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9:15 am - 10:30 am, Office Closed - Humanities Division Staff Meeting

Building/Room: Classics 110. Primary Sponsor: Humanities Division. Contact Name: Judy Mendoza. Contact E-mail: jmendoza@uchicago.edu. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event. Thursday, February 9, 2012, 9:15 AM – 10:30 AM. Classics 110.

Manfred D. Laubichler, “Developmental Evolution of the Superorganism: A Hierarchical Expansion of the Gene Regulatory Network Perspective”

Philosophy - Public Building/Room: 119 Cummings. Primary Sponsor: Other Sponsor(s). Other Sponsor(s): Department of Surgery and Committee on Conceptual and Historical Studies of Science. Presenter: Manfred D. Laubichler, PhD Professor of Theoretical Biology and History of Biology School of Life Sciences and Center for Biology and Society Arizona State University. Lecture Title: “Developmental Evolution of the Superorganism: A Hierarchical Expansion of the Gene Regulatory Network Perspective”. Contact Name: Karl Matlin. Contact E-mail: kmatlin@surgery.bsd.uchicago.edu. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event. Thursday, February 9, 2012, 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM. Cummings Life Science Center, Room 119 920 E. 58th St.

Philosophy Faculty Meeting

Building/Room: STU 216. Primary Sponsor: Other Sponsor(s). Contact Name: Valerie Wallace. Contact E-mail: vwallace@uchicago.edu. Contact Phone: 773-702-8513. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Event Description: Philosophy Faculty Meeting. Contact Valerie Wallace regarding agenda items. Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event. Thursday, February 9, 2012, 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM. Stuart 216.

Daniel Smyth, "Infinity and Givenness: The Intuitive Roots of Spatial Representation" -German Philosophy Workshop

Philosophy - Public A reception in Stuart 216 typically follows. Building/Room: Wiebolt 408. Primary Sponsor: Philosophy. Presenter(s): Daniel Smyth (University of Chicago). Title: "Infinity and Givenness: The Intuitive Roots of Spatial Representation". Contact Name: Daniel Smyth. Contact E-mail: dsmyth@uchicago.edu. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event. Thursday, February 9, 2012, 4:30 PM – 7:30 PM. Wiebolt 408. For more info visit cas.uchicago.edu.

Tamar Abramov, 'Conrad’s “Secret Agent"' - Literature and Philosophy Workshop

Philosophy - Public Building/Room: Foster 305. Primary Sponsor: Philosophy. Presenter(s): Tamar Abramov, Collegiate Assistant Professor in the Humanities. Title: Conrad’s “Secret Agent”. Contact Name: Michael Subialka. Contact E-mail: msubialka@uchicago.edu. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event. Thursday, February 9, 2012, 4:30 PM – 6:20 PM. Foster 305. For more info visit cas.uchicago.edu.

Gilda - with an introduction by Candace Vogler

Philosophy - Public Building/Room: Franke Institute. Primary Sponsor: Franke Institute. Contact Name: Mai Vukcevich. Contact E-mail: mav@uchicago.edu. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Event Description: Open to faculty. Please RSVP to Mai Vukcevich (mav@uchicago.edu) by February 6 if you would like to attend. Refreshments at 5:15 p.m. Film starts promptly at 5:30 p.m. with supper and discussion following. Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event. Thursday, February 9, 2012, 5:15 PM – 7:15 PM. The Franke Institute for the Humanities, JRL S-118.

David Katz, "Matthew Arnold, Spinoza, the Zulus and Biblical Arithmetic in Victorian England"

Philosophy - Public Reception to follow. Building/Room: Regenstein. Primary Sponsor: Other Sponsor(s). Other Sponsor(s): The Nicholson Center for British Studies and The Chicago Center for Jewish Studies. Presenter: David S. Katz The Abraham Horodisch Chair for the History of Books Professor of History Tel Aviv University. Lecture Title: "Matthew Arnold, Spinoza, the Zulus and Biblical Arithmetic in Victorian England". Contact Name: Miller C. Prosser. Contact E-mail: m-prosser@uchicago.edu. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Event Description: David S. Katz is the Abraham Horodisch Chair for the History of Books at the Department of History, Tel Aviv University. Professor Katz has been the Director of the Fred W. Lessing Institute for European History and Civilization (2006-present) and the Director, Goldstein-Goren Diaspora Research Center (2005-2006). In 1997, he was elected permanent Fellow at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität, Zentrum zur Erforschung der Frühen Neuzeit, Renaissance Institut, Frankfurt, Germany. In 1993 he was elected Fel… Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event. Thursday, February 9, 2012, 5:30 PM – 6:30 PM. Special Collections Research Center Regenstein Library.

College break - no undergraduate classes or sections

Building/Room: Stuart 202. Primary Sponsor: Philosophy. Contact Name: Valerie Wallace. Contact E-mail: vwallace@uchicago.edu. Friday, February 10, 2012. Stuart 202.

Aesthetics and German Philosophy Conference

Philosophy - Public Parking information and directions to Student Center East: http://www.uic.edu/depts/meetings/directions.shtml. Building/Room: UIC. Primary Sponsor: Other Sponsor(s). Other Sponsor(s): The Chicago Area Consortium in German Philosophy, The American Friends of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation. Conference Title: Aesthetics and German Philosophy Conference. Presenter(s): 9:15 Coffee, pastries 9:45 – 11:00 Prof. Robert Pippin, University of Chicago “After the Beautiful: Hegel and the Philosophy of Visual Modernism” Robert English (UIC), Chair 11:15 – 12:30 Prof. David Wellbery, University of Chicago “Endogenous Form” Marcus Lampert (U of C), Chair Lunch break 2:15 – 3:30 Prof. Karl Ameriks, University of Notre Dame “On the Extension of Kant’s Elliptical Turn in Hölderlin and Novalis” Babak Bakhtiarynia (Notre… Contact Name: Sally Sedgwick. Contact E-mail: sedgwick@uic.edu. Campus Map: http://www.uic.edu/depts/meetings/directions.shtml. Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event. Friday, February 10, 2012. University of Illinois Student Center East 750 S.Halsted St (just south of Harrison) Room 302, 3rd Floor Conference Tower.

Joe Lubenow, “Raz and the Interest Theory of Rights” - Practical Philosophy Workshop and Human Rights Workshop Joint Session

Philosophy - Public Building/Room: Wiebolt 111. Primary Sponsor: Philosophy. Presenter(s): Joe Lubenow (Chicago, graduate student). Title: “Raz and the Interest Theory of Rights”. Contact Name: Mark Hopwood. Contact E-mail: marksjhopwood@gmail.com. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Event Description: To download the full paper, visit our website: http://cas.uchicago.edu/workshops/practicalphilosophy/ As usual, coffee and bagels will be served before the start of the meetin. Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event. Friday, February 10, 2012, 10:30 AM – 12:20 PM. Wiebolt 111. For more info visit cas.uchicago.edu.

