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Committee on
Hispanics
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- Essay Prize in Latin American Thought
The essay prize in Latin American thought now offered by the APA Committee on Hispanics is in need of a private sponsor. The prize amounts to $500.00 and is offered every year. It is designed to contribute toward promoting Hispanic philosophy in the USA. It aims at engaging philosophers in the USA in the study of philosophical issues specific to the diverse experience of Hispanic Americans and Latinos. As it intends to encourage fruitful work in Latin American thought, essays qualifying for it contain original arguments and broach philosophical topics clearly related to the specific experiences of Hispanic Americans and Latinos. The APA National Office has provided initial funding to launch it, but to be able to continue to offer it after December 2006, we'll need your help. With a small private endowment we can continue to encourage scholarship on the history and experiences of Latin Americans and their descendants in other parts of the world. Please contact the chair of the Committee on Hispanics.
- New scholarly society organized: The Southwestern Association for Latin American Philosophy
At last summer's NEH Institute on Latin American Philosophy, held at the State University of New York at Buffalo, a group of participants met to form a new scholarly society, the Southwestern Association for Latin American Philosophy. They agreed that, for the purposes of the organization, "philosophy" would be construed broadly to include the work, not only of philosophers, but also of social thinkers, historians, anthropologists, and writers on literature and the arts, insofar as they raise philosophical issues. Although the Association is envisioned as a regional society, meeting chiefly in Texas, Oklahoma, and New Mexico, it welcomes members from other states, and also from Mexico and other parts of Latin America. Its purpose is to promote scholarly research in Latin American thought and the teaching of Latin American thought in the Southwest. It is also intended as a forum in which members can share ideas, read each other's work, and plan symposia and other events. For more information, please contact the Association's president, Gary Seay at the University of Texas - Pan American, Edinburg, Texas 78541. E-mail: gseay@panam.edu
Committee News
- Central
Session 2005:
I-M. Special Session Sponsored by the APA Committee on Hispanics:
Logic and Philosophy of Science in Latin America
1:30-4:30 p.m., Private Dining Room 16 (Fifth Floor)
Speaker: Alberto Cordero (CUNY Graduate Center and Queens College)
“Mario Bunge’s Work and Impact”
Commentator: Pieranna Garavaso (University of Minnesota–Morris)
Speaker: Otávio A. Bueno (University of South Carolina)
“Logic and Philosophy of Science in Brazil: Partiality, Truth,
and Structural Realism”
Commentator: Onyoung Oh (Medgar Evers College and CUNY Graduate Center)
Speaker: Pablo Lorenzano (Universidad Nacional de Quilmes)
“Philosophy of Science in Latin America: Models, Representations,
and Principles in Classical Genetics”
Commentator: Ricardo Gomez (California State University–Los Angeles)
- PLEASE
NOTE - College
and university instructors who teach Latin American philosophy –
and those who have not taught it but would like to – should take
note that an important event is scheduled for this summer at the State
University of New York at Buffalo. The National Endowment for the
Humanities is sponsoring a Summer Institute for College Teachers on
the topic, Latin American Philosophy: The Appropriation of European
Thought in Latin America that is to run from June 6 to June 30
under the directorship of Jorge J.E. Gracia, with Susana Nuccetelli
serving as co-director. This is an excellent opportunity for philosophers,
and for scholars in other disciplines such as Latin American studies,
history, sociology, and comparative literature, to explore new ideas
for curriculum development in a fast-growing new area of philosophy.
The NEH is offering a stipend of $3000 for each participant. Deadline
for applications is March 1. A complete description of the program
and directions for application are available at this web site: http://wings.buffalo.edu/philosophy/neh/index.htm
- NEW
APA Prize in Latin American Thought
(deadline June 5, 2005)
- Upcoming Events
- Joint Proposal
for a Standing Committee on Diversity (from
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proposal)
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Newsletter on Hispanic/Latino Issues in Philosophy
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Resources
- HUMANITIES
PERSPECTIVES ON LATIN AMERICAN THOUGHT AND PHILOSOPHY
NEH Workshops in the Rio Grande Valley, 2006-07
Directors: Susana Nuccetelli (University of Texas - Pan American)
and Gary Seay (University of Texas - Pan American) A group of fifteen
college and university faculty, selected from several humanities disciplines
at three Hispanic-Serving Institutions in the Rio Grand Valley, will
participate in a series of ten workshops. They will illustrate the
contribution of humanity disciplines to Latin American philosophy–broadly
construed to include philosophical topics and theories concerning
Latin America--developed by philosophers and other thinkers in the
humanities. The workshops are designed to prepare college faculty
to do research in Latin American philosophy and to incorporate its
central topics in existing and newly-developed courses.
- Why
Teach Latin American Thought?
- Syllabi
for Teaching Latin American Philosophy
- Road-Show:
Speakers on Hispanic Thought
- Click
here for the Diversity Syllabi Project
- Latin
American Philosophy Video List (.PDF format)
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