Participation in this event is free\, but registration is required.
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Program:
10.00 - Opening words by organizer\, prof. Ingrid Robeyns (EUR)
10.05 - Lecture by Sally Haslanger on &ldquo\;The Women&rsquo\;s Question in Academic Philosophy&rdquo\;
10.50 - Short Q&\;A
11.00 - Coffee / tea break
11.10 - Panel debate on &ldquo\;The Women&rsquo\;s Question in Academia&rdquo\;
12.00 - Closing of event
Panel
The panel will\, next to Sally Haslanger\, consist of:
Ingrid Robeyns (Erasmus University Rotterdam) moderates the discussion.
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About the speaker
Sally Haslanger is a professor in the Department of Linguistics and Philosophy at MIT\, and Director of the MIT Women's and Gender Studies Program. She began her life in philosophy specializing in analytic metaphysics and epistemology\, and in ancient philosophy (especially Aristotle). Over time she has developed her interests in social and political philosophy and feminist theory. She has published on the problem of persistence through change\, pragmatic paradox\, and Aristotle's theory of substance. In feminist theory she has written on objectivity and objectification\, and Catharine MacKinnon's theory of gender. Her recent work is on the social construction of categories such as gender\, race\, and the family\, on social explanation and social structure\, and on topics in feminist epistemology. Her most recent book\, a collection of papers\, is Resisting Reality: Social Construction and Social Critique (Oxford University Press\, 2012). She co-edits the Symposia on Gender\, Race and Philosophy. She also convenes the Workshop on Gender and Philosophy (WOGAP)\, and the Women in Philosophy Task Force (WPHTF).