Faculty Emeriti Events

September 19, 2014

Real Moral Progress: Why Pragmatic Naturalism Requires Moral Realism by William Rottschaefer

In his recent book, The Ethical Project, Philip Kitcher offers a pragmatic naturalistic metaethical account of moral progress.  Examining ethical practice, Kitcher presents a functional account of it as a social technology for alleviating altruism failures, one exemplified in a phylogeny of moral practice including elimination of chattel slavery and recognition of both women’s rights and gay rights.  He suggests a theory of bio-cultural evolution as an ultimate explanation of this phylogeny and, as proximate mechanisms, social-cultural learning, socially engaged normative guidance and cognitively equipped emotions.  Given these scientifically supported bases, Kitcher argues that pragmatic naturalism offers the best metaethical account of why these changes in moral practice are morally progressive.  Making use of these same scientific bases, I argue that Kitcher’s metaethical account requires the adoption of an objective moral realism, one, nevertheless, that is compatible with his core pragmatism. 

September 17, 2014

Women’s Soccer vs. Willamette

Lewis & Clark Women’s Soccer vs. Willamette at Griswold Stadium at 7:00pm
Professor Tom Ginsburg
September 17, 2014

2014-2015 Global Law Distinguished Visitor Lecture: War and Constitutional Design

Please join the Global Law Program in welcoming Professor Tom Ginsburg of the University of Chicago. Professor Ginsburg, who is one of the world’s leading experts on comparative constitutional law, will present at 12:10pm on the topic of War and Constitutional Design. Please RSVP to lawevent@lclark.edu by September 15.
September 17, 2014

Bill Nye Tickets Available!

Tickets for An Evening with Bill Nye the Science Guy are now available!


~ Monday through Friday, 9am to 4pm
~ One (1) free ticket per L&C ID
~ Additional tickets are $35 - cash, check, credit/debit accepted
September 16, 2014

Poster Session: Student/Faculty Collaborative Research Program

Join 2014 Mellon grant recipients at a poster session on Tuesday, September 16 from 4:30 to 6 p.m. in Watzek’s atrium. Throughout the summer LC Students worked collaboratively with faculty on myriad grant funded projects. Tuesday, they will present posters on this research.
September 15, 2014

International Affairs Speakers Series

Please come join the IA faculty as we discuss and debate various aspects of the crisis between the Ukraine and Russia.
May 1, 2014

Spring End-of-Semester Poster Celebration

Come celebrate the end-of-semester and see students’ displays of their ENVS research and projects.
April 30, 2014

Math Colloquium

Knots and their applications
Speaker:  Eve Ben Ezra

Mathematical Modeling of Solar Irradiance

Speaker: Izzy Brown
April 23, 2014

Math Colloquium

Knot Invariants: The Jones Polynomial and its Generalizations

 By Cyndel Binkley ’14

April 7, 2014

Physics Colloquium: David Latimer

“Particles and pendulums: Oscillation physics”
March 25, 2014

Lunch for Emeriti Faculty and Honored Staff

You are cordially invited to join fellow emeriti faculty, honored staff, and friends for a special event to reconnect with each other and Lewis & Clark.
March 21, 2014

Philosophy Colloquium Series: Frédéric Bouchard (Université de Montréal)

Please join us for a talk by Frédéric Bouchard from Université de Montréal. Title TBA.
March 19, 2014

Math Colloquium

Speaker:  Jessica Minnier (M ‘07), Assistant Professor of Biostatistics, Public Health and Preventative Medicine, OHSU
March 16, 2014

Aldo Abreu in Concert

Lewis & Clark College and Portland Chamber Orchestra present Aldo Abreu in Concert: A Solo Recorder Recital in Honor of Members of the Portland Little Chamber Orchestra on March 16 at 4:00 pm in Agnes Flanagan Chapel at Lewis & Clark College. This event is FREE and open to the public.
March 16, 2014

PLAY: “As You Like It”

Shakespeare’s “As You Like It”
March 7,8 and 13,14,15 – 7:30pm
March 9 & 16 – 2:00pm
Fir Acres Theatre Main Stage
March 16, 2014

New Chamber Music at Noon

Friends of Rain, Lewis & Clark’s faculty new music chamber ensemble, presents New Chamber Music at Noon on March 16th in the Gregg Pavilion. The program features works by Chicago-based guest composer Mischa Zupko along with music by Brandon Becker, James Harley, Bonnie Miksch, and Michael Johanson. This event is FREE for LC students, $5 for LC faculty/staff/alumni and seniors, and $10 general admission.
March 15, 2014

