Cosmopolitics: Unity, Diversity, and Global Subjects

An International Colloquium

Co-organized by The Center for Interpretive and Qualitative Research

                     and the Critical Race Theory Series at Duquesne University

and the Graduate Program for Cultural Studies at the University of Pittsburgh

December 2, 2011 Conference Schedule

2500 Posvar Hall

University of Pittsburgh

9:00 AM – Coffee & bagels

9:30 AM – Welcome and Introductory Remarks: Giuseppina Mecchia, Director, Graduate Program for Cultural Studies, University of Pittsburgh

10:00 AM – NOON – Capital and the Cosmos

• KEYNOTE: Tony Smith – Iowa State University:
                     “The Cosmopolitics of Capital: Prospects for Renewal and Decline”
• RESPONDENTS:
• Neil Doshi – University of Pittsburgh – French & Italian
• Jennifer Bates – Duquesne University – Philosophy
• MODERATOR: Giuseppina Mecchia, University of Pittsburgh

NOON – 1:30 PM – Lunch

1:30 PM – 3:30 PM – The Subject and the Cosmos

• KEYNOTE: Jason Hill – DePaul University:
                    "Towards a Cosmopolitan and Political Conception of Civic Friendship”
• RESPONDENTS:
• Jerome Branche – University of Pittsburgh – Hispanic Languages
• Kathy Glass – Duquesne University –  English.
• MODERATOR: George Yancy, Duquesne University

3:30 PM – 4:00 PM – Coffee & cookies

4:00 PM – 6:00 PM – Diversity and the Cosmos

• KEYNOTE: Walter Mignolo – Duke University: “Pachapolitics and Decoloniality”
• RESPONDENTS:
• Gonzalo Lamana – University of Pittsburgh – Hispanic Languages
• Judy Suh – Duquesne University –  English
• MODERATOR:  Fred Evans, Duquesne University

Cosmopolitics Conference Sponsors:

• University of Pittsburgh Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts & Sciences
• Duquesne University Center for Interpretive and Qualitative Research, or CIQR
• Duquesne University, Critical Race Theory Speaker Series
• University of Pittsburgh, Graduate Program for Cultural Studies