Peter Klecha, "Modals, Conditionals, and Imprecision" - Workshop in Semantics and Philosophy of Language

Philosophy - Public Building/Room: Gates-Blake 321. Primary Sponsor: Philosophy. Presenter(s): Peter Klecha (Chicago, grad student). Title: "Modals, Conditionals, and Imprecision". Contact Name: Timothy Grinsell. Contact E-mail: twg@uchicago.edu. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Event Description: This paper proposes that the interpretation of modals is subject to (im)precision (a la Lasersohn 1999), explaining certain contextual domain shifting effects observed by Lewis (1979). Bryan: This must be a pen – I'm looking right at it. Alice: Not so; you could be the victim of a deceiving demon. I argue that Alice raises the standard of precision in (1), thereby widening the domain of `have to' to include otherwise ignorable worlds. This explains a number of similarities between domain shifting o… Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event. Friday, February 10, 2012, 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM. Gates-Blake 321. For more info visit cas.uchicago.edu.

Lisa Sideris, "The ‘re-enchantment’ of scientific narratives” , Religion and Ethics Workshop

Philosophy - Public Building/Room: Swift 106. Primary Sponsor: Other Sponsor(s). Other Sponsor(s): Divinity School. Presenter(s): Lisa Sideris (Indiana). Title: "The ‘re-enchantment’ of scientific narratives”. Contact Name: Daniel Strand. Contact E-mail: danieldfstrand@gmail.com. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Event Description: In her current work, Lisa Sideris is focusing on the “re-enchantment” of scientific narratives. She is looking at science-based spirituality, such as the Epic of Evolution/Universe story phenomenon, that proffers scientific (including evolutionary) accounts of the natural world as new “creation stories” with supposed universal ethical and aesthetic appeal. More broadly, her interest is in the way that science and scientists appropriate wonder and enchantment–often at the expense of wonder at the natural wo… Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event. Friday, February 10, 2012, 12:00 PM – 1:50 PM. Swift Hall 106.

Manfred D. Laubichler, “Mechanistic Explanations of Phenotypic Evolution: Historical and Conceptual Reflections”

Philosophy - Public Building/Room: 119 Cummings. Primary Sponsor: Other Sponsor(s). Other Sponsor(s): Department of Surgery and Committee on Conceptual and Historical Studies of Science. Presenter: Manfred D. Laubichler, PhD Professor of Theoretical Biology and History of Biology School of Life Sciences and Center for Biology and Society Arizona State University. Lecture Title: “Mechanistic Explanations of Phenotypic Evolution: Historical and Conceptual Reflections”. Contact Name: Adrian Johns. Contact E-mail: johns@uchicago.edu. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Event Description: Lecture and Discussion. Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event. Friday, February 10, 2012, 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM. Social Science Research Building, Room SS224 1126 E. 59th Street.

Coffee Hour

Building/Room: STU 216. Primary Sponsor: Philosophy. Contact Name: Alex Langlinais. Contact E-mail: langlinais@uchicago.edu. Contact Phone: 773-702-8513. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Event Description: "Neither coffee nor an hour.". Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event. Friday, February 10, 2012, 4:30 PM – 6:00 PM. Stuart 216.

Borders in Jewish Thought

Philosophy - Public Register (free) on the website below. Building/Room: Franke Institute. Primary Sponsor: Jewish Studies. Conference Title: Borders in Jewish Thought. Presenter(s): Monday, February 13, 2012—Franke Institute 9:00 Greetings David Schloen, Acting Director of CCJS (University of Chicago) 9:15 Introduction 9:30 Morning address Rachel Havrelock (University of Illinois Chicago) “Joshua, Ben-Gurion, and Me: The Borders of the Land and the Limits of the Collective” 10:30 Coffee 10:45 Panel I: Modern Trajectories of Biblical Geography Chair: Paul Mendes-Flohr (University of Chicago) · Ofri Ilani (Tel Aviv University) “The E… Contact Name: Miller C. Prosser. Contact E-mail: m-prosser@uchicago.edu. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Event Description: The conference will explore the ways in which Jews have invoked the borders of the Land of Israel as a malleable metaphor for considering a variety of issues that extend beyond geography. The Hebrew Bible presents several border schemes of the Land of Israel: some extend from the Nile to the Euphrates, while others are limited to the land of Canaan hemmed in by the Jordan; some emphasize natural boundaries while others delineate the borders according to ritual logic. Each scheme represents a different conce… Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event. Monday, February 13, 2012, 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM. Franke Institute Seminar Room, East Wing of Regenstein Library, 1100 E. 57th St. For more info visit lucian.uchicago.edu.

Charles Beitz, Law and Philosophy Workshop

Philosophy - Public Theme: Global Justice (including animal rights and the environment). Building/Room: U of C Law School, Room F. Primary Sponsor: Other Sponsor(s). Other Sponsor(s): Law School. Presenter(s): Charles Beitz, Philosophy and University Center for Human Values, Princeton University. Contact Name: Ryan Long. Contact E-mail: ryan@uchicago.edu. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Event Description: Readings will be circulated in advance to all members. (contact ryan@uchicago.edu). Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event. Monday, February 13, 2012, 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM. U of C Law School, Room F.

Becket Sterner, Formal Philosophy Workshop

Philosophy - Public Building/Room: Cobb 106. Primary Sponsor: Philosophy. Presenter(s): Becket Sterner. Title: Talk title forthcoming. Contact Name: Hannah McKeown. Contact E-mail: hmckeown@uchicago.edu. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event. Tuesday, February 14, 2012, 4:30 PM – 6:30 PM. Cobb 106. For more info visit cas.uchicago.edu.

American Philosophical Association Central Meetings

Philosophy - Public Building/Room: Palmer House Hilton. Primary Sponsor: Other Sponsor(s). Other Sponsor(s): APA. Conference Title: American Philosophical Association Central Meetings. Contact Name: Linda Smallbrook. Contact E-mail: lindas@udel.edu. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event. Wednesday, February 15, 2012 – Saturday, February 18, 2012. Palmer House Hilton, Chicago. For more info visit www.apaonline.org.

Alex Lee -Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy Workshop

Philosophy - Public Building/Room: Classics 21. Primary Sponsor: Philosophy. Presenter(s): Alex Lee (Classics). Title: Talk title forthcoming. Contact Name: Noah Chafets. Contact E-mail: nochafets@uchicago.edu. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event. Wednesday, February 15, 2012, 4:30 PM – 6:20 PM. Classics 21. For more info visit cas.uchicago.edu.

Philosophy Faculty Meeting

Building/Room: STU 216. Primary Sponsor: Other Sponsor(s). Contact Name: Valerie Wallace. Contact E-mail: vwallace@uchicago.edu. Contact Phone: 773-702-8513. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Event Description: Philosophy Faculty Meeting. Contact Valerie Wallace regarding agenda items. Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event. Thursday, February 16, 2012, 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM. Stuart 216.