Community Forum: Confronting Climate Change

Saturday, March 15, 2014
1-5 p.m.
March 14, 2014

Guest Lecturer James Harley: Music of Iannis Xenakis

Canadian composer and author James Harley will deliver a lecture on the music of Iannis Xenakis from 5:00 - 6:30 pm on Friday, March 14th in Evans Auditorium at Lewis & Clark College. This event is FREE and open to the public.
March 14, 2014

Philosophy Colloquium Series: Daniel Kelly (Purdue University)

Please join us for a talk by Daniel Kelly from Purdue University. Title TBA.
March 9, 2014

PLAY: “As You Like It”

Shakespeare’s “As You Like It”
March 7,8 and 13,14,15 – 7:30pm
March 9 and 16 – 2:00pm
Fir Acres Theatre Main Stage
March 8, 2014

Gongs + Songs:

Resonance Ensemble presents “Gongs + Songs: Music for Gamelan and Chorus” on March 8, 2014 at 7:30pm in Evans Auditorium at Lewis and Clark College. General Admission for this event is $22 and student tickets are $11. Tickets are available for purchase online through the Resonance Ensemble website
March 7, 2014

(RESCHEDULED) William Stafford Centennial Symposium: Stafford Slam

In a night of slam-style poetry performance, selected Lewis & Clark student poets will read Stafford’s poetry along side poems they have written in response to William Stafford’s poetry.  Ken Arkind, a National Poetry Slam Champion and Executive Director of Denver Minor Disturbance youth slam team, will be flying in to feature his award-winning poetry along side the students (and the free food!).
March 7, 2014

Research News & Brews

March 7, 2014

“What Linguistic Determinism can Teach Us about Embodied Cognition” by Lawrence Shapiro (University of Wisconsin-Madison)

A line of research within embodied cognition seeks to show that an organism’s body is a determinant of its conceptual capacities. Comparison of this claim of body determinism to linguistic determinism bears interesting results. Just as Slobin’s (1996) idea of thinking for speaking challenges the main thesis of linguistic determinism, so too the possibility of thinking for acting raises difficulties for the proponent of body determinism. However, recent studies suggest that the body may, after all, have a determining role in cognitive processes of sentence comprehension.
March 5, 2014

Math Colloquium

Designer Board Games for the Interested Mathematician
Speaker:  Josh Laison, Associate Professor of Mathematics, Willamette University
March 3, 2014

Physics Colloquium: Moira Gresham

“Dark Matters”
March 3, 2014

A Conversation with Attorney Joshua Safran About the Victimization & the Shifting Nature of Identity in the Criminal Justice System

NCVLI and the Crime Victims’ Rights Alliance are pleased to co-sponsor this event at the Lewis & Clark Law School.Joshua Safran is an attorney who is featured in the Film Crime After Crime and Author of Free Spirit: Growing Up On the Road and Off the Grid, a memoir about his childhood. 
March 2, 2014

Orchestra Concert

Lewis & Clark Orchestra presents its first concert of the spring semester featuring the winners of the 2013 Lewis & Clark Student Concerto Competition. This event is FREE for LC students, $5 LC faculty/staff, seniors and alumni, $10 general admission. 
February 28, 2014

Jazz Night: The Harlem Renaissance

Harlem Renaissance Jazz Night: A commemoration of black history month
February 26, 2014

Tammy Jo Wilson: Perspective

Cascade Gallery
Portland Community College, Terrell Hall 102
705 N. Killingsworth, Portland, OR 97217
Dates: February 26 – April 3, 2014
Gallery Hours: 9 am to 5 pm, Monday-Friday
February 26, 2014

“Metaphysical Contention over the Ontological Status of Species” by Matthew Slater (Bucknell University)

When I close my hand into a fist, have I created a new object or merely rearranged some previously existing things? Is a sheet of paper with letters written on its two sides one object or two? Do holes exist? Such questions — seriously addressed by many philosophers — are often cited as examples of the excesses of speculative metaphysics. Philosophers of science have argued that the only way to make metaphysics an intellectually respectable enterprise is to “naturalize” it. But it is not at all straightforward to say what naturalized metaphysics amounts to. If it means only maintaining a sort of vague “science-friendliness”, then it will not rule out much; if it means (as Ladyman and Ross hold) limiting its scope to very specific unification projects in science, then it appears unduly restrictive. A popular (and initially plausible) happy medium suggests that metaphysics should defer to science on all matters — for after all, while the former is speculative and a priori, the latter is empirical and (as these things go) secure. I will use the case study of the attempt to provide a metaphysics of species — a paradigm topic for naturalized metaphysics — to argue that this proposal also fails. I will then make some suggestions for how to best approach the naturalistic project.
Julian May
February 25, 2014

