Lewis Department of Humanities Colloquium Schedule

			Document
Feb. 6	Michael Davis Humanities and CSEP, IIT	Why physicians should not be involved in hostile interrogations:  A Reply to Allhoff (The link to Allhoff’s original paper in pdf form is in this sentence.  The link to Michael’s paper is in the column to the right.)
Feb. 13	D. Vincent Thomas Elmhurst College	From Rawls to Niebuhr: A Concise Comparison of Moral Philosophy and A Theory of Justice
Feb. 27	Mohamed Mehdi Oakton Comm. Coll.	Moral Perfection and Political Participation: The Indian “Millions” in Gandhi’s Hind Swaraj
Mar. 6	Matt Bauer Humanities, IIT	Sound Change and Functionalism:  The Role of Laryngeal Height
Mar. 13	Harry Mallgrave Architecture, IIT	Neuroaesthetics
Mar. 27	Brett Fulkerson-Smith Sawyier Fellow, IIT	Bacon’s Illuminating Experiments and Kant’s Experiment of Pure Reason
Apr. 3	Chris DiTeresi Sawyier Fellow, IIT	Developmental Types and Some Obstacles to Understanding Them
Apr. 17	Alison Wylie University of Washington	The Future of Archaeology: Collaborative Practice in Action Spring 2009 Sawyier Philosophy Lecture in Science, Technology, and Society MTCC Auditorium, 2:30 p.m.
Apr. 24	Karl Stolley Humanities, IIT	Activity Theory and Literacies of Open-Source Digital Production
May 1	David Zesmer Emeritus Professor of English, IIT	Montagues and Capulets; Larks and Nightingales: The Structure of 'Romeo and Juliet'
May 8	Joe Phillips DePaul University	Towards a Computer Language for Scientific Reasoning and Discovery

All colloquiua except the Sawyier Lecture will take place in the conference room in 218 Siegel Hall, and will begin at 2:00 p.m., unless otherwise announced.