Humanities Division Philosophy-Internal

Richard Kraut: Practical Philosophy Workshop

20 Nov 2009 16:30:00 GMT

Rosenwald 015
Friday, November 20, 2009, 10:30am – 12:30pm

Please visit the website to download a copy of the paper.

Building/Room: Rosenwald 015
Primary Sponsor: Philosophy
Presenter(s): Richard Kraut (Northwestern)
Title: "Against Absolute Goodness"
Contact Name: Mark Hopwood
Contact E-mail: mhopwood@uchicago.edu
Campus Map: maps.uchicago.edu
Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event.
More info: humanities.uchicago.edu…

Jean-Philippe Narboux: Wittgenstein Workshop

20 Nov 2009 19:30:00 GMT

Cobb 102
Friday, November 20, 2009, 1:30 – 4:30pm

Building/Room: Cobb 102
Primary Sponsor: Philosophy
Presenter(s): Jean-Philippe Narboux (Université Bordeaux III)
Title: “The Externalist Strand in Wittgenstein’s 'On Certainty' ”
Contact Name: Silver Bronzo
Contact E-mail: bronzo@uchicago.edu
Campus Map: maps.uchicago.edu
Event Description: The paper will not be circulated in advance. Background reading will be soon available on the Wittgenstein Workshop website:, lucian.uchicago.edu…
Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event.
More info: humnaities.uchicago.edu…

Coffee Hour

20 Nov 2009 22:30:00 GMT

Anscombe Lounge
Friday, November 20, 2009, 4:30 – 5:30pm

"neither coffee nor an hour"

Building/Room: Anscombe Lounge
Primary Sponsor: Other Sponsor(s)
Other Sponsor(s): Graduate Students
Open to the Public: No
Contact Name: Jacob Swenson
Contact E-mail: jswenson@uchicago.edu
Campus Map: maps.uchicago.edu
Event Description: open to graduate students, faculty, and staff
Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event.

Undergraduate Philosophy Club

22 Nov 2009 21:00:00 GMT

South Lounge, Reynolds Club (2nd floor, across from the
coffee shop)
Sunday, November 22, 2009, 3 – 4pm

Another group has the room right up to 3, so we’ll convene in the hallway beforehand. Even if you’ve never studied philosophy before, or didn’t come last week you are more than welcome and encouraged to attend this meeting, as well as future meetings.

Building/Room: S. Lounge, Reynolds Club
Primary Sponsor: Philosophy
Contact Name: Brian Hillman and Wally Hilke
Contact E-mail: bghillman@uchicago.edu
Campus Map: maps.uchicago.edu
Event Description: We'll be reading Stephen Coleman's "Thought Experiments and, Personal Identity." If you've ever wondered about what we, should make of "mind swap" or "mind split" thought, experiments, now is your chance to find out! Contact Wally Hilke for a copy of the paper. whilke@uchicago.edu
Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event.
More info: ugphilclub.wordpress.com

Robert Gooding-Williams, Political Theory Workshop

23 Nov 2009 18:00:00 GMT

Pick Hall 506
Monday, November 23, 2009, 12 – 1:20pm

A note from Prof. Gooding-Williams:

Dear PTW participants:

I realize that this is a very busy time of year for everyone, and that
it is very unusual for the PTW to focus on an already published book
that few will have time to read in its entirety. I suggest,
therefore, that if you have time to take a look at only one chapter,
concentrate on the Introduction, which sketches the argument of the
book as a whole. If, in addition, you are interested in my effort to
bring my otherwise "historical" discussions of Du Bois and Douglass
into conversation with contemporary debates about black politics in
the US, especially as those debates relate to the themes of black
leadership, black identity, and the black underclass, then concentrate
on chapter 6.
If, finally, you want to obtain a more detailed understanding of the
opposition I pose between Du Bois and Douglass than is available in
the Introduction, then chapter 5 should prove helpful.

Of course, anyone who has the time to do so is welcome to read the
book as a whole. And know too that, while there is nothing I can do
to revise the book manuscript at this point, I welcome feedback and
criticism, for I expect that my current research on Martin Delany and,
in a different but related vein, on contemporary discussions of racial
domination and oppression, will build on ideas that I develop in /In
the Shadow of Du Bois.

