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Conference Announcement Theme: Genomics and Philosophy of Race Type: Interdisciplinary Conference Institution: Institute for Humanities Research, University of California, Santa Cruz Location: Santa Cruz, CA (USA) Date: 12.–13.4.2014 __________________________________________________ UC Santa Cruz is pleased to announce the "Genomics and Philosophy of Race" Conference, to be held April 12-13, 2014 in the Kresge Town Hall on the UCSC campus. The “Genomics and Philosophy of Race” conference aims to foster a dialogue about race, and, in particular, about relationships between ideas of race and modern genomics research. Four panels of experts and two keynote speakers will consider scientific, historical, sociological, and philosophical questions: Does contemporary genomics inform and shift our classifications, conceptualizations, and consciousness of race? To what extent is race real? Which inferences, if any, about the body, mind, and culture might race and related concepts (e.g., ancestry and ethnicity) ground? We invite students, researchers, and the public at large to join our conversation. This event is free and open to the public. AGENDA & PANELISTS: Saturday, April 12, 2014 - 10am-6pm Brief Opening Comments: William A. Ladusaw, UC Sante Cruz, Humanities Dean Nathaniel Deutsch, UCSC, IHR Director Rasmus Grønfeldt Winther, PI “Philosophy in a Multicultural Context” Opening Keynote: Sarah Richardson, Harvard Biology Panel: Bridget Algee-Hewitt, Stanford Doc Edge, Stanford Scott Lokey, UCSC Rasmus Nielsen, UC Berkeley Noah Rosenberg, Stanford History Panel: Nathaniel Deutsch, UCSC Lisa Gannett, St. Mary’s University Minghui Hu, UCSC Carlos López Beltrán, National Autonomous University of Mexico Paula Moya, Stanford Sociology Panel: John Brown Childs, UCSC Guillermo Delgado-P, UCSC Hiroshi Fukurai, UCSC Sandra Harvey, UCSC Stephanie Montgomery, UCSC Sunday, April 13, 2014 - 9am-12pm Philosophy Panel: Josh Glasgow, Sonoma State James Griesemer, UC Davis Jonathan Kaplan, Oregon State University Roberta Millstein, UC Davis Rasmus Grønfeldt Winther, UCSC Closing Keynote: Quayshawn Spencer, University of San Francisco This event is presented by the Philosophy in a Multicultural Context Research Cluster, and co-organized by the Institute for Humanities Research and Rasmus Grønfeldt Winther. Conference website: http://ihr.ucsc.edu/event/multicultural-philosophy-conference/ __________________________________________________ InterPhil List Administration: http://interphil.polylog.org Intercultural Philosophy Calendar: http://cal.polylog.org __________________________________________________