Poetry Readings by BBC Broadcasters Julian May and Katrina Porteous

Please join the English department for poetry readings by BBC broadcasters Katrina Porteous and Julian May.  Refreshments will be provided.
The Labyrinth in the Gregg Pavilion
February 25, 2014

Labyrinth Walk- Focus on Peace

On Tuesday February 25th, the Lewis & Clark Interfaith Council is sponsoring a Labyrinth walk in the Diane Gregg Pavilion. This is an opportunity for students, staff, and faculty to engage in the spiritual experience of walking a labyrinth and to meditate on peace. This is an ancient form of spiritual devotion and contemplation that transcends traditional religious boundaries. Come and experience the simplicity and peace of this timeless spiritual experience. Drop in anytime between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. to calm your spirit and to take a brief spiritual journey by walking the labyrinth.
London School of Economics graduate, Cat Goughnour, on race, justice and sustainability
February 25, 2014

“Toward Community: On Racial Justice, Inclusion and Sustainability” presented by Cat Goughnour

“Toward Community: On Racial Justice, Inclusion and Sustainability” presented by Cat Goughnour
February 24, 2014

PDX Jazz Festival: Oregon, 2014 Portland Jazz Masters

As part of the Portland Jazz Festival, the band OREGON will present a concert at Lewis & Clark in Evans Auditorium on February 24th at 7:30pm. Tickets are available for purchase online through the PDX Jazz Festival. Regular Admission is $30 and Student Admission is $15. Student tickets must be purchased through the PDX Jazz Festival box office.  
February 22, 2014

Alumni Honors Banquet

The Lewis & Clark College Board of Alumni invites you to join us in celebrating the achievements of several outstanding alumni and friends.
February 12, 2014

Left, Right, and Forward: The Future of Both Political Parties

President Barry Glassner and the Associated Students of Lewis & Clark invite you to “Left, Right, and Forward: The Future of Both Political Parties,” an evening with former U.S. Representative Harold Ford Jr. and former Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele.
February 11, 2014

An Evening of Poetry with LC Alumna (‘08) Corey Van Landingham

Please join the English department for an evening of poetry with Lewis & Clark alumna (‘08) and Wallace C. Stegner Poetry Fellow Corey Van Landingham.   Van Landingham will read from her poetry collection Antidote (2013).  Refreshments will be provided.
February 7, 2014

William Stafford Tribute at the Newmark Theater

Lewis & Clark College and Literary Arts present:
William Stafford Centennial Celebration
Featuring Li-Young Lee and Ted Kooser
Appearances by Kim Stafford and Paulann Petersen
Hosted by Matthew Dickman
Allan Vermeulen
January 31, 2014

A Fireside Chat With Allan Vermeulen of Amazon.com

Lewis & Clark’s Center for Entrepreneurship Presents the first in its series of Fireside Chats. In this inaugural chat, Michael Kaplan, managing director of the Center for Entrepreneurship, will talk with Amazon.com’s Allan Vermeulen about Vermeulen’s involvement in creating cloud computing and what it really means to be entrepreneurial, even in a very big company.

The event is free and open to the public.
January 31, 2014

Philosophy Colloquium Series: Kristen Intemann (Montana State University)

Please join us for a talk by Kristen Intemann from Montana State University. Title TBA.
January 24, 2014

Ghanaian Dance Demonstration

Interested in West African music and dance? Come and see an exciting performance by Lewis & Clark students and faculty on January 24th at 6:30pm in Evans Auditorium. 
January 22, 2014

Learning How to Live: Exploring the Imperatives in William Stafford’s Work

until 12:00am on February 5, 2014
January 21, 2014

2014 Global Law Distinguished Lecture: Challenges of International Law

Former U.S. Ambassador at Large for War Crimes Issues and current U.N. Secretary-General’s Special Expert on United Nations Assistance to the Khmer Rouge Trials David Scheffer will give the Global Law Distinguished Lecture in January 2014.
January 20, 2014

