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Conference Program

Note that there is 15 mintue break between sessions.

Thursday, February 3

Welcome: 1:45 pm

Address by conference coordinators, Rob Reich and Debra Satz, from the Stanford Program in Ethics in Society.

Session 1: 2:00 - 3:30 pm
Of Women, Woman and Linchpins: Considerations on Okin's Contributions to Political Thought

  • Speaker: Elizabeth Wingrove, Michigan
  • Comments: Carole Pateman, UCLA
  • Chair: Tamar Schapiro, Stanford

Session 2: 3:45 - 5:15 pm
Demolition: Susan Okin on Feminist Method

  • Speaker: Joshua Cohen, MIT
  • Comments: Corey Brettschneider, Brown
  • Chair: Nan Keohane, Princeton

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Friday, February 4

Session 3: 9:00 - 10:30 am
The Dilemma of a Dutiful Daughter: Love and Freedom in the Thought of Kartini

  • Speakers: Chandran Kukathas, Utah
  • Comments: Eamonn Callan, Stanford
  • Chair: Barbara Koenig, Stanford

Session 4: 10:45 am - 12:15 pm
Another Feminism: Some Other Women in Western Political Thought

  • Speaker: John Tomasi, Brown
  • Comments: Russell Hardin, NYU
  • Chair: Peter Stone, Stanford

Lunch: 12:15-1:45 pm -- For information on places to eat on campus...

Session 5: 2:00 - 3:30 pm
Reinventing Globalization to Reduce Gender Inequality

  • Speaker: Robert Keohane, Princeton
  • Comments: Judith Goldstein, Stanford
  • Chair: Elizabeth Beaumont, Carnegie Foundation

Session 6: 3:45 - 5:15 pm
The Gendered Cycle of Vulnerability in the Less Developed World

  • Speaker: Iris Marion Young, Chicago
  • Comments: Brooke Ackerly, Vanderbilt
  • Chair: Alison Jaggar, Colorado

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Saturday, February 5

Session 7: 9:00 - 10:30 am
Okin's Liberal Feminism as a Radical Political Theory

  • Speaker: Nancy Rosenblum, Harvard
  • Comments: Rob Reich, Stanford
  • Chair: Barbara Fried, Stanford

Session 8: 10:45 am - 12:15 pm
Equality of Opportunity and the Family

  • Speaker: David Miller, Oxford
  • Comments: Debra Satz, Stanford
  • Chair: Jim Fishkin, Stanford

Lunch: 12:15-1:45 pm -- For information on places to eat on campus...

Session 9: 2:00 - 3:30 pm
Gender and Religion: Tearing the Veil of False Dichotomies

  • Speaker: Ayelet Shachar, Toronto
  • Comments: Catharine A. MacKinnon, Michigan Law School
  • Chair: Tom Grey, Stanford

Session 10: 3:45 - 5:15 pm
No More Relevance than One's Eye Color: Reflections on Okin's Genderless Society

  • Speaker: Molly Shanley, Vassar
  • Comments: Sally Haslanger, MIT
  • Chair: Agnieszka Jaworska, Stanford

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On-campus lunch spots

For additional places to eat on campus, Food on Campus... Note that many campus eateries are NOT open on Saturday. Be sure to check their hours.

Arrillaga Alumni Cafe (Not open on Saturday)
Frances Arrillaga Alumni Center
326 Galvez Street

Sports Cafe, Arrillaga Family Sports Center (Not open on Saturday)
641 Campus Drive

Linx (Not open on Saturday)
Clark Center
318 West Campus Drive

Bytes Cafe (Not open on Saturday)
Packarkd Electircal Eng Building
350 Serra Mall

Arbuckle Cafe (Not open on Saturday)
Graduate School of Business
518 Memorial Way