Undergraduate Conference and Four Key Note Speakers

Here's another conference, which Dr. Hoy just passed along. I'd like to note that I know Charles Mills personally, and he's a very amiable guy. I also know some of his work--e.g., *The Racial Contract*--and it can be very powerful. His field is often referred to as "Critical Race Theory." If this interests you at all, I'd highly recommend attending...

Allegheny College is pleased to host a two-day conference on whiteness and racism titled "Examining Whiteness: An Academic Conference on White Privilege and Racism in America" on April 4-5, 2008. Keynote speakers will be Lucius Outlaw (Vanderbilt University), Shannon Sullivan (Pennsylvania State University), Charles Mills (Northwestern University), and Linda Martin Alcoff (Syracuse University). The presentations of these four eminent philosophers of race on April 4 will anchor the undergraduate conference held all day April 5. Undergraduate students are invited to present their own work either in the form of complete papers or as a part of panel discussions.

Detailed information about the conference, including a call for papers and panels, registration forms and fees, biographies of the invited speakers, and an electronic version of the conference poster can be found at the conference homepage<http://www.allegheny.edu/warehouse/redirect.php?id=1&id2=166>. I invite you and your students to attend and participate in this exciting opportunity for our region. Direct all inquiries and questions to Eric Boynton<mailto:eboynton@allegheny.edu>.

Eric Boynton, Ph.D.
Allegheny College
Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies
520 N. Main St.
Meadville, PA 16335

eboynton@allegheny.edu<mailto:eboynton@allegheny.edu>
814/332-3621