The Graduate Program for Cultural Studies at the University of Pittsburgh presents:

A New Democracy?

Economics, Culture, and Difference

One-day workshop held at Duquesne University

Friday, March 20, 2009

Keynote Speakers:

Franco Berardi (aka Bifo)

Clarence Sholé Johnson

David Schweickart

co-hosted by Cultural Studies at Pitt

The CIQR Center at Duquesne University

Critical Race Theory Speaker Series at Duquesne Univerity

Workshop Program:

9:15 a.m. Continental Breakfast

9:45 a.m. Welcome and Introduction
Professor Albert Labriola, Department of English
and Acting Dean of the McAnulty College and Graduate School of the Liberal Arts,
Duquesne University

10 a.m.—Noon  Session One
Title: “Politics of Imagination: What Guattari Is Teaching Us Today"

Professor Franco Berardi (Bifo), Department of Sociology of
Communication, Accademia delle Belle Arti, Milan, Italy

Panel members:
Professor Gabriella Lukacs, Department of Anthropology, University
of Pittsburgh

Professor Dan Selcer, Department of Philosophy,
Duquesne University.

Moderator: Professor Giuseppina Mecchia (conference co-organizer),
Department of French and Italian Languages and Literatures, University
of Pittsburgh

Noon—1:30 p.m. Lunch on Your Own

1:30—3:30 p.m. Session Two
Title: “Democracy in a Pluralistic Society”

Professor Clarence Sholé Johnson, Department of Philosophy, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN

Panel members:
Professor Faith Adiele, Department of English, University of Pittsburgh
Scholar in Residence, James Haile, Department of Philosophy, Duquesne University

Moderator: Professor George Yancy (conference co-organizer),
Department of Philosophy, Duquesne University

4:00—6:00 p.m. Session Three
Title: “Reading Habermas’ Legitimation Crisis During the Meltdown”

Professor David Schweickart, Department of Philosophy, Loyola
University at Chicago, Chicago, IL

Panel Members:
Professor John Beverley, Department of Hispanic Language and
Literatures, University of Pittsburgh

Professor Jim Swindal, Chair of the Philosophy Department, Duquesne University

Moderator: Professor Fred Evans (conference co-organizer), Department
of Philosophy, Duquesne University

6:00—6:30 p.m. Audience Q&A with all keynote speakers

All events held at:

Duquesne University

Duquesne Room on the 3rd floor in the Student Union

1000 Locust Street

Pittsburgh, PA 15282

A map of the Duquesne campus as well as driving directions can be found at: http://www.duq.edu/frontpages/main/campusMap.html. 

>Busses that travel to Duquesne University from Oakland:

61A 61B, 61C, 61D, 61F, 67A, 71A, 71C, 71D, 500

>Bus stop nearest Duquesne campus (inbound busses):

Fifth Avenue and Stevenson

>Enter Duquesne campus at Magee Street and Forbes Avenue

follow Magee until it turns into Locust Street

Return to Cultural Studies homepage: www.pitt.edu/~cultural/

Email Cultural Studies about this event: cultural@pitt.edu