Bard College and the United States Military Academy at West Point Present "Intolerance—Political Animals and Their Prey"

ANNANDALE-ON-HUDSON, N.Y.—Bard College and the United States Military Academy at West Point present a conference entitled “Intolerance – Political Animals and Their Prey,” beginning on Wednesday, April 8 and continuing through Friday, April 10. The conference takes place in Olin Auditorium on the Bard College campus and is presented by Bruce Chilton, Bernard Iddings Bell Professor of Philosophy and Religion at Bard College, and Robert Tully, professor of philosophy at West Point. The programs are free and open to the public and no reservations are required. For more information please contact Bruce Chilton at [email protected].

Running in tandem with courses at both Bard College and West Point, the conference will examine issues surrounding human divisiveness, intolerance, and political and social conflict, and explore ways in which contemporary culture might deal with these influences. The program includes lectures, a panel discussion, and a debate; a complete schedule of events is attached.

“Intolerance – Political Animals and Their Prey” is hosted under the auspices of the Institute of Advanced Theology and the Center of Civic Engagement at Bard College. Additional funding has been provided by the Mellon Foundation for Civilian-Military Educational Cooperation, which is administered by Dickinson College, as well as by several offices at Bard and West Point. The interdisciplinary venture follows from an earlier collaboration, “Can War Be Just?” (2012), published as Just War in Religion and Politics by the University Press of America (2013).

Schedule

“Intolerance: Political Animals and Their Prey”

A conference offered by the United States Military Academy at West Point and Bard College

Chairs: Bruce Chilton, Bernard Iddings Bell Professor of Philosophy and Religion at Bard College

Robert Tully, Professor of Philosophy, West Point

April 8–10, 2015

Bard College, Annandale, New York 12504

Wednesday, April 8

Lunch in Kline Commons

Session One: Olin Auditorium

1:15 Opening

1:30-2:15 Walter Russell Mead, James Clarke Chace Professor of Foreign Affairs and the Humanities at Bard College

“Liberal Order and Just War”

2:15-3:00 Gennady Shkliarevsky, professor of history, Bard College

“Overcoming Modernity and Violence”

Break [3:00-3:30]

Session Two: Olin Auditorium

3:30-4:15 Mirjam de Bruin, legal advisor, international humanitarian law, Netherlands Red Cross

 “Means and Methods of Warfare: Toward an Objective, ‘Tolerant’ Assessment for Selecting Military Targets?”

4:15-5:00  Bruce Chilton

 “Strategies of Redemption from Sanctioned Violence”

Supper in Kline Commons [5:30-7:00]

7:30-9:15 Debate among cadets and students moderated by David Shein, associate vice president and dean of studies; visiting assistant professor of philosophy, Bard College:

“Resolved, that Positive Discrimination is Necessary to Address the Reality of Prejudice”

Students from Bard College: Remington Barrett, Nicole Caroll, Amilia Parker, and

Sean Turlan

Cadets from West Point: Nicholas Cale, Bradley Hodgkins, Ryan McGovern, Aaron Spikol

Thursday, April 9

Session Three: Olin Auditorium

9:30-10:15 Scott A. Silverstone, professor of international relations, Department of Social Sciences, West Point

“The Hegemon’s Dilemma: Power Intolerance from Ancient Athens to the United States of America”

10:15-11:00 David Wallace, professor of law at West Point, and Cynthia Marshall assistant professor of law at West Point

“Barbarians at the Gates: Complexities, Contradictions, and Concerns about Modern Asymmetrical Warfare”

Break [11:00-11:30]

11:30-12:15  Robert Tully, professor of philosophy, West Point

“Contrariety in Philosophy”

12:15-1:00  Panel Discussion: Darya Pushkina, associate professor of international relations and political science, Faculty of Liberal Arts and Sciences, St. Petersburg State University, Russia, and Phillippe Ch.-A. Guillot, professor of international relations, French Air Force Academy, with Susanna An, Department of State Fulbright grantee

“Who Takes Whom to Tango? United Nations’ Peace Operations and Neoliberal Peace-Building in Sierra Leone”

Lunch in Kline Commons [1:00-2:00]

Session Four: Olin Auditorium

2:15-3:00 Stephen F. Barker, West Point

“And Who is My Neighbor?”

3:00-3:45 Dustin Atlas, visiting professor, Al-Quds Bard College

“Moses Mendelssohn’s (in)tolerance”

Break [3:45-4:30]

4:30-5:15   Ellen Charry, Margaret W. Harmon Professor of Theology, Princeton Theological Seminary

“Theological Complicity in Interreligious Violence: A Christian Perspective”

5:15-6:00 Andrew J. Forney, assistant professor and American Division counselor, West Point

“Plagues and Politics: Epidemics in Modern American History”

Dinner at Kline Commons [6:15-8:00]

Friday, April 10

Session Five: Olin Auditorium

9:30-10:15 Graham Parsons, assistant professor of philosophy, West Point

“Walzer Contra Walzer: Uncovering the Pluralist Roots of Walzer’s Just War Theory”

10:15-11:00 Oleg Bresky, assistant professor of law, European Humanities University

“Moral Challenges of Social Isolation in the Secure State”

Break [11:00-11:30]

11:30-12;15   Robert J. Goldstein, Distinguished Professor
Graduates Chair In Constitutional and Military Law, West Point

“Residue of Intolerance: Polluting Civil Rights”

Lunch [12:30-1:30]

Session Six: Olin Auditorium

1:45-2:30  Maritza Ryan, professor of law, West Point

“All Men Are Created Equal: Misogyny under Law”

2:30-3:15

Break [3:15-3:45]

Closing panel.

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March 31, 2015

This event was last updated on 04-01-2015

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