Building/Room: Pick 506
Primary Sponsor: Other Sponsor(s)
Other Sponsor(s): Political Science
Presenter(s): Robert Gooding-Williams, University of Chicago
Title: "Du Bois and Political Theory: A discussion of In the Shadow of Du Bois: Afro-Modern Political Thought in America"
Contact Name: Lindsay Knight
Contact E-mail: lindsayk@uchicago.edu
Campus Map: maps.uchicago.edu
Event Description: Discussant: Claire McKinney
Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event.
More info: ptw.uchicago.edu…

Eric Posner, Law and Philosophy Workshop

23 Nov 2009 22:00:00 GMT

Law School
Monday, November 23, 2009, 4 – 6pm

Note to prospective students: This workshop/seminar (called Workshop in the Law School and Seminar elsewhere, in keeping with what it is and what those terms mean in different places) enrolls around 10 students, by permission of the instructors. Applications are due by September 20. See website for details.

Building/Room: Law School
Primary Sponsor: Other Sponsor(s)
Other Sponsor(s): Law School
Presenter(s): Eric Posner, Law, University of Chicago
Title: "Human Welfare, Not Human Rights"
Contact Name: Lorrie Wehrs
Contact E-mail: lragland@law.uchicago.edu
Campus Map: maps.uchicago.edu
Event Description: The purpose of the workshop will be to reflect about the varieties of utilitarianism that have been influential in law and the philosophical criticisms of them. We hope to emerge with a better understanding of both the utilitarian proposals and their rivals. All meetings are Monday 4 to 6 PM. Sessions led by non-Chicago speakers are followed by a working dinner. Two students each time will attend the dinners, at our expense, and all faculty attendees are welcome to join any dinner, at their own expense
Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event.
More info: www.law.uchicago.edu…

Mary Dietz, Political Theory Workshop

23 Nov 2009 22:30:00 GMT

Wilder
House (5811 S. Kenwood Ave.)
Monday, November 23, 2009, 4:30 – 6:30pm

Reception to follow.

Building/Room: Wilder House
Primary Sponsor: Other Sponsor(s)
Other Sponsor(s): Political Science
Presenter(s): Mary Dietz, Professor of Political Science, Northwestern University, Editor, Political Theory: An International Journal of Political Philosophy
Title: Reading Aristotle Politically
Contact Name: Lindsay Knight
Contact E-mail: lindsayk@uchicago.edu
Campus Map: maps.uchicago.edu
Event Description: In reading Aristotle, what happens when we pledge allegiance first and foremost to political questions of significance to contemporary reality rather than starting from a particular school of text interpretation or a specific orientation toward methodological concerns? Professor Dietz tries to answer this question by showing how a political theoretical point of view decisively attuned to the politics of Aristotle's Politics invites an eminently sensible pluralism (if not a riot) of approaches to the text. When crises of empire, territory, citizenship, and power come to the fore, in other words, and the demands of politics seize our attention at center stage, historical perspectives get effectively commingled with ontological attunements, and contextual and deconstructive maneuvers can readily unite, while the author both commands and is defeated by the circulation of the language of the text., There is no paper for this session. Attendees may wish to read the paper that Professor Dietz will be presenting at the Political Theory Workshop earlier in the day, available one week in advance at ptw.uchicago.edu.
Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event.
More info: lhp.uchicago.edu

Kristin Boyce: Contemporary Philosophy Workshop

24 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Cobb 119
Monday, November 23, 2009, 6 – 8pm

Building/Room: Cobb119
Primary Sponsor: Philosophy
Presenter(s): Kristin Boyce
Contact Name: Sara Bosworth
Contact E-mail: bosworth@uchicago.edu
Campus Map: maps.uchicago.edu
Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event.
More info: humanities.uchicago.edu…

Office closing at 2 p.m.

25 Nov 2009 20:00:00 GMT

Wednesday, November 25, 2009, 2 – 5pm

Building/Room: Stuart 202
Primary Sponsor: Philosophy
Campus Map: maps.uchicago.edu
Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event.

Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy (AGARP)

25 Nov 2009 22:30:00 GMT

Classics 21
Wednesday, November 25, 2009, 4:30 – 6pm

Building/Room: Classics 21
Primary Sponsor: Philosophy
Contact Name: Nick Houlahan
Contact E-mail: nick@uchicago.edu
Campus Map: maps.uchicago.edu
Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event.
More info: humanities.uchicago.edu…

Office Closed - University Holiday

26 Nov 2009 07:00:00 GMT

Thursday, November 26 – Friday, November 27, 2009

Building/Room: Stuart 202
Primary Sponsor: Philosophy
Campus Map: maps.uchicago.edu
Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event.

