27 February 2018

I find this metaphysically troubling.


https://www.fakepersongenerator.com/

(if you click on 'generate' enough, eventually you will find yourself. and then you will cease to exist.)

23 February 2018

CFP: International Social Theory Consortium

http://socialtheory.org/istc-2018---cfp.html

MODERNITY BETWEEN THE
​DAMAGED LIFE AND SANE SOCIETY:
SOCIAL THEORY IN THE AGE OF URGENCY

Call for Papers
(Link to PDF)

Chenango room saved!

I hope #resistance has some bigger victories than this in 2018.


Chenango Room to stay
After concerns were raised by the Faculty Senate and the Professional Staff Senate, the University will not close the Chenango Room and replace it with a Panera Bread location as previously announced. Since evaluation of campus dining options identified interest in adding Panera, the University, in collaboration with Binghamton University Dining Services by Sodexo, will discuss other possible locations with Panera Bread with the hope that we can soon bring the Panera brand on campus in a location that will be well-received by all. The Chenango Room and Einstein Bros. Bagels will continue operations in their current locations.

22 February 2018

Lego Graduate Student sells out

https://twitter.com/legogradstudent

17 February 2018

Jenn at IASH, take 2

a make-up from the snow day:

Wednesday, February 21st, 2018, 12:00 pm, IASH Conference Room (LN 1106)
IASH Fellows' Speaker Jenn Dum (Philosophy) presents: “Educational Justice and Relational Goods.
“This presentation will argue that relational educational goods are a function of the social aims of education, the internal educational process itself, and the structural position of education. Furthermore, such relational educational goods—for example, the ability to empathize—are goods realized within relations, and thus are not something that can or should be distributed on comparative terms. Educational justice, accordingly, needs to account not only for the comparative goods of distributive justice, but also for relational goods.”

13 February 2018

Spring final exam schedule posted



DeptCourseSectionDateStartEndLocationInstructor
PHIL105A 0Thu. May 10, 201810:25 AM12:25 PMS1 149Goodman, Charles
PHIL122A 0Mon. May 14, 201808:00 AM10:00 AMEB 110Sechrest, Evan
PHIL14201Mon. May 14, 201803:15 PM05:15 PMS2 260Lethbridge, James
PHIL147A 0Wed. May 16, 201812:50 PM02:50 PMLH 001Zinkin, Melissa
PHIL148A 0Tue. May 15, 201808:05 PM10:05 PMLH 002Karnein, Anja
PHIL20201Fri. May 11, 201808:00 AM10:00 AMLH 014Zinkin, Melissa
PHIL280B01Thu. May 10, 201810:25 AM12:25 PMSW 113Preus, Anthony
PHIL280C01Tue. May 15, 201810:25 AM12:25 PMAM 177Gelderloos, Carl
PHIL31101Thu. May 10, 201808:00 AM10:00 AMSW 206Friedman, Randy
PHIL34201Fri. May 11, 201803:15 PM05:15 PMFA 352Guay, Robert
PHIL345A 0Mon. May 14, 201810:25 AM12:25 PMUU 120Reeves, Anthony
PHIL456B01Wed. May 16, 201803:15 PM05:15 PMSW 113Goodman, Charles
PHIL480P01Wed. May 16, 201803:15 PM05:15 PMTU 219Dietrich, Eric
PHIL49001Tue. May 15, 201805:40 PM07:40 PMFA 248Dietrich, Eric

10 February 2018

Nicole talk at the Institute for Justice and Well-Being


Nicole Hassoun

"Human Rights, Hope, and the Minimally Good Life"


Lunch and lecture
11:30am - 1:00pm
Tuesday, February 13, 2018
SW112


RSVP: ONLINE@BINGHAMTON.EDU

08 February 2018

Reminder: there is a colloquium on Friday


also, here is a picture that is not about the colloquium:



here is a news item that is more (but not much more) relevant to the colloquium:

https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2017/12/bill-kochs-son-inadvertently-emerges-as-the-face-of-trumps-tax-plan

04 February 2018

important news

according to my meta-meta-meta-analysis, coffee is good for you

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/after-poring-over-all-the-evidence-experts-declare-coffee-is-mostly-good-for-you/2018/02/02/b45f9f8e-02d1-11e8-8acf-ad2991367d9d_story.html?utm_term=.e79ce41dc64b

also: don't forget about Jenn's IASH talk and the colloquium this week. Nicole has a talk next week, too.

