March 9, 2006 :: No. 161
| What: |
The works of philosophers Judith Butler and the late
Simone De Beauvoir and Hannah Arendt will be examined
during Cal State Fullerton's 36th annual Philosophy
Symposium, "Intellectual Activism: Women Pushing
the Boundaries of Philosophy." The two-day
event is open to the public free of charge. |
| Who: |
Presentations and commentary by students and philosophy
professors from Cal State Fullerton, Cal Poly Pomona,
George Mason University, The New School, UC Berkeley,
University of Oregon and University of Chicago will be
featured. |
| When: |
March 17-18
9:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. March 17
9:30 a.m. - 6 p.m. March 18
(Schedule
follows below) |
| Where: |
Titan Student Union's Portola Pavilion |
| Background: |
Judith Butler is a philosophy professor
at UC Berkeley. Her latest book, "Giving an Account
of Oneself," was published last year. She also
is the author of "Gender Trouble: Feminism and
the Subversion of Identity" (1990), "Bodies
That Matter: On the Discursive Limits of Sex" (1993)
and "Precarious Life: Powers of Violence and
Mourning" (2004).
Simone De Beauvoir, the French existentialist
who died in 1986, is best known for her 1949 feminist
masterpiece, "The Second Sex," a comprehensive
treatise on women. She also wrote novels, biographies,
an autobiography and essays on philosophy, politics
and social issues.
Hannah Arendt, who died in 1975,
was a German political theorist. Fearing Nazi persecution
in 1933, she fled to Paris. During World War II, the
Jewish Arendt and her husband escaped from a concentration
camp and fled to the United States.
Her books include: "The Origins of Totalitarianism" (1951), "The
Human Condition" (1958), "Men in Dark Times" (1968)
and "Crisis in the Republic" (1972). |
Schedule:
March 17 |
| 9:30 a.m. |
Welcome and introductory remarks |
| 10 - 11:30 a.m. |
"Solipsism and the Relational Self in Beauvoir's Wartime
Philosophy"
Speaker: Margaret Simons, philosophy professor at Southern
Illinois University Edwardsville
Commentary: CSUF philosophy students |
| 11:30 a.m.- 1 p.m. |
"Getting the Beauvoir We Deserve"
Speaker:
Debra Bergoffen, professor of philosophy and women's studies at George
Mason University
Commentary:
Judy Miles, philosophy professor at Cal Poly Pomona |
| 2 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. |
"Arendt on Private and Public Connections
With Others" Speaker: Shari Starrett, associate
professor of philosophy at Cal State Fullerton
Commentary: Heather Battaly and Amy Coplan, assistant
professors of philosophy, Cal State Fullerton |
| March 18 |
| 9:30 - 11:30 a.m. |
"The Relevance of Hannah Arendt"
Speaker: Richard J. Bernstein, philosophy professor at
The New School
Commentary: CSUF philosophy students |
| 11a.m. - 12:30 p.m. |
"Activist Trouble: Judith Butler and the Virtues
of Critique"
Speaker: Annika Thiem of UC Berkeley's Rhetoric
Department
Commentary: CSUF philosophy students |
| 2 - 3:30 p.m. |
"Intellectual Activism: Butler on Ethical
Subject Formation"
Speaker: Rochelle Green, University of Oregon's
Philosophy Department
Commentary: Charles Booher, University
of Chicago |
| 3:30 - 5 p.m. |
Panel discussion featuring the symposium speakers |
| Sponsors: |
Philosophy Department, Philosophy Club, Philosophy
Alumni Club, CLE and Humanities and Social
Sciences Inter Club Council |
| Media Contacts: |
Shari Starrett, Philosophy Department, 657-278-5803
or sstarrett@fullerton.edu
Mimi
Ko Cruz, Public Affairs, 657-278-7586, mkocruz@fullerton.edu |
