The program is sustained by a grant from the Mellon Foundation. A series of seminars, structured around three themes, will address recent topics in the study of ancient cultures. First meeting is to be announced. First meeting is Tuesday, Oct. 5, at 5 p.m. in the Humanities Center Annex. This seminar will study the contested concept of autonomy, which occupies a central place in moral philosophy, political theory, international relations, bioethics, cultural psychology, feminist ethics and philosophy of education.
First meeting is to be announced.
This workshop concerns the normative force of different ideals of equality such as equality of political power, equality of opportunity and equality of well-being. First meeting is to be announced. This workshop, in existence now for five years, continues a broad, interdisciplinary discussion of new approaches to imperial and cultural studies, to colonial and postcolonial experiences and to the constitution of both metropoles and colonies. First meeting is Tuesday, Oct. 12, at 6 p.m. in the Humanities Center Annex. E-mail Shira or Amy by Friday, Oct. 1, for readings and details.