23 December 2010

hurry up and finish your dissertation

you have until May:

http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2010/12/20/105581/end-of-world-prediction-no-need.html

20 December 2010

CFP: Northwestern Ethics Conference


Note that this is annual, in case you can't make this year's deadline.
SOCIETY FOR ETHICAL THEORY AND POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY, Northwestern 
University
5th Annual Conference
May 19–21, 2011

Keynote Speakers:
Philip PETTIT (Princeton)
R. Jay WALLACE (Berkeley)

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES: The deadline is February 15, 2011. We welcome 
submissions from faculty and graduate students, as some sessions will be 
reserved for student presentations. Please submit an essay of 
approximately 4000 words and an abstract of at most 150 words. Essay 
topics in all areas of ethical theory and political philosophy will be 
considered, although some priority will be given to essays that take up 
themes from the works of Philip Pettit and R. Jay Wallace, such as 
responsibility, practical reasoning, freedom, democratic theory, 
constructivism, contractualism, individual agency, and collective 
agency. Essays and abstracts should be prepared for blind review in 
word, rtf, or pdf format. Graduate submissions should be sent by email 
to leegoldsmith2012@u.northwestern.edu; faculty submissions should be 
sent by e-mail to garthoff@northwestern.edu. Notices of acceptance will 
be sent by March 31, 2011. For more information, please contact Jon 
Garthoff at the e-mail address above or visit our website: 
http://www.philosophy.northwestern.edu/conferences/moralpolitical/

17 December 2010

cfp: graduate conference in political theory at princeton


Graduate Conference in Political Theory           
Princeton University
April 8-9, 2011

The Committee for the Graduate Conference in Political Theory at Princeton University welcomes papers concerning any period, methodological approach or topic in political theory, political philosophy, or the history of political thought.  Approximately eight papers will be accepted.

philosophers rule

yes we do:

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/gnxp/2010/12/verbal-vs-mathematical-aptitude-in-academics/

h/t Leiter

critical reasoning for beginners

for free on itunes:

http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=387875756&s=143441&ls=1

I guess there's a lot of other stuff, too.  hmmm.

14 December 2010

middlebury dissertation fellowship

Middlebury College invites applications for a dissertation fellowship for the academic year 2011-12. We are seeking graduate students with a clear commitment and ability to advance educational diversity, either through the nature of their scholarly work, or through their ability to model success in fields where their own backgrounds and experiences may be underrepresented. Fellows will receive teaching and research mentorship from faculty committed to excellence in undergraduate education.  Fellows will be hosted by an appropriate department or program, and will be expected to teach one one-semester course, normally in the fall semester.   Fellows may apply to extend their fellowships to a second year.  The annual stipend for the position is $30,000.  Ph.D. candidates must have completed all doctoral work except the dissertation by the end of the current academic year. For further information and application details, please visit:

   http://www.middlebury.edu/academics/administration/employment/diss_fellows

Applications are due by January 21, 2011.  Inquiries should be sent to Susan Burch at dfp@middlebury.edu .

Middlebury College is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to recruiting a diverse faculty to complement its increasingly diverse student body.

odd

http://chronicle.com/blogs/ticker/students-lie-on-course-evaluations-study-shows/29079

11 December 2010

learning from mistakes

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/11/education/11education.html?hp

also:

“My teacher has several good ways to explain each topic that we cover in this class.”
and skillful at maintaining classroom order, but I hope that doesn't have much to do with us


of course this may be false: "'Kids know effective teaching when they experience it,' he said"
since the survey asks about what happens in the classroom, not what's effective.  they have to correlate the survey results with learning outcomes for it to be meaningful.

10 December 2010

CFP: freedom and power

THEORIA
A Journal of Social and Political Theory

‘Freedom and Power’ Call for Papers

Ever since Livy proclaimed that ‘freedom is to be in one’s own power’, if not from a long time before, the relationship between freedom and power has been an enduring concern of political theorists. It has withstood even Berlin’s sharp distinctions between seemingly irreconcilable kinds of freedom and the subsequent diversion via debates about ‘negative, ‘positive’ and ‘republican’ freedom. With greater historical purview it is possible to see that the fault line between various competing conceptions of freedom is clearest with regard to how social and political theorists conceive of the relationship between freedom and power. While some thinkers have opposed freedom and power, arguing that liberty can only be truly attained free from power and domination (republicans) or in the absence of external impediments imposed by other human beings (liberals), others have identified a close and intriguing link between them, especially in the sphere of politics. A motley crew of radicals, Marxists and conservatives occupy the latter camp, including Livy, Machiavelli, Montaigne, Marx, Nietzsche and Foucault. Moreover, those in the former camp tend to think of freedom in formal and abstract terms, while proponents of the latter eschew this now normal tendency in political philosophy and instead think of freedom in fully substantive, concrete and even materialist terms. (Hobbes is an unusual and unique figure as his account of freedom inspires members of both parties in this debate.)

08 December 2010

CFP: midsouth philosophy conference


CALL FOR PAPERS

M I D S O U T H P H I L O S O P H Y C O N F E R E N C E

and Undergraduate Philosophy Conference

The University of Memphis

March 4-5, 2011

07 December 2010

05 December 2010

bcc applied ethics conference

Third Annual Conference on Applied Ethics
                                 Broome Community College
                                            April 1-2, 2011
                                        Religion and Ethics:
                                 Conflict, Tolerance, and Promise
The Spring Conference on Applied Ethics 2011 invites papers, panels, and presentations on the topic of Religion and Ethics.