CALL FOR PAPERS
"The Academic in the World"
An Interdisciplinary Graduate Student Conference Hosted by the
Philosophy Graduate Students Association of York University, Toronto
Deadline for submission: June 20, 2003
The inaugural conference of the York Philosophy Graduate Students
Association is part of a three-day event being held on Sept. 18-20,
2003, to honour York philosophy professor Howard Adelman on the occasion
of his retirement. The theme of the conference, in keeping with
Professor Adelman's work in and outside the university, is "The Academic
in the World". "World" is to be taken in both local and global senses:
over the course of his career, Professor Adelman's work has addressed
both local and global issues, ranging from university residences and
their relation to the city, to the genocide in Rwanda, the ethics of
military intervention, and refugee studies; in addition, he has brought
his insights to bear as producer and host of the weekly current events
television show "Israel Today".
The York PGSA invites papers of under 4000 words (30-minute reading
time) from graduate students in any discipline, addressing in some
manner the theme of "The Academic in the World". In recognition of
Professor Adelman's contribution to Hegel scholarship and the
immeasurable value of the graduate Hegel course he has regularly taught
at York, Hegelian approaches are especially encouraged.
Possible topics include:
- The academic as observer, interpreter, critic, and/or participant
- How can academics contribute to the solution of global problems and
conflicts?
- The (un)cloistered scholar: being an academic and "having a life"
- The (decline of the) public intellectual
- The academic as "talking head"
- The political academic and the academic as politician
- Teaching outside the university
- The academic: particular located body vs. disembodied universal mind
- Should the university serve or resist the society in which it is
situated?
- The university and the city, or the university as a city
- The practice of "impractical" disciplines
- The obligations of academics to their communities and the wider world
- Local vs. global, contemporary vs. world-historical obligations of the
university
- The university as preserver and transmitter of culture: which culture?
whose culture?
- Redeeming the ivory tower
- Applied philosophy, applied science: on the very idea of "application"
- The electronic university: dislocation and new connections
- The dialectic of lordship and bondage: inter-personal, social,
political, universal
Papers, prepared for blind review, should be sent to <pgsa@yorku.ca>, in
either Word or RTF format.
If it is not possible to send submissions by e-mail, two hard copies may
be sent to:
PGSA, Department of Philosophy, S428 Ross Building, 4700 Keele St.,
Toronto ON M3J 1P3
Deadline for submission: June 20, 2003
Note: the graduate student conference is tentatively scheduled for Sept.
18, but may be moved to the 19th or 20th.
Inquiries may be directed to <pgsa@yorku.ca>.
Updated information will be posted at
http://www.yorku.ca/pgsa/conference.html
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