conferences
The
next conference will take place in the Spring of 2008. The theme is:
"Cosmopolitanism in Philosophical Contexts:
The Vision of the Universal and Attachments to the Particular."
The
keynote speaker is Seyla Benhabib (Yale) and the plenary speaker
is John Davenport (Fordham).
For
more information, click here.
The Fordham Philosophical Society hosts an international conference
every two years featuring two keynote speakers and an open call for
papers from graduate students at all levels of study. Reflecting the
broadly pluralistic identity of Fordham's own department, the
conference accepts papers from a wide spectrum of philosophical
perspectives.
Past conferences addressed topics such as "The Future of
Philosophy," "Metaphysics and Critique," and "Philosophies of the
Self." Keynote speakers have included Alain Badiou, William Desmond,
and Dieter Sturma, along with Fordham's own Merold Westphal, James
Marsh, and John Greco.
For more information about past
conferences, click here.
symposia
Once a semester, the Fordham Philosophical Society
invites paper submissions on an announced philosophical topic. From
these submissions, the Symposium Committee selects two graduate
students to publicly present and defend their work in an academically
challenging, yet supportive, environment open to all members of the
Philosophy Department and the wider University community. After the
students' presentations, two faculty members provide commentary on the
papers before a general question and answer session.
In
addition to its academic and professional value, the Symposia upholds
the best of the Platonic intellectual tradition by providing a valuable
opportunity for faculty and students to interact on a social level at a
convivial meeting for drinking, conversation, and intellectual
entertainment.
To this end, the Symposia include a fine Italian dinner complete with
wine and other beverages.
Our most recent symosium, held on October 30,
2007, featured papers on the theme of "Metaethics: Grounds and
Groundlessness."
Every
fourth semester, the Fordham Philosophical Society collaborates with
another academic department to present a Symposium on a topic of mutual
interest. Most recently, we joined with the English department in the
Spring of 2006 to examine the topic "Philosophy and Literature:
Intersections."
For
themes/topics from previous symposia, click here.
the
philosophical red star line
The
Philosophical Red Star Line is a collaborative enterprise between the
graduate and post-doctoral philosophical associations of Fordham
University, New York, and the University of Antwerp, Belgium. The
Philosophical Red Star Line seeks both to bring the work of young
philosophical scholars to a wide audience addressing questions of
pressing contemporary importance, and to further collaborative academic
ties between the United States and Europe.
The Philosophical Red Star Line derives its name from the
historic Red Star Line, the famous passenger line that linked,
among other cities, New York City and the Belgian port Antwerp. It is
currently estimated that 1 in every 20 Americans is a descendant of a
European immigrant who arrived on the Red Star Line. In the spirit of
continued ties and collaboration between the United States and the
European Continent, the Philosophical Red Star Line hosts conferences
wherein young scholars address a public audience on a subject of
contemporary importance.
The last
Philosophical Red Star Line conference will be held at Fordham
University on April 12-14, 2007 exploring the theme: "The End of
Secular Thought?"
The
first Philosophical Red Star Line conference was hosted by the
University of Antwerp, Belgium, in March 2005. The conference was a
success, with impressive public turnout and publication of the papers
presented in The
Reason of Terror, eds.
Kem Crimmins and
Herbert de Vriese, Peeters Publishers (2006).
For more information about the Philosophical Red Star Line, click here.
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"All the interests of my reason, speculative as well
as practical, combine in the three following questions:
1. What can I
know?
2. What ought I to do? 3. What may I hope?"
-Immanuel Kant
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