Jean-Luc Marion, “Augustine” - The Lumen Christi Institute

Philosophy - Public Lecture, 7:00pm Informal Dinner, 6:30pm. Building/Room: Gavin House. Primary Sponsor: Other Sponsor(s). Other Sponsor(s): The Lumen Christi Institute. Presenter: Jean-Luc Marion (University of Chicago, Université Paris-Sorbonne). Lecture Title: “Augustine”. Contact Name: Ursula Pawlowski. Contact E-mail: info@lumenchristi.org. Contact Phone: 773-955-5887. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Event Description: Intended for University students, faculty, and recent graduates. Others interested in attending, contact info@lumenchristi.org. Part of a non-credit course: The Church Fathers: The Shaping of Christian Orthodoxy A non-credit course for students and members of the University of Chicago community that explores the thought of some of the early Church Fathers, including Origen, Athanasius Jerome, Augustine, and Basil. From the close of the apostolic age until the 8th century, the Church Fathers put fort… Disability Clause: Persons with disabilities requiring assistance, please call 773-955-5887. Thursday, February 16, 2012, 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM. Gavin House 122o East 58th Street.

Conference on Manhood in American Law and Literature

Philosophy - Public Building/Room: Law School. Primary Sponsor: Other Sponsor(s). Other Sponsor(s): Law School. Conference Title: Conference on Manhood in American Law and Literature. Presenter(s): With plenary speaker author Joyce Carol Oates, and papers by Douglas Baird, Emily Buss, Saul Levmore, Richard McAdams, Martha Nussbaum, and a group of distinguished outside visitors. Contact Name: Law School. Contact Phone: 773.702.9494. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Event Description: This conference, the third in our law-literature series, will include a dramatic performance of scenes from The Caine Mutiny Court Martial (starring Daniel Abebe as Maryck, Jonathan Masur as Greenwald, and Richard Posner as Queeg) and Lillian Hellman’s The Little Foxes (starring Douglas Baird as Horace and Martha Nussbaum as Regina). Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event. Friday, February 17, 2012 – Saturday, February 18, 2012. Law School. For more info visit www.law.uchicago.edu.

Matt Boyle, "Transparent Self-Knowledge" - Wittgenstein and German Philosophy Workshops

Philosophy - Public Building/Room: Wiebolt 408. Primary Sponsor: Philosophy. Other Sponsor(s): German Philsoophy Workshop. Presenter(s): Matt Boyle (Harvard University). Title: Talk title forthcoming. Contact Name: Nic Koziolek. Contact E-mail: nkoziolek@uchicago.edu. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event. Friday, February 17, 2012, 1:30 PM – 4:30 PM. Wiebolt 408. For more info visit cas.uchicago.edu.

Coffee Hour

Building/Room: STU 216. Primary Sponsor: Philosophy. Contact Name: Alex Langlinais. Contact E-mail: langlinais@uchicago.edu. Contact Phone: 773-702-8513. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Event Description: "Neither coffee nor an hour.". Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event. Friday, February 17, 2012, 4:30 PM – 6:00 PM. Stuart 216.

Claire McKinney, "Informed Consent or Informed Coercion? Ultrasounds, Abortion Politics, and the Politics of Medical Knowledge" - Political Theory Workshop -

Philosophy - Public Building/Room: Pick 506. Primary Sponsor: Philosophy. Presenter(s): Claire McKinney, University of Chicago. Title: "Informed Consent or Informed Coercion? Ultrasounds, Abortion Politics, and the Politics of Medical Knowledge". Contact Name: Christopher D. Berk. Contact E-mail: chrisberk@uchicago.edu. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Event Description: Paper is available at http://ptw.uchicago.edu/schedule.html. Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event. Monday, February 20, 2012, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM. Pick Hall 506. For more info visit ptw.uchicago.edu.

Eric Posner, “Human Rights: Empirical Issues”, Law and Philosophy Workshop

Philosophy - Public Theme: Global Justice (including animal rights and the environment). Building/Room: U of C Law School, Room F. Primary Sponsor: Other Sponsor(s). Other Sponsor(s): Law School. Presenter(s): Eric Posner, University of Chicago Law School. Title: “Human Rights: Empirical Issues”. Contact Name: Ryan Long. Contact E-mail: ryan@uchicago.edu. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Event Description: Readings will be circulated in advance to all members. (contact ryan@uchicago.edu). Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event. Monday, February 20, 2012, 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM. U of C Law School, Room F.

Andrew Werner - Contemporary European Philosophy Workshop

Philosophy - Public Building/Room: Cobb 110. Primary Sponsor: Philosophy. Presenter(s): Andrew Werner (University of Chicago, graduate student). Title: Talk title forthcoming. Contact Name: Tuomo Tiisala. Contact E-mail: tiisala@uchicago.edu. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event. Monday, February 20, 2012, 4:30 PM – 6:20 PM. Cobb 110. For more info visit cas.uchicago.edu.

In a Lonely Place - DOC Films

Philosophy - Public (Note, this is not a workshop-sponsored event, but it is a nicely-timed way to see the film right before Professor Pippin’s discussion of it on Thursday.). Building/Room: Ida Noyes Hall. Primary Sponsor: Other Sponsor(s). Other Sponsor(s): DOC Films. Cost: $5. Contact E-mail: doc@docfilms.org. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Event Description: Nicholas Ray, 1950 • Nicholas Ray’s adaptation of the novel by the same name was not a commercial success upon initial release—many considered it too dark for mainstream audiences—but was received well critically, and regard for it has only grown in the years since. Bogart, as Dixon Steele, a bitter screenwriter accused of murder, gives one of the finest performances of his career, as does Gloria Grahame, playing the neighbor who loves him, all masterfully directed by Ray. A grim and twisted commentary on H… Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event. Tuesday, February 21, 2012, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM. Max Palevsky Cinema in Ida Noyes Hall. For more info visit docfilms.uchicago.edu.

Rana Saadi Liebert, Ancient Philosophy Workshop

Philosophy - Public Building/Room: Classics 21. Primary Sponsor: Philosophy. Presenter(s): Rana Saadi Liebert (Classics). Title: Talk title forthcoming. Contact Name: Noah Chafets. Contact E-mail: nochafets@uchicago.edu. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event. Wednesday, February 22, 2012, 4:30 PM – 6:00 PM. Classics 21. For more info visit cas.uchicago.edu.

Philosophy Faculty Meeting with Mario Santana, Master of the College

Building/Room: STU 216. Primary Sponsor: Other Sponsor(s). Contact Name: Valerie Wallace. Contact E-mail: vwallace@uchicago.edu. Contact Phone: 773-702-8513. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Event Description: Philosophy Faculty Meeting. Contact Valerie Wallace regarding agenda items. Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event. Thursday, February 23, 2012, 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM. Stuart 216.

