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Conference Announcements "Pogge and His Critics" International Conference University of Newcastle Newcastle upon Tyne (UK) 20-21 November 2006 __________________________________________________ Professor Thomas Pogge is well known as one of the most influential philosophers working on issues of global justice today, in addition to his work on the philosophy of John Rawls. Pogge's publications include several major works, including Realizing Rawls, World Poverty and Human Rights, John Rawls, as well as Freedom from Poverty as a Human Right and Real World Justice and articles in journals, such as Canadian Journal of Philosophy; Ethics; Ethics and International Affairs; Journal of Ethics; Journal of Philosophy; Journal of Political Philosophy; Metaphilosophy; Nous; Philosophical Quarterly; Philosophy & Phenomenological Research; Philosophy & Public Affairs; Politics, Philosophy & Economics; Public Affairs Quarterly; and Social Philosophy & Policy. Pogge is also Member of the Board of directors and Executive Committee of Columbia University's Center for the Study of Human Rights, as well as a Member of the Board of Directors of the International Association of Bioethics. This conference brings together Pogge with his critics, examining the full range of his work in political philosophy. Speakers include: * Elizabeth Ashford (St Andrews) * Thom Brooks (Newcastle) * Paula Casal (Reading) tbc * Carol Gould (Temple) * Tim Hayward (Edinburgh) * John Tasioulas (Oxford) * Leif Wenar (Sheffield) * Andrew Williams (Reading) Thomas Pogge will act as a respondent to all papers. This conference is funded by the generous support of the Association for Legal and Social Philosophy; the Newcastle Political Philosophy Group; Newcastle's School of Geography, Politics, and Sociology; and the University of Newcastle. A conference website will be online shortly with information on registration and accommodation. I will advertise the website's address as soon as it is up and running. Any queries should be directed to Dr Thom Brook (see address below). Contact: Dr Thom Brooks Department of Politics School of Geography, Politics & Sociology University of Newcastle Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 7RU United Kingdom Phone: +44 (0)191 222 5288 Fax: +44 (0)191 222 5069 Email: [email protected] __________________________________________________ InterPhil List Administration: http://interphil.polylog.org/ Intercultural Philosophy Calendar: http://agd.polylog.org/cal/
