“PLACE”
May 24-31, 2016
Imin Conference Center
More than 300 thinkers from 40 countries gathered at the 2016 East-West Philosophers’ Conference, held at the East-West Center in Honolulu, Hawai’i May 24-31. This 11th meeting of the prestigious conference that began in 1939 examined the theme of “Place.”
Hawaii News Now | Published: May. 24, 2016
“Thinkers to convene at 11th East-West Philosophers’ Conference”
HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) – More than 300 leading thinkers from 40 different countries will gather in Honolulu May 25-31 for the Eleventh East-West Philosophers’ Conference, a landmark international conference series dating back to the 1930s. …
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May 25th:
Plenary Session 1
Edward Casey (SUNY Stony Brook): IMPLACEMENT AND DISPLACEMENT IN CONFUCIAN THOUGHT
Robert Neville (Boston University): ON THE CONFUCIAN VALUE OF SHALLOW ROOTS
Cheng Chung-ying (University of Hawai’i): PLACE, TIME AND CONFUCIAN ROOTS
May 26th:
Plenary Session 2
Kwong-loi Shun (UC Berkeley): ETHICS WITHOUT FORGIVENESS
Stephen Darwall (Yale University): PRESENCE: PLACE AND SECOND-PERSONAL SPACE
George Tsai (University of Hawai’i): BLAME’S EFFICACY AND THE MORAL COMMUNITY
May 27th:
Plenary Session 3
Yomna El-Kholy (Cairo University, Egypt): IBN AL-HYTHAM, FROM THE PLACE TO THE SPACE
Ridha Chennoufi (University of Tunis): TERRITORY, TRIBE, AND POLITICAL POWER: POLITICAL SPACE IN THE MAGHREB
Tamara Albertini (University of Hawai’i): EXILE AND THE LOST CITY
May 29th:
Plenary Session 4
Amy Olberding (University of Oklahoma)- PHILOSOPHICAL EXCLUSION AND CONVERSATIONAL PRACTICES
Jeremey Henkel (Wofford College)- THE INESCAPABLE CONTINGENCY OF THE DHAMMA: APPLYING THE BUDDHIST CRITIQUE OF ESSENCES OF BUDDHISM
Brian Bruya (Eastern Michigan University) – A PLACE IN THE MARGINS: HOW THE PHILOSOPHICAL GOURMET REPORT SHAPES THE PROFESSION OF PHILOSOPHY
May 30th:
Plenary Session 5
J. Colin MCQUILLAN (St. Mary’s University): THE USES OF SCHOLASTICISM: ACADEMIC PHILOSOPHY IN EIGHTEENTH CENTURY GERMANY
Gary SHAPIRO (University of Richmond): ATMOSPHERES AND DIAGRAMS: A PREFACE TO GEOAESTHETICS
Joseph TANKE (University of Hawai’i): PAINTING FROM THE OUTSIDE: RECONSTRUCTING THE EARLY FOUCAULT’S ACCOUNT OF ART
May 31st
Plenary Session 6
Tridip Suhrud (Gandhi Ashram, India) – WALKING TO TRUTH
Gopal Guru (Jawaharlal Nehru University, India) – THE METAPHYSICS OF PILGRIMAGE: WARI AS DYNAMIC SPACE
Arindam Chakrabarti (University of Hawai’i) – GOING PLACES: PILGRIMAGE, PILLAGE, PENANCE AND PROGRESS
Keynote Address
Sari Nussibeh and Micah Hendler: SOUND AND SELF: A SPACE TO CALL ‘HOME’
Interviews on the Sidelines
Tamara Albertini’s CONVERSATION WITH SARI NUSSEIBEH (al-Quds University, Jerusalem)
Tamara Albertini’s CONVERSATION WITH RIDHA CHENNOUFI (University of Tunis)