Philosophical Inquiry into Pregnancy, Childbirth and Mothering

Conference Announcement

“Philosophical Inquiry into Pregnancy, Childbirth and Mothering”
May 14-16
University of Oregon, EMU
Registration is free.

This conference will be primarily philosophical in focus, but will include scholarship from fields outside of philosophy including: anthropology, political science, psychology, women’s and gender studies, and health care related fields. Hosted by the University of Oregon and the Pregnancy, Childbirth and Mothering Research Group.  Sponsorship provided by the University of Oregon Graduate School, the Center for the Study of Women and Society, the Oregon Humanities Center, the University of Oregon Philosophy Department and the Graduate Student Philosophy Club.

Keynote Addresses

“The Personal is Philosophical is Political: A Philosopher-Mother of a Cognitively Disabled Person Sends Notes from the Battlefield”
Eva Kittay, State University of New York at Stony Brook
Saturday, May 16, 4:15-5:45, Fir Room

“Reproducing Difference: Proust and Irigaray on the Fecundity of Love”
Lisa Guenther, Vanderbilt University
Friday, May 15, 4-5:30pm, Fir Room