium Series, please contact
the Colloquium Coordinator, Megan Laverty, at Laverty@tc.edu
Teachers College, Columbia University | Philosophy and Education program | http://tc.columbia.edu/philosophy
The Colloquium in Philosophy and Education (A&HF 5600) is intended for all masters and doctoral students in the program in Philosophy and Education. Others who are interested in attending a session should contact the coordinator, Professor Megan Laverty.
January 26 Chu Hsi’s Ethics of Reading: for the Recovery of Humanistic Pedagogies of Learning
Duck-Joo Kwak, Professor, Department of Education, Seoul National
University, South Korea & Wsiting Scholar, Philosophy Department, CU
February 9 A Quest for Freedom In Colonial limes: Sor Juana lnes de la Cruz on Liberty
Virginia Aspe, Researcher, Philosophy Faculty, Panamericana University, Mexico
February 16 The Dignity of Difference: Toward a Metaphysical Justification of Care for the Other
Eli Vinokur, Teaching Fellow, University of Haifa, Israel and Wsiting
Scholar in the Philosophy and Education Program, Teachers College, CU
location: Horace Mann 332
February 23 Passion and imagination: Where Poetry, Philosophy and Life Intersect
Edward Mooney, Professor Emeritus of Religion and Philosophy, Syracuse University
Location: Horace Mann 332
March 9 Pedagogy, Knowledge and Possibility in the Experience of the Self
Rosa Hong Chen, Sessional Instructor, Simon Fraser University, Canada
and Visiting Scholar, Philosophy and Education Program, Teachers College, CU
March 23 Stanley Cavell and Philosophy as Translation
Naoko Saito, Associate Professor at the Graduate School of Education,
Univeristy of Kyoto, Japan
Paul Standish, Professor and Chair of Philosphy Education,
University College London, Institiute of Education, United Kingdom
Location: Horace Mann 332
March 30 Backroads Pragmatists: John Dewey and the Scientific Ethic in Mexico and the
United States
Ruben Flores, Associate Professor, Department of American Studies,
The University of Kansas
Note: This event is cohosted with the History and Education Program,
Teachers College, Columbia University
April 13 Masters Students Thesis Presentations
Philosophy and Education Program, Teachers College, CU
Location: Horace Mann 332
April 20 Some Notes on the Label “Educationally Disadvantaged”
Roland Reichenbach, Professor of Education, University of ZUrich,
Switzerland
May 4 The Miseducation of the Indebted Student
Jason Wozniak PhD. Candidate, Philosophy and Education Program,
Teachers College, CU
For more information about the Philosophy and Education Colloquium Series, please contact
the Colloquium Coordinator, Megan Laverty, at Laverty@tc.edu
Teachers College, Columbia University | Philosophy and Education program | http://tc.columbia.edu/philosophy
The Colloquium in Philosophy and Education (A&HF 5600) is intended for all masters and doctoral students in the program in Philosophy and Education. Others who are interested in attending a session should contact the coordinator, Professor Megan Laverty.
