SOCIETY FOR WOMEN IN PHILOSOPHY

PACIFIC DIVISION SPRING MEETING

Saturday, May 6 th , 2006

University of California , Los Angeles

Local Hosts: Sandra Harding and Ann Garry

All Sessions Will Be Held in Moore Hall in Reading Room # 3340

Copies of the presentation papers (in Word doc format) may be found by following the links in the program.

SCHEDULE :

8:00-8:30 REGISTRATION

8:30-9:15 “Deep Thought: For (Mostly) Men Only? Does It Matter?”
Julie C. Van Camp, California State University , Long Beach

9:30:10:15 “Standpoint Theory and Epistemic Privilege
Maeve M. O'Donovan, College of Notre Dame of Maryland

10:30-11:15 “Drawing Battle Lines and Choosing Bedfellows: Rorty, Relativism, and Feminist Strategy
Sharyn Clough , Oregon State University

11:15-12:15 LUNCH

12:15-1:00 “Will Philosophers Study Their History, or Become History?”
Laurie Shrage, California State Polytechnic University

1:15-2:00 “Emotional Expressions of Value
Julie Tannenbaum, University of California , Santa Cruz

2:15-2:30 BREAK

  2:30-3:15 “Social Movements and an Aesthetics of Sensuousness”
Alexis Shotwell, University of California , Santa Cruz

3:30-4:15 “Are Prisoners Oppressed?”
Jason L. Mallory, Estrella Mountain College

4:30-5:15 “Plural Monoculturalism
Harriet Baber, University of San Diego

5:15-6:00 RECEPTION

Registration is free and the sessions are open to the public. However, parking at UCLA is about $8.

Directions to UCLA and Moore Hall:

From the 405 freeway take the Sunset Blvd. exit and go east. Turn right on Hilgard Avenue then turn right on Westholme (the second traffic light) and enter the UCLA campus.

Go to the parking and information kiosk to your right and pay for parking in Lot 2.

Moore Hall is a short walk west of Lot 2 . The Reading Room is on the 3rd Floor, and there is an elevator along the main corridor of Moore Hall.

From Wilshire Boulevard turn onto Westholme Avenue and go north. Cross Hilgard Avenue and enter the UCLA campus.

Go to the parking and information kiosk to your right and pay $8 for parking in Lot 2.

Moore Hall is a short walk east of Lot 2. The Reading Room is on the 3rd Floor, and there is an elevator along the main corridor of Moore Hall.

For additional directions to UCLA and information on public transportation, go to http://www.ucla.edu/map/driving.html

For a campus map, go to http://www.ucla.edu/map/

For more information on parking, go to http://www.transportation.ucla.edu/visitors/parking/index.htm

For information on hotels near UCLA, go to http://www.hotels-rates.com/hotels/locations/Los_Angeles/CA/usa/655/

For information on the UCLA Guest House, go to http://map.ais.ucla.edu/portal/site/UCLA/menuitem.3f8e7342ad4ca217b66d4ab4f848344a/?vgnextoid=fd5af9f9bd19ff00VgnVCM1000008f8443a4RCRD
or information on Pacific SWIP and links to membership forms, go to http://www.csus.edu/org/pswip/
or contact Executive Secretary, Amy Coplan (acoplan@fullerton.edu).