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration

MLK Jr. Week of Service kick-off celebration
January 20, 2014

Martin Luther King Jr. Day

Martin Luther King Jr. Day. No Classes
Smith Hall in Albany Quadrangle
November 13, 2013

Lunch for emeriti faculty, retired long-serving faculty and staff, and friends

Join us for a special gathering.
October 23, 2013

Dinah Dodds Endowment for International Studies Reception and Recipient Presentations

Please join us for a reception followed by presentations by students who applied for and received funds from the Dinah Dodds Endowment for International Studies.
October 22, 2013

Visiting Artist Lecture- Julie Perini

Lecture by artist Julie Perini. 
October 19, 2013

The Obo Addy Legacy Project and PDX Jazz Present Randy Weston’s African Rhythms in Tribute to Obo Addy

Randy Weston one of the world’s foremost pianists and composers will perform at Lewis & Clark College on Saturday, October 19 at 7:30PM. Weston will be joined by his acclaimed group, African Rhythms featuring bassist Alex Blake and drummer Neil Clarke in tribute to the Ghanaian drum master Obo Addy.Tickets: $30 general admission, $15 faculty/staff. A limited number of tickets are available for free to LC students who pick them up in advance at the Music Office.
October 17, 2013

Watzek Screens: Hiroshima, Mon Amour

Join us for the third screening in our French New Wave film series on Thursday, October 17, at 7pm in Miller 105. Hiroshima, Mon Amour was directed by Resnais/Duras in 1959. To read more about this film and the French New Wave film series, check out the Watzek Screens blog.
October 17, 2013

2nd Annual Historical Project Runway

Do you have what it takes to make it in the fashion world? Are you historically inspired?  The History department is hosting the 2nd Annual Historical Project Runway.
October 17, 2013

The Legal Implications of U.S. Military Intervention in Syria

Professor Tung Yin, a leading national security scholar, will discuss one of the international community’s most pressing diplomatic conflicts.
October 10, 2013

LC faculty and staff happy hour

Join your LC colleagues for happy hour at Maggie’s every second Thursday of the month.
October 8, 2013

Visiting Artist Lecture- Stephen Slapp

Lecture by Portland based artist, Stephen Slapp.
October 5, 2013

ONE ACT FESTIVAL

Lewis & Clark Theatre Department presents
Student-Written and Student-Directed
ONE ACT FESTIVAL
Thursday, October 3, 7:00pm
Friday, October 4, 7:00pm and 10:00pm
Saturday, October 5, 7:00pm
October 5, 2013

The Claudia Quintet led by John Hollenbeck

The Claudia Quintet brings their genre-defying music to Evans Auditorium on Saturday, Oct. 5 at 7pm. Formed by John Hollenbeck in 1997, this NYC ensemble explores the edge without alienating the mainstream, creating a singular, dynamic sound based on trust and spontaneity. Their critically-acclaimed music has amazed listeners worldwide, appealing well beyond a traditional jazz audience. Tickets: $10 general admission; $5 rush tickets for LC students
September 25, 2013

Fields dining room grand opening

President Glassner and Bon Appétit look forward to having you tour the facility and enjoy free refreshments.
September 20, 2013

Johannah Sherrer Memorial Lecture

Alison J. Head, Executive Director of Project Information Literacy, will present, “What Librarians and Faculty Should Know about Today’s Research Practices” September 20 at 3pm in Smith Hall.
September 13, 2013

Zimbabwean Music Concert

Cosmas Magaya and Patience Chaitezvi, mbira masters from Zimbabwe, will be giving a concert in the Gregg Pavilion at Lewis & Clark College Friday September 13th from 8PM to 10PM. This event is free to Lewis & Clark students, $5 for Lewis & Clark Faculty/Alumni & Seniors and $10 for the general community.
September 6, 2013

8th Annual Pio Fair

Kick off the 2013-2014 academic year with Pio Pride at the 8th Annual Pio Fair!
September 3, 2013

First Day of Classes (Fall)

First Day of Classes for the Fall Term
April 28, 2013

Community Chorale and Orchestra Spring Concert

Major repertoire for combined choir and orchestra. Katherine FitzGibbon and Jeffrey Specht will conduct. General admission $10, Lewis & Clark faculty, alumni, and senior citizens $5, and students free in advance ($5 at the door).
April 26, 2013