Robert Pippin, “Active and Passive Skepticism in Nicholas Ray’s In a Lonely Place” - Literature and Philosophy Workshop

Philosophy - Public Building/Room: Foster 305. Primary Sponsor: Philosophy. Presenter(s): Robert Pippin, Evelyn Stefansson Nef Distinguished Service Professor in the Committee on Social Thought and the Department of Philosophy. Title: “Active and Passive Skepticism in Nicholas Ray’s In a Lonely Place”. Contact Name: Michael Subialka. Contact E-mail: msubialka@uchicago.edu. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event. Thursday, February 23, 2012, 4:30 PM – 6:20 PM. Foster 305. For more info visit cas.uchicago.edu.

Santiago Mejia, “On Who We Are: The Role of Cares and Desires in Constituting Identity” - Practical Philosophy Workshop

Philosophy - Public Building/Room: Wiebolt 111. Primary Sponsor: Philosophy. Presenter(s): Santiago Mejia (Chicago, graduate student). Title: “On Who We Are: The Role of Cares and Desires in Constituting Identity”. Contact Name: Mark Hopwood. Contact E-mail: marksjhopwood@gmail.com. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Event Description: To download the full paper, visit our website: http://cas.uchicago.edu/workshops/practicalphilosophy/ As usual, coffee and bagels will be served before the start of the meetin. Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event. Friday, February 24, 2012, 10:30 AM – 12:20 PM. Wiebolt 111. For more info visit cas.uchicago.edu.

Joshua Connor, Religion and Ethics Workshop

Philosophy - Public Building/Room: Swift 106. Primary Sponsor: Other Sponsor(s). Other Sponsor(s): Divinity School. Presenter(s): Joshua Connor. Title: Talk title forthcoming. Contact Name: Daniel Strand. Contact E-mail: danieldfstrand@gmail.com. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Event Description: Josh will presenting a rough draft of his dissertation proposal for discussion and constructive feedback. Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event. Friday, February 24, 2012, 12:00 PM – 1:50 PM. TBD.

Jose Torralba, “Hegel’s Social Theory of Action” -German Philosophy Workshop

Philosophy - Public A reception in Stuart 216 typically follows. Building/Room: Wiebolt 408. Primary Sponsor: Philosophy. Presenter(s): Jose Torralba (Universidad de Navarra). Title: “Hegel’s Social Theory of Action”. Contact Name: Daniel Smyth. Contact E-mail: dsmyth@uchicago.edu. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event. Friday, February 24, 2012, 1:30 PM – 4:30 PM. Wiebolt 408. For more info visit cas.uchicago.edu.

Coffee Hour

Building/Room: STU 216. Primary Sponsor: Philosophy. Contact Name: Alex Langlinais. Contact E-mail: langlinais@uchicago.edu. Contact Phone: 773-702-8513. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Event Description: "Neither coffee nor an hour.". Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event. Friday, February 24, 2012, 4:30 PM – 6:00 PM. Stuart 216.

Jonny Thakkar, "Can There Be Philosopher-Kings In A Liberal State?" - Political Theory Workshop -

Philosophy - Public Building/Room: Pick 506. Primary Sponsor: Philosophy. Presenter(s): Jonny Thakkar, University of Chicago. Title: "Can There Be Philosopher-Kings In A Liberal State?". Contact Name: Christopher D. Berk. Contact E-mail: chrisberk@uchicago.edu. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Event Description: Paper is available at http://ptw.uchicago.edu/schedule.html. Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event. Monday, February 27, 2012, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM. Pick Hall 506. For more info visit ptw.uchicago.edu.

Formal Philosophy Workshop

Philosophy - Public Building/Room: Cobb 106. Primary Sponsor: Philosophy. Title: Talk title forthcoming. Contact Name: Hannah McKeown. Contact E-mail: hmckeown@uchicago.edu. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event. Tuesday, February 28, 2012, 4:30 PM – 6:30 PM. Cobb 106. For more info visit cas.uchicago.edu.

Peter Struck, “Lucky People and the Demonic Tillerman: Aristotle on Divination” - CSAR Lecture

Philosophy - Public Building/Room: Div School Lecture Hall. Primary Sponsor: Other Sponsor(s). Other Sponsor(s): CSAR Lecture. Presenter(s): Peter Struck (University of Pennsylvania). Title: “Lucky People and the Demonic Tillerman: Aristotle on Divination”. Contact Name: Noah Chafets. Contact E-mail: nochafets@uchicago.edu. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Event Description: Aristotle's corpus is rich in ideas about how human beings know things. Among his interests is a particular class of people who are able to gather actionable knowledge in non-obvious ways. He observes that some of us appear to have predictive dreams at a higher frequency than others and sets out to explain it. To construct the theory, in his short treatise On Divination by Dreams, he references fundamental ideas from across a wide range of his work: from human psychology and physiology, to basic cosmology… Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event. Wednesday, February 29, 2012, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM. Divinity School, First Floor Lecture Hall.

Mariska Leunissen, Ancient Philosophy Workshop

Philosophy - Public Building/Room: Classics 21. Primary Sponsor: Philosophy. Presenter(s): Mariska Leunissen of UNC Chapel Hill -. Title: Talk title forthcoming. Contact Name: Noah Chafets. Contact E-mail: nochafets@uchicago.edu. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event. Wednesday, February 29, 2012, 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM. Classics 21. For more info visit cas.uchicago.edu.

Dewey Lecture in Law and Philosophy: Elizabeth Anderson

Philosophy - Public Building/Room: Law School. Primary Sponsor: Other Sponsor(s). Other Sponsor(s): Law School. Presenter: Elizabeth Anderson from the University of Michigan. Lecture Title: title forthcoming. Contact Name: Law School. Contact Phone: 773.702.9494. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event. Wednesday, February 29, 2012, 4:30 PM – 6:20 PM. Law School - Courtroom. For more info visit www.law.uchicago.edu.

Mariska Leunissen -Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy Workshop

Philosophy - Public Building/Room: Classics 21. Primary Sponsor: Philosophy. Presenter(s): Mariska Leunissen of UNC Chapel Hill. Title: Talk title forthcoming. Contact Name: Noah Chafets. Contact E-mail: nochafets@uchicago.edu. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event. Wednesday, February 29, 2012, 4:30 PM – 6:20 PM. Classics 21. For more info visit cas.uchicago.edu.

Mariska Leunissen, Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy Workshop

Philosophy - Public Building/Room: Classics 21. Primary Sponsor: Philosophy. Presenter(s): Mariska Leunissen of UNC Chapel Hill. Title: talk title forthcoming. Contact Name: Noah Chafets. Contact E-mail: nochafets@uchicago.edu. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event. Wednesday, February 29, 2012, 4:30 PM – 6:20 PM. Classics 21. For more info visit cas.uchicago.edu.

