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> ISAPS, SOUTH AFRICA, APRIL 2-4, 2007 – CALL FOR ABSTRACTS REMINDER
>
> Conference Theme: Ethics, Culture and Justice: African and Africana
> Perspectives
>
> The 13th Annual Conference of the International Society for African
> Philosophy and Studies
> VENUE: Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa.
> DATE: April 2-4, 2007
> WebPages: www.isapsonline.com
>
> Abstract Submission Deadline: January 31, 2007
> The central aim of this conference is to address questions about
> the unique contributions of African and Africana philosophy and
> studies to ethics, culture and justice.
>
> KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:
> KWASI WIREDU, University of South Florida, FL, USA
> ANTJIE KROG, University of Western Cape, South Africa
> Topics for discussion will include but are not limited to the
> following themes and sub-themes:
> Ethics: comparative perspectives
> African & Africana conceptions of evil
> The future of African and Africana philosophy
> Western and African conceptions of ethics and justice
> Postcolonial discourse and ethics
> Sexism in Minority and African Contexts
> Xenophobia and Nationalism in South Africa
> Alternative epistemologies
> Ethics and aesthetics in Africa
> Justice: comparative perspectives
> Culture, ethics and justice
> Africana worldviews, ethics and justice
> Multiculturalism and the alleged universality of values
> Ubuntu and western communitarianism
> Race and Justice in South Africa
>
> We welcome papers which do not directly address the theme or sub-
> themes of the conference, but which are relevant to African
> Philosophy and African Studies. The organizers therefore welcome
> the submission of abstracts on topics related to the general
> concerns which have come to define ISAPS.
>
> Conference Registration fees
> · Standard rate per Person $200.00 (This rate is per person
> and it includes: Standard Accommodation including all meals;
> transportation from/to Port Elizabeth Airport to Rhodes University;
> and all conference events).
> · Local rate per Person $90:00 (This rate does not include
> accommodation, transportation and meals)
>
> ADDRESS FOR SUBMISSION OF ABSTRACTS:
> Pedro Tabensky,
> Department of Philosophy,
> Rhodes University,
> Grahamstown,
> South Africa
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>
> For Further Information, Please Contact the Local Organizing
> Committee at [log in to unmask]
>
> LOC Members: Pedro Tabensky (Rhodes University, South Africa);
> Samantha Vice (Rhodes University South Africa); Ward Jones, (Rhodes
> University, South Africa)
> Visit us at: www.isapsonline.com
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