Selected Academic Philosophy Events

Upcoming Events
APRIL 2000, ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO.  The American Philosophical Association Pacific Division annual meeting. AIPA will sponsor several sessions, at least two.  As information becomes available it will be posted.  See Announcements for details.

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DECEMBER 28th, 1999, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS. The American Philosophical Association Eastern Division annual meeting.   American Indian Philosophy Symposium: Identity, Disabilty; Native American Philosophy .  Speakers--- Angela Gonzales (Hopi) from San Francisco State University, "American Indian Identity Matters: The Political Economy of Ethnic Boundaries".    Anne Waters (Seminole, Choctaw, Chickasaw, Cherokee) from University of New Mexico, "Emergent Space: American Indian Thought and Disability".  J. L. Vest  (Seminole) read a paper on Native American philosophy.     Commentators:  Lorraine Brundige (Metis/Cree) from University of Oregon; Jason Hagen (Cherokee) from Purdue University; Judy Kertesz (Lumbee) from San Francisco State University.  Chair: Jennifer Vest (Seminole) from University of California, Berkeley.   Judy Kertesz (Lumbee) from San Francisco State University and  Jason Hagen (Cherokee) from Purdue University.  Chair: Anita Silvers from San Francisco State University.

MARCH 31 - APRIL 3, 1999, BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA.  The Claremont Resort & Hotel.  The American Philosophical Association Pacific Division annual meeting.
    Symposium: Native Voices and Philosophical Worldviews [Thursday, April 1st (no fooling), 1999, 1pm]: "Exploring the Sources of Western Thought", Viola Cordova (Mescalero) from University of Idaho; "Black Hawk's Sense of Place as Providing Order and Value", Scott Pratt (as far as known, no affiliation) from University of Oregon; "Broadening the Scope of American Philosophy", Anne Waters (Seminole,Choctaw,Chickasaw,Cherokee) from University of New Mexico; commentator is Lorraine Brundige (Metis, Cree) from University of Oregon.  Chair for the session: Nancy Tuana (as far as known, no affiliation) from University of Oregon.
    Philosophy of Vine Deloria [Saturday, April 3rd, 1999, 1pm]: "Time", Viola Cordova (Apache).  "Native Intellectuals and Identity", Angela Gonzales (Hopi) from San Francisco State University.   "Identity, Time, and sovereignty: A Tribute To Vine Deloria", Anne Waters (see above); " and "discussant" was Vine Deloria (Dakota) from University of Colorado.  Commentators---Joely De La Torre (Pechanga Luiseno) from San Francisco State University; John Dufour (L/Dakota) from Albuquerque TVI Community College; and Judy Kersetz (Lumbee) from San Francisco State University.  Chair for the session: M. A. Jaimes Guerrero (Cal. Mission, Yaqui) from San Francisco State University.
    For more info try  APA Home Page

MAY 1999, NEW ORLEANS, LA.   A session sponsored by the Society for Philosophy of Creativity.  "Coyote Creates the World: Towards a Native American Theory of Creativity", Thomas Alexander (as far as known, no affiliation) from Southern Illinois University, Carbondale.  Commentator: Lee Stauffer (as far as known, no affiliation) from New Mexico Highlands University.  Chair for the session: Stephen Bickham (as far as known, no affiliation) from Mansfield University.

FEBRUARY 27, 1999, EUGENE, OREGON.   Of possible interest: Society for the Advancement of American Philosophy annual meeting.  Location: University of Oregon, Eugene.  Theme: "Naturalism and Spirituality in American Philosophy".  Possibly relevant sessions--- [Saturday, Feb. 27, 1999 8:45am] Pragmatism and Native American Traditions.   "Broadening the Scope of American Philosophy", Anne Waters (see above) from University of New Mexico;  "Discovery Epistemologies for Experience Within Nature" Dewey, Wittgenstein, and Northwest Native American Stories", Judith Green (as far as known, no affiliation) from Fordham University in the Bronx, New York; "William James, Black Elk, and the Healing Act", Bruce Wilshire (as far as known, no affiliation) from Rutgers University in New Jersey.  [Saturday, Feb. 27, 1999 10:45am] Naturalized Approaches to Feminist Epistemologies ("Telling the Old, Old Story: naturalized Approaches to and Lived Experiences in Native Peoples' Worldviews, Or: A Womanist Epistemology", Donna Wilshire "independent scholar-lecturer-writer".  For more info try  SAAP Home Page

AUGUST 1998, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.      The AIPA sponsored a session at the Twentieth World Congress of Philosophy.   Speakers at the well-attended session were: Milton Chee (Dine), Viola Cordova (Mescalero), John H Dufour (L/Dakota), Lewis Gordon (as far as known, no affiliation) from Brown University, M. A. Jaimes-Guerrero (Cal Mission, Yaqui), Naomi Zack (as far as known, no affiliation) from University of Albany, State University of New York.   Chair for the session was Anne Waters (see above).

DECEMBER 1997, PHILADELPHIA, PA.  The American Philosophical Association Eastern Division annual meeting.  Session on the need for an APA Committee concerned with Native Americans.  Speakers at the well-attended session were: Lewis Gordon (as far as known, no affiliation), John Havens Dufour (L/Dakota), William McBride (as far as known, no affiliation) from Purdue University, Ann Waters (see above), Naomi Zack (as far as known, no affiliation).   Chair for the session was Howard McGary (as far as known, no affiliation) from Rutgers University.

AUGUST 1997, LAS VEGAS, NEW MEXICO.  (More information on this meeting forthcoming.)

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