CAPE Speakers & Events
The Center for Applied and Professional Ethics presents speakers and events through the fall and spring semesters.
Recent and Upcoming Speakers and Events
CAPE Spring Workshop
'Philosophy in Times of Crisis'
Saturday, April 11
9 a.m. 鈥 6 p.m.
Ellis Hall Rm 009
CAPE is organizing and hosting a one-day workshop at 91原创, discussing recent work on the history of (practical) philosophy.
Invited speakers: Alyssa Bernstein (OU), Stefan Bird-Pollan (Wayne State), Christoph Hanisch (OU), Frank Kirkland (Hunter College, CUNY), Noelle McAfee (Emory), Herlinde Pauer-Studer (Vienna), Massimiliano Tomba (UC Santa Cruz)
Workshop theme: Philosophy, whether it thematizes it or not, responds in multiple ways to the social dimensions of the phenomenon of 鈥渃risis.鈥 At least beginning with philosophers like a Bacon, Descartes and Hobbes, philosophy has explicitly responded to social currents which also means, scientific crisis. In the light of the current social crisis, we propose to cast back our glance at the sorts of crises which gave rise to some of the canonical great works of philosophy, each of which transformed what we mean by philosophy. By reexamining works like Hume鈥檚 Treatise and Kant鈥檚 Critiques as well as some of the important works of the 19th and 20th Centuries, from Hegel and Nietzsche to Freud, Adorno and Arendt, we hope to contribute to putting the crisis we are living through in historical context.
Past Speakers and Events
2025-2026
- Lecture (in person): Nancy Sherman: "Feed the Soul: Lessons from Aristotle on Living Well."
2024-2025
- Lecture (virtual): Sorin Baiasu: "Overcriminalization and Dishonesty" (11/20/2024)
- Lecture (in person): Kent Berridge: "Pleasure, Desire, and Addiction in the Brain" (03/28/2025)
2023-2024
- Lecture (virtual): Paola Romero: 鈥淒ebunking the Myth of the Genius: A Tale From AI Art鈥 (11/09/2023)
- Lecture (in person): Stefan Bird-Pollan: 鈥淎dorno鈥檚 Theory of the Cognitive Structure of Fascism鈥 (3/29/2024)
- Sponsorship: Conference at Scripps College/OU: 鈥淏ad Press鈥
2022-2023
- Lecture (in person): Andreas Str枚hl: 鈥淚t鈥檚 the Media, Stupid!鈥 (10/21/2022)
- Lecture (in person): Mohamed Ameermia: 鈥淒ignity, Identity, and Autonomy: Mokgadi Caster Semenya and the Right to Compete鈥 (11/10/2022)
- Lecture (virtual): Peter Joseph Gloviczki: 鈥淣arrating the Media Through an Ethical Lens: Lessons From New Media Technology History" (2/28/2023)
- Sponsorship: Visit by Commissioner Mohamed Ameermia
2021-2022
Lecture Series: Voting Rights and Democracy
- Lecture (virtual): Amelia Robinson: 鈥淭he Enemy of the People?" (9/28/2021)
- Lecture (virtual): John Pelissero: 鈥淩estoring Trust in Our Electoral System: An Ethical Civic Imperative鈥 (10/26/2021)
- Lecture (virtual): Michael Wagner and Mallory Perryman: 鈥淢ediated Democracy: Politics, the News, and Citizenship in the 21st Century鈥 (2/21/2022)
- Lecture (in person): Barry Burden: 鈥淓thics and the Administrators of Democracy.鈥 (3/18/2022)
2020-2021: COVID
- Sponsorship: Sustainability Film Series
2019-2020
Lecture Series: The Ethics of Covering Difficult Topics
- Lecture (in person): Mayeta Clark: 鈥淭he Social Costs of Fracking in West Virginia鈥 (10/7/2019)
- Lecture (in person): Tania Rashid: 鈥淭he Rohingya Refugee Crisis鈥 (10/28/2019)
- Lecture (in person): Rachel Dissel: 鈥淭rauma Victims and Survivors of Violent Crime鈥 (11/18/2019)
