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Bishop Hurst Philosophy Lecture

The Bishop John Fletcher Hurst Philosophy Lecture, offered annually in the spring, brings some of the most distinguished thinkers who are working on the frontiers of contemporary thought, and who are relevant to many disciplines.

The Bishop John Fletcher Hurst Philosophy Lecture was initiated by the Department of Philosophy and Religion and named for the founder of American 青瓜视频, who was himself a philosopher. Offered annually in the spring, it brings to the American 青瓜视频 campus some of the most distinguished thinkers from this country and abroad. As a result, our students have immediate contact with those shaping philosophical theory in many fields. The department has consistently invited lecturers who are working on the frontiers of contemporary thought and who are relevant to many other disciplines, including aesthetics, the social and natural sciences, history, literature, ethics and the philosophy of religion.

The 65th Annual Hurst Lecture, 2024: "Imperial Museums"

Watch聽Linda Mart铆n Alcoff deliver the 65th Bishop Hurst Lecture, Imperial Museums

Speaker: Linda Mart铆n Alcoff (Hunter College)
Thursday, April 18, 2024

Linda Martin Alcoff The primary way museums legitimate their right to maintain ownership of their collections has been on the basis of protecting a universal cultural knowledge which has unlimited reach into the future and an unbounded significance for all publics. I will explore and analyze the debates over this claim. My focus here will be primarily on archaeological museums that house cultural artifacts from many cultures. I will argue that there is a form of extractivist epistemology at work in the construction of these types of museums, in their epistemic practices, and that this has a negative effect on many publics, including those in the global north.

Speaker: Linda Mart铆n Alcoff is Professor of Philosophy at Hunter College and the Graduate Center, CUNY.聽She is a past President of the American Philosophical Association, Co-Director of SPEP, a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and, in 2021, she was listed as the third most influential philosopher by Academic Influence based on citations. Her books include: Rape and Resistance: Understanding the Complexities of Sexual Violation (2018); The Future of Whiteness (2015); Visible Identities: Race, Gender and the Self (2006), which won the Frantz Fanon Award for 2009; and Real Knowing: New versions of the Coherence Theory (1996). She has also edited or co-edited 11 books in critical race theory, feminist philosophy, epistemology, and Latin American philosophy. She Co-Directs the Hunter College Public Humanities Program, and regularly writes for newspapers and magazines. She has taught decolonial philosophy in Europe, Australia, Africa, and South America. She is originally from Panama.

Watch the 2024 Bishop Hurst Graduate Panel, Intersections of Resistance: Postcolonial Perspectives on Gender, Culture, and Identity

This panel explores diverse perspectives on identity, resistance, and empowerment through a decolonial lens. It addresses challenges faced by women in patriarchal societies, celebrates the dynamic nature of Latin American identity, and examines how marginalized communities reclaim agency through cultural expression. Through these insights, it prompts reflection on power dynamics and cultural identity in an evolving world. In conclusion, this panel invites audiences to embark on a thought-provoking journey, urging reflection on the intricate interplay between power dynamics, cultural expression, and the eternal quest for identity through a postcolonial perspective in an ever-evolving world.