Natural kinds and ceteris paratis generalizations: In praise of hunches Christopher Boyd (UC Irvine) and Dick Boyd (Lewis & Clark College, Cornell University)

Traditional philosophy of science focuses on ‘laws’ and generalizations that are true, or approximately true, or true ceteris paribus and on highly reliable patterns of scientific inference.  Kinds or categories are said to be ‘natural kinds’ just in case they figure in such laws, generalizations or inference patterns.  Examples from the inferential architecture of synthetic chemistry illustrate the need for a broader philosophical conception encompassing the roles of generalizations that are true ceteris paratis (true if you fiddle things right), of inferences that rely on informed hunches that are true saepe satis  (true often enough), and of natural kinds appropriate for such generalizations and inferences.
April 25, 2013

Wind Symphony Concert

General Admission is $10. Admission for Students, Seniors and L&C Faculty/Staff is $5. Admission is FREE for L&C Students with ID.
April 25, 2013

CLIMATE CHANGE & THE FUTURE OF LIFE ON EARTH

CLIMATE CHANGE & THE FUTURE OF LIFE ON EARTH • RICHARD LEAKEY (Paleoanthropologist, Environmentalist)

Named one of Time Magazine’s “100 Greatest Minds of the 20th Century,” Leakey and his family have made some of the most significant fossil discoveries in history. After 40 years of linking the past to the present, Leakey looks to the future and our stewardship of the climate. As we threaten biodiversity and damage ecosystems, could we be revving up the planet for the next major mass extinction—our own?
April 23, 2013

Senior Fiction Readings

The Department of English invites faculty, students, and the community to one of our most anticipated annual events.  Please join us for readings of original works of fiction by senior students.  We look forward to seeing you there!
April 21, 2013

Cappella Nova and Women’s Chorus Spring Concert

Music will include North African and North American music that draws upon dance rhythms as part of Cappella Nova’s upcoming tour of Egypt.  Katherine FitzGibbon and Margaret Green will conduct, and Stephanie Thompson will accompany.  General admission $10, Lewis & Clark faculty, alumni, and senior citizens $5, and students free in advance ($5 at the door).
April 14, 2013

Franya Berkman Obo Addy World Music Concert

Lewis and Clark’s world music faculty, students, and guests will perform in memory of Franya Berkman and Obo Addy.  The concert will feature flamenco music and dance, West African drumming and dance, African marimba, African mbira, Indonesian gamelan, Hindustani vocals, and Hindustani tabla.  

General Admission is $10. Admission for Students, Seniors and L&C Faculty/Staff is $5. Admission is FREE for L&C Students with ID.
Zeus and Semele
April 12, 2013

Handel’s “Semele”

The LC Opera Theatre Workshop will present Handel’s opera “Semele” on April 10 and 12 at 8 PM in Evans Auditiorium. One of the most famous Greek/Roman myths, this plot involves the love affair between the mortal Semele and the head god, Jupiter. Simply put, this is an opera about naïve mortals and misbehaving gods. The music is beautiful and this opera is rarely performed in a fully staged version! 

General Admission is $10. Admission for Students, Seniors and L&C Faculty/Staff is $5. Admission is FREE for L&C Students with ID.
April 12, 2013

The ‘Quality’ of Employment Law Rights by Jeffrey Jones (Lewis & Clark College Law School)

Employment law scholars are unanimous in their disappointment with U. S. employment law and the protections provided to employees. A few conservative and libertarian thinkers seek to further deregulate employment laws – that group will always be there. The majority of employment law scholars are searching for ways to provide employees with greater legal protection; protections they believe are required to approximate what might be called legal justice or fairness in work relationships. What is missing from the latter group’s scholarship is any clear moral or theoretical basis for mandating greater protection of employees. The law as it is certainly does not help. The U. S. has made clear it rejects the notion that employment rights are also human or even constitutional rights. Worse still, within the common law, employment protections regularly give way to other common law interests such as contracts and property. What is needed is an account of the interests at stake in employment and a showing that such interests are somehow fundamental rights that deserve greater priority in the American legal landscape. This work in progress looks at several ways to raise the value or moral quality of employment rights.
April 11, 2013

“Evolutionary Theory as Methodological Anesthesia: Methodological and Philosophical Lessons from “Evolutionary Psychology”” Dick Boyd (Lewis & Clark College and Cornell University)

According to mainstream ‘evolutionary psychology’ evolutionary theory makes an important methodological contribution to human social psychology.  Plausible evolutionary scenarios regarding early human social behavior are said to provide a methodologically independent source of insights, identifying some psychological theories as those ‘predicted’ or otherwise especially supported by evolutionary theory.  In practice the theories so identified are reductionist or nativist theories which minimize the role of social structures and of learning in explaining human social behaviors.  

