2008 Meeting
Second Annual Meeting of the Hannah Arendt Circle
Hosted by
The Departments of Philosophy and Comparative Literature, Emory University
March 28-30, 2008
Friday, March 28
6:00-8:00 pm: Opening Reception at Holiday Inn Decatur
Saturday, March 29
Location: Emory's campus, Dobbs University Center, Room 362E;
9:00-10:45 am: Arendt and the Ancients
Chair: Stephen Schulman, Philosophy, Elon University
Adriel M. Trott
Villanova University
Annelies Degryse
KULeuven
Centre for Ethics, Social and Political Philosophy
Fanny Söderbäck
The New School for Social Research
11:00 am-12:10 pm: Disruptions and Discords
Chair: Adrian Switzer, Philosophy, Emory University
Naïma Hachad
Emory University
Vasti Roodt
University of Stellenbosch, South Africa.
1:30- 3:15 pm: Arendt Applied
Chair: Karin Fry, Philosophy, University of Wisconsin-Steven's Point
Michal Biletzki
Boston University
V.Denise James
Emory University
Annika Thiem
Villanova University
330-4:40 pm: Arendt and the Public Realm
Chair: Scott Branson, Comp Lit, Emory University
David Marshall
Kettering University
Irene McMullin
University of Arkansas
4:50-5:30 pm: Business Meeting
Sunday, March 30
Location: Swanton Room at the Holiday Inn Decatur
9:30-10:40 am: On Natality
Chair: Anne O'Byrne, Philosophy, Stony Brook University
Samir Haddad
Fordham University
Matthew Burch
Rice University
10:50 am-12:00 pm: Democracy and Pluralism
Chair: Kathryn Gines, Philosophy, Vanderbilt University
Joshua A. Miller
Pennsylvania State University
Michael Harbour
Vanderbilt University