February 18-20, 2010

Hilton College Station & Conference Center

801 University Drive East

College Station, TX 77840

(979) 693.7500

The Department of Philosophy at Texas A&M University cordially invites you

to attend the First International Conference on Pragmatism and the Hispanic/Latino World.

SIGNIFICANCE OF THE EVENT

(1) The conference will demonstrate the growth and vitality of the field of “American” Philosophy, broadly conceived to include North American and Latin American Philosophy. It seeks to foster a Pan-American dialogue in Philosophy in a new and promising area of research and teaching in Philosophy;

(2) The conference fills a void in research in the humanities and will challenge traditional canons of scholarship. Delegates to the conference will argue that the unique contributions of Hispanic philosophers to the history of Pragmatism have yet to be reckoned, much less appreciated, and that Pragmatism offers tools and resources for solving contemporary social, ethical, or political problems experienced by Hispanics in and outside the United States;

(3) The conference will stimulate further research, translations, and international collaborations. The Inter-American Philosophy Review, a new on-line Journal created to foster Inter-American philosophical dialogue, has expressed interest in publishing articles based on the papers presented at the conference;

(4) Hispanics/Latinos comprise emerging populations on American college campuses, and these students will become increasingly interested in studying philosophy if they are encouraged to learn how Hispanic philosophers have appropriated and modified the central insights of American pragmatism.

PARTICIPANTS WITH TITLES (Tentative List)

February 18-20, 2010

Texas A & M University

Program Schedule

John J. McDermott

(Distinguished Professor of Philosophy and Humanities at Texas A&M University)

Thamy Pogrebinschi: "Pragmatism: A Philosophy for Latin American Practice"

(Instituto Universitario de Pesquisas do Rio de Janeiro, IUPERJ, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil)

Douglas Anderson: "Three Blind Gringos: James, Dewey, and Peirce"

(Southern Illinois University)

Jaime Nubiola: "The Reception of Charles Peirce in the Hispanic World: New Developments:

(Universidad de Navarra, Spain)

Fernando Zalamea: "Pragmatism, Residuation Theory, and Creativity in Latin America 1930-1970"

(Universidad Nacional de Colombia)

Anna Malavisi: "Pragmatism and Developmental Ethics"

(Michigan State University)

Staci E. Ake: "Barábas nos llegó por vía marítima: The Pragmatism of Magical Realism"

(Drexel University, PA)

Pragmatism and Mexico 

Guillermo Hurtado: “Antonio Caso and Pragmatism”

(UNAM, Mexico City)

Kim Diaz: “Luis Villoro and Dewey on Democracy”

(Texas A&M University

College Station, TX USA)

Ramón del Castillo Santos: “Jose Gaos on Dewey’s Art as Experience”

(UNED, Dpto. de Filosofía,

Madrid, Spain)

Alex Stehn: “Enrique Dussell and John Dewey”

(Penn State University

Penn State, PA USA)

Ruben Flores: "The Impact of Dewey in Mexico and the Southwest-USA”

(University of Kansas, Lawrence Kansas

(and Institute for Historical Studies, University of Texas)

Jose Mendoza: "Transformation and Reconstruction: A Political Conversation Between Enrique Dussel and John Dewey"

(University of Oregon)

Gabriel Palumbo: "A Pragmatist's reading of the political works of Octavio Paz"

(CEFIP/UBA, Argentina)

Joseph Orosco: "Jose Vasconcelos, White Supremacy and the Silence of American Pragmatism"

(Oregon State University)

Pragmatism and Hispanic/Latinos in the USA

Grant Silva: "Towards a Latin American Political Philosophy of.for the United States: From the Discovery of America to Immigrant Encounters"

(University of Oregon)

Carlos Alberto Sanchez: “Zea, Ramos, and Chicano Identity”

(San Jose State University California, USA)

Daniel Campos: “Understanding Immigration as Lived Personal Experience”

(Brooklyn College – CUNY, USA)

Chris Skowronski: “Santayana as a Hispanic-American Philosopher”

(Opole University, Poland)

Tommy J. Curry: "Illuminated in Black: Arthuro Schomburg's Revolt against Colonial Historicization"

(Texas A&M University)

Jeffrey S. Edmonds: "Experience and the Production of Hispanic/Latino Pragmatisms"

(Vanderbuilt University)

Eduardo Mendieta

(SUNY at Stony Brook

Stony Brook, NY USA)

Barbara J. Lowe: "Maria Lugones and Pragmatism"

(St. John Fisher College, Rochester, New York)

Pragmatism and Cuba

Bernardo Joaquin Canteñs (Chair)

(Moravian College

Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, USA)

Antonio Armas Vazquez: “Dewey and Cuba”

(Havana University and Medical School in Cienfuegos.