Undergraduate Philosophy Club

29 Nov 2009 21:00:00 GMT

South Lounge, Reynolds Club (2nd floor, across from the
coffee shop)
Sunday, November 29, 2009, 3 – 4pm

Another group has the room right up to 3, so we’ll convene in the hallway beforehand. Even if you’ve never studied philosophy before, or didn’t come last week you are more than welcome and encouraged to attend this meeting, as well as future meetings.

Building/Room: S. Lounge, Reynolds Club
Primary Sponsor: Philosophy
Contact Name: Brian Hillman and Wally Hilke
Contact E-mail: bghillman@uchicago.edu
Campus Map: maps.uchicago.edu
Event Description: Website has a link to the paper.
Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event.
More info: ugphilclub.wordpress.com

Gregory Freeman, Political Theory Workshop

30 Nov 2009 18:00:00 GMT

Pick Hall 506
Monday, November 30, 2009, 12 – 1:20pm

Building/Room: Pick 506
Primary Sponsor: Other Sponsor(s)
Other Sponsor(s): Political Science
Presenter(s): Gregory Freeman, University of Chicago
Title: "On the first few pages of Rousseau's Emile"
Contact Name: Lindsay Knight
Contact E-mail: lindsayk@uchicago.edu
Campus Map: maps.uchicago.edu
Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event.
More info: ptw.uchicago.edu…

Contemporary European Philosophy Workshop

30 Nov 2009 22:00:00 GMT

Stuart 209
Monday, November 30, 2009, 4 – 6pm

Building/Room: Stuart 209
Primary Sponsor: Philosophy
Presenter(s): TBA
Title: TBA
Contact Name: Daniel Rodriguez Navas
Contact E-mail: danielrn@uchicago.edu
Campus Map: maps.uchicago.edu
Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event.
More info: humanities.uchicago.edu…

Mary Dietz, Political Theory Workshop

30 Nov 2009 22:30:00 GMT

Wilder
House (5811 S. Kenwood Ave.)
Monday, November 30, 2009, 4:30 – 6:30pm

Reception to follow.

Building/Room: Wilder House
Primary Sponsor: Other Sponsor(s)
Other Sponsor(s): Political Science
Presenter(s): Mary Dietz, Professor of Political Science, Northwestern University, Editor, Political Theory: An International Journal of Political Philosophy
Title: Reading Aristotle Politically
Contact Name: Lindsay Knight
Contact E-mail: lindsayk@uchicago.edu
Campus Map: maps.uchicago.edu
Event Description: In reading Aristotle, what happens when we pledge allegiance first and foremost to political questions of significance to contemporary reality rather than starting from a particular school of text interpretation or a specific orientation toward methodological concerns? Professor Dietz tries to answer this question by showing how a political theoretical point of view decisively attuned to the politics of Aristotle's Politics invites an eminently sensible pluralism (if not a riot) of approaches to the text. When crises of empire, territory, citizenship, and power come to the fore, in other words, and the demands of politics seize our attention at center stage, historical perspectives get effectively commingled with ontological attunements, and contextual and deconstructive maneuvers can readily unite, while the author both commands and is defeated by the circulation of the language of the text., There is no paper for this session. Attendees may wish to read the paper that Professor Dietz will be presenting at the Political Theory Workshop earlier in the day, available one week in advance at ptw.uchicago.edu.
Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event.
More info: lhp.uchicago.edu

Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy (AGARP)

02 Dec 2009 22:30:00 GMT

Classics 21
Wednesday, December 2, 2009, 4:30 – 6pm

Building/Room: Classics 21
Primary Sponsor: Philosophy
Contact Name: Nick Houlahan
Contact E-mail: nick@uchicago.edu
Campus Map: maps.uchicago.edu
Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event.
More info: humanities.uchicago.edu…

End-of-the-Year Holiday Party

03 Dec 2009 22:35:00 GMT

Stuart 216
Thursday, December 3, 2009, 4:35 – 6:05pm

Potluck - Department will provide beverages!

Building/Room: Stuart 216
Primary Sponsor: Philosophy
Contact Name: Valerie Wallace
Contact E-mail: vwallace@uchicago.edu
Campus Map: maps.uchicago.edu
Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event.

