Conference Schedule

Conference Program for April 9th, 2011
DePaul Student Center, Room #220, 2250 N. Sheffield Ave.

8:30 Coffee and Refreshments

9:00 “Public Freedom and Urban Space: In Defense of Arendt’s Public Realm”
Amanda Holmes, Miami University
  
Respondent: James Manos, DePaul University

10:00 “The Wilderness Years of Chicago”
Andrew Dribin, University of Illinois
  
Respondent: Anna Johnson, DePaul University

11:00 “Thermodynamic Irreversibility and Ecological Restoration: Faking Nature”
Joan Jasak, Temple University
  
Respondent: Rohan Sikri, DePaul University

12:00-1:00 Lunch Break

1:00 “Profane Illumination of Nature and Culture: Benjamin, Burtynsky, and the Problems of Capitalist Perception”
Christy Reynolds, University of Oregon

Respondent: Joe Weiss, DePaul University

2:00 “Is a Skyscraper an Ecosystem? Thoughts from Carl Sandburg,”
Julia Barrett Daniel, Loyola University
  
Respondent: Don Deere, DePaul University


3:00 Round-Table Discussion  

4:00-6:00 Keynote Address
“Philosophy in the Time of Hyper-objects: Ecology and the Future after the End         of the World,” Dr. Timothy Morton, UC Davis, Professor of Literature
Respondent: Rick Elmore, DePaul University

6:30-8:30 Dinner
Satay Restaurant, 936 West Diversey, Chicago IL 60614, 773-477-0100