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CBWP CONFERENCE VI
April 11-13, 2013

The sixth annual conference of the Collegium of Black Women Philosophers was held
April 11-13, 2013 at Penn State University (University Park Campus)

Thursday, April 11, 2013

Opening Event: Research in Progress Sessions (Not Open to the Public)

6:00-6:45pm, Lina Buffington, “Truth-Telling”

6:50 – 7:35pm, Gertrude Gonzales De Allen, "Root vs. Movement in Edouard Glissant's Theory of Relation"

7:40 – 8:25pm, Darla Migan, “Destiny and Poetic Preservation of the Strange(r): Kara Walker's Apophantical Black Bodies”

Friday, April 12, 2013

Public Conference Papers, Location: NLI Board Room 1

9:30-9:55 am, La Verne Shelton, Poetry Reading

10 – 10:50am, Mischelle Brown, “Is Plato’s Guardian Class foundation for a sustainable culture in America?”

11 -11:50 am, Pamela Hood, “Democracy, economics, and friendship: the virtues of inequality”

12 pm-1:50pm, Lunch Break

2 – 2:50pm, Nathifa Greene, “Stop and Frisk: A Phenomenological Description of Policed Embodiment”

3 -3:50 pm, Tina Botts, "The Myth of Content Neutrality:  Hate Speech and Social Harm"

4 -4:50 pm, Kris Sealey, “Precarious Lives”

6:00 - 8:00 pm, Keynote Address: Location: NLI Faculty Staff Club, Reserved 6pm-9pm
Darlene Clark Hine


Saturday, April 13, 2013 
Professional Development Workshops (Not Open to the Public)