Department Colloquia
2008-2009 Colloquia:
Thursday, 16 October, 2008, 3:30 pm
"The Progressive Argument for Reducing Immigration into the United States"
Professor Philip Cafaro, Colorado State University
Thursday, 6 November, 2008, 3:30 pm
Professor Carol Cleland, University of Colorado-Boulder
Thursday, 29 January, 2009, 3:30 pm
Professor Rick Furtak, Colorado College
Thursday, 26 February, 2009, 3:30 pm
Professor Valerie Tiberius, University of Minnesota-Minneapolis
Thursday, 9 April, 2009, 3:30 pm
J. Glenn Gray Lecture
Professor Owen Flanagan, Duke University
Past Colloquia: The J. Glenn Gray Colloquium Series, 2007-2008
Over the course of the 2007-2008 academic year, the Department of Philosophy celebrated the life and work of J. Glenn Gray, Professor of Philosophy at Colorado College from 1948 until his death in 1977. One of the most influential, inspiring, and beloved professors in the history of Colorado College, Professor Gray made many important and enduring contributions to the discipline of philosophy. He is the author of Hegel and Greek Thought, The Promise of Wisdom, and The Warriors: Reflections on Men in Battle, among other writings. Gray also served as the General Editor of the first translations of Martin Heidegger's works into English.
Thursday 11 October, 3:30 pm, Slocum Commons
"J. Glenn Gray's Vision of Philosophy"
Emerita Professor Jane Cauvel, Colorado College
Wednesday 14 November, 3:30 pm, Bemis Great Hall
"Philosophy in a Time of War"
Martin Woessner, City College of New York
Wednesday 12 December, 3:30 pm, Gaylord Hall
"Fighting Wars and Moral Responsibility"
Carl Ficarrotta, United States Air Force Academy
Thursday 7 February, 3:30 pm, Bemis Great Hall
"Heidegger on Ontotheology: The History that We Are"
Iain Thomson, University of New Mexico
Thursday 6 March, 3:30 pm, Gaylord Hall
"Ancient Wisdom, Modern Lives: Why the Greeks Still Matter"
Professor John Riker, Colorado College
Thursday 10 April, 3:30 pm, Gaylord Hall
The J. Glenn Gray Memorial Lecture 2008
"The Promise of Politics"
Elisabeth Young-Bruehl, Columbia University