you have until May:
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2010/12/20/105581/end-of-world-prediction-no-need.html
23 December 2010
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.
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.
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/
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.
http://www.middlebury.edu/
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.
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.
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
April 1-2, 2011
Conflict, Tolerance, and Promise
The Spring Conference on Applied Ethics 2011 invites papers, panels, and presentations on the topic of Religion and Ethics.
03 December 2010
public sector employees
new video from afscme:
http://www.afscme.org/stopthelies/index.cfm
is good excuse to post old video from afscme:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_3mw49mk_x0
http://www.afscme.org/stopthelies/index.cfm
is good excuse to post old video from afscme:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_3mw49mk_x0
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