Love in the Public Square - A Conference

Friday, March 31, 2006
Portions to be Broadcast on Telecare, Channel 29

8:00 - 9:00
Reception & Registration, Hays Theater 

9:00 - 9:10
Welcome by Judith Green

9:10 - 9:20
Welcome by Dr. Drew Bogner
President, Molloy College

9:20 - 9:50
David E. McClean: Introduction of Speakers and Opening Remarks
Filling in the Gaps - Love, Theory, Practice and the Current Situation

9:50 - 11:10
First Panel

Judith M. Green, Ph.D., Philosophy and Women's Studies, Fordham University
Mutual, Liberating Love in the Public Square

Alfred E. Prettyman, Lecturer, Ramapo College
Where is the Love - Education as Economic Justice

Joseph Smith, Union Theological Seminary
Hope, Love, and a Politics of Conversion: Transformative Practices as a Catalyst for Love

11:10 - 11:30
Q&A

11:30 - 12:40
Second Panel

Eric Thomas Weber, Philosophy, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale
Making Bread and Making Love: Aristotle, Dewey and Lachs on Activity, Means and Ends, and Intimacy

Dwight Murph, M.A., Philosophy, Bowie State University
What's Love Got to Do with It: Love and Equality

12:40 - 1:00
Q&A

1:00 - 2:30
Lunch (on own)

2:35 - 2:40
Introduction of Keynote Speaker: Judith Green

2:40 - 3:30
Keynote Address

David E. McClean, M.A., Philosophy, Molloy College
Beyond Strategic Globalization - Markets, Firms, Poverty and the Future of the Species

3:30 - 3:50
Q & A

3:50 - 4:05
Break

4:05 - 5:15
Third Panel

Howard McGary, Ph.D. , Philosophy, Rutgers University

Shaun Miller, Philosophy, Texas A & M
Luce Irigaray: Love Through Difference

Patrick Goodin, Ph.D., Chair of Philosophy, Howard University

5:15 - 5:40
Q & A

 Adjourn for the Day

5:45 - 6:30
Speakers'  Reception - Multi-Purpose Room (Wilbur)

7:00 - 9:00
Speaker’s and Faculty's Dinner