Programme

The conference took place at Firth Court, Western Bank, the University of Sheffield.

Saturday 21 May 2005

12.00pm–1.00pm:

Coffee and registration

1.00pm–2.20pm:

Rae Langton, Massachusetts Institute of Technology:
Speaker's Freedom and Maker's Knowledge

10 minute break

2.30pm–3.50pm:

Rebecca Whisnant, University of Dayton:
Prostitution as Unwanted Sex

30 minute break, with coffee

4.20pm–6.00pm:

Susan Berkhout, University of British Columbia:
Buns in the Oven: Objectification, Surrogacy and Women's Autonomy

10 minute break

6.10pm–7.30pm:

Nancy Bauer, Tufts University:
Pornography and Philosophical Authority

8.00pm onwards:

Dinner at Sheik's, a nearby Lebanese restaurant with many vegetarian/vegan/celiac options. (The conference fee does not cover the dinner.)

Sunday 22 May 2005

9.30am–10.00am:

Coffee

10.00am–11.20am:

Laurie Shrage, California State Polytechnic University:
Is Female to Male as Black is to White?: Sex and Miscibility

10 minute break

11.30am–12.50pm:

Christine Overall, Queen's University:
A Plea for 'Sex'

12.50pm–2.00pm:

Lunch (not covered by conference fee; there will be several nearby options)

2.00pm–3.20pm:

Sally Haslanger, Massachusetts Institute of Technology:
Embodied Meanings: Gender Identity, Racial Identity, Mixed Identities