“FEMINISM AT THE CROSSROADS”

Society for Women in Philosophy

Eastern Division (ESWIP)

2009 Annual Spring Meeting and Conference

March 28, 2009

John Carroll University, Cleveland, Ohio

Program Link: http://www.jcu.edu/philosophy/ESWIP-2009

Registration Link: http://www.jcu.edu/philosophy/ESWIP-2009/Registration.htm

This event is made possible by the following sponsors: The Don Shula Program in Philosophy at John Carroll University, the John Carroll University Philosophy Department, and the Eastern Division of the Society for Women in Philosophy (ESWIP).

CONFERENCE PROGRAM

FRIDAY EVENING, MARCH 27, 2009

6:30-8:30pm: Opening Reception (dinner included) and Registration

Rodman Hall Alumni Lounge

SATURDAY, MARCH 28, 2009

8:00-9:00am: Registration and Continental Breakfast

Dolan Reading Room (First Floor Dolan Science Center)

Artworks by Barbara Swimmer on Display

8:45-9:00am: Welcoming Remarks and Conference Information

Jen McWeeny (John Carroll University), ESWIP Executive Secretary

Dolan Reading Room

9:00-10:45am: SESSION I (Concurrent Panels)

PANEL I: “Feminist Strategies for Growing a Movement”

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Chair: Dianna Taylor (John Carroll University)

Speakers:

Tom Digby (Springfield College)

“Feminism that Brings Women and Men Together: Getting Beyond the Zero-Sum

Gender Game”

Brenda Wirkus (John Carroll University)

“Strategizing for Solidarity and Reclaiming the Political: Reflections of an Old

Feminist”

Penny A. Weiss (St. Louis University)

“Getting to the Roots: Radical Feminism and Gardening”

PANEL II: “Feminist Frontiers in Epistemology and Science Studies”

Dolan Reading Room

Chair:

Speakers:

Cecile Ann Lawrence (Binghamton University)

“The Case of the Missing Areolae: Race and Breast Reduction Surgery”

Andrea Sullivan-Clarke (University of Washington)

“The Mixed-Race Epistemologies of Indian Country as a Possible Complement to

Feminist Critiques of Science”

Fernando Zapata (Binghamton University)

“Embodiment Being Epistemically Crucial in Feminist Epistemology”

10:45-11:00am: BREAK

Refreshments served in Dolan Reading Room

11:00am-12:45pm: KEYNOTE ADDRESS

Junior Scholars Speak on

“The Future of Feminism(s): Challenges, Controversies, and Re-visions”

Interviewer and Moderator: Kim Garchar (Kent State University)

Speakers:

Celia Bardwell-Jones (Towson University)

Marjorie Jolles (Roosevelt University)

Jeanine Weekes Schroer (Arkansas State University)

Amy Story (Baldwin Wallace College)

Lisa Yount (Savannah State University)

Followed by an Open Discussion.

12:45-2:00pm: LUNCH

Dolan Center Atrium (First Floor of Dolan Center)

Official Announcement of the SWIP Distinguished Woman Philosopher of 2009

2:00-3:45: SESSION II (Concurrent Panels)

PANEL III: “Trauma, Embodiment, and Identity”

Dolan Reading Room

Chair: Mariana Ortega (John Carroll University)

Speakers:

Ashley Manta (West Chester University)

“The Traumatic Effects of Acquaintance Rape on the Self”

Nicole Garner (Cleveland State University)

“The Phenomenology of Violette Leduc: Embodiment, Sexuality, and Intentional

Identity Formation”

Sarah Vitale (Villanova University)

“Beyond Essences: Carol Bigwood’s Ecofeminist Ontology of Presencing”

PANEL IV: “Talking Back to Traditions”

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Chair: Debby Rosenthal (John Carroll University)

Speakers: Helga Varden (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)

“The Priority of Rightful Care to Virtuous Care: A Kantian Critique of the Care

Tradition”

Melissa Kozma (University of Wisconsin-Barron County)

“The Politics of Personal Autonomy: Worrying Over Women’s Status Under

Oppression”

Sarah Nasser (West Chester University)

“Pietistic Feminism: A Compatibilist Approach that Feminist Christian Ethics is

the Christian Ethic”

3:45-4:00pm: BREAK

Refreshments served in Dolan Reading Room

4:00-5:45: SESSION III (Concurrent Panels)

PANEL V: “History, Herstory: Resistance, Then and Now”

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Chair: Katherine Gatto (John Carroll University)

Speakers:

CL Nash (Edinburgh University)

“Feminism at the Crossroads: Negotiating the Politics of Memory”

Helene Sanko (John Carroll University)

“About the 1791 Declaration of the Rights of Women and Female Citizens by

Olympe de Gouges (1748-1793) and Its Relevance Today”

Tiah L. Balcer (Duquesne University)

“Phrenology in the Academy: The Manifestation of Objectification”

Martha Pereszlenyi-Pinter (John Carroll University)

“Female Madness vs. Male Authority: Rehabilitating Elizabeth Bathory, a

Seventeenth Century ‘Serial Killer,’ aka ‘The Blood Countess Dracula’”

PANEL VI: “Teaching Feminism Today”

Dolan Reading Room

Chair: Anne Kugler (John Carroll University)

Speakers:

Julia Levin (Wabash College)

“From Docility to Agency: Practicing Foucaultian Resistance, Or: Teaching

Feminism at a Men’s College”

Anjali L. Nath (San Diego State University)

“Feminists Teach the War on Terror”

Andrea Harris (Wright State University)

“What Did You Say You Were?: Exploring the Radical Notion that Feminism

Needs Christianity”

6:30pm-8:30pm: CELEBRATORY DINNER at MeKong River Restaurant

(1918 Lee Rd. Cleveland Heights, OH 44118, 216-371-9575)

Special thanks to the 2009 ESWIP Program Committee for putting together the “Feminism at the Crossroads” Program: Lisa Cassidy (Ramapo College of New Jersey), Cathy Villanueva Gardner (University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth), Sally J. Markowitz (Willamette University), Lisa J. McLeod (Guilford College), and Jen McWeeny (John Carroll University).