Praxis as First Philosophy
6th Annual Ethics and Applied Philosophy Graduate Conference hosted by the Philosophical Union of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte
April 26 - 28, 2024, virtually
Keynote speakers:
Kim Q. Hall, Appalachian State University
Kathleen Lowenstein, Michigan State University
Zoom Information
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Program
Note: all times are in Eastern Daylight Time (GMT-4).
Day 1 Schedule (April 26)
Opening Remarks (1:15pm - 3:00pm ET)
Opening remarks delivered by Philosophical Union of UNC Charlotte Co-Presidents
Steve Muir and Nicholas Osaka
Established Scholar Keynote (1:30pm - 3:00pm ET) — Title TBA
Keynote: Kim Q. Hall, PhD. Professor of Philosophy @ Appalachian State University.
Moderator: Billie Waller
Panel A (3:00pm - 4:45pm ET) — Topics in Disability Studies
Speaker: Casey Doherty, Reimagining Protest: Artivism in the Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME) Community
Speaker: Rosalie Looijaard: Against Disability Generalism: Navigating Chronic Pain Through Models of Disability
Speaker: Kilah Tabatsky: Defining Disability Through the Lens of Solidarity
Moderator: Amanda Hassard
Panel B (4:50pm - 6:20pm ET) — Theorizing Action
Speaker: Corey McKibbin, Decolonizing Time
Speaker: Simon Francesco Di Rupo: The importance of interfaith dialogue in approaching environmental ethics. Raimon Panikkar and Pope Francis in comparison
Speaker: Scott Ryan Maybell: Brandom in the Wild: Recognitive Analysis and Recollective Praxis
Moderator: Pennda Arami
Day 2 Schedule (April 27)
Saturday Open (10:45am - 11:00am ET)
Saturday Open will consist of coffee chat and technical check.
Panel C (11:00am - 12:30pm ET) — Specificity in Praxis
Speaker: Emily Lange, Making Better Worlds: Worldbuilding as Feminist Theory and Practice
Speaker: Jack R Leff: On Activist Science
Speaker: Dhritiman Barman: The Shaping and Reshaping of a Legal Cannabis Market in Southwest Virginia
Moderator: Nicholas Osaka
Panel D (1:20pm - 2:50pm ET) — Affect & Injustice
Speaker: Erica Bigelow, Felt Weapons: Wielding Affect to Harm
Speaker: Triston Hanna: Degrees of Emotional Fit: A Range View
Speaker: Roxy Alexander: Epistemic Injustice and ADHD Girls in the K-12 Education System
Moderator: Knaviyah Howard
Alumna Keynote (3:00pm - 4:30pm ET) — Title TBA
Keynote: Kathleen Lowenstein. PhD Student, Philosophy, Michigan State University.
Moderator: Steve Muir
Social/Networking Hour (5:05pm - 6:00pm ET)
Day 3 Schedule (April 28)
Sunday Open (10:45am - 11:00am ET)
Sunday Open will consist of coffee chat and technical check.
Panel E (11:00am - 12:30pm ET) — Topics in Bioethics
Speaker: Daniel Gaines, Transgender Healthcare, Depathologization, and the Gender Dysphoria Diagnosis
Speaker: Xiu Lim: Could (some) religious leaders have a special obligation to morally bioenhance? Examining the use of libido-reducing drugs to promote celibacy
Speaker: Natalia Nealon: Epistemic Shortcuts and Unjust Diagnostic Practices
Moderator: Steve Muir
Panel F (1:20pm - 2:50pm ET) — Feminist Perspectives
Speaker: Margaret Murphy, Nara Smith: A Case Study in Black Motherhood and Trad Wives
Speaker: Mary Peterson and Kate Yuan: Ethics is Failing Ethics: Citation Standards for Sexual Misconduct in the Field
Speaker: Neha Nandakumar: Taking Care of Yourself in a Workist Society
Moderator: Lilly Tran
Panel G (11:00am - 12:30pm ET) — Historical Methodologies
Speaker: Jonmarc Bennett, Tosaka Jun on Cultural Freedom
Speaker: Ethan Gettes: The Fractured Totality: Benjamin, Hegel, and the Politics of Universal History
Speaker: Spencer Heitman: Blaming Backward: On Moral Evaluations of Historical Predecessors
Moderator: Carson Saffold
Closing Remarks (4:35pm - 4:45pm ET)
Closing remarks delivered by Philosophical Union of UNC Charlotte Co-Presidents
Nicholas Osaka and Steve Muir
Speaker Information
Notes and Acknowledgements
The Philosophical Union of UNC Charlotte is the graduate student organization of students at UNC Charlotte interested in philosophical interventions and discussion. Annually since 2018, the Philosophical Union has organized the Ethics and Applied Philosophy Graduate Conference, a home for philosophical interventions and discourse from an applied and interdisciplinary perspective.
This conference is funded in part by the Graduate & Professional Student Government (GPSG) of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte with student activity fees. The GPSG and Student Activity Fees Commision do not necessarily endorse the beliefs or actions of this organization.
