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Dialogue Series Schedule

The Department of Philosophy is pleased to announce the schedule for the Spring 2024 Dialogue Series

 

Unless otherwise indicated, all events will take place in Comal 116.

Weekly San Marcos Public Library Dialogue sessions occur at 625 E Hopkins St.

A full copy of this semester's Dialogue Series calendar can be viewed here.


Week V

Freedom

Monday, Mar. 18 4:00 p.m. An Existentialist Discussion about Current Legislation on Freedom ΦΣΤ Tau Talks Elektra Jordan (Philosophy Graduate Student)
Tuesday, Mar. 19 12:30 p.m. On Being Free Ernesto Ramirez & Joseph Rodriguez (Dialogue Students)
Wednesday, Mar. 20

San Marcos Public Library
3:30 p.m. Free Will, Neuroscience, and Technology: An Update Jo Ann Carson (Philosophy)
Thursday, Mar. 21 12:30 p.m. Algorithms, Agency, and Autonomy Ashley Johnson & Isabella Saenz (Dialogue Students)
Friday, March 22 Saturday, Mar. 23 12:00-5:00 p.m. 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. 27th Annual Texas State Philosophy Student Symposium Schedule forthcoming

Week VI

Speech

Monday, Mar. 25 4:00 p.m. Journalistic Ethics and Breaking News ΦΣΤ Tau Talks Austin Sanders (Senior Staff Writer, The Austin Chronicle & Texas State Alumnus)
Tuesday, Mar. 26 12:30 p.m. Free Speech in an Open Society Dimitri Gillcrist & Lauren Ibarra (Dialogue Students)
Wednesday, Mar. 27

San Marcos Public Library
3:30 p.m. Speaking of the Middle East Elizabeth Bishop (History, North African/Modern Arab Studies)
Thursday, Mar. 28 12:30 p.m. Academic Freedom and Campus Speech: A Conversation with Texas State Faculty Panelists: Nathan Pino (Sociology, Chair of Texas State Academic Freedom Committee) Elizabeth Bishop (History, North African/Modern Arab Studies) Dwonna Goldstone (History, African American Studies) Rebecca Raphael (Philosophy & Religious Studies) Paul Villagran (Journalism and Mass Communication)
Friday, Mar. 29 12:30 p.m. Who Decides What’s OK to Say on Gaza? ΦΣΤ Talk of the Times General Discussion

Week VII

Genocide Awareness Symposium, Week 1

Symposium Website

Monday, Apr. 1 2:00 p.m. 3:00 p.m. Introduction to the Symposium Inaugural Speech: Women and Children during the Rwandan Genocide, followed by Discussion with Genocide Survivors: Providence Umugwaneza (Rwanda) Lucy Katz (Holocaust), Sichian Siv (Cambodia) Sabah Carrim (Symposium Organizer) Providence Umugwaneza (Rwanda, Founder of Kabeho Neza Initiative) Texas Holocaust, Genocide, and Antisemitism Advisory Commission
Tuesday, Apr. 2 12:30 p.m. Genocide and Survival: Native America and the Legacy of the Pas 5th Annual Vincent Luizzi Ethics Lecture Alex Alvarez (Criminology and Criminal Justice, University of Northern Arizona)
Tuesday, Apr. 2 2:30 p.m. Art Exhibition: The Unknown Genocide of the Yezidi People Falah Alrasam (Artist, Translator, and Writer) Sarwa Azeez (Poet, Translator, and Fulbright Scholar)
Wednesday, Apr. 3 San Marcos Public Library 625 E. Hopkins St. 3:30 p.m. 4:15 p.m. Screening of Film Repairing the World, followed by It (Genocide) Can Happen Here (in the U.S.) Alexander Laban Hinton (Anthropology/Genocide and Human Rights, Rutgers University)
Thursday, Apr. 4 11:00 a.m. The Problems of Genocide: Definitional Constraints A. Dirk Moses (Political Science, City University of New York)
Thursday, Apr. 4 12:30 p.m. Colonization and Genocide Elizabeth Bishop (History, North African/Modern Arab Studies)
Thursday, Apr. 4 2:00 p.m. The Epistemic Conditions of Genocide in Africa: The Example of the Igbo Genocide in Nigeria, 1966-1970 Arthur Chigbo Anyaduba (English/Peace and Conflict Studies, Winnipeg University)
Friday, Apr. 5 12:30 p.m. Zoom Accelerants and Triggers of Genocide James Waller (Human Rights, University of Connecticut)
Friday, Apr. 5 2:00 p.m. Law, Neuroscience and Genocide Studies: The ICC Case of Dominic Ongwen Sabah Carrim (Austin Community College, Binghamton University)

