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The
Eighth Annual Graduate Student Conference:
Substance Abuse:
the use and abuse of metaphysics for life
March
30-31st , 2007
Offered
by the Philosophy Graduate Student Association
of Marquette
University
(click here
for info on previous conferences)
Keynote
Speakers:
Dr.
John Jones, Marquette University
Dr.
David Carr, Emory University
The
Philosophy Graduate Student at Marquette University invites the submission
of graduate student papers on the following topics for our conference:
The
Metaphysics of Race and Gender:
we invite papers that consider the metaphysical foundations
of race, gender, and ethnicity; 2) the relationship of these concepts
to identity, agency, sociality, or political organization; and other
topics closely related to these.
Philosophy
and Substance Abuse:
we are also considering papers that examine traditional philosophical
problems through the lens of addiction and substance abuse. Such topics
include, but are not limited to: human freedom, sociality, agency,
identity; assignations of moral responsibility to the addict; and
the possibility of philosophical contributions to understand the source
of and solutions to addiction and substance abuse.
Metaphysics
and the History of Philosophy:
we also invite papers that reflect on the nature of metaphysics
and metaphysical questioning, the possibility of metaphysics, the
end of metaphysics, the current status of metaphsyical discussion
and questioning, and feminist, racial, and gendered criticisms of
metaphysics as it has been traditionally practiced.
The
deadline for submission of papers is January 12th, 2007
Papers
should be suitable for a 25 to 30 minute presentation (10 to 15 pages)
Please
send papers prepared for blind review, with a cover letter. You may
email papers in MS Word, RTF, or PDF to: mupgsa@marquette.edu
You
may also mail papers in duplicate to:
PGSA
Marquette University
Department of Philosophy
P.O. Box 1881
Milwaukee, WI 53201-1881
Notice of acceptance
will be sent by February 1st, 2007
For more information,
please contact Austin Reece at austin.reece@marquette.edu
or Gretchen Niswonger at gretchen.niswonger@marquette.edu
About
Marquette . . .
Marquette
University is an independent Jesuit University in downtown Milwaukee,
WI. Transportation to Marquette is available by freeway, bus, Amtrak,
and air. Mitchell International Airport is only a few miles
south. There is public bus service directly to Mitchell Field and
private coach service to O'Hare International Airport in Chicago,
Illinois. The Amtrak terminal is located nearby.
Reasonably
priced accommodations may be found nearby---please click here for
details. Free accomodations may be available for visiting graduate
students who indicate their need in advance.
Food
and Accomodations . . .
Conference
participants are responsible for their own accommodations and meals.
Click here for a list of nearby eating establishments,
and here
for a list of local hotels.
Transportation
. . .
Air:
General Mitchell International Airport is a
15-mile taxi or public bus ride to campus. We will gladly provide
transportation to and from the airport.
Car:
From the north, take I-43 south and exit at Wells St. / N. 11th
St. (Exit 72C). Go south on 11th St. one block and turn right onto
Wisconsin Avenue. From the south, exit from I-94 to I-43 North and
exit at #72C. Turn right on N. 6th St. and drive two blocks to West
Wisconsin Avenue. Turn right on W. Wisconsin. From the west, come
east on I-94 and exit at N 13th St. (#310A). Turn left and drive one
block to W. Clybourn Street. Proceed left on Clybourn to N. 16th St.
and turn right onto 16th St.
Parking:
The entrance to the Marquette University
Parking Structure is on 16th St. between Wisconsin Avenue and Wells
St. Parking is free for visitors.
Bus:
Both Greyhound and Badger Bus Lines are located on N. 7th St. between
W. Wisconsin Ave. and W. Michigan Ave. On arrival, you can 5 blocks
west to campus on Wisconsin Ave., or take a cab.
Train:
the Amtrak terminal is located at N. 5th St. & St. Paul Ave. On
arrival, you can take a cab or walk north to W. Wisconsin Ave. and
board any westbound local bus to N. 12th St. The fare is $1.35.
Click
here for info on previous conferences.
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