Colloquium on Friday: Stefan Gosepath

SPEL Colloquium

Stefan Gosepath

Professor of Practical Philosophy, Freie Universität Berlin
Co-Director of the Center for Advanced Studies, “Justitia Amplificata”

“Is inheritance justified? A preliminary sketch”

Friday, February 9
3:00 – 5:00 pm
UUW-324

Jenn at IASH this Wednesday


Wednesday, February 7th 2018, 12:00 pm, IASH Conference Room (LN 1106)
IASH Fellows' Speaker Jenn Dum (Philosophy) presents: “Educational Justice and Relational Goods.
“This presentation will argue that relational educational goods are a function of the social aims of education, the internal educational process itself, and the structural position of education. Furthermore, such relational educational goods—for example, the ability to empathize—are goods realized within relations, and thus are not something that can or should be distributed on comparative terms. Educational justice, accordingly, needs to account not only for the comparative goods of distributive justice, but also for relational goods.”

02 February 2018

anybody graduating?

next week is a busy week for presentation, but for now, here is your GAFD news:


Spring 2018 Graduate Application for Degree Opens Next Week
The Graduate Application for Degree (GAFD) for Spring 2018 is scheduled to open on theGraduation page of the Graduate School website on Monday, February 5. Timely completion of this form ensures timely completion of degree paperwork. Students must submit the GAFD by Friday, March 23, to be included in the printed Commencement program. Students are also encouraged to take note of all degree requirements in the Graduate School Manual.


01 February 2018

human rights events


FEB 1st
What is the role of empathy in teaching human rights? We'll discuss critiques of empathy from leading scholars and how we cultivate critical engagement with human rights issues without reinforcing the hierarchies that underlie many violations.

Join us from 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 1, for readings and discussion with Joseph Slaughter, associate professor of English and comparative literature at Columbia University.

This pedagogy workshop will include short readings, presentation of teaching materials, questions and methodologies, and time for discussion.

Seats are limited. Register with Alexandra Moore.
https://www.binghamton.edu/institutes/hri/


FEB 5th
How do we teach international human rights law from interdisciplinary and humanities-based perspectives? Join us for a discussion with Elizabeth S. Anker, associate member of the law faculty and associate professor of English at Cornell University, from noon-1:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 5. The workshop will include a short preliminary reading, presentation of materials, methodologies and key questions, and time for discussion.

Seats are limited. To register, contact amoore@binghamton.edu.

Chenango Room to close

Whoah -- big news:

Beginning in fall 2018, Panera Bread will join the many options offered by Binghamton University Dining Services (BUDS) to diners on campus. 

Replacing and expanding the hours of the Chenango Room, Panera will offer its regular breakfast, lunch and dinner menu in the same manner as its restaurants around the country. Patrons will also be able to use mobile ordering and pickup. 

The timeline for closure of the Chenango Room has not been finalized. 

Auxiliary Services and BUDS conducted a survey in the fall semester that led to the decision to add Panera to its offerings. “There was an overwhelming response that people were partial to Panera and that it’s their most frequent off-campus destination,” said James Ruoff, resident district manager for Sodexo. 

“This will give us more options on campus and that’s our goal,” Ruoff said. “It will also offer BUDS’ employees the opportunity to work in a new operation and provide more opportunities for all BUDS employees due to the expanded hours.”


of course, the Chenango Room is terrible, but it's also terrible not to have table service on campus.