January 26 Chu Hsi’s Ethics of Reading: for the Recovery of Humanistic Pedagogies of Learning
Duck-Joo Kwak, Professor, Department of Education, Seoul National
University, South Korea & Wsiting Scholar, Philosophy Department, CU
February 9 A Quest for Freedom In Colonial limes: Sor Juana lnes de la Cruz on Liberty
Virginia Aspe, Researcher, Philosophy Faculty, Panamericana University, Mexico
February 16 The Dignity of Difference: Toward a Metaphysical Justification of Care for the Other
Eli Vinokur, Teaching Fellow, University of Haifa, Israel and Wsiting
Scholar in the Philosophy and Education Program, Teachers College, CU
location: Horace Mann 332
February 23 Passion and imagination: Where Poetry, Philosophy and Life Intersect
Edward Mooney, Professor Emeritus of Religion and Philosophy, Syracuse University
Location: Horace Mann 332
March 9 Pedagogy, Knowledge and Possibility in the Experience of the Self
Rosa Hong Chen, Sessional Instructor, Simon Fraser University, Canada
and Visiting Scholar, Philosophy and Education Program, Teachers College, CU
March 23 Stanley Cavell and Philosophy as Translation
Naoko Saito, Associate Professor at the Graduate School of Education,
Univeristy of Kyoto, Japan
Paul Standish, Professor and Chair of Philosphy Education,
University College London, Institiute of Education, United Kingdom
Location: Horace Mann 332
March 30 Backroads Pragmatists: John Dewey and the Scientific Ethic in Mexico and the
United States
Ruben Flores, Associate Professor, Department of American Studies,
The University of Kansas
Note: This event is cohosted with the History and Education Program,
Teachers College, Columbia University
April 13 Masters Students Thesis Presentations
Philosophy and Education Program, Teachers College, CU
Location: Horace Mann 332
April 20 Some Notes on the Label “Educationally Disadvantaged”
Roland Reichenbach, Professor of Education, University of ZUrich,
Switzerland
May 4 The Miseducation of the Indebted Student
Jason Wozniak PhD. Candidate, Philosophy and Education Program,
Teachers College, CU
For more information about the Philosophy and Education Colloquium Series, please contact
the Colloquium Coordinator, Megan Laverty, at Laverty@tc.edu
Teachers College, Columbia University | Philosophy and Education program | http://tc.columbia.edu/philosophy
The Colloquium in Philosophy and Education (A&HF 5600) is intended for all masters and doctoral students in the program in Philosophy and Education. Others who are interested in attending a session should contact the coordinator, Professor Megan Laverty.
January 26 Chu Hsi’s Ethics of Reading: for the Recovery of Humanistic Pedagogies of Learning
Duck-Joo Kwak, Professor, Department of Education, Seoul National
University, South Korea & Wsiting Scholar, Philosophy Department, CU
February 9 A Quest for Freedom In Colonial limes: Sor Juana lnes de la Cruz on Liberty
Virginia Aspe, Researcher, Philosophy Faculty, Panamericana University, Mexico
February 16 The Dignity of Difference: Toward a Metaphysical Justification of Care for the Other
Eli Vinokur, Teaching Fellow, University of Haifa, Israel and Wsiting
Scholar in the Philosophy and Education Program, Teachers College, CU
location: Horace Mann 332
February 23 Passion and imagination: Where Poetry, Philosophy and Life Intersect
Edward Mooney, Professor Emeritus of Religion and Philosophy, Syracuse University
Location: Horace Mann 332
March 9 Pedagogy, Knowledge and Possibility in the Experience of the Self
Rosa Hong Chen, Sessional Instructor, Simon Fraser University, Canada
and Visiting Scholar, Philosophy and Education Program, Teachers College, CU
March 23 Stanley Cavell and Philosophy as Translation
Naoko Saito, Associate Professor at the Graduate School of Education,
Univeristy of Kyoto, Japan
Paul Standish, Professor and Chair of Philosphy Education,
University College London, Institiute of Education, United Kingdom
Location: Horace Mann 332
March 30 Backroads Pragmatists: John Dewey and the Scientific Ethic in Mexico and the
United States
Ruben Flores, Associate Professor, Department of American Studies,
The University of Kansas
Note: This event is cohosted with the History and Education Program,
Teachers College, Columbia University
April 13 Masters Students Thesis Presentations
Philosophy and Education Program, Teachers College, CU
Location: Horace Mann 332
April 20 Some Notes on the Label “Educationally Disadvantaged”
Roland Reichenbach, Professor of Education, University of ZUrich,
Switzerland
May 4 The Miseducation of the Indebted Student
Jason Wozniak PhD. Candidate, Philosophy and Education Program,
Teachers College, CU
For more information about the Philosophy and Education Colloquium Series, please contact
the Colloquium Coordinator, Megan Laverty, at Laverty@tc.edu
Teachers College, Columbia University | Philosophy and Education program | http://tc.columbia.edu/philosophy
The Colloquium in Philosophy and Education (A&HF 5600) is intended for all masters and doctoral students in the program in Philosophy and Education. Others who are interested in attending a session should contact the coordinator, Professor Megan Laverty.
