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2019 Summer Institute in American Philosophy
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Start Date:
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7/8/2019
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End Date:
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7/13/2019
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Description:
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July 8-13, 2019
Summer Institute in American Philosophy
American Philosophy and Empire
The Summer Institute in American Philosophy is designed for faculty members, postdoctoral researchers, and graduate students in philosophy and other disciplines interested in Pragmatism and American philosophy.
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KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Alexander Livingston, Ph.D.
Alexander Livingston is Associate Professor of Government and a fellow at the Society for the Humanities at Cornell University. He is the author of Damn Great Empires! William James and the Politics of Pragmatism (Oxford University Press, 2016), as well as numerous articles and chapters on democracy, race, religion, and American political thought and philosophy. His work has appeared in American Political Science Review, Political Theory, Journal of Politics, Contemporary Political Theory, Theory & Event, Humanity, Contemporary Pragmatism, and Philosophy and Rhetoric, as well as numerous edited volumes including most recently A Political Companion to W.E.B. Du Bois. He is currently writing a book on the genealogy of civil disobedience and the politics of nonviolence in the long civil rights movement.
He will give two addresses on his current work: What’s Love Got to Do with It? India, Jim Crow, and the Political Theology of Civil Disobedience and Reconstructing King: How the Philosophy of Civil Disobedience Displaced the Politics of Nonviolence.
This year’s institute will also feature plenary sessions on the work of Jane Addams and Empire; Indigeneity, Race, Pragmatism and Empire; Islamic Philosophy and Latina Feminism.
CALL FOR PROPOSALS
The summer institute welcomes papers and works-in-progress on American philosophy broadly construed. The deadline for submissions is March 31, 2019. For complete details on submissions see our website: Summer Institute in American Philosophy
There are a limited number of graduate student travel stipends available. These grants cover the full cost of housing and registration. See the CFP for details. Grants are funded by the Society for the Advancement of American Philosophy.
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Please contact V. Denise James at udsiap@udayton.edu with any questions.
REGISTRATION AND FEES*
Early Registration - February 4, 2019 to June 7, 2019
- Regular Faculty/Staff - $235
- UD Regular Faculty/Staff - $235*
- Invited Panelist - $235*
- Regular Graduate Students - $50
- UD Graduate Students - $50*
- "Travel Grant" Graduate Students - $50*
Late Registration - June 8, 2019 to June 21, 2019
- Regular Faculty/Staff - $285
- UD Regular Faculty/Staff - $285*
- Invited Panelist - $285*
- Regular Graduate Students - $75
- UD Graduate Students - $75*
- "Travel Grant" Graduate Students - $75*
*registration cost is covered by the UD Department of Philosophy. Late registrations are subject to additional fees not covered by the department.
ON-CAMPUS LODGING
Housing for the conference will be available in the newly constructed Adele Center located at the intersection of Lowes Street and Frericks Way. Fashioned after the Caldwell Street Apartments, this new construction opened its doors to the campus in August 2018.
Adele Center has the ability to provide both comfortable overnight accommodations and ample meeting space for daily conversation and interaction.
Each apartment features:
- Furnished living and dining room
- Kitchen with all appliances including dishwasher
- High-speed Internet connection and Wi-Fi.
Interior Apartment Images
Adele Center and Caldwell Apartment Living Room and Kitchen
Adele Center and Caldwell Apartment Bedroom
ADDITIONAL LODGING
Rooms can also be booked directly with the University of Dayton Marriott, which is about a half mile from the Adele Center. Please note that there is no room block set aside for SIAP participants.
Nearby Lodging:
Marriott at the University of Dayton
1414 S. Patterson Blvd
Dayton, OH 45409
(937) 223-1000
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