Friday, October 12, 2007
Berger Lecture: "The Fetus and Fundamental Rights"
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Dr. Joan C. Callahan, professor of philosophy and Gender and Women’s Studies at the University of Kentucky, will present the 2007-08 College of Liberal Arts Berger Lecture at 7 p.m. Thursday, October 25, in Mitchell Auditorium in the Health Professions Center. Callahan’s lecture, “The Fetus and Fundamental Rights,” addresses the question: “What is the moral status of the fetus in debates about the morality of elective abortion?” Her research interests include ethical theory, practical ethics, social and political philosophy, philosophy of law, feminist theory, and critical race theory. She is currently working with Dr. Nancy Tuana, director of the Rock Ethics Institute at Penn State University, on digitally filming interviews with the first cohort of feminist philosophers in North America. The interviews will be archived at the UK and Penn State libraries. Callahan has served as the editor of the American Philosophical Association Newsletter on Feminism and Philosophy; on the American Philosophical Association Committee on the Status of Women; is a founding member of the Association for Feminist Ethics and Social Theory (FEAST); and serves on the FEAST Steering Committee. She has served as director of UK’s Gender and Women's Studies Program and participates in the interdisciplinary Social Theory Program at the University of Kentucky; on the American Philosophical Association Board of Officers; as the Council to the Chair of the APA Board; on the APA Committee on the Status and Future of the Profession; and as chair of the APA's Committee on Inclusiveness in the Profession. She has a Ph.D. and master’s degree in philosophy from the University of Maryland, College Park; master’s degree in Humanities from Simmons College; and bachelor’s degree in philosophy from the University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth, where she graduated summa cum laude. The Berger Lecture Series remembers and honors Sydney Berger, who was one of Evansville’s most respected attorneys. The College of Liberal Arts celebrates the values he cherished by having a speaker each year speak on the theme of civil rights or civil liberties. The lecture is generously underwritten by Charles L. and Leslie A. Berger. For more information, contact Dr. Julie Evey-Johnson, assistant dean of the College of Liberal Arts, at 812/464-1830. Wendy Knipe Bredhold News and Information Services wkbredhold@usi.edu 812/461-5259 |
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