Jenn Lockhart: Practical Philosophy Workshop

04 Dec 2009 16:30:00 GMT

Classics 405
Friday, December 4, 2009, 10:30am – 12:30pm

Building/Room: Classics 405
Primary Sponsor: Philosophy
Presenter(s): Jenn Lockhart (Chicago, Graduate Student)
Title: “Kierkegaard’s Indirect Communication as Ethical Teaching”
Contact Name: Mark Hopwood
Contact E-mail: mhopwood@uchicago.edu
Campus Map: maps.uchicago.edu
Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event.
More info: humanities.uchicago.edu…

Michael Kremer: Wittgenstein Workshop

04 Dec 2009 19:30:00 GMT

Cobb 102
Friday, December 4, 2009, 1:30 – 4:30pm

Building/Room: Cobb 102
Primary Sponsor: Philosophy
Presenter(s): Michael Kremer (University of Chicago)
Title: “Russell’s Merit”
Contact Name: Silver Bronzo
Contact E-mail: bronzo@uchicago.edu
Campus Map: maps.uchicago.edu
Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event.
More info: humnaities.uchicago.edu…

Coffee Hour

04 Dec 2009 22:30:00 GMT

Anscombe Lounge
Friday, December 4, 2009, 4:30 – 5:30pm

"neither coffee nor an hour"

Building/Room: Anscombe Lounge
Primary Sponsor: Other Sponsor(s)
Other Sponsor(s): Graduate Students
Open to the Public: No
Contact Name: Jacob Swenson
Contact E-mail: jswenson@uchicago.edu
Campus Map: maps.uchicago.edu
Event Description: open to graduate students, faculty, and staff
Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event.

Undergraduate Philosophy Club

06 Dec 2009 21:00:00 GMT

South Lounge, Reynolds Club (2nd floor, across from the
coffee shop)
Sunday, December 6, 2009, 3 – 4pm

Another group has the room right up to 3, so we’ll convene in the hallway beforehand. Even if you’ve never studied philosophy before, or didn’t come last week you are more than welcome and encouraged to attend this meeting, as well as future meetings.

Building/Room: S. Lounge, Reynolds Club
Primary Sponsor: Philosophy
Contact Name: Brian Hillman and Wally Hilke
Contact E-mail: bghillman@uchicago.edu
Campus Map: maps.uchicago.edu
Event Description: Website has a link to the paper.
Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event.
More info: ugphilclub.wordpress.com

Justin Shaddock: Contemporary Philosophy Workshop

08 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Cobb 119
Monday, December 7, 2009, 6 – 8pm

Building/Room: Cobb119
Primary Sponsor: Philosophy
Presenter(s): Justin Shaddock
Title: "Kantian Idealism and the Transcendental Deduction"
Contact Name: Sara Bosworth
Contact E-mail: bosworth@uchicago.edu
Campus Map: maps.uchicago.edu
Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event.
More info: humanities.uchicago.edu…

Faculty Meeting

08 Dec 2009 20:00:00 GMT

Stuart 209
Tuesday, December 8, 2009, 2 – 4pm

Building/Room: Stuart 209
Primary Sponsor: Philosophy
Contact Name: Valerie Wallace
Contact E-mail: vwallace@uchicago.edu
Campus Map: maps.uchicago.edu
Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event.

Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy (AGARP)

09 Dec 2009 22:30:00 GMT

Classics 21
Wednesday, December 9, 2009, 4:30 – 6pm

Building/Room: Classics 21
Primary Sponsor: Philosophy
Contact Name: Nick Houlahan
Contact E-mail: nick@uchicago.edu
Campus Map: maps.uchicago.edu
Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event.
More info: humanities.uchicago.edu…

Faculty Meeting

10 Dec 2009 22:35:00 GMT

Stuart 209
Thursday, December 10, 2009, 4:35 – 6:05pm

Dean Boyer will arrive at 5:30 p.m.

Building/Room: Stuart 209
Primary Sponsor: Philosophy
Contact Name: Valerie Wallace
Contact E-mail: vwallace@uchicago.edu
Campus Map: maps.uchicago.edu
Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event.

