Gender Studies Program

Cosmopolitanism Conference

Cosmopolitanism Conference

 

Gender Studies Program presents:

Cosmopolitanism

Gender, Race, Class and the Quest for Global Justice

Conference

Friday, September 28, 2007

McKenna Hall Auditorium

9 a.m. - 5 p.m.

9:00 a.m.         Breakfast Reception at McKenna Hall

10:00 a.m.       Kwame Anthony Appiah
                        "Cosmopolitanism: Ethics in a World of Strangers"
                        - Faculty Commentator: Ruth Abbey

11:15 a.m.       Q & A Session with the audience

Noon –
1:30 p.m.         Lunch Break

2:00 p.m.         Martha Nussbaum
                        “Can There Be a ‘Purified Patriotism’?
                               A Cosmopolitan Argument”
                        - Faculty Commentator: Paul Weithman

3:15 p.m.         Q & A Session with the audience

3:45 p.m. –
5:00 p.m.         Reception at McKenna Hall  

Co-Sponsors: Departments of Philosophy, Political Science, Africana Studies and The Provost's Distinguished Women's Lecturer Series

"Cosmopolitanism Ethics in a World of Strangers"
Kwame Anthony Appiah Pages 101-135

"Frontiers of Justice Disability, Nationality, Species Membership"
Martha Nussbaum Pages 9-95

"Frontiers of Justice Disability, Nationality, Species Membership"
Martha Nussbaum Pages 224-272

 

Open to the Public - No Registration Required.