Cuba).

Rosa Mayorga: “Hispanic Philosophy, American Pragmatism, and Cuba”

(Miami dade College, Miami, USA)

Alejandro Strong: “Jose Marti and Pragmatism on Community and Nature”

(Southern Illinois University

Carbondale, Illinois, USA)

Pragmatism and Argentina

Aurelia Di Berardino: "A Pragmatic Reception: about Crisis, Ideals and Values"

(UNLP-CONICET, La Plata, Argentina)

Federico Penelas: “The Reception of Neo-Pragmatism in Argentina”

(Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina)

Manuela Gomez: “Jose Ingenieros and Emerson”

(El Paso, Texas USA)

Evelyn Vargas: "Pragmatism in Orbis Tertius, J.L. Borges's Reading of James"

(Departamento de Filosofia - Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Argentina)

Pragmatism and Spain

Mariana Alessandri: “Miguel de Unamuno and Pragmatism”

(Penn State University

Penn State, PA, USA)

Angel M. Faerna: “Santayana and Pragmatism”

(University of Castilla la Mancha, Toledo Spain)

Pragmatism and Brazil

Marcus Vinicius da Cunha: “The Break of Deweyan Pragmatism in Brasil”

(Universidade de São Paulo,

Ribeirao Preto, SP – Brasil)

George Browne Rego: “Pragmatist Philosophy of Law and Brasil”

(Universidad Federal de Pernambuco, Brazil (UFPE))

Clovis Falcao : " Pragmatistic Contributions to Law's Epistemology in Brazil"

(Universidad Federal de Pernambuco, Brazil (UFPE))

Ivo Assad Ibri: “Recent scholarship on Peirce in Brazil”

(Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo,

Sao Paulo, Brasil)

Susana de Castro: “The Usefulness of Philosophy: How Pragmatism Helps Combat Authoritarian Thinking”

Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro,

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Karen Fernanda Bortoloti: "Anísio Teixeira: Pioneer of Pragmatism in Brazil"

(UNESP/Araraquara, Ribeirão Preto - São Paulo)

Roberto Cavallari Filho: "The old debate regarding Dewey's Pragmatism in the book Escola e Democracia"

(Teachers College, Columbia University)

Frederick Kellog

(George Washington University, Washington, DC)

Derrick Darby

The University of Kansas

Lawrence, KS

Pragmatism and Peru

Pablo Quintanilla: “"Peru's early pragmatism: Jorge Polar and Pedro Zulen"

(Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, Lima Peru)

César Escajadillo "Readings of Experience: William James and Pedro Zulen on Idealism"

(Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, Lima Peru)

Octavio Obando: “Some rough models of philosophical traditions”

(Universidad de San Marcos, Lima Peru)

Raúl Zegarra: "Theological minimalism. On praxis as a common ground between William James and Gustavo Gutiérrez"

(Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, Lima, Peru)

Pragmatism and Uruguay

Carlos Pereda “Carlos Vaz Ferreira and William James”

(UNAM, Mexico City)

Fernando Andacht “Jose Enrique Rodo and the Reception of Pragmatism in Latin America”.

(University of Ottawa

 Ottawa, Ontario, Canada)

Amy A. Oliver: "Vaz Ferreira"

(Spanish and Latin American Studies, American University, Washington, D.C.)

Pragmatism and Colombia

César Eslava Gordillo: "Solitary Ethnocentrism: Troubles and Hopes of Rorty's Thought in Colombia"

(Facultad de Humanidades de la Universidad del Valle, Cali, Colombia)

Lodging:

A block of rooms has been reserved at the local Hilton, from October 18 through October 20, for $119/night (for a single or double). To make reservations, please call 979-693-7500, or 1-800-HILTONS. Please refer to the group code when making your reservation to receive the group rate.

Travel:

College Station is served by Easterwood Airport (CLL) and has connections from both Houston and Dallas, on Continental and American Airlines respectively. There is also a shuttle that serves the Houston airports, for about $30 each way. If you choose to rent a car in Houston, you can expect a two hour drive to College Station.

The conference organizers are pleased to acknowledge the generous support of the Society for the Advancement of American Philosophy; the Inter-American Review; the Melbern G. Glasscock Center for Humanities Research, the Office of the Vice President for Research, the College of Liberal Arts, Hispanic Studies, the History Department, Education-TLAC, the Office of the Vice President and Associate Provost for Diversity, the Office of Graduate Studies, the Office of Latin American Programs, and the Department of Philosophy at Texas A&M University.