Some events are politically transformative. Examples include the pandemic, climate change, the civil rights movement, and the Black Lives Matter movement. This workshop investigates political transformative experiences through a range of angles, among others, Indigenous philosophies, African-American political thought, and American pragmatism.

This event is online and will take place on Zoom. Please send an email to Yiling Zhou, [email protected], assistant to the Danforth Chair to register.

Program (all times are Central Time Zone), May 6 2021

9:50 - 10 AM Helen De Cruz. Introduction to the workshop

10:00 - 11:00 AM Kyle Whyte. Political Transformative Experience and Time

11:10 - 12:10 PM Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò. Protect Yourself at All Times: Self Defense and the Construction of Agency

12:10 - 1:40 PM Lunch break

1:40 - 2:40 PM Meena Krishnamurty. Martin Luther King, Jr. on How to Transform Fear into Fearlessness

2:50 - 3:50 PM Johnathan Flowers. Trust, Experience, and Political Transformation

4:00 - 5:00 PM Krushil Watene. Reweaving Conceptual Threads: Indigenous Peoples and Intergenerational Justice

(Note: since this is the first event organized by the new holder of the Danforth Chair in the Humanities on the funding from this chair, I'd like to dedicate this event to the memory of Jim Bohman, the previous holder of the Danforth Chair and an excellent and transformative political philosopher).