Except where otherwise noted, all GPPC events are free and open to the public.
Interpreting Plato:
A Conference in Honor of Charles Kahn
Friday, October 5, 2012, 3pm - 6pm
Saturday, October 6, 2012, 10am - 7pm
University of Pennsylvania, 402 Cohen Hall
249 South 36th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104
Speakers:
Susan Sauvé Meyer, University of Pennsylvania
Julia Annas, University of Arizona
Vassilis Karasmanis, National Technical University of Athens
David Wolfsdorf, Temple University
Christopher Bobonich, Stanford University
André Laks, Université Paris-Sorbonne/Universidad Panamerica, Mexico
Session Chairs:
Ralph Rosen, University of Pennsylvania
Verity Harte, Yale University
Daniel Muñoz-Hutchinson, St. Olaf's College
Alexander Mourelatos, University of Texas, Austin
Paul Woodruff, University of Texas, Austin
Alexander Nehemas, Princeton University
Richard Patterson, Emory University
Full program available at http://philosophy.sas.upenn.edu/events/2012/interpreting-plato-conference-honor-charles-kahn
Coordinator: Susan Meyer, University of Pennsylvania
For further information and to register contact smeyer@phil.upenn.edu
This event is sponsored by the GPPC and the Department of Philosophy, Department of Classical Studies, Center for Ancient Studies, The School of Arts and Sciences, and the University Research Foundation, University of Pennsylvania
Public Issues Forum: Morality in the Marketplace
Saturday, March 9, 2013, 1pm to 5pm.
Rosemont College, McShain Auditorium, Brown Science Building
1400 Montgomery Ave., Rosemont, PA 19010
Speakers:
Robert Audi, University of Notre Dame
Joe DesJardins, St. John's University
Daryl Koehn, University of St. Thomas
Chair: Frank J. Hoffman, West Chester University, Chair, GPPC Board of Directors
Coordinator: Alan Preti, Rosemont College, GPPC Board of Directors
For further information contact Alan Preti at apreti@rosemont.edu or 610.527.0200
This event is co-sponsored by the GPPC Board of Governors, the GPPC, and the Institute for Ethical Leadership and Social Responsibility at Rosemont College.
Philosophy on Film Series: Terrence Malick's World
Location: Bryn Mawr Film Institute
824 West Lancaster Avenue, Bryn Mawr, PA 19010
Dates, Films, and Speakers:
Thursday, March 21, 2013, 7pm - 10pm.
Badlands (1973)
Presenter: Jeremy Millington, Philosophy Department, Temple University
Thursday, March 28, 2013, 7pm - 10pm.
The Thin Red Line (1998)
Presenter: Joe Volpe, PhD, Philosophy Department, La Salle University
Thursday, April 4, 2013, 7pm - 10pm.
The Tree of Life, part 1 (2011)
Presenter: John Hymers, PhD, Philosophy Department, La Salle University
Thursday, April 11, 2013, 7pm - 10pm.
The Tree of Life, part 2 (2011)
Presenter: John Hymers, PhD, Philosophy Department, La Salle University
Fee: $40.00 per person (for the whole series).
Registration opens March 1, 2012 on Bryn Mawr Film Institute’s website: http://brynmawrfilm.org/education/
This event is sponsored by the GPPC and the Bryn Mawr Film Institute.
Community Lecture: The Limits of Forgiveness
Thursday, February 7, 2013, 7pm to 8:30pm.
Cherry Hill High School East
1750 Kresson Road, Cherry Hill, NJ
Speaker:
Morton Winston, PhD, Professor of Philosophy and Chairman, Department of Philosophy, Religion and Classical Studies, The College of New Jersey
Chair: Frank J. Hoffman, West Chester University, Chair, GPPC Board of Directors
This event is co-sponsored by the GPPC Board of Governors and the GPPC.
Graduate Conference on Political Theory:
The Correspondence & Independence of Moral Philosophy & Political Philosophy
Friday, November 9, 2012, 5pm to 6:30pm - Keynote speaker followed by brief reception.
Saturday, November 10, 2012, 9am-6pm.
University of Pennsylvania, 402 Cohen Hall
249 South 36th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104
Keynote Speaker:
T.M. Scanlon, Harvard University
A detailed schedule of speakers will be posted closer to the event.
For more information contact Chris Melenovsky at 610.830.7311 or cmeleno@sas.upenn.edu
This event is sponsored by the GPPC and University of Pennsylvania.
Kuhn's The Structure of Scientific Revolutions:
50 Years On...
2012 marks the 50th anniversary of Thomas Kuhn's landmark work
in the history, sociology, and philosophy of science.
Saturday, December 1, 2012
The College of New Jersey, Ewing, New Jersey
Keynote Speaker:
Philip Kitcher, John Dewey Professor of Philosophy, Columbia University
Coordinators: Pierre Le Morvan and Rick Kamber, TCNJ
For more information contact Pierre Le Morvan at kuhnconf@tcnj.edu or see http://www.tcnj.edu/~lemorvan/KuhnConference.htm
This event is co-sponsored by the GPPC and The College of New Jersey's Department of Philosophy
Kuhn's The Structure of Scientific Revolutions:
50 Years On...
2012 marks the 50th anniversary of Thomas Kuhn's landmark work
in the history, sociology, and philosophy of science.
Saturday, December 1, 2012
The College of New Jersey, Ewing, New Jersey
Keynote Speaker:
Philip Kitcher, John Dewey Professor of Philosophy, Columbia University
Coordinators: Pierre Le Morvan and Rick Kamber, TCNJ
For more information contact Pierre Le Morvan at kuhnconf@tcnj.edu or see http://www.tcnj.edu/~lemorvan/KuhnConference.htm
This event is co-sponsored by the GPPC and The College of New Jersey's Department of Philosophy
Thinking about Knowledge:
Epistemology 50 Years after Gettier's Paper
Saturday, April 13, 2013, 10am - 5pm
Swarthmore College, Scheuer Room, Kohlberg Building
500 College Avenue, Swarthmore, PA 19081
Speakers:
Fred Dretske, Duke University
Alvin Goldman, Rutgers University
John Greco, Saint Louis University
Chair and Coordinator: Peter Baumann, Swarthmore College
For more information contact Peter Baumann at 610.328.8433 or pbauman1@swarthmore.edu
This event is co-sponsored by the GPPC Board of Directors, the GPPC, and the Mellon Foundation.
