The Towson University, Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies invites your participation at 11th Annual Ian Moore Memorial Lecture to be held on April 2, 2009 in Towson University?s Chesapeake Rooms located in the University Union. This event will start with coffee at 6:30 pm, with the lecture beginning around 7:00 pm and followed by a reception at 8:30 pm.
The Keynote speaker will be Dr. Jorge J. E. Gracia, who will deliver a lecture entitled: ?Racist or Advocate? The Ambiguity of Racism?
Jorge J. E. Gracia is a professor of philosophy at the University at Buffalo, the State University of New York. He holds the Samuel P. Capen Chair in Philosophy and is State University of New York Distinguished Professor. He was educated in Cuba, the United States, Canada, and Spain. His PhD is from the University of Toronto. His primary areas of interest in philosophy may be divided into two groups: 1) Systematic: Metaphysics/Ontology, Philosophical Historiography, Philosophy of Language/Hermeneutics, Ethnicity/Race, Hispanic/Latino Issues; 2) Historical: Medieval/Scholastic Philosophy, Hispanic/Latino/Latin-American Philosophy. Dr. Gracia has edited more than two dozen volumes in subjects such as metaphysics, hermeneutics, medieval and Latin American philosophy, ethnic and racial issues, and philosophy of religion. In addition, over 200 of his articles have been published in the United States, Europe, Latin America, and China. His recent work includes Latinos in America: Philosophy and Social Identity (Oxford: Blackwell, 2008), Surviving Race, Ethnicity, and Nationality in the Twenty-First Century (Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2005), Old Wine in New Skins: The Role of Tradition in Communication, Knowledge, and Group Identity (Milwaukee, WI: Marquette University Press, 2003), 12.
