UMaine Offers Spring 2007 Philosophy Colloquium Series
Contact: Doug Allen, 581-3860
ORONO — The University of Maine Philosophy Department has announced speakers and topics for its spring 2007 Philosophy Colloquium Lecture Series, a semi-annual program that invites leading authorities to lecture and discuss philosophical theory, analysis and practice.
Lectures are free, open to the public and held Thursdays at 4 p.m. in the Levinson Room of The Maples building on the Orono campus, unless otherwise noted. The 2006-2007 Philosophy Colloquium Series is funded in part by a grant from the Cultural Affairs/DLS Committee. For additional information, contact Professor Doug Allen, colloquium coordinator, at douglas.allen@umit.maine.edu or at 581-3860.
The schedule is as follows:
Feb. 1
“Aesthetics and Community,” with Arnold Berleant, professor emeritus at Long Island University and Castine resident who is active in both philosophy and music; he is a past president of the International Association of Aesthetics, editor of the journal Contemporary Aesthetics and author of six books and numerous scholarly articles.
Feb. 8
“Gandhi’s Philosophical Approach: Violence, Nonviolence and Peace Education,” with
Doug Allen, professor of philosophy at UMaine, past president of the International Society of Asian and Comparative Philosophy, author of eleven books and editor of forthcoming The Philosophy of Mahatma Gandhi for the Twenty-First Century (November 2007).
Feb. 22
“The Experience of Home and the Space of Citizenship,” with Kirsten Jacobson, assistant professor of philosophy at UMaine, a specialist on 19th and 20th century continental philosophy and environmental philosophy; her lecture will draw on the works of philosophers Gilles Deleuze and Felix Guattari.
March 29
“Rawls’s Notion of the Separateness of the Person,” with Iwao Hirose, Japanese philosopher and research fellow at University College, Oxford University who has recently moved to Harvard; Hirose specializes in ethical theory, political philosophy and philosophy of economics, and also will speak on “Primary Health Care and the Market Mechanism” on March 29 at 12:30 p.m. in Bangor Room of the Memorial Union.
April 12
“Gandhi’s Legacy: Is Gandhi’s Philosophy Still Relevant?” with Bhikhu Parekh, Indian philosopher and political theorist who is the 2007 Philosophy Distinguished Visiting Scholar. A member of the House of Lords and an influential public figure in England, he is world-renowned author of numerous books, including Rethinking Multiculturalism, Global Terrorism, and Gandhi’s Political Philosophy. This program is at 7 p.m. in 100 Donald P Corbett Business Building. Professor Parekh also will speak on “Mahatma Gandhi and Karl Marx” on April 12 at 12:30 p.m. in the Bangor Room of the Memorial Union.