“MacIntyre as Critic and Educator”
Providence College
July 28 -- 31, 2011

Conference Papers

Plenary Speakers

James Connelly
University of Hull
Politics and the Environment: From Theory to Practice

Daniel O. Dahlstrom
Boston University
Heidegger’s Concept of Truth

Marilynne Robinson
Iowa Writer’s Workshop
Gilead, Home, and Absence of Mind

Conference papers are due July 7th to be posted on the website.



Hotel Information
Biltmore Hotel Providence:
Reservations Phone Number: 800-294-7709 
Rates at the Biltmore are $98 for a “Superior King” (a single with a king bed), or $125 for a “Junior Suite” (a larger room with two king beds).
Attendees should ask for the “Providence College ISME Conference Rate”.
The “cut off” date for this rate is June 30.
 
Renaissance Providence Downtown:
Reservations Phone Number: 866-630-0704
Rates at the Renaissance Providence are $129 per night.
Attendees should ask for the “ISME Conference Rate”.
The “cut off” date for this rate is July 7.


Information about Providence
Providence College
Map
Our sessions will be held in building 18 the “Feinstein Center”

City of Providence
Includes information about travel, restaurants and information about the city. 




Call for Papers

Alasdair MacIntyre’s thought has been portrayed as an attempt to recover for the contemporary world the wisdom of ancient and medieval philosophy and to provide, using Marx, St. Thomas and others, a thorough critique of the problems of modernity.
The goal of this conference is to explore the ways in which Alasdair MacIntyre’s philosophy contributes to criticism that can engender new approaches to living and to education broadly understood.
Papers and panels related to the conference theme are welcome. Possible topics may include:

  • Is MacIntyre’s philosophy sufficient of itself to offer us a “way” of living?
  • Is it (only?) a way of enquiring?
  • Is it a way of teaching?
  • Is there such a thing as a MacIntyrean? What does this term mean when it is associated with a philosopher? An economist? A theologian? A political theorist? An educator?
  • Can there be such a thing as a MacIntyrean curriculum?
  • Is there a canon and if so, what is MacIntyre’s place in it?
  • How has MacIntyre’s thought changed the way we approach the social sciences?
  • What does MacIntyre’s critique of modernity reveal for the way we must live in the contemporary world?
  • What does his critique reveal about the way we do philosophy? The social sciences?
  • What is critical education? What role do educators have to the general public? What is MacIntyre's relationship to Dewey or Friere?
  • What is Catholic Social Teaching?  Can we teach social justice?
  • What is the relationship between education and critical social action?  Should educators join with social groups like labor unions?
  • What does it mean to be a public intellectual?

Paper proposals are welcome on any theme related to MacIntyre’s thought. Email abstracts of 350 words or less by January 15, 2011 to moneill@providence.edu
The conference sessions will be held on the campus of Providence College in Providence, RI. Accommodations will be available in beautiful downtown Providence. Providence is less than 45 minutes from Newport and the Rhode Island Beaches and is less than one hour from downtown Boston.