Jenn Lockhart: Practical Philosophy Workshop

11 Dec 2009 16:30:00 GMT

Classis 405
Friday, December 11, 2009, 10:30am – 12:30pm

Building/Room: Classis 405
Primary Sponsor: Philosophy
Presenter(s): Jenn Lockhart (Chicago, Graduate Student)
Contact Name: Mark Hopwood
Contact E-mail: mhopwood@uchicago.edu
Campus Map: maps.uchicago.edu
Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event.
More info: humanities.uchicago.edu…

Coffee Hour

11 Dec 2009 22:30:00 GMT

Anscombe Lounge
Friday, December 11, 2009, 4:30 – 5:30pm

"neither coffee nor an hour"

Building/Room: Anscombe Lounge
Primary Sponsor: Other Sponsor(s)
Other Sponsor(s): Graduate Students
Open to the Public: No
Contact Name: Jacob Swenson
Contact E-mail: jswenson@uchicago.edu
Campus Map: maps.uchicago.edu
Event Description: open to graduate students, faculty, and staff
Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event.

Undergraduate Philosophy Club

13 Dec 2009 21:00:00 GMT

South Lounge, Reynolds Club (2nd floor, across from the
coffee shop)
Sunday, December 13, 2009, 3 – 4pm

Another group has the room right up to 3, so we’ll convene in the hallway beforehand. Even if you’ve never studied philosophy before, or didn’t come last week you are more than welcome and encouraged to attend this meeting, as well as future meetings.

Building/Room: S. Lounge, Reynolds Club
Primary Sponsor: Philosophy
Contact Name: Brian Hillman and Wally Hilke
Contact E-mail: bghillman@uchicago.edu
Campus Map: maps.uchicago.edu
Event Description: Website has a link to the paper.
Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event.
More info: ugphilclub.wordpress.com

2010-11 Humanities Division Admissions Deadline

15 Dec 2009 07:00:00 GMT

Tuesday, December 15, 2009

Primary Sponsor: Dean of Students
Contact Name: Sarah Tuohey
Contact E-mail: humanitiesadmissions@uchicago.edu
Contact Phone: 773-702-1552
Event Description: The deadlines for RECEIPT of complete applications (both the online application and the supplemental materials) for admission in 2010-11 are as follows:, Master of Arts in Latin American Studies: January 4, 2010, Master of Arts in Middle Eastern Studies: January 4, 2010, All other programs: December 15, 2009
More info: humanities.uchicago.edu…

Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy (AGARP)

16 Dec 2009 22:30:00 GMT

Classics 21
Wednesday, December 16, 2009, 4:30 – 6pm

Building/Room: Classics 21
Primary Sponsor: Philosophy
Contact Name: Nick Houlahan
Contact E-mail: nick@uchicago.edu
Campus Map: maps.uchicago.edu
Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event.
More info: humanities.uchicago.edu…

Jenn Lockhart: Practical Philosophy Workshop

18 Dec 2009 16:30:00 GMT

Stuart 209
Friday, December 18, 2009, 10:30am – 12:30pm

Building/Room: Stuart 209
Primary Sponsor: Philosophy
Presenter(s): Jenn Lockhart (Chicago, Graduate Student)
Contact Name: Mark Hopwood
Contact E-mail: mhopwood@uchicago.edu
Campus Map: maps.uchicago.edu
Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event.
More info: humanities.uchicago.edu…

Coffee Hour

18 Dec 2009 22:30:00 GMT

Anscombe Lounge
Friday, December 18, 2009, 4:30 – 5:30pm

"neither coffee nor an hour"

Building/Room: Anscombe Lounge
Primary Sponsor: Other Sponsor(s)
Other Sponsor(s): Graduate Students
Open to the Public: No
Contact Name: Jacob Swenson
Contact E-mail: jswenson@uchicago.edu
Campus Map: maps.uchicago.edu
Event Description: open to graduate students, faculty, and staff
Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event.

Undergraduate Philosophy Club

20 Dec 2009 21:00:00 GMT

South Lounge, Reynolds Club (2nd floor, across from the
coffee shop)
Sunday, December 20, 2009, 3 – 4pm

Another group has the room right up to 3, so we’ll convene in the hallway beforehand. Even if you’ve never studied philosophy before, or didn’t come last week you are more than welcome and encouraged to attend this meeting, as well as future meetings.

Building/Room: S. Lounge, Reynolds Club
Primary Sponsor: Philosophy
Contact Name: Brian Hillman and Wally Hilke
Contact E-mail: bghillman@uchicago.edu
Campus Map: maps.uchicago.edu
Event Description: Website has a link to the paper.
Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event.
More info: ugphilclub.wordpress.com