Week VIII

Genocide Awareness Symposium, Week 2

Symposium Website

Monday, Apr. 8 11:00 a.m. Imaginary and Fabricated Genocides Henry Theriault (Worcester State University)
Monday, Apr. 8 2:30 p.m. The Repercussions of Genocide: Displacement, Refugees, Asylum Seekers Jennifer Long (Executive Director of Casa Marianella)
Tuesday, Apr. 9 12:30 p.m. Geographies of the Holocaust, and Zionism as a Project of Minority Oppression Alberto Giordano (Geography, Texas State University)
Tuesday, Apr. 9 2:00 p.m. Teaching the Holocaust in Texas Amy Frank (Associate Director of Education, Holocaust Museum Houston)
Tuesday, Apr. 9 2:45 p.m. Art Exhibition of Samuel Bak’s Holocaust Paintings Laurie Garcia (Senior Associate Director of Education, Holocaust Museum Houston)
Wednesday, Apr. 10

San Marcos Public Library
3:30 p.m. Zoom Poster Presentation: Criminal Justice Measures to Prevent Mass Atrocity Katherine Southwick (Legal Scholar, American Bar Association Rule of Law Initiative)
Thursday, Apr. 11 12:30 p.m. Panel discussion: The Role of Literature on Genocide: Perpetration or Prevention? Robert Tally (English, Texas State University) and Suparno Banerjee (English and International Studies, Texas State University)
Thursday, Apr. 11 2:00 p.m. Drunk on Genocide: Alcohol, Masculinity, and Mass Murder in Nazi Germany Edward B. Westermann (History, Texas A & M, San Antonio)
Friday, Apr. 12 3:30 p.m. Zoom Panel Discussion: Israel-Palestine Conflicts A. Dirk Moses (Political Science, City University of New York)

Week IX

Engaged Ecology

Monday, Apr. 15 12:30 p.m. What is Engaged Ecology? Vince Lopes (Professor Emeritus, Biology) Justin Williams (Philosophy)
Tuesday, Apr. 16 12:30 Environmental Theology Dialogicians with Guest Interlocutor Jim Kimmel (Professor Emeritus, Geography)
Wednesday, Apr. 17 12:30 Biocultural Conservation and Ethics Justin Williams (Philosophy)
Wednesday, Apr. 17

San Marcos Public Library
3:30 p.m. Engaged Ecology and Environmental Justice Jeff Gessas (Philosophy)
Friday, Apr. 19 9:00 a.m. The Ethics of Engaged Ecology Ron Stockdreher (Philosophy)
Saturday, Apr. 20 Earth Day Events The Meadows Center 211 San Marcos Springs Dr. All day Afternoon https://www.meadowscenter.txst.edu/Education/earth-day.html Roundtable Discussion and Experiential Field Work Schedule forthcoming

Talk of the Times and Tau Talks are open forums on current events and philosophical issues led by members of Phi Sigma Tau, the philosophy honor society

The Acorn Symposium Dialogues are co-sponsored by the Department of Philosophy, the Philosophy Dialogue Series, and The Acorn: Philosophical Studies in Pacifism and Nonviolence.

The Philosophy Dialogue Series Program Endowment supports the Philosophy Dialogue Series and its outreach activities at the San Marcos Public Library.

Co-sponsors of the Philosophy Dialogue Series are the American Democracy Project, College of Liberal Arts, Common Experience, Gina Weatherhead Dialogue Fund, Alliance, Step Up For State,  Sustainability Studies, The Alkek Library, Humanities Texas, National Endowment for the Humanities, ΦΣΤ (Phi Sigma Tau, the philosophy honor society), University Seminar, The New York Times, Honors College, Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, and Vice President for Student Affairs.

If you require accommodations due to a disability in order to participate, please contact 512.245.2285 at least 72 hours in advance of the event.

Texas State University is a tobacco free campus.

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