Philosophy Faculty Meeting

Building/Room: STU 216. Primary Sponsor: Other Sponsor(s). Contact Name: Valerie Wallace. Contact E-mail: vwallace@uchicago.edu. Contact Phone: 773-702-8513. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Event Description: Philosophy Faculty Meeting. Contact Valerie Wallace regarding agenda items. Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event. Thursday, March 1, 2012, 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM. Stuart 216.

Gerbert-Sylvestre Bouyssou, on Doxa in Greek Philosophy and Literature- Literature and Philosophy Workshop

Philosophy - Public Building/Room: Foster 305. Primary Sponsor: Philosophy. Presenter(s): Gerbert-Sylvestre Bouyssou, Université de Tours. Title: on Doxa in Greek Philosophy and Literature. Contact Name: Michael Subialka. Contact E-mail: msubialka@uchicago.edu. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event. Thursday, March 1, 2012, 4:30 PM – 6:20 PM. Foster 305. For more info visit cas.uchicago.edu.

Sliver Bronzo, "Frege on Multiple Analyses and the Essential Articulatedness of Thought" -Wittgenstein Workshop

Philosophy - Public Building/Room: Wiebolt 408. Primary Sponsor: Philosophy. Other Sponsor(s): German Philsoophy Workshop. Presenter(s): Silver Bronzo (University of Chicago, graduate student). Title: "Frege on Multiple Analyses and the Essential Articulatedness of Thought". Contact Name: Nic Koziolek. Contact E-mail: nkoziolek@uchicago.edu. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event. Thursday, March 1, 2012, 4:30 PM – 6:30 PM. Location tba. For more info visit cas.uchicago.edu.

Stanley Cavell’s Aesthetics

Philosophy - Public Building/Room: See website. Primary Sponsor: Other Sponsor(s). Other Sponsor(s): This conference is jointly sponsored by The Alexander von Humboldt Stiftung, The Franke Institute for the Humanities, The Center for Interdisciplinary Research on German Literature and Culture, The Department of Philosophy. Conference Title: Stanley Cavell’s Aesthetics. Presenter(s): Primary Participants: Sarah Beckwith (Duke), Michael Fried (Johns Hopkins), Arata Hamawaki (Auburn), Andrew Klevan (Oxford), Toril Moi (Duke University), Richard Moran (Harvard), Yi-Ping Ong (Johns Hopkins), Robert Pippin (Chicago). Contact Name: Gilad Nir. Contact E-mail: giladnir@uchicago.edu. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event. Friday, March 2, 2012 – Sunday, March 4, 2012. Stuart and Harper Hall (on Friday, March 2nd) and in the Franke Institute Humanities Center at the Regenstein Library Building (Saturday and Sunday, March 3-4). For more info visit cavell.sites.uchicago.edu.

Coffee Hour

Building/Room: STU 216. Primary Sponsor: Philosophy. Contact Name: Alex Langlinais. Contact E-mail: langlinais@uchicago.edu. Contact Phone: 773-702-8513. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Event Description: "Neither coffee nor an hour.". Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event. Friday, March 2, 2012, 4:30 PM – 6:00 PM. Stuart 216.

Gerald McKenny, On Barth’s Moral Theology, Religion and Ethics Workshop

Philosophy - Public Building/Room: Swift 106. Primary Sponsor: Other Sponsor(s). Other Sponsor(s): Divinity School. Presenter(s): Gerald McKenny (Notre Dame). Contact Name: Daniel Strand. Contact E-mail: danieldfstrand@gmail.com. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Event Description: Prof McKenny, Associate Professor of Christian Ethics and Theology, will be discussing contextual aspects of Karl Barth’s moral theology related to his newest book on Barth’s ethics, ”The Analogy of Grace: Karl Barth’s Moral Theology.”. Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event. Friday, March 2, 2012, 4:30 PM – 6:20 PM. TBD.

Nathan Phillips, “Two Temptations for Edmund Husserl” - Contemporary European Philosophy Workshop

Philosophy - Public Building/Room: Cobb 110. Primary Sponsor: Philosophy. Presenter(s): Nathan Phillips (University of Chicago, graduate student) “Two Temptations for Edmund Husserl”. Title: “Two Temptations for Edmund Husserl”. Contact Name: Tuomo Tiisala. Contact E-mail: tiisala@uchicago.edu. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event. Monday, March 5, 2012, 4:30 PM – 6:20 PM. Cobb 110. For more info visit cas.uchicago.edu.

9:15 am - 10:30 am, Office Closed - Humanities Division Staff Meeting

Building/Room: Classics 110. Primary Sponsor: Humanities Division. Contact Name: Judy Mendoza. Contact E-mail: jmendoza@uchicago.edu. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event. Thursday, March 8, 2012, 9:15 AM – 10:30 AM. Classics 110.

Dissertation Year Fellowship Applications due to the Department

Primary Sponsor: Philosophy. Contact Name: Valerie Wallace. Contact E-mail: vwallace@uchicago.edu. Event Description: Email your materials to Valerie Wallace. Notify your letter writer of your intention to apply. Thursday, March 8, 2012, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM. Stuart 202. For more info visit coral.uchicago.edu.

Philosophy Faculty Meeting

Building/Room: STU 216. Primary Sponsor: Other Sponsor(s). Contact Name: Valerie Wallace. Contact E-mail: vwallace@uchicago.edu. Contact Phone: 773-702-8513. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Event Description: Philosophy Faculty Meeting. Contact Valerie Wallace regarding agenda items. Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event. Thursday, March 8, 2012, 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM. Stuart 216.

Mike Thomas, “Whitehead, Borges, and the Fictional Nature of Concepts”- Literature and Philosophy Workshop

Philosophy - Public Building/Room: Foster 305. Primary Sponsor: Philosophy. Presenter(s): Mike Thomas, PhD Candidate in the Committee on Social Thought. Title: “Whitehead, Borges, and the Fictional Nature of Concepts”. Contact Name: Michael Subialka. Contact E-mail: msubialka@uchicago.edu. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event. Thursday, March 8, 2012, 4:30 PM – 6:20 PM. Foster 305. For more info visit cas.uchicago.edu.

Workshop on Greek Linguistic

Philosophy - Public Building/Room: Classics 314. Primary Sponsor: Linguistics. Other Sponsor(s): Franke Institute. Contact Name: Anastasia Giannakidou. Contact E-mail: giannaki@uchicago.edu. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Event Description: This workshop provides a platform for the presentation of papers by researchers working on the Greek language in all its stages and from all perspectives; it is inclusive and ecumenical, ranging from traditional philological research to formal semantic analysis, with the explicit goal of crossing traditional boundaries and encouraging researchers to learn from each other. Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event. Friday, March 9, 2012, 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM. Classics 314.

