Post Conference

I want to take this opportunity to write and thank all of the participants in the "Politics and Language" conference last Saturday. It was truly an excellent day of philosophical conversation, debate, and dialogue and I really appreciate the energy and intelligence that was shown by all of the participants!

As I announced, as well, we now have the exciting opportunity to PUBLISH the undergraduate contributors' papers in the international undergraduate journal STOA. If you are interested in having your paper published, please just send me your final, updated draft together with your PERMANENT contact information (address, email, phone number) and I will forward them to the journal for publication in an upcoming issue! Do let me know, as well, if you have any questions about the preparation of the final draft.

Thanks so much again!

Best,

-Paul

Dr. Paul M. Livingston

Assistant Professor, Philosophy

Department of Philosophy

Villanova University

800 Lancaster Avenue

Villanova, PA 19085

(610) 519-4714

Minutes April 8

5:30 First Order of Business --- "Language and Politics" Conference Schedule

The Schedule for the PST Conference will be:

April 19 10:00 AM-6:00 PM in the Devin Room at Connelly

• 10:00-10:10 Paul Livingston: Introduction
• 10:15-10:50 (Villanova) Francis Prior: Alienation, Commodity Fetishism, and Lacanian Psychoanalysis
• 10:50-11:25  (Bryn Mawr) Meera Broome Seth: 'Beyond Signification': The Conflicting Nature of Contemporary Responses to the Lacanian Conception of the Phallus
• 11:25-12:00 (Faculty) Dr. Lowell Gustafson: The Origins of Language and Politics
• 12:00-1:00 Break for lunch
• 1:00-1:35 (Villanova) Eric Pfisterer: Terrorism and Strategy
• 2:10-2:45 (Villanova) Joseph Pecora: Assuming the Effect of Terror
• 2:45-3:00 Fifteen minute break
• 3:00-3:35 (Swarthmore) Ronni Sadofsky: Normativity and Nonsense in Baker and Hacker
• 3:35-4:10 (Drexel) James Malzita: Real time Democracy
• 4:10-4:30 Twenty Minute Break
• 4:30-5:30 Dr. Rockhill "The Language of Politics"
• 5:30-6:00? Closing remarks

5:50 Other assorted business

• Paul will send a draft of the schedule
• Raising awareness -- talk up conference in philosophy classes
• Also advertise it as a cultural event for ACS?
• Candy will raise awareness on the radio

6:00 More assorted business:

• Registration for Conference
• Leave clipboard outside the door/ Alternate people for sign in job/checking in with Paul
• Put signs around the Devin Room for directions
• Possibly show up early on the day of the conference?
• Possibility of nametags, to make things simpler.
• We have 50$ left after paying Rockhill and the winner.
• Candy will also photo-document the presentation
• Applying for funding in September

6:10 Meeting adjourned

Minutes March 12

March 12:

6pm: for the philosophy conference, only 4 abstracts were recieved

options due to shortage of papers:

Extend deadline for one to two weeks

Don't have a conference

6:10 pm: Frank is going to solicite VU honors department and greater philadelphia area schools, including all political science departments

Also Resend the poster

Paul Livingston is responsible for the Wildcat Newswire

Motion to extend deadline to 3/24

Extension of two weeks accepted unanimously 5-0

Sarah Vitale needs respondents for the VU graduate philosophy conference

6:30 PM meeting adjourned.

2/20/2008 Minutes

6pm: Frank responsible for finding the Greater Philadelphia Philosophy Conference (GPPC) mailing list; also, to

email Department heads about conference information

Motion to have a poster committee (no decision as to who webkit-block-placeholder">

Awareness should be raised for the conference w/ posters & professors notifying their classes (Paul

Livingston will be responsible)

Discussion of food to be served at conference: coffee, bagels, cream cheese, etc. (Kristin will be

responsible for this)

6:17pm: Move to not meet next week

Motion seconded and accepted unanimously
to set next meeting on March 12th to review abstracts and select papers for the conference

6:25pm: Meeting ended

2/13/2008 Minutes

6pm: Discussion

Keynote speaker possibilities: Rockhill, Klein, Zaverich, Scholz

6:05pm: Vote on keynote speaker

Rockhill (6-1; first-round pick)

Scholz (1-6; first-round pick)

Klein (0-7; second-round pick)

Zaverich (0-7; second-round pick)

motion to ask keynote's participation in above precedence; motion moved

6:10pm: Date of Conference

Need abstracts and then will receive papers after accepted on basis of abstract alone

Abstract due date: March 10th; our response by March 17th, at the latest; person has three days to respond

with full paper

6:26pm:

motion to set above in favor; advertise at local schools

6:30pm: Motion to ask Rockhill to be keynote on April 12th

6:39pm: Motion to have Tom design flyer

set in motion, all in favor

request St. David's room to host conference

6:47pm: motion to ask Rockhill on April 19th, or if he is unable, request April 12th

6:53pm: $100 to keynote speaker, $50 cash prize to best paper

2/6/2008 Minutes

6pm-6:15pm: Voting

President - Frank Prior (6-0, unanimous)

VP - Ashley Newman (6-0, unanimous)

Secretary - Sam Freedman (4-2)

Treasurer - Kristin Digregorio (6-0, unanimous)

6:20-6:30pm: Initiation of new members

Ashley Newman; Samuel Freedman; Kristin Digregorio; Thomas Zimmerman

6:30pm: Discussion

Possible philosophy conference (we have a total budget of $500) for this spring semester - "language and

politics;" possibly mid-April

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in, Sally Scholz, Dr. Zaverich - all possible keynote speakers

6:42pm: Frank will write narrative for poster (by vote, unanimous)

move to set next mtg. @ 6pm wednesday 2/13/2008

next week: conference date & submission deadline