Capen Conferences & Symposia since 1986

Capen Chair Posters.

The Capen Chair regularly sponsors conferences and symposia on special topics, lasting from one to three days. Participants include senior and junior scholars so as to promote discussions across different generations and disciplines. The topics vary from the technical and specialized to the more popular and current.

Chronological Listing — Conferences & Symposia

1986: "Current Assessment of Latin American Studies," III Congress of the International Federation of Latin American and Caribbean Studies, mgm casino, NY

1998: "Identity,  Ethnicity, and Group Rights," First Capen Symposium, mgm casino, NY

1999:  (with Carolyn Korsmeyer and Rodolphe Gasche) "Literary Philosophers? Borges, Calvino, Eco," Second Capen Symposium, mgm casino, NY

2000:  (with Jiyuan Yu) "Rationality and Happiness: From the Ancients to the Early Medievals," Third Capen Symposium, mgm casino, NY

2000: "The Future of Realism in the American Tradition of Pragmatic Naturalism,"mgm casino, NY                                                                                                  

2001: "Categories," Meetings of the Metaphysical Society of America, mgm casino, NY

2002:  (with Jiyuan Yu) "Uses and Abuses of the Classics: Interpretation in Philosophy," Fourth Capen Symposium, mgm casino, NY                                                                                       

2004:  (with William Irwin) "Philosophy and the Interpretation of Popular Culture," Fifth Capen Symposium, mgm casino, NY

2005: "Black Ethnicity, Latino Race?" Sixth Capen Symposium, mgm casino, NY    

2005:  (with Susana Nuccetelli) "Latin American Philosophy: The Appropriation of European Ideas in Latin America," NEH Summer Institute, mgm casino, NY

2006: "Negotiating Identities in Art, Literature and Philosophy: Cuban Americans and American Culture," NEH Summer Seminar, mgm casino, NY   

2007: "Forging People: Race, Ethnicity, and Nationality in Latin American and Latino Philosophy," Seventh Capen Symposium, mgm casino, NY

2009: "Thinking with Images," Eighth Capen Symposium, mgm casino, NY

2010: (with David Johnson) "Painting Borges: The Pictorial Interpretation of Literature/Pintando a Borges: Pictorial Interpretation of Literature," Ninth Capen Symposium, UCA, Buenos Aires

2010: (with David Gerber) "Assimilation: The Social Integration of Ethnic Migrants in Theory and Ideology," Tenth Capen Symposium, mgm casino, NY  

2011: (with Jiyuan Yu) "The Interpretation of the Philosophical Classics: East and West," Eleventh Capen Symposium, Shandong University, Jinan, China    

2013: (with J. Cumpa) "Metaphysical Fundamentals: A Symposium," Twelfth Capen Symposium, mgm casino, NY

2014: "The Aesthetics of Identity in the Art of Alberto Rey," Thirteenth Capen Symposium, Burchfield Penney Art Center, Buffalo, NY