A Yale Graduate School Alumni Conference

April 25 - 27, 2008

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Conference Program


Friday, April 25

 

REGISTRATION

9:00am –
5:00pm

Rose Alumni House
232 York Street (between Chapel and Elm)

5:45 - 7:00pm

Branford College Common Room
York Street, opposite Rose Alumni House

 


PRE-CONFERENCE EVENT

2:00 –
3:30pm

Highlights from the Philosophy Collections
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

A private showing of very special philosophy holdings at the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library hosted by curator Kevin Repp.

 


CONFERENCE

4:00 –
4:15pm

Welcoming Remarks
Linsly-Chittenden Hall, Room 102
63 High Street

Jon Butler
Dean, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences

Michael Della Rocca
Chair, Department of Philosophy

4:15 –
5:30pm

Philosophy and Its History

Linsly-Chittenden Hall, Room 102
63 High Street

 
MODERATOR

Michael Della Rocca
Yale University

 
PANELISTS

Elizabeth Brient '95 PhD
University of Georgia

Vere Chappell '51 BA, '58 PhD
University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Emeritus

Desmond Hogan '05 PhD
Princeton University

Alexander Mourelatos '58 BA, '64 PhD
University of Texas at Austin

5:45 –
6:45pm

Reception

Branford College Common Room
Enter from York Street, across from Rose Alumni House
(between Elm and Chapel Streets)

7:00pm

Dinner

Branford College Dining Room

   

Saturday, April 26

9:00 –
10:15am

Philosophy and the Arts

Linsly-Chittenden Hall, Room 102
63 High Street

 
MODERATOR

Barbara Sattler
Yale University

 
PANELISTS

Emily Grosholz '78 PhD
Pennsylvania State University

Karsten Harries '58 BA, '62 PhD
Yale University

David Kolb '72 PhD
Bates College, Emeritus

Diana Raffman '75 BA, '86 PhD
University of Toronto

10:15 –
10:45am

Coffee break

10:45am –
12:00pm

Roundtable with Current Graduate Students

 
MODERATOR

Kenneth Winkler
Yale University

 
PANELISTS

Nicholas Asher '76 BA, '82 PhD
University of Texas at Austin

Andrew Chignell '04 PhD
(Religious Studies and Philosophy)
Cornell University

Ruth Barcan Marcus '46 PhD
Yale University, Emerita

William Tait '59 PhD
University of Chicago

12:15 –
1:45pm

Lunch

Presidents Room, Woolsey Hall (under the rotunda)
Corner of College and Grove Streets

2:00 –
3:15pm

Ethics and Public Life

 
MODERATOR

Shelly Kagan
Yale University

 
PANELISTS

Seyla Benhabib '77 PhD
Yale University

Jorge Garcia '80 PhD
Boston College

Anthony Kronman '72 PhD, '75 JD
Yale University

Walter Sinott-Armstrong '82 PhD
Dartmouth College

7:00pm

Cocktails and Dinner

Peabody Museum of Natural History
170 Whitney Avenue

Sunday, April 27

9:00 –
10:15am

Philosophy and the New Century

Linsly-Chittenden Hall, Room 102
63 High Street

 
MODERATOR

Zoltan Szabo
Yale University

 
PANELISTS

Robert Adams
Oxford University
Yale University, Emeritus

Don Garrett '79 PhD
New York University

Lorenzo Simpson '68 BA, '78 PhD
SUNY, Stony Brook

Jonathan Vogel '76 BA, '86 PhD
Amherst College

10:30am

Farewell Brunch

Hall of Graduate Studies Dining Hall
320 York Street (between Elm and Grove Streets)