Other Sponsored Events
- Sponsorship: Visit by David Shoemaker (Spetnagel Ethics Lecture; 11/2019); CAPE paid dinner at Restaurant Ciro
- Sponsorship: Sustainability Film Series
2018-2019
- Lecture (in person): Mathew T. Hall: 鈥淔ake News, Real Problems: A Crash Course in Citizenship Journalism鈥 (9/19/2018)
- Lecture (in person): Tristan Ahtone: 鈥淛ournalism Ethics in Indian Country: Diversity Language for Journalists鈥 (10/3/2018)
- Lecture (in person): John McManus: 鈥淭ruth, Bias, and Diversity in the News: The Importance of Media Literacy鈥 (10/17/2018)
- Lecture (in person): Megan Louttit: 鈥淭he Ethics of Storytelling鈥 (3/21/2019)
- Lecture (in person): Maria Galluci: 鈥淭he Ethics of Environmental Reporting鈥 (4/4/2019)
- Lecture (in person): Amy Nordrum: 鈥淭he Ethics of Science Communication鈥 (4/18/2019)
- Sponsorship: Lecture Series 鈥90 Minutes鈥
- Sponsorship: Sustainability Film Series
2017-2018
Lecture Series: Ethics鈥, 鈥嶦nvironment鈥, 鈥巃nd the Media
- March 20, 2018 鈥 Jeff Goodell, Contributing Editor, Rolling Stone: The Water Will Come: Rising Seas, Social Justice, and Climate Change Denial
- March 27, 2018 鈥 Mustafa Ali, formerly EPA Environmental Justice Office: Environmental Justice in America: Stories that Don鈥檛 Make Headlines (Senior Vice President of Climate, Environmental Justice & Community Revitalization for the Hip Hop Caucus)
- April 24, 2018 鈥 Andrew Revkin, National Geographic Society Strategic Adviser for Environmental and Science Journalism: Surviving the New Climate Communication Climate
Other Co-Sponsored Events
- March 28, 2018 鈥 Michael Mann: Dire Predictions -- Understanding Climate Change Organized by the A&S Sustainability Theme
- April 13, 2018 鈥 Tamar Schapiro (M.I.T): Spetnagel Ethics Lecture of Institute for Philosophy
- April 17, 2018 鈥 "Berta Vive" 鈥 Film about the Hondurian environmental activist Berta Caceres. Introduction by Bethany Bella, about her research on Caceres
Sustainability Film Series
- The series takes place on Wednesday evenings from 7:00 to 9:00 pm at the Athena Theater.
E.W. Scripps School of Journalism: Honest Conversations on Issues that Matter
- Jan. 31: Kevin Kellems, GOP political strategist, former Trump aide
- Feb. 7: Bob Ryan, Sports columnist for The Boston Globe
- Feb. 13 : Hannibal Johnson, Attorney
- Feb. 14: Marshall Harris, TV sportscaster in Philadelphia
- Feb. 21: George Smith, TV sportscaster in Chicago
- March 7: Brandon Robinson, Blogger, radio personality
2017
- March 27: "Is Living Longer Living Better?" by Larry S. Temkin (Rutgers): The 2017 Spetnagel Lecture in Ethics of the Department of Philosophy
2016
- April 8: Climate Change Skepticism and Public Discourse: Public Lecture by Professor Naomi Oreskes
2014
- Sept. 17: "Vote Suppression, Democratic Values, and Struggles for Voting Rights (Constitution Day
- Oct. 16: Global Ethics Day: the Director spoke and led discussions about global ethics in three courses: Environmental Ethics (PHIL 3350), Political Anthropology (ANTH 3510/5510), and Difficult Dialogues: Religious Beliefs (CLWR 2210).
- Nov. 20: Oil and Gas Pipelines in Ohio: A Public Forum
- March: Pogge Lecture: X-Global Injustice
- April: William Boyd Panel & Lecture: X-Coming to Terms with the Shale Gas Boom
2012
- April 25: Ohio Injection Wells Panel Discussion
2011
- November: Fracking Panel