Events
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Richard Rorty Society, Second Meeting
When: from Nov 22, 2019 9:00 AM to Nov 24, 2019 12:00 PMWhere: Nittany Lion Inn
Keynote Speaker: Robert Brandom richardrortysociety.org Richard Rorty Society, Second Meeting - Read More…
Rock Ethics Institute Colloquium
When: Oct 31, 2019 at 1:30 PMWhere: 133 Sparks
"Towards Ethically Bounded Artificial Intelligence Systems: Algorithmic Fairness Through the Lens of Causality" by Vasant Honavar Rock Ethics Institute Colloquium - Read More…
Hilary Malatino - Author Meets Critics
When: Oct 24, 2019 at 3:30 PMWhere: 110 Henderson
Hilary Malatino explores how and why intersexuality became an anomalous embodiment requiring correction and how contesting this pathologization can promote medical reform and human rights for intersex and trans persons. Click here for more information Hilary Malatino - Author Meets Critics - Read More…
Jonathan H. Marks - Author Meets Critics
When: Oct 17, 2019 at 3:30 PMWhere: 110 Henderson
Countless public health agencies are trying to solve our most intractable public health problems—among them, the obesity and opioid epidemics—by partnering with corporations responsible for creating or exacerbating those problems. Click here for more information Jonathan H. Marks - Author Meets Critics - Read More…
Keynote: No Mad Home, Kazim Ali
When: Oct 04, 2019 at 5:15 PMWhere: Foster Auditorium
No Mad Home: Considering the Indigenous in North American Creative and Critical Endeavor, a reading and commentary by Kazim Ali Kazim Ali is a keynote speaker for the Forgiveness and the Unforgivable Conference. Click here for more information. Keynote: No Mad Home, Kazim Ali - Read More…
Keynote: The Seeds of the Sunflower, Ashraf Rushdy
When: Oct 03, 2019 at 5:15 PMWhere: Foster Auditorium
Ashraf H. A. Rushdy's is a keynote speaker for the Forgiveness and the Unforgivable Conference. He has written on the practice of political apologies, and his most recent work is an exploration of the philosophical concepts of resentment and forgiveness. Keynote: The Seeds of the Sunflower, Ashraf Rushdy - Read More…
Forgiveness and the Unforgivable
When: from Oct 03, 2019 9:30 AM to Oct 04, 2019 5:00 PMWhere: Pasquerilla and Foster Auditorium
The aim of this conference is to explore the complexity of reconciliation, reparation, and restoration in the face of events which are judged to be unforgivable: moral atrocity, genocide, and the destruction of sustained potential for life. Forgiveness and the Unforgivable - Read More…
Penn State Symposium on Yoga, Ethics, and Neoliberalism - Day Two
When: Apr 26, 2019 at 9:00 AMWhere: Memorial Lounge, Pasquerilla Spiritual Center
The Penn State Symposium on Yoga, Ethics, and Neoliberalism welcomes four of the world’s leading scholars to campus for a wide-ranging conversation about the history, practice, and ethics of yoga in a time of the global commodification of spirituality. Click here for more information Penn State Symposium on Yoga, Ethics, and Neoliberalism - Day Two - Read More…
Penn State Symposium on Yoga, Ethics, and Neoliberalism - Keynote Speaker, Day One
When: Apr 25, 2019 at 4:00 PMWhere: Foster Auditorium, Paterno Library
Keynote Speaker Andrea Jain: "Peace, Love, Yoga: The Politics of Global Spirituality" 4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. Foster Auditorium, Paterno Library Click here for more information. Penn State Symposium on Yoga, Ethics, and Neoliberalism - Keynote Speaker, Day One - Read More…
Rock Student Fellow Colloquium
When: Apr 16, 2019 at 12:30 PMWhere: 133 Sparks