January 26 Chu Hsi’s Ethics of Reading: for the Recovery of Humanistic Pedagogies of Learning
Duck-Joo Kwak, Professor, Department of Education, Seoul National
University, South Korea & Wsiting Scholar, Philosophy Department, CU
February 9 A Quest for Freedom In Colonial limes: Sor Juana lnes de la Cruz on Liberty
Virginia Aspe, Researcher, Philosophy Faculty, Panamericana University, Mexico
February 16 The Dignity of Difference: Toward a Metaphysical Justification of Care for the Other
Eli Vinokur, Teaching Fellow, University of Haifa, Israel and Wsiting
Scholar in the Philosophy and Education Program, Teachers College, CU
location: Horace Mann 332
February 23 Passion and imagination: Where Poetry, Philosophy and Life Intersect
Edward Mooney, Professor Emeritus of Religion and Philosophy, Syracuse University
Location: Horace Mann 332
March 9 Pedagogy, Knowledge and Possibility in the Experience of the Self
Rosa Hong Chen, Sessional Instructor, Simon Fraser University, Canada
and Visiting Scholar, Philosophy and Education Program, Teachers College, CU
March 23 Stanley Cavell and Philosophy as Translation
Naoko Saito, Associate Professor at the Graduate School of Education,
Univeristy of Kyoto, Japan
Paul Standish, Professor and Chair of Philosphy Education,
University College London, Institiute of Education, United Kingdom
Location: Horace Mann 332
March 30 Backroads Pragmatists: John Dewey and the Scientific Ethic in Mexico and the
United States
Ruben Flores, Associate Professor, Department of American Studies,
The University of Kansas
Note: This event is cohosted with the History and Education Program,
Teachers College, Columbia University
April 13 Masters Students Thesis Presentations
Philosophy and Education Program, Teachers College, CU
Location: Horace Mann 332
April 20 Some Notes on the Label “Educationally Disadvantaged”
Roland Reichenbach, Professor of Education, University of ZUrich,
Switzerland
May 4 The Miseducation of the Indebted Student
Jason Wozniak PhD. Candidate, Philosophy and Education Program,
Teachers College, CU
For more information about the Philosophy and Education Colloquium Series, please contact
the Colloquium Coordinator, Megan Laverty, at Laverty@tc.edu
Teachers College, Columbia University | Philosophy and Education program | http://tc.columbia.edu/philosophy
The Colloquium in Philosophy and Education (A&HF 5600) is intended for all masters and doctoral students in the program in Philosophy and Education. Others who are interested in attending a session should contact the coordinator, Professor Megan Laverty.
January 26 Chu Hsi’s Ethics of Reading: for the Recovery of Humanistic Pedagogies of Learning
Duck-Joo Kwak, Professor, Department of Education, Seoul National
University, South Korea & Wsiting Scholar, Philosophy Department, CU
February 9 A Quest for Freedom In Colonial limes: Sor Juana lnes de la Cruz on Liberty
Virginia Aspe, Researcher, Philosophy Faculty, Panamericana University, Mexico
February 16 The Dignity of Difference: Toward a Metaphysical Justification of Care for the Other
Eli Vinokur, Teaching Fellow, University of Haifa, Israel and Wsiting
Scholar in the Philosophy and Education Program, Teachers College, CU
location: Horace Mann 332
February 23 Passion and imagination: Where Poetry, Philosophy and Life Intersect
Edward Mooney, Professor Emeritus of Religion and Philosophy, Syracuse University
Location: Horace Mann 332
March 9 Pedagogy, Knowledge and Possibility in the Experience of the Self
Rosa Hong Chen, Sessional Instructor, Simon Fraser University, Canada
and Visiting Scholar, Philosophy and Education Program, Teachers College, CU
March 23 Stanley Cavell and Philosophy as Translation
Naoko Saito, Associate Professor at the Graduate School of Education,
Univeristy of Kyoto, Japan
Paul Standish, Professor and Chair of Philosphy Education,
University College London, Institiute of Education, United Kingdom
Location: Horace Mann 332
March 30 Backroads Pragmatists: John Dewey and the Scientific Ethic in Mexico and the
United States
Ruben Flores, Associate Professor, Department of American Studies,
The University of Kansas
Note: This event is cohosted with the History and Education Program,
Teachers College, Columbia University
April 13 Masters Students Thesis Presentations
Philosophy and Education Program, Teachers College, CU
Location: Horace Mann 332
April 20 Some Notes on the Label “Educationally Disadvantaged”
Roland Reichenbach, Professor of Education, University of ZUrich,
Switzerland
May 4 The Miseducation of the Indebted Student
Jason Wozniak PhD. Candidate, Philosophy and Education Program,
Teachers College, CU
For more information about the Philosophy and Education Colloquium Series, please contact
the Colloquium Coordinator, Megan Laverty, at Laverty@tc.edu
Teachers College, Columbia University | Philosophy and Education program | http://tc.columbia.edu/philosophy
The Colloquium in Philosophy and Education (A&HF 5600) is intended for all masters and doctoral students in the program in Philosophy and Education. Others who are interested in attending a session should contact the coordinator, Professor Megan Laverty.
