The Graduate Program for Cultural Studies at the University of Pittsburgh presents:
A New Democracy?
Economics, Culture, and Difference
One-day workshop held at Duquesne University
Friday, March 20, 2009
Keynote Speakers:
Franco Berardi (aka Bifo)
Clarence Sholé Johnson
David Schweickart
co-hosted by Cultural Studies at Pitt
The CIQR Center at Duquesne University
Critical Race Theory Speaker Series at Duquesne Univerity
Workshop Program:
9:15 a.m. Continental Breakfast
9:45 a.m. Welcome and Introduction
Professor Albert Labriola, Department of English
and Acting Dean of the McAnulty College and Graduate School of the Liberal Arts,
Duquesne University
10 a.m.—Noon Session One
Title: “Politics of Imagination: What Guattari Is Teaching Us Today"
Professor Franco Berardi (Bifo), Department of Sociology of
Communication, Accademia delle Belle Arti, Milan, Italy
Panel members:
Professor Gabriella Lukacs, Department of Anthropology, University
of Pittsburgh
Professor Dan Selcer, Department of Philosophy,
Duquesne University.
Moderator: Professor Giuseppina Mecchia (conference co-organizer),
Department of French and Italian Languages and Literatures, University
of Pittsburgh
Noon—1:30 p.m. Lunch on Your Own
1:30—3:30 p.m. Session Two
Title: “Democracy in a Pluralistic Society”
Professor Clarence Sholé Johnson, Department of Philosophy, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN
Panel members:
Professor Faith Adiele, Department of English, University of Pittsburgh
Scholar in Residence, James Haile, Department of Philosophy, Duquesne University
Moderator: Professor George Yancy (conference co-organizer),
Department of Philosophy, Duquesne University
4:00—6:00 p.m. Session Three
Title: “Reading Habermas’ Legitimation Crisis During the Meltdown”
Professor David Schweickart, Department of Philosophy, Loyola
University at Chicago, Chicago, IL
Panel Members:
Professor John Beverley, Department of Hispanic Language and
Literatures, University of Pittsburgh
Professor Jim Swindal, Chair of the Philosophy Department, Duquesne University
Moderator: Professor Fred Evans (conference co-organizer), Department
of Philosophy, Duquesne University
6:00—6:30 p.m. Audience Q&A with all keynote speakers
All events held at:
Duquesne University
Duquesne Room on the 3rd floor in the Student Union
1000 Locust Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15282
A map of the Duquesne campus as well as driving directions can be found at: http://www.duq.edu/frontpages/main/campusMap.html.
>Busses that travel to Duquesne University from Oakland:
61A 61B, 61C, 61D, 61F, 67A, 71A, 71C, 71D, 500
>Bus stop nearest Duquesne campus (inbound busses):
Fifth Avenue and Stevenson
>Enter Duquesne campus at Magee Street and Forbes Avenue
follow Magee until it turns into Locust Street
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Email Cultural Studies about this event: cultural@pitt.edu