In fact, there is significant methodological independence between evolutionary scenarios and psychological theories but that independence guarantees that such scenarios do not favor reductionist or nativist theories over theories that emphasize the role of learning and of social structures (or vice versa).  So, in practice, appeals to evolutionary theory function as a sort of methodological anesthesia, directing psychologists’ attention away from scientifically important alternatives to reductionist or nativist theories.  
Zeus and Semele
April 10, 2013

Handel’s “Semele”

The LC Opera Theatre Workshop will present Handel’s opera “Semele” on April 10 and 12 at 8 PM in Evans Auditiorium. One of the most famous Greek/Roman myths, this plot involves the love affair between the mortal Semele and the head god, Jupiter. Simply put, this is an opera about naïve mortals and misbehaving gods. The music is beautiful and this opera is rarely performed in a fully staged version! 

General Admission is $10. Admission for Students, Seniors and L&C Faculty/Staff is $5. Admission is FREE for L&C Students with ID.
April 5, 2013

“What is the Scope of Aesthetic Experience?” Nicholas Silins (Cornell University)

In the first half of the talk, I examine:

(Blindspot): you only experience a part of a work of art if you attend to it.
I critically examine support for Blindspot one might draw from psychology literature on “inattentional blindness”. I also discuss whether some artistic practice presupposes that Blindspot is false.

In the second half of the talk, I examine:

(Surface): if you can’t tell two works of art or experiences of art apart, then they have the same value for you.  Surface applies to experiences as well as works of art and other entities. I review how one might support Surface, and then reject Surface in light of psychology literature on “change blindness”.
April 4, 2013

REVOLUTION & THE NEW MIDDLE EAST

REVOLUTION & THE NEW MIDDLE EAST MONA ELTAHWY (Award-winning Columnist, Activist)

The Arab Spring two years later: What does the road ahead for reform look like? Cited as one of the “150 Women Who Shake The World,” by Newsweek, Egyptian-born Mona Eltahawy is an activist and award-winning columnist-commentator (for Reuters, the Washington Post, the Guardian, PBS, Frontline, CNN, and others) who is shaping our understanding of the new democratic realities of the Middle East.
March 16, 2013

Friends of Rain Concert

Friends of Rain, Lewis and Clark’s Faculty New Music Ensemble, presents an engaging concert of solo and chamber works entitled “Echoes and Reflections”. The program features music by Brett Paschal, Michael Johanson, Shulamit Ran, Toru Takemitsu, Benjamin Britten, and others. Admission is free and open to the public, with a suggested donation of $10 taken at the door.
March 14, 2013

Faculty Bookwarming

An event to celebrate the release of Lynda Barry: Girlhood Through the Looking Glass written by L&C alumna Susan Kirtley B.X. ‘95.  Coffee and cookies will be served. 
March 11, 2013

Spring Distinguished Global Law Visitor: William Dodge

A renowned expert in international law to speak on “International Comity in American Courts.”
March 6, 2013

France, Revolutions and the Abolition of Slavery: A Social Biography Approach

Join us for a guest lecture by Sue Peabody of Washington State University on the abolition of slavery in the French Colonies.  This lecture is free and open to the public.
March 1, 2013

“Kant’s Cosmic Conception of Philosophy and the Methodology of Critique” by Pierre Keller (University of California, Riverside)

I argue for a novel reading of Kant’s critical enterprise and of Kant’s Copernican Revolution, but especially of the First Critique. In the process, I explain why Kant devotes the second half of the First Critique to what he calls the Transcendental Doctrine of Method. I interpret the First Critique as a critical defense of what Kant calls the world, cosmic or cosmopolitan conception of philosophy against the pretensions of academic philosophy.
February 26, 2013

Faculty Bookwarming

An event to celebrate a new book written by Associate Professor of Law Erin Ryan.  Federalism and the Tug of War Within will be discussed followed by questions from the audience.  Coffee and cookies will be served.
Levine, Philippa
February 25, 2013

