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Conference Announcement Theme: Thinking Across Borders Subtitle: Engaging African and Western Political and Philosophical Perspectives Type: International Conference Institution: Neubauer Collegium for Culture and Society, University of Chicago Location: Chicago, IL (USA) Date: 27.–28.4.2017 __________________________________________________ This two-day conference aims to promote discussion among African and Western political thinkers and philosophers. Speakers and participants from the United States, Africa, and Europe will include experts on philosophy, political science, political theory, history, and law. The conference has been organized by the Neubauer Collegium, in conjunction with the Government Department London School of Economics and the Department of Philosophy and Classics, University of Ghana, with the financial support of the Leverhulme Trust. Thursday, April 27 9:00 AM – 9:15 AM Opening Remarks Martin Ajei (Senior Lecturer in Philosophy, University of Ghana) Katrin Flikschuh (Professor of Political Theory, London School of Economics) Jonathan Lear (Roman Family Director of the Neubauer Collegium for Culture and Society; John U. Nef Distinguished Service Professor at the Committee on Social Thought and in the Department of Philosophy) 9:15 AM – 11:00 AM Barry Hallen (Morehouse College) "Consensus" 11:00 AM – 12:45 PM Allen Wood (University of Indiana) "Thinking Across Borders: Individuality and Community" 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM Lunch 2:00 PM – 3:45 PM Ifeanyi Menkiti (Wellesley College) "The Concept of a Person and the Concept of a Citizen" 4:00 PM – 5:45 PM Martha Nussbaum (University of Chicago) "Disgust: Human Universals and Cross-Cultural Comparisons" Friday, April 28 9:00 AM – 10:45 AM Martin Ajei (University of Ghana) "Ontology and Human Rights" 11:00 AM – 12:45 PM Ben Laurence (University of Chicago) "Agents of Change" 12:45 PM – 2:00 PM Lunch 2:00 PM – 3:45 PM Eghosa Osaghae (University of Ibadan) "Understanding and Misunderstanding Ethnicity in African Politics" 4:00 PM – 5:45 PM Matt Boyle (University of Chicago) "Rational Animals" 5:45 PM – 6:00 PM Closing Remarks Venue Neubauer Collegium for Culture and Society University of Chicago 5701 S. Woodlawn Avenue Chicago, IL 60637 USA Conference website: http://neubauercollegium.uchicago.edu/events/uc/thinking_across_borders_engaging_african_and_western_political_and_philosop/ __________________________________________________ InterPhil List Administration: https://interphil.polylog.org InterPhil List Archive: https://www.mail-archive.com/interphil@list.polylog.org/ __________________________________________________
