SPRING 2013 EVENTS

Philosophy Forum: "Restoration & History in a Changing World: A Case Study in Ethics for

the Anthropocene"

Dr. Marion Hourdequin, Associate Professor of Philosophy, Colorado College

Monday, February 25, 3:10 pm - 4:30 pm

The Pope Room, School of Law

- UM's Philosophy Forum -

Panel Discussion: "Indigenous People, Future Generations, & Climate Engineering"

Dr. Marion Hourdequin, Associate Professor of Philosophy, Colorado College; Dr. Kyle Powys Whyte, Assistant Philosophy of

Philosophy, Michigan State University; and Dr. Christopher Preston (Moderator), Associate Professor of Philosophy,

University of Montana. 

Monday, February 25, 7:30 pm

123 Gallagher Business Building

Brown Bag Lecture: "Justice Forward: Indigenous Peoples & Climate Change Adaptation in

North America"

Dr. Kyle Powys Whyte, Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Michigan State University

Tuesday, February 26, 12:10 - 1 pm

UC Room 326

- A Mansfield Center’s Brown Bag Series Event -

Brown Bag Lecture: "Moral Man and Immoral Society Revisited"

Laure Drake, Director of External Scholarships and Advising, Davidson Honors College

Tuesday, March 13, 12:10 - 1 pm

Mansfield Center Conference Room

- A Mansfield Center’s Brown Bag Series Event -

2013 Mansfield Conference: The Future of Health Care in America: 

Balancing Individual Rights with Social Responsibility

19 - 21 March 2013 

More information on Mansfield Conference

Tentative schedule

Brown Bag Lecture: "Rural Livelihood Strategies & Subsistence Food Production in Belize:

Enhancing Small Farmer Food System Resiliency as a mode to Sustainable Risk Management and

Participatory Development"

Siobhan Lozada, Project Coordinator, Mansfield Ethics and Public Affairs Program

Wednesday, March 27, 12:10 - 1 pm

Mansfield Center Conference Room

- A Mansfield Center’s Brown Bag Series Event -

All events are free and open to the public.

2012 Fall Events

Group Webinar: "Research Ethics Beyond Respect, Beneficience, and Justice"

Dr. Elisa Hurley, Education Director at Public Responsibility in Medicine and Research (PRIM&R)

Wednesday, September 12, 11:00 am - 12:00 pm

Todd Building, Room 203

Sponsored by UM's Institutional Review Board (IRB)

More information downloadable (via .pdf) here.

This event is free, but please pre-register by emailing irb@umontana.edu. 

Philosophy Forum: "Climate Change and the Ethics of Species Preservation"

Dr. Ron Sandler, Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy, Northeastern University

Monday, 3:10 pm - 4:30 pm

The Pope Room, School of Law

UM's Philosophy Forum

Lecture: "Climate Change and the Ethics of Species Preservation"

Dr. Ron Sandler, Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy, Northeastern University

Tuesday, September 18, 12:00 pm - 1:10 pm

UC Theatre

Lecture: “Second (Third & Fourth) Thoughts on Geoengineering:

Governance & Ethics in Climate Engineering Research”

Dr. Jane Long, Associate Director, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and Dr. Nancy Tuana, Professor of Philosophy,

Penn State University

Tuesday, October 30, 12:00 pm - 1:10 pm

UC 330-331

2012 Spring Events

"What Makes Food Good? Three Problems in Food Ethics" 

 Dr. Paul B. Thompson, W.K. Kellogg Chair in Agricultural, Food and Community Ethics, Michigan State University

Tuesday, February 7, 11:10- 12:15PM

University Center, Room 332 and 333

Co-sponsored by the Environmental Studies Department.

◙ A Mansfield Center’s Brown Bag Series Event (Note special time and location).

For more information, visit: http://kelloggchair.anr.msu.edu/

“World Hunger: Resource Sufficiency vs. Functional Integrity”

Dr. Paul B. Thompson, W.K. Kellogg Chair in Agricultural, Food and Community Ethics, Michigan State University

Tuesday, February 7, 3:40-5:00PM

The Pope Room. School of Law

◙ UM’s Philosophy Forum

For more information, visit:  http://kelloggchair.anr.msu.edu/

“Geoengineering the Climate: Technologies for rebalancing or reinforcing global inequity?”

Dr. Jason J. Blackstock, Senior Fellow for Energy and the Environment, Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI),

Cambridge University.

Tuesday, February 14, 12-1:00PM

Mansfield Center Conference Room, 4^th Floor of the Library

◙ A Mansfield Center’s Brown Bag Series Event

For more information, visit: http://www.csap.cam.ac.uk/network/jason-blackstock/

“Managing our Living Planet? Exploring the evolving role of science in public decisions”

Dr. Jason J. Blackstock, Senior Fellow for Energy and the Environment, Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI),

Cambridge University.

Wednesday, February 15, 7:30-9PM

Gallagher Business Building, Room 123

For more information, visit:  http://www.csap.cam.ac.uk/network/jason-blackstock/

For information about past events see the events archive.