Previous Bishop Hurst Lectures and Speakers

64. 2023 John C. Maraldo, 青瓜视频 of North Florida, "The 'Anthropocene' Through the Lens of a Modern Japanese philosopher"
63. 2022聽Lewis Gordon,聽青瓜视频 of Connecticut-Storr, "A Black Existential Philosophical Analysis of Race and Racism"
62. 2021聽Dr. Peter Hershock,聽青瓜视频 of Hawaii,聽""
61. 2020 Nkiru Nzegwu, Binghamton 青瓜视频, "峄宬峄� Extenders: Women, Sacrality, and Transformative Art" (cancelled due to COVID 19)
60. 2019聽Carl Elliott, 青瓜视频 of Minnesota, "Exploitation, Degradation, and Clinical Trials or, Fear and Loathing in Medical Research"聽
59. 2018聽Jacqueline Scott,聽Loyola 青瓜视频, "A Dream Deferred: African-American Meta-Oppression, Nietzsche, and the Path Towards a Pessimistic Health"
58. 2017 Gail Weiss, George Washington 青瓜视频, "Shamelessness and Second-Hand Shame"
57. 2016 Mary Beth Mader, 青瓜视频 of Memphis, "Being Genealogical: Contemporary Philosophical Reflections on Kinship"
56. 2015 Michele M. Moody-Adams, Columbia 青瓜视频, "Civic Art of Remembrance and the Democratic Imagination"
55. 2014 Roger T. Ames, 青瓜视频 of Hawai驶i at M膩noa, "Confucian Role Ethics: A Challenge to the Ideology of Individualism"
54. 2013 Beate Roessler, 青瓜视频 of Amsterdam, "Changing Norms of Friendship: Social Relations in the Age of Social Network Sites"
53. 2012 Susan Brison, Dartmouth College,"The Embodied Self: Trauma, Narrative, and Personal Identity"
52. 2011 Ladelle McWhorter, 青瓜视频 of Richmond, "Savages and Throwbacks: A Foucauldian Genealogy of Racism in the 20th Century"
51.聽2010 Claudia Card, 青瓜视频 of Wisconsin, Madison, "Evils and Inexcusable Wrongs"
50. 2009 Simon Critchley, New School for Social Research, "To Philosophize Is to Learn How to Die"
49.聽2008 Robert Bernasconi, 青瓜视频 of Memphis, "The Policing of Race Mixing and the Birth of Biopower"
48. 2007 Nancy Tuana, Pennsylvania State 青瓜视频, "Witnessing Katrina: Feminist Contributions to Socially Responsible Science"
47. 2006 Alison M. Jaggar, 青瓜视频 of Colorado, "The Poorest of the Poor: Justice and the Feminization of Global Poverty"
46. 2005 Debra B. Bergoffen, Professor of Philosophy, George Mason 青瓜视频, "From Genocide to Jusstice: Women's Bodies as a Legal Writing Pad"
45. 2004 John J. McDermott, 青瓜视频 Distinguished Professor of Philosophy, Texas A & M 青瓜视频, "Living Without a Canopy of Ultimate Explanation"
44. 2003 Nancy Sherman, 青瓜视频 Professor at Georgetown 青瓜视频 and Former Distinguished Chair in Ethics, United States Naval Academy, "Stoicism and a Warrior's Anger"
43. 2002 Herman J Saatkamp, Indiana 青瓜视频, Purdue,"The New Genetics and Human Values"
42. 2001 Shaun Casey, Wesley Theological Seminary,"The Just War Ethic, Human Rights, and Humanitarian Intervention"
41. 2000 Petr Kolar, Charles IV 青瓜视频, Prague, "Academic Freedom in Times of Turmoil"
40. 1999 Lucius Outlaw, Haverford 青瓜视频, "On Race and Philosophy"
39. 1998 Hugo Adam Bedau, Tufts 青瓜视频, "Anarchical Fallacies or Utilitarian Fantasies: Bentham's Critique of Human Rights"
38. 1997 Wesley Robbins, Indiana 青瓜视频, "Pragmatism and Religious Freedom"
37. 1996 Rom Harr茅, 青瓜视频 of Oxford, "Varieties of Relativism"
36. 1995 Amelie Rorty, Mount Holyoke College, "Rights: Educational Not Cultural"
35. 1994 David Crocker, Colorado State 青瓜视频, "Consumption, Well-Being and Virtue"
34. 1993 Robert Sokolowski, Catholic 青瓜视频 of America, "What is Philosophical Thinking?"
33. 1992 Thelma Lavine, George Mason 青瓜视频, "American Philosophy and the Contradictions of Modernity"
32. 1991 Tom Beauchamp, Georgetown 青瓜视频, "Why is the Topic of Animal Rights So Ticklish?"
31. 1989 Anthony Quinton, 青瓜视频 of Oxford, "Alien Intelligences: Reflections on the Separation of Anglo-Saxon from Continental European Philosophies"
30. 1989 Joseph Margolis, Temple 青瓜视频,"Explanation in the Human and Natural Sciences"
29. 1988 Antony Flew, 青瓜视频 of Reading, "The Logic of Mortality"
28. 1987 G.E.M. Anscombe, Cambridge 青瓜视频, "A Reputation Ruined by a Comma"
27. 1986 Basil Mitchell, 青瓜视频 of Oxford, "The Enforcement of Morals"
26. 1985 Jacques Taminiaux, Catholic 青瓜视频 of Leuven, "Art and Truth in Schopenhaur and Nietzsche"
25. 1982 John Lachs, Vanderbilt 青瓜视频, "Mediation and Psychic Distance: Alienation Reconsidered"
24. 1981 Stanley Rosen, Pennsylvania State 青瓜视频, "Philosophy and Revolution: Pre-Socratic Origins"
23. 1980 Michael Novak, Syracuse 青瓜视频, "The Philosophy of Democratic Capitalism"
22. 1978 Albert Hofstadter, The New School for Social Research, "The Courage for Truth"
21. 1976 Basil Mitchell, 青瓜视频 of Oxford,"The Philosophical and Religious Dimensions of Ethics" and "Is Religious Ethics Necessary or Possible?"
20. 1974 R.M. Hare, 青瓜视频 of Oxford, "Abortion"
19. 1974 Dieter Henrich, Columbia 青瓜视频, "Autonomous Negation: A Key to Hegel's Science of Logic"
18. 1972 Stephan K枚rner, Yale 青瓜视频, "The Structure and Function of Metaphysical Propositions"
17. 1972 Alasdair MacIntyre, Brandeis 青瓜视频, "The Sources of Unpredictability in Human Affairs"
16. 1971 J.N. Findlay, Yale 青瓜视频, "The Critical Predicament"
15. 1970 W.H. Walsh, The 青瓜视频 of Edinburgh, "Social and Personal Factors in Morality"
14. 1968 P.F. Strawson, 青瓜视频 of Oxford, "Imagination and Perception"
13. 1968 Norman Malcolm, Cornell 青瓜视频, Title Unknown
12. 1967 William Muehl, Yale 青瓜视频, "Politics of the New Left"
11. 1966 Isaiah Berlin, 青瓜视频 of Oxford, "Is Philosophy a Province of Knowledge?"
10. 1966 Willfred Sellars, 青瓜视频 of Pittsburgh, "Science and Ethics: A Study in First Principles"
9. 1965 Paul Weiss, Yale 青瓜视频, "Philosophy of Art and the Modern Machine Age"
8. 1964 Ernst Nagel, Columbia 青瓜视频, "Determinism and Human Action"
7. 1963 Brand Blanchard, Yale 青瓜视频, "The Sane and the Eccentric in Present-Day Thought"
6. 1962 Justus Buchler, Columbia 青瓜视频,"Reflections on a Theory of Meaning"
5. 1961 A.J. Ayer, 青瓜视频 of Oxford, "The Concept of a Person"
4. 1961 George Schrader, Yale 青瓜视频, "Ethics and Existence"
3. 1960 Maurice Mandelbaum, Johns Hopkins 青瓜视频, "Historicism: A Key to the Nineteenth Century"
2. 1959 Richard Brandt, Swarthmore College, "Ethical Relativism"
1. 1958 Walter Kaufmann, Princeton 青瓜视频, "The Significance of Martin Buber"