January 26 Chu Hsi’s Ethics of Reading: for the Recovery of Humanistic Pedagogies of Learning
Duck-Joo Kwak, Professor, Department of Education, Seoul National
University, South Korea & Wsiting Scholar, Philosophy Department, CU
February 9 A Quest for Freedom In Colonial limes: Sor Juana lnes de la Cruz on Liberty
Virginia Aspe, Researcher, Philosophy Faculty, Panamericana University, Mexico
February 16 The Dignity of Difference: Toward a Metaphysical Justification of Care for the Other
Eli Vinokur, Teaching Fellow, University of Haifa, Israel and Wsiting
Scholar in the Philosophy and Education Program, Teachers College, CU
location: Horace Mann 332
February 23 Passion and imagination: Where Poetry, Philosophy and Life Intersect
Edward Mooney, Professor Emeritus of Religion and Philosophy, Syracuse University
Location: Horace Mann 332
March 9 Pedagogy, Knowledge and Possibility in the Experience of the Self
Rosa Hong Chen, Sessional Instructor, Simon Fraser University, Canada
and Visiting Scholar, Philosophy and Education Program, Teachers College, CU
March 23 Stanley Cavell and Philosophy as Translation
Naoko Saito, Associate Professor at the Graduate School of Education,
Univeristy of Kyoto, Japan
Paul Standish, Professor and Chair of Philosphy Education,
University College London, Institiute of Education, United Kingdom
Location: Horace Mann 332
March 30 Backroads Pragmatists: John Dewey and the Scientific Ethic in Mexico and the
United States
Ruben Flores, Associate Professor, Department of American Studies,
The University of Kansas
Note: This event is cohosted with the History and Education Program,
Teachers College, Columbia University
April 13 Masters Students Thesis Presentations
Philosophy and Education Program, Teachers College, CU
Location: Horace Mann 332
April 20 Some Notes on the Label “Educationally Disadvantaged”
Roland Reichenbach, Professor of Education, University of ZUrich,
Switzerland
May 4 The Miseducation of the Indebted Student
Jason Wozniak PhD. Candidate, Philosophy and Education Program,
Teachers College, CU
For more information about the Philosophy and Education Colloquium Series, please contact
the Colloquium Coordinator, Megan Laverty, at Laverty@tc.edu
Teachers College, Columbia University | Philosophy and Education program | http://tc.columbia.edu/philosophy
How is the ancient exhortation to “know thyself” related to consolation, virtue, and the study of nature? How did the commitment to self-knowledge shift over the centuries in writings by Islamic, Jewish, Christian, and early modern natural philosophers? How did medieval women contribute to modern notions of self, self-knowledge, and knowledge of nature? This conference explores the meditative “reflective methodology” from its ancient roots, through medieval Christian, Muslim, and Jewish traditions to the so-called “new” methodologies of early modern science. Speakers include Souleymane Bachir Diagne, Pierre Force, Clémence Boulouque, Christia Mercer, and Pamela Smith.
Points of focus will be: (1) the relation between the ancient imperative to “know thyself” and medieval concerns to reflect on one’s self as a means to find ultimate truths; (2) the meditative genre as it developed from Augustine’s Confessions through Christian and Islamic spiritual exercises to late medieval Christian meditations and early modern kabbalist writings; (3) the continuity between medieval meditations and the reflective methodology of early modern science; and (4) the meditative genre’s afterlife in Freud, Foucault, Arendt, and contemporary science.
Conference co-sponsored by the Center for New Narratives in Philosophy, the Institute for Social and Economic Research and Policy, the Departments of Philosophy, French, English and Comparative Literature and the Maison Française
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