The 50th Annual Arthur L. Throckmorton Memorial Lecture

The Department of History is delighted to announce Dr. Philippa Levine, Mary Helen Thompson Centennial Professor in the Humanities and co-director of the British Studies Program at the University of Texas at Austin, as the 50th Arthur L. Throckmorton Memorial Lecturer.  Dr. Levine specializes in the history of Modern Britain and the British Empire with a particular interest in science, medicine and society and the intersections of race and gender.
February 23, 2013

Alumni Honors Banquet

The Board of Alumni cordially invites you to honor five outstanding alumni at the Alumni Honors Banquet: Amber Case ‘08 - Outstanding Young Alumna Award; Lisa Grill Dodson ‘81 - Distinguished Alumna Award; Roger Ferland ‘68 - Distinguished Alumnus Award; Dana Plautz ‘82 - Donald G. Balmer Citation; Amelia Wilcox ‘81- Pioneer Leadership Award.
February 21, 2013

Annual Steinhardt Lecture

The Annual Steinhardt Lecture is sponsored by the Department of Economics
Judge Diane Wood
February 21, 2013

Hon. Betty Roberts Women in the Law speaker: Judge Diane Wood

Hon. Betty Roberts Women in the Law speaker: Judge Diane Wood
“The Evolving Law of Sovereign Immunity”
Thursday, February 21, 2013 at 5:30pm
Legal Research Center, Lewis & Clark Law School

Contact: For more information, please contact Anh Le at anhle@lclark.edu.
Kurt Rosenwinkel
February 19, 2013

Kurt Rosenwinkel Quartet

Kurt Rosenwinkel continually presents music that conveys a sense of masterful storytelling and breathtaking imaginative reach.  He will make his Portland debut supported with a stellar cast: Seattle native Aaron Parks, bassist Eric Revis and drummer Justin Faulkner who previously appeared on the festival with Pharoah Sanders and the Mingus Bi Band.  Contact PDX Jazz for ticket information.
Dr. Jonathan Schooler
February 18, 2013

Dr. Jonathan Schooler’s Presentation

Title: Using Psychology to Push the Boundaries of Science
February 12, 2013

Staff Bookwarming

A staff bookwarming to celebrate the release of Hanna Neuschwander’s Left Coast Roast,  a guide to the best coffee and roasters from San Francisco to Seattle. Hanna is the Graduate School Director of Communication.  
February 8, 2013

(Anti)Valentine’s Concert

Lewis & Clark’s three choirs and four a cappella groups present their annual irreverent tribute to the highs and lows of romantic love. Katherine FitzGibbon and Margaret Green will conduct, and Stephanie Thompson will accompany.  Free admission.
February 7, 2013

Bookwarming for Doing Collaborative Research in Psychology: A Team-Based Guide

Bookwarming to celebrate the publication of the Detweiler-Bedell’s recently published book.
Pointsettias and other festive decorations adorn Agnes Flanagan Chapel for the 40th annual Holiday Service of Sacred Song & Verse
December 1, 2012

Annual Holiday Service of Sacred Song & Verse

The 40th annual Service of Sacred Song & Verse features traditional advent scripture readings, congregational singing of Christmas carols and wonderful holiday and sacred music. The theme this year is “Celebrating Stories and Songs of the Season.” There will be vocal performances by the Lewis & Clark Cappella Nova with the Alumni choir and the Women’s Chorus. An organ prelude and postlude along with brass music played by Columbia Brass will also highlight the program.  Come enjoy a wonderful celebration of the season!  
November 30, 2012

“Schopenhauer’s Transcendental Aesthetic” by Desmond Hogan (Princeton University)

The Lewis & Clark College Philosophy Department hosts a regular colloquium series.  Distinguished speakers from around the world present on a wide array of philosophical topics.
John Waller of Uncage the Soul Productions
November 29, 2012

RHMS COLLOQUIUM

The department’s final colloquium for the fall semester will take place on November 29th from 6 to 7:30 PM.  Our speaker is John Waller, of the outdoor videography and documentary company Uncage the Soul Productions.
November 14, 2012

Summer research reports: Nick Sylvester and the Computer GO Team; Jeffery Rhoades

We have two summer research reports.  LC’s Computer GO Team will present the results of their summer research.  After that Jeffery Rhoades will discuss the quantitative aspects of his summer work trying to understand Alzheimer’s disease.
November 14, 2012

Exploration & Discovery Fall Colloquium

Virginia Woolf’s A Room of One’s Own