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Conference Schedule

Reason, Culture, and Humanism: The Philosophy of Kwasi Wiredu   
African Philosophy Conference 2008

The Conference Schedule below is Tentative and subject to change. Schedule as of October 28, 2008 is as follows:

Thursday, 30 October

7:00pm - 9:00pm  Pre-Conference Reception (Seelbach Hotel)
                           * This is an invitation-only event

Friday, 31 October

 

9:00am - 9:30am   Conference Registration and Continental Breakfast (Ekstrom Library)

9:30am - 9:50 am Welcoming Remarks (Chao Auditorium, Ekstrom Library)

10:00am - 12:00am

Concurrent Session 1  (Chao Auditorium)

    • Dr. Dipo Irele, "Kwasi Wiredu and the Invention of Post-Colonial Philosophy"
    • Dr. Roxanne Burton, "Who Am I? Interrogating Afro-Caribbean Identity"
    • Dr. Suleyman Bachir Diagne, "On Cultures and Human Rights"
    • Chike Jeffers, "Wiredu and the Question of Cultural Nationalism"

   

Concurrent Session 2  (Ekstrom Library, Room 104)

    • Jeremy Kelly, "Conceptions of Truth"
    • Dr. Schonfeld Martin, "Wiredu on Amo and the Afro-German Enlightenment"
    • Dr. Albert Mosley, "How Not to Compare African Science with Western Science"
    • Dr. Kibujjo M. Kalumba, "Four Problems with Hallen's Analytic Experiment"

 

12:00pm - 1:30pm  Lunch (University Club)
                             *A limited number of seats are available to the public for a fee of $20 per person.   

 

1:30pm - 3:30pm  Panel Presentation A  (Chao Auditorium)

    • Dr. Tsenay Serequeberhan, "Post 9/11 Perpetual Peace? A Reading of Kant"
    • Dr. Ifeanyi A. Menkiti, "The Question of Normativity: Wiredu on Kant and the Moral Order"
    • Dr. Barry Hallen, "Customs and Moral Principles in the Context of African Communalism"
    • Dr. Kai Kresse, "Towards More Interdisciplinary and Collaborative Research on Philosophical Traditions"

 

4:00pm - 5:00pm Keynote Lecture:  Dr. Abiola Irele: "Three Sources of African Thought"  (Chao Auditorium)

5:30pm -   Dinner on own

Saturday, 1 November 
   

9:00am - 9:30am  Coffee and Continental Breakfast (Ekstrom Library)

9:30am - 11:30am  Panel Presentation B  (Chao Auditorium)

    • Dr. Jean-Godefroy Bidima, "Poesis and Politics of Representation: Some Considerations on Aesthetics and Politics in Africa"
    • Dr. Frederick Ochieng'-Odhiambo, "Sagacity in African Philosophy: A Reply to Some Critics"
    • Dr. Ajume Wingo, "Constitutions as Narratives to Losers"
    • Dr. Kola Abimbola, "Cultural Philosophy"

 

11:30am - 11:45am  Coffee Break

11:45am - 12:30pm  Dr. Lucius Outlaw: "Kwasi Wiredu's Personal and Philosophical Journeys"  (Chao Auditorium)

12:30pm - 1:30pm  Lunch (University Club)
                             *A limited number of seats are available to the public for a fee of $20 per person.

2:00pm - 3:30pm  Panel Presentation: C  (Chao Auditorium)

    • Dr. Paulin Hountondji, "Universality: A Trans-Cultural Challenge"
    • Dr. Lewis R. Gordon, "Wiredu and the Transcendental Problem of Cultural Meaning"
    • Dr. Ayotunde Bewaji, "Wiredu in the Global Africana Philosophical Context--An Exploration"

3:30pm - 4:00pm  Coffee Break

4:00pm - 5:00pm  Dr. Kwasi Wiredu: "Philosophical Reminiscences"  (Chao Auditorium)

7:30pm - 10:00pm  Closing Dinner and Reception (TBA)
                             *This is an invitation-only event

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