CPP at APA Central 2009

By admin on January 25, 2009

CPP at APA Central
Palmer House Hilton Hotel, Chicago
Saturday, February 21, 12:15-2:15, session GV-5

Chair: Danielle Poe, University of Dayton

“Turning Swords Into Ploughshares: The Transformative Possibilities of Winter Soldier Movements,” Tracey Nicholls, Lewis University

“Ethics as First Philosophy:King, Levinas, and the Praxis of Peace,” Scott Davidson, Oklahoma City University and Maria D. Davidson, University of Oklahoma

“Agonism and Violence: Critique of an ‘Ethos of Democracy,’ ” Fuat Gursozlu, State University of New York, Binghamton

“Does extreme pacifsm need an after-life metaphysics?,” Carlo Filice, State University of New York, Geneseo

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CPP 2009 with Angela Davis

By admin on January 25, 2009

The 2009 Concerned Philosophers for Peace Conference will be held at the University of Dayton, November 6-8, 2009.

The topic of the colloquium is “Communities of Justice.” The focus of the colloquium is on the opportunities and challenges of creating just conditions in local communities. Our keynote speaker on November 7, 2009 will be Dr. Angela Davis. Possible paper topics include:

* What constitutes a just community?
* What obstacles do we face in creating Communities of Justice?
* How can obstacles be overcome in order to make a community more just?
* What is the relationship between local action and national or international action
* Who is oppressed and who are the oppressors?
* How should, and how do oppressed groups respond to each other?
* How should, and how do oppressed groups respond to their oppressor?
* How can we learn from the past, making use of what is valuable, without being tainted by what is harmful?
* What aspects of race theory and feminist theory are supportive of, or prevent creating Communities of Justice?

Anyone interested in presenting a paper should submit an abstract of no more than 250 words by August 1, 2009 to danielle.poe@notes.udayton.edu

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Newsletter Submissions

By admin on January 7, 2009

Submissions

THE NEWSLETTER for Concerned Philosophers for Peace welcomes submissions of short articles and book reviews. Please indicate “cpp submission” in subject line and include a bio and contact information. Email to any of the following by Aug. 30 or Jan. 30:

Editor
Greg Moses
 gmosesx-at-prodigy.net

Associate Editor
Wendy Hamblet
 whamblet-at-ncat.edu

Books Editor
Deb Peterson
debpeterson-at- brainerd.net

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