Anton Ford, “The Province of Human Agency” - Practical Philosophy Workshop

Philosophy - Public Building/Room: Wiebolt 111. Primary Sponsor: Philosophy. Presenter(s): Anton Ford (Chicago). Title: “The Province of Human Agency”. Contact Name: Mark Hopwood. Contact E-mail: marksjhopwood@gmail.com. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Event Description: To download the full paper, visit our website: http://cas.uchicago.edu/workshops/practicalphilosophy/ As usual, coffee and bagels will be served before the start of the meetin. Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event. Friday, March 9, 2012, 10:30 AM – 12:20 PM. Wiebolt 111. For more info visit cas.uchicago.edu.

Tucker McKinney -German Philosophy Workshop

Philosophy - Public A reception in Stuart 216 typically follows. Building/Room: Wiebolt 408. Primary Sponsor: Philosophy. Presenter(s): Tucker McKinney (University of Chicago). Title: talk title forthcoming. Contact Name: Daniel Smyth. Contact E-mail: dsmyth@uchicago.edu. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event. Friday, March 9, 2012, 1:30 PM – 4:30 PM. Wiebolt 408. For more info visit cas.uchicago.edu.

Coffee Hour

Building/Room: STU 216. Primary Sponsor: Philosophy. Contact Name: Alex Langlinais. Contact E-mail: langlinais@uchicago.edu. Contact Phone: 773-702-8513. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Event Description: "Neither coffee nor an hour.". Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event. Friday, March 9, 2012, 4:30 PM – 6:00 PM. Stuart 216.

Philosophy Faculty Meeting

Building/Room: STU 216. Primary Sponsor: Other Sponsor(s). Contact Name: Valerie Wallace. Contact E-mail: vwallace@uchicago.edu. Contact Phone: 773-702-8513. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Event Description: Philosophy Faculty Meeting. Contact Valerie Wallace regarding agenda items. Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event. Thursday, March 15, 2012, 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM. Stuart 216.

Winter Quarter ends

Philosophy - Public Primary Sponsor: Other Sponsor(s). Other Sponsor(s): University of Chicago. Contact Name: Valerie Wallace. Contact E-mail: vwallace@uchicago.edu. Friday, March 16, 2012.

Emily Hartz, “Hegel and the Notion of Subjective Guilt in Medieval Criminal Law” -German Philosophy Workshop

Philosophy - Public A reception in Stuart 216 typically follows. Building/Room: Wiebolt 408. Primary Sponsor: Philosophy. Presenter(s): Emily Hartz (Southern University of Denmark). Title: “Hegel and the Notion of Subjective Guilt in Medieval Criminal Law”. Contact Name: Daniel Smyth. Contact E-mail: dsmyth@uchicago.edu. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event. Friday, March 16, 2012, 1:30 PM – 4:30 PM. Wiebolt 408. For more info visit cas.uchicago.edu.

Coffee Hour

Building/Room: STU 216. Primary Sponsor: Philosophy. Contact Name: Alex Langlinais. Contact E-mail: langlinais@uchicago.edu. Contact Phone: 773-702-8513. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Event Description: "Neither coffee nor an hour.". Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event. Friday, March 16, 2012, 4:30 PM – 6:00 PM. Stuart 216.

Winter Quarter Ends

Primary Sponsor: University of Chicago. Saturday, March 17, 2012.

Coffee Hour

Building/Room: STU 216. Primary Sponsor: Philosophy. Contact Name: Alex Langlinais. Contact E-mail: langlinais@uchicago.edu. Contact Phone: 773-702-8513. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Event Description: "Neither coffee nor an hour.". Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event. Friday, March 23, 2012, 4:30 PM – 6:00 PM. Stuart 216.

Spring Quarter begins

Philosophy - Public Primary Sponsor: Other Sponsor(s). Other Sponsor(s): University of Chicago. Contact Name: Valerie Wallace. Contact E-mail: vwallace@uchicago.edu. Monday, March 26, 2012.

Prospective Philosophy Students Week

Building/Room: Stuart 202. Primary Sponsor: Philosophy. Contact Name: Valerie Wallace. Contact E-mail: vwallace@uchicago.edu. Contact Phone: 7737953923. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Event Description: For invited prospective students only. Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event. Tuesday, March 27, 2012 – Saturday, March 31, 2012. Stuart 202.

Reception with Prospective Students

Building/Room: Stuart 216. Primary Sponsor: Other Sponsor(s). Contact Name: Valerie Wallace. Contact E-mail: vwallace@uchicago.edu. Contact Phone: 773-702-8513. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event. Thursday, March 29, 2012, 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM. Stuart 216.

Techne Workshop: The Craft Analogy in Ancient Philosophy

Philosophy - Public Building/Room: Foster 505. Primary Sponsor: Philosophy. Conference Title: Techne Workshop: The Craft Analogy in Ancient Philosophy. Contact Name: Gabriel Lear. Contact E-mail: grlear@uchicago.edu. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event. Friday, March 30, 2012, 9:00 AM – Saturday, March 31, 2012, 12:00 PM. Foster (505).

Will Small, “On thought’s being practical” - Wittgenstein Workshop

Philosophy - Public Subject to revision. Please check website before planning to attend the workshop. Papers and background readings will be posted to the website about a week before each talk. Building/Room: Wiebolt 408. Primary Sponsor: Philosophy. Presenter(s): Will Small (University of Chicago, graduate student). Title: “On thought’s being practical”. Contact Name: Nic Koziolek. Contact E-mail: nkoziolek@uchicago.edu. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event. Friday, March 30, 2012, 1:30 PM – 4:30 PM. Wiebolt 408. For more info visit cas.uchicago.edu.

Coffee Hour

Building/Room: STU 216. Primary Sponsor: Philosophy. Contact Name: Alex Langlinais. Contact E-mail: langlinais@uchicago.edu. Contact Phone: 773-702-8513. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Event Description: "Neither coffee nor an hour.". Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event. Friday, March 30, 2012, 4:30 PM – 6:00 PM. Stuart 216.

Katja Vogt -Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy Workshop

Philosophy - Public Building/Room: Classics 21. Primary Sponsor: Philosophy. Presenter(s): Katja Vogt of Columbia University. Title: Talk title forthcoming. Contact Name: Noah Chafets. Contact E-mail: nochafets@uchicago.edu. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event. Wednesday, April 4, 2012, 4:30 PM – 6:20 PM. Classics 21. For more info visit cas.uchicago.edu.

Philosophy Faculty Meeting with Dean Martha Roth

Dean Roth will come to the meeting at 3:30 pm. Building/Room: STU 216. Primary Sponsor: Other Sponsor(s). Contact Name: Valerie Wallace. Contact E-mail: vwallace@uchicago.edu. Contact Phone: 773-702-8513. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Event Description: Philosophy Faculty Meeting. Contact Valerie Wallace regarding agenda items. Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event. Thursday, April 5, 2012, 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM. Stuart 216.

Ulrich Schlösser, “Kant on Idealism and Communicability”-German Philosophy Workshop

Philosophy - Public A reception in Stuart 216 typically follows. Building/Room: Wiebolt 408. Primary Sponsor: Philosophy. Presenter(s): Ulrich Schlösser (University of Toronto). Title: “Kant on Idealism and Communicability”. Contact Name: Daniel Smyth. Contact E-mail: dsmyth@uchicago.edu. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event. Friday, April 6, 2012, 1:30 PM – 4:30 PM. Wiebolt 408. For more info visit cas.uchicago.edu.

Coffee Hour

Building/Room: STU 216. Primary Sponsor: Philosophy. Contact Name: Alex Langlinais. Contact E-mail: langlinais@uchicago.edu. Contact Phone: 773-702-8513. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Event Description: "Neither coffee nor an hour.". Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event. Friday, April 6, 2012, 4:30 PM – 6:00 PM. Stuart 216.

Mark Rowlands, "The Moral Status of Animals: Patients, Agents and/or Subjects?" - Law and Philosophy Workshop

Philosophy - Public Coordinators: Martha Nussbaum, Law School, Philosophy, and Divinity Ryan Long, Law and Philosophy Fellow, Law School Readings will be circulated in advance to all members. Building/Room: U of C Law School, Room F. Primary Sponsor: Philosophy. Other Sponsor(s): Law School. Presenter(s): Mark Rowlands, Philosophy, University of Miami. Title: "The Moral Status of Animals: Patients, Agents and/or Subjects?". Contact Name: Ryan Long. Contact E-mail: ryan@uchicago.edu. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Event Description: Theme: Global Justice (including animal rights and the environment). Students who wish to take the workshop for credit are admitted by permission of the instructors. They should submit a c.v. and a statement (reasons for interest in the course, relevant background in law and/or philosophy) by September 20 to the instructors by e-mail. Usual participants include graduate students in philosophy, political science, and divinity, and law students. Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event. Monday, April 9, 2012, 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM. U of C Law School, Room F.

9:15 am - 10:30 am, Office Closed - Humanities Division Staff Meeting

Building/Room: Classics 110. Primary Sponsor: Humanities Division. Contact Name: Judy Mendoza. Contact E-mail: jmendoza@uchicago.edu. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event. Thursday, April 12, 2012, 9:15 AM – 10:30 AM. Classics 110.

Philosophy Faculty Meeting

Building/Room: STU 216. Primary Sponsor: Other Sponsor(s). Contact Name: Valerie Wallace. Contact E-mail: vwallace@uchicago.edu. Contact Phone: 773-702-8513. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Event Description: Philosophy Faculty Meeting. Contact Valerie Wallace regarding agenda items. Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event. Thursday, April 12, 2012, 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM. Stuart 216.

Kelly Jolley, “Kierkegaard and Cavell and the categories” - Wittgenstein Workshop

Philosophy - Public Subject to revision. Please check website before planning to attend the workshop. Papers and background readings will be posted to the website about a week before each talk. Building/Room: Wiebolt 408. Primary Sponsor: Philosophy. Presenter(s): Kelly Jolley (Auburn University). Title: “Kierkegaard and Cavell and the categories”. Contact Name: Nic Koziolek. Contact E-mail: nkoziolek@uchicago.edu. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event. Friday, April 13, 2012, 1:30 PM – 4:30 PM. Wiebolt 408. For more info visit cas.uchicago.edu.

Coffee Hour

Building/Room: STU 216. Primary Sponsor: Philosophy. Contact Name: Alex Langlinais. Contact E-mail: langlinais@uchicago.edu. Contact Phone: 773-702-8513. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Event Description: "Neither coffee nor an hour.". Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event. Friday, April 13, 2012, 4:30 PM – 6:00 PM. Stuart 216.

The Sixth Annual Undergraduate Philosophy Conference at the University of Chicago

Philosophy - Public Building/Room: location forthcoming. Primary Sponsor: Philosophy. Conference Title: The Fifth Annual Undergraduate Philosophy Conference at the University of Chicago. Presenter(s): Keynote Speaker: Professor Malte Willer. Contact E-mail: ugphilclubboard@lists.uchicago.edu. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Event Description: The Undergraduate Philosophy Club at the University of Chicago is accepting essay submissions from undergraduate students for its annual undergraduate philosophy conference. All papers of philosophical interest are welcome. Submitted papers will undergo blind review by a student committee. Three papers will be accepted; they will be presented and discussed in hour-long sessions. All submissions should contain 4000 words or less. Please include as a separate document a cover page with your name, email addres… Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event. Saturday, April 14, 2012, 10:30 AM – 3:30 PM. Location forthcoming.

Prospectives' MAPH Lunch Reception

Building/Room: Stuart 216. Primary Sponsor: MAPH. Other Sponsor(s): Dept. of Philosophy. Open to the Public: No. Contact Name: Ben Callard. Contact E-mail: bcallard@uchicago.edu. Contact Phone: 702-8513. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Event Description: For faculty and grad students and prospective MAPH students interested in Philosophy. Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event. Monday, April 16, 2012, 12:30 PM – 2:00 PM. Stuart 216.

Martha Nussbaum, Law and Philosophy Workshop

Philosophy - Public Coordinators: Martha Nussbaum, Law School, Philosophy, and Divinity Ryan Long, Law and Philosophy Fellow, Law School Readings will be circulated in advance to all members. Building/Room: U of C Law School, Room F. Primary Sponsor: Philosophy. Other Sponsor(s): Law School. Presenter(s): Martha Nussbaum, Law School, Philosophy, and Divinity, University of Chicago. Title: Talk title forthcoming. Contact Name: Ryan Long. Contact E-mail: ryan@uchicago.edu. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Event Description: Theme: Global Justice (including animal rights and the environment). Students who wish to take the workshop for credit are admitted by permission of the instructors. They should submit a c.v. and a statement (reasons for interest in the course, relevant background in law and/or philosophy) by September 20 to the instructors by e-mail. Usual participants include graduate students in philosophy, political science, and divinity, and law students. Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event. Monday, April 16, 2012, 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM. U of C Law School, Room F.

Marko Malink, "Ancient and Modern Perspectives on Logical Consequence" - Wednesday Series Faculty Luncheon Lecture

Philosophy - Public Building/Room: Franke Institute. Primary Sponsor: Franke Institute. Presenter: Marko Malink. Lecture Title: "Ancient and Modern Perspectives on Logical Consequence". Contact Name: Mai Vukcevich. Contact E-mail: mav@uchicago.edu. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Event Description: Open to Faculty and invited staff members. Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event. Wednesday, April 18, 2012, 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM. Franke Institute, JRL S-118.

Philosophy Faculty Meeting with Dean John Boyer, President of the College

Building/Room: STU 216. Primary Sponsor: Other Sponsor(s). Contact Name: Valerie Wallace. Contact E-mail: vwallace@uchicago.edu. Contact Phone: 773-702-8513. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Event Description: Philosophy Faculty Meeting. Contact Valerie Wallace regarding agenda items. Dean Boyer will join the meeting at 3:30 pm. Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event. Thursday, April 19, 2012, 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM. Stuart 216.

Thomas Land, “Spatial Representation in Kant” - German Philosophy Workshop

Philosophy - Public A reception in Stuart 216 typically follows. Building/Room: Wiebolt 408. Primary Sponsor: Philosophy. Presenter(s): Thomas Land (University of Cambridge). Title: “Spatial Representation in Kant”. Contact Name: Daniel Smyth. Contact E-mail: dsmyth@uchicago.edu. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event. Friday, April 20, 2012, 1:30 PM – 4:30 PM. Wiebolt 408. For more info visit cas.uchicago.edu.

Coffee Hour

Building/Room: STU 216. Primary Sponsor: Philosophy. Contact Name: Alex Langlinais. Contact E-mail: langlinais@uchicago.edu. Contact Phone: 773-702-8513. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Event Description: "Neither coffee nor an hour.". Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event. Friday, April 20, 2012, 4:30 PM – 6:00 PM. Stuart 216.

A Philosophical Reunion

Philosophy - Public Building/Room: location forthcoming. Primary Sponsor: Philosophy. Conference Title: A Philosophical Reunion. Contact Name: Zed Adams. Contact E-mail: zedadams@gmail.com. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event. Saturday, April 21, 2012 – Sunday, April 22, 2012. tba. For more info visit www.philosophicalreunion.com.

Rana Saadi Liebert -Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy Workshop

Philosophy - Public Building/Room: Classics 21. Primary Sponsor: Philosophy. Presenter(s): Rana Saadi Liebert (Classics). Title: Talk title forthcoming. Contact Name: Noah Chafets. Contact E-mail: nochafets@uchicago.edu. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event. Wednesday, April 25, 2012, 4:30 PM – 6:20 PM. Classics 21. For more info visit cas.uchicago.edu.

Philosophy Faculty Meeting

Building/Room: STU 216. Primary Sponsor: Other Sponsor(s). Contact Name: Valerie Wallace. Contact E-mail: vwallace@uchicago.edu. Contact Phone: 773-702-8513. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Event Description: Philosophy Faculty Meeting. Contact Valerie Wallace regarding agenda items. Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event. Thursday, April 26, 2012, 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM. Stuart 216.

Bernard Rhie, “Wittgenstein and the philosophy of the face” - Wittgenstein Workshop

Philosophy - Public Subject to revision. Please check website before planning to attend the workshop. Papers and background readings will be posted to the website about a week before each talk. Building/Room: Wiebolt 408. Primary Sponsor: Philosophy. Presenter(s): Bernard Rhie (Williams College). Title: “Wittgenstein and the philosophy of the face”. Contact Name: Nic Koziolek. Contact E-mail: nkoziolek@uchicago.edu. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event. Friday, April 27, 2012, 1:30 PM – 4:30 PM. Wiebolt 408. For more info visit cas.uchicago.edu.

Coffee Hour

Building/Room: STU 216. Primary Sponsor: Philosophy. Contact Name: Alex Langlinais. Contact E-mail: langlinais@uchicago.edu. Contact Phone: 773-702-8513. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Event Description: "Neither coffee nor an hour.". Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event. Friday, April 27, 2012, 4:30 PM – 6:00 PM. Stuart 216.

Leif Wenar, Law and Philosophy Workshop

Philosophy - Public Coordinators: Martha Nussbaum, Law School, Philosophy, and Divinity Ryan Long, Law and Philosophy Fellow, Law School Readings will be circulated in advance to all members. Building/Room: U of C Law School, Room F. Primary Sponsor: Philosophy. Other Sponsor(s): Law School. Presenter(s): Leif Wenar, Philosophy, King’s College, London. Title: Talk title forthcoming. Contact Name: Ryan Long. Contact E-mail: ryan@uchicago.edu. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Event Description: Theme: Global Justice (including animal rights and the environment). Students who wish to take the workshop for credit are admitted by permission of the instructors. They should submit a c.v. and a statement (reasons for interest in the course, relevant background in law and/or philosophy) by September 20 to the instructors by e-mail. Usual participants include graduate students in philosophy, political science, and divinity, and law students. Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event. Monday, April 30, 2012, 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM. U of C Law School, Room F.

Matthias Risse, Law and Philosophy Workshop

Philosophy - Public Coordinators: Martha Nussbaum, Law School, Philosophy, and Divinity Ryan Long, Law and Philosophy Fellow, Law School Readings will be circulated in advance to all members. Building/Room: U of C Law School, Room F. Primary Sponsor: Philosophy. Other Sponsor(s): Law School. Presenter(s): Matthias Risse, Harvard University, Kennedy School. Title: Talk title forthcoming. Contact Name: Ryan Long. Contact E-mail: ryan@uchicago.edu. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Event Description: Theme: Global Justice (including animal rights and the environment). Students who wish to take the workshop for credit are admitted by permission of the instructors. They should submit a c.v. and a statement (reasons for interest in the course, relevant background in law and/or philosophy) by September 20 to the instructors by e-mail. Usual participants include graduate students in philosophy, political science, and divinity, and law students. Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event. Monday, April 30, 2012, 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM. U of C Law School, Room F.

Philosophy Faculty Meeting

Building/Room: STU 216. Primary Sponsor: Other Sponsor(s). Contact Name: Valerie Wallace. Contact E-mail: vwallace@uchicago.edu. Contact Phone: 773-702-8513. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Event Description: Philosophy Faculty Meeting. Contact Valerie Wallace regarding agenda items. Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event. Thursday, May 3, 2012, 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM. Stuart 216.

Lutz Wingert - German Philosophy Workshop

Philosophy - Public A reception in Stuart 216 typically follows. Building/Room: Wiebolt 408. Primary Sponsor: Philosophy. Presenter(s): Lutz Wingert (Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule – Zürich). Title: talk title forthcoming. Contact Name: Daniel Smyth. Contact E-mail: dsmyth@uchicago.edu. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event. Friday, May 4, 2012, 1:30 PM – 4:30 PM. Wiebolt 408. For more info visit cas.uchicago.edu.

Coffee Hour

Building/Room: STU 216. Primary Sponsor: Philosophy. Contact Name: Alex Langlinais. Contact E-mail: langlinais@uchicago.edu. Contact Phone: 773-702-8513. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Event Description: "Neither coffee nor an hour.". Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event. Friday, May 4, 2012, 4:30 PM – 6:00 PM. Stuart 216.

Divisional Faculty Meeting

Building/Room: Classics 110. Primary Sponsor: Humanities Division. Contact Name: Lisa Westerfield. Contact E-mail: law1@uchicago.edu. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event. Tuesday, May 8, 2012, 4:30